UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

OMB APPROVAL

OMB Number:  3235-0060
Expires:  February 28, 2013
Estimated average burden
hours per response
........5.00

 

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): May 3, 2010

 

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)

 

(952) 487-9500

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

(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 May 3, 2010, Vital Images, Inc. distributed e-mail correspondence to investors and research analysts announcing its expanded relationship with Cerner Corporation. A copy of such correspondence is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. The information in this Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the exhibit attached hereto, is furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 and shall not be deemed “filed” for any purpose, including for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of Section 18. The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in any such filing.

 

Section 9 — Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

Item 9.01.                                          Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d)                                 Exhibits

 

The following exhibit is being furnished with this Current Report on Form 8-K but shall not be deemed to be filed:

 

99.1                           E-mail correspondence by Vital Images, Inc. dated May 3, 2010.

 

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: May 3, 2010.

 

 

 

 

By

/s/ Michael H. Carrel

 

Michael H. Carrel

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

2



 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

99.1                           E-mail correspondence by Vital Images, Inc. dated May 3, 2010.

 

3