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 819, 2021 ~~(February 8, 2021)~~

LUMINEX CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

000-30109

74-2747608

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

12212 Technology Blvd.,

Austin,

Texas

78727

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)


	(512)	219-8020
Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code

None

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

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of exchange on which registered

Common Stock, $0.001 par value

LMNX

The Nasdaq Global Select Market

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:


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Item 2 5.02. ~~Results~~Departure of ~~Operations~~Directors ~~and~~or ~~Financial~~Certain ~~Condition~~Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

~~On February 8,~~ 2021, ~~Luminex~~Executive ~~Corporation~~Cash-Based ~~(the~~Performance ~~“Company”) issued a press release announcing its results of operations for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2020. A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.~~Incentives

~~The~~ On ~~information~~February in19, ~~this~~2021, ~~Form~~the ~~8-K~~Compensation ~~and~~Committee (the ~~Exhibits attached hereto shall not be deemed~~ “~~filed~~Committee”) ~~for purposes~~ of ~~Section~~the 18Board of ~~the~~Directors ~~Securities Exchange Act~~ of ~~1934~~Luminex Corporation, asa ~~amended~~Delaware corporation (the “~~Exchange Act~~Company”), orapproved ~~otherwise subject to~~ the ~~liabilities~~2021 ofcash-based ~~that~~performance ~~section,~~incentive ~~nor~~opportunities ~~shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing~~ under the ~~Securities~~Luminex ~~Act~~Corporation of2018 ~~1933~~Management orIncentive ~~the~~Plan ~~Exchange~~for ~~Act,~~the ~~except~~Company’s asnamed ~~expressly~~executive ~~set~~officers ~~forth~~and bycertain ~~specific~~other ~~reference~~executives in(the ~~such~~“Management ~~filing~~Incentive Plan”).

~~Item~~For 72021, the performance incentives or incentive opportunities under the Management Incentive Plan are based entirely upon Company financial objectives (the “Company Financial Goals”).01 Achievement, in each case, is determined by the Committee and subject to such adjustments and exclusions as determined by the Committee. ~~Regulation~~The FDCompany ~~Disclosure~~Financial Goals are based on a matrix of revenue and operating profit for the year ending December 31, 2021 and are the same for each participant.

OnThe ~~February~~total 8,target ~~2021,~~awards for the Company’s ~~issued~~named aexecutive ~~press~~officers ~~release~~and ~~announcing~~certain ~~its~~other ~~results~~executives ofin ~~operations~~2021 are weighted 100% for the ~~fourth~~achievement ~~quarter~~of ~~ended~~the ~~December~~Company ~~31,~~Financial ~~2020~~Goals. The Atarget ~~copy~~bonuses offor ~~the~~each ~~press~~named ~~release~~executive isofficer, ~~furnished~~reflected ~~herewith~~ as ~~Exhibit~~a ~~99.1.~~percentage of 2021 earned base salary, are as follows:

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Name

Title

Target Bonus

Nachum Shamir

President and Chief Executive Officer

100%

Harriss T. Currie

Senior Vice President, Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

55%

Randall Meyers

Senior Vice President, Global Manufacturing and Quality

50%

Richard W. Rew II

Senior Vice president, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary; Chief Compliance Officer

50%

Todd C. Bennett

Senior Vice President, Global Sales and Customer Operations

50%

~~(d) Exhibits~~Following the end of the fiscal year, the Committee will determine whether and the extent to which the applicable targets were met. The Company Financial Goals are subject to an over/underachievement scale with possible payouts of 0% to 200% of the target bonus for the Company Financial Goals based on financial results between specified minimum and maximum performance levels of the performance targets. The minimum threshold represents the level of Company financial performance below which no incentive under the Management Incentive Plan will be paid for 2021 and is established annually by the Committee. The target threshold represents the level where the actual incentive award paid equals the targeted award and the maximum threshold represent the performance level where the actual incentive award paid equals the maximum amount permitted under the Management Incentive Plan. Minimum payouts for minimum threshold performance start at 30% of the target value for the Company Financial Goals.

Exhibit No.						Description
99.1						Press Release issued by Luminex Corporation dated February 8, 2021.

SIGNATURES

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

	LUMINEX CORPORATION
Date: February 8, 2021	By:	/s/ Harriss T. Currie
Date: February 24, 2021	By:	/s/ Harriss T. Currie
	Name:	Harriss T. Currie
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President of Finance
		(Principal Financial Officer)

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