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): February 11, 2010

 

EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

1-15525

 

36-4316614

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

 

(Commission
file number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

One Edwards Way, Irvine, California

 

92614

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(949) 250-2500

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

 

N/A

(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:

 

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

 

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Item 5.02.              Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

On February 11, 2010, Wesley W. von Schack was appointed to serve as a member of the board of directors of Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (the “Company”).  Mr. von Schack will be a Class I director with a term expiring at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders in 2010.  He will also serve as a member of the Audit and Public Policy Committee of the board.  Under the terms of the Edwards Lifesciences Nonemployee Director Stock Incentive Program, Mr. von Schack was awarded 2,331 Restricted Stock Units upon his appointment to the board.  A copy of the press release announcing Mr. von Schack’s appointment to the Company’s board of directors is attached as Exhibit 99.1.

 

Item 9.01.              Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)           Exhibits

 

99.1         Press release, dated February 12, 2010, announcing Wesley W. von Schack’s appointment to the board of directors of Edwards Lifesciences Corporation.

 

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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.

 

 

Date: February 17, 2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Denise E. Botticelli

 

 

Denise E. Botticelli

 

 

Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Secretary

 

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Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press release, dated February 12, 2010, announcing Mr. von Schack’s appointment to the board of directors of Edwards Lifesciences Corporation.

 

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