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):  January 18, 2005

 

 

EXACT SCIENCES CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (508) 683-1200

 

 

        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):

 

        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))

 

 

Item 7.01               Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On January 18, 2005, Exact Sciences Corporation issued a press release, a copy of which is being furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report on Form 8-K.

 

The information in this Report on Form 8-K and Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto is intended to be furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 

Item 9.01               Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

                (c)           Exhibits:

 

99.1                           Press Release issued by the Company on January 18, 2005, furnished 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.

 

 

	EXACT Sciences Corporation
January 18, 2005	By:	/s/ Jeffrey R. Luber
		Jeffrey R. Luber
		General Counsel and Secretary

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

 

 

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