UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

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 2, 2006

 

INVERNESS MEDICAL INNOVATIONS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

Delaware

 

1-16789

 

04-3565120

(State or Other Jurisdiction

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

of Incorporation)

 

 

 

Identification No.)

 

51 Sawyer Road, Suite 200, Waltham, Massachusetts  02453

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)  (Zip Code)

 

(781) 647-3900

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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 Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition

 

On March 2, 2006, Inverness issued a press release entitled “Inverness Medical Innovations Announces Fourth Quarter 2005 Results,” a copy of which is furnished with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.

 

 

Item 9.01.   Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(c)  Exhibits.

 

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

*99.1

 

Press Release dated March 2, 2006, entitled “Inverness Medical Innovations Announces Fourth Quarter 2005 Results”

 


*  Filed herewith.

 

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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.

 

 

 

 

INVERNESS MEDICAL INNOVATIONS, INC.

Date: March 2, 2006

 

By:

/s/ Jay McNamara

 

 

 

Jay McNamara

 

 

 

Senior Counsel — Corporate & Finance

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

*99.1

 

Press Release dated March 2, 2006, entitled “Inverness Medical Innovations Announces Fourth Quarter 2005 Results”

 


*  Filed herewith.

 

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