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

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On January 30, 2013, SurModics, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release (the “Press Release”) announcing the results for the quarter ended December 31, 2012. A copy of the full text of the Press Release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.

In the Press Release, the Company also announced that its Board of Directors has authorized the Company to repurchase up to $10 million of the Company’s outstanding common stock. Under the share repurchase program, repurchases may be effected through open market purchases, privately negotiated transactions, block trades, accelerated share repurchase transactions, tender offers, or by any combination of such methods. The share repurchase program does not have a fixed expiration date and is in addition to the $0.3 million that remains under a prior share repurchase authorization.

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.

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