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Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 Or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)  March 3, 2009

 

Vital Images, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Minnesota

 

0-22229

 

41-1321776

(State or other jurisdiction

 

(Commission

 

(IRS Employer

of incorporation)

 

File Number)

 

Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

5850 Opus Parkway, Suite 300, Minnetonka, Minnesota

 

55343

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code  (952) 487-9500

 

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instructions A.2. below):

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 



 

Section 7 — Regulation FD

 

Item 7.01.  Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On March 3, 2009, the board of directors of Vital Images, Inc. (the “Company”) authorized the repurchase of up to 1 million shares of the Company’s common stock.  A prior Company repurchase program that was announced in May 2008 in the amount of $25 million and extended in August 2008 in an additional amount of $15 million concluded on February 6, 2009, and resulted in the Company’s repurchase of approximately 2.9 million shares of its common stock.  A copy of the March 3, 2009 press release about the repurchase program is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Section 9 — Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)           Exhibits.

 

99.1         Press Release dated March 3, 2009, entitled, “Vital Images Announces Share Repurchase Program.”

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

Vital Images, Inc.

 

 

 

Date: March 4, 2009.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

/s/ Peter J. Goepfrich

 

 

Peter J. Goepfrich

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

(Principal Financial Officer)

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

99.1         Press Release dated March 3, 2009, entitled, “Vital Images Announces Share Repurchase Program.”

 

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