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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001477932-15-003866
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20150609
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20150615
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20150615

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BOVIE MEDICAL Corp
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000719135
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SURGICAL & MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS & APPARATUS [3841]
		IRS NUMBER:				112644611
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-31885
		FILM NUMBER:		15931449

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4 MANHATTANVILLE ROAD, SUITE 106
		CITY:			PURCHASE
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10577
		BUSINESS PHONE:		800-537-2790

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		STREET 1:		4 MANHATTANVILLE ROAD, SUITE 106
		CITY:			PURCHASE
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10577

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BOVIE MEDICAL CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19990216

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	AN CON GENETICS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<p style="margin: 0px;">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):</p>
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<p style="margin: 0px;">Peter L. Donato, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Bovie Medical Corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), notified the Company on June 9, 2015, that he intends to resign from his service as Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary of the Company on or about June 25, 2015.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0px;">On June 15, 2015, the Board of Directors of the Company (the &#8220;Board&#8221;) appointed Jay Ewers, currently the Controller of the Company, as the Interim Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary of the Company effective upon Mr. Donato&#8217;s resignation.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0px;">Mr. Ewers, age 54, has more than 30 years of senior experience and has held financial executive positions in corporations ranging from early stage to high profile public companies with global operations in the medical equipment, manufacturing and semiconductor industries. From June 2014 to the present, he has served as Corporate Controller of the Company. Prior to that, from January 2004 until June 2014, he was the principle and founder of Ewers Group providing compliance and internal audit services to Fortune 1000 companies. &#160;He has extensive experience with Sarbanes Oxley, inventory management, Oracle modules and financial planning &amp; analysis. Mr. Ewers is a certified public accountant, internal auditor, and holds a BS in Accounting.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0px;">The compensation that Mr. Ewers will receive in his role as Interim Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary has not yet been determined by the Compensation Committee of the Board (the &#8220;Committee&#8221;), and an amendment to this Current Report on Form 8-K will be filed at a later date to disclose such compensation when a determination has been made. There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Ewers and any other person pursuant to which he was selected as an officer. Mr. Ewers does not have any family relationship with any director or other executive officer of the Company or any person nominated or chosen by the Company to become a director or executive officer, and there are no transactions in which Mr. Ewers has an interest requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0px;" align="center"><b>BOVIE MEDICAL CORPORATION ANNOUNCES CFO TRANSITION</b></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px;" align="center"><b>-- Jay Ewers&#160;Appointed Interim CFO --</b></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px;"><b>CLEARWATER, FL &#8212; June 15, 2015 &#8211;</b>Bovie Medical Corporation (&#8220;Bovie&#8221; or the &#8220;Company&#8221;) (NYSE: BVX), a maker of medical devices and supplies, and the developer of J-Plasma&#174;, a patented new surgical product, today announced&#160;that Peter Donato, Chief Financial Officer, will leave the company on or about&#160;June 25, 2015 to take a position in his home state of Ohio.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0px;">Jay Ewers, Corporate Controller, has been appointed interim CFO effective upon Mr. Donato's departure. Mr. Ewers has more than 30 years of senior experience and has held financial executive positions in corporations ranging from early stage to high profile public companies with global operations in the medical equipment, manufacturing and semiconductor industries. He has extensive experience with Sarbanes Oxley, inventory management, Oracle modules and financial planning &amp; analysis. Mr. Ewers is a certified public accountant, internal auditor, and holds a BS in Accounting.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0px;">Bovie Medical will engage an executive search firm to conduct a search for a permanent CFO.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0px;">&#8220;We appreciate Peter&#8217;s contribution during the time he has been with us and wish him the best,&#8221; said Robert L. Gershon, Chief Executive Officer. &#8220;We are fortunate to have a senior executive with Jay&#8217;s experience and a supporting financial team. Jay has played a key role in managing finance-related functions at Bovie Medical.&#8221; Mr. Donato has entered into a consulting agreement to assist Mr. Ewers&#8217; seamless transition to interim CFO until a permanent CFO is named.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0px;">Bovie Medical Corporation is a leading maker of medical devices and supplies as well as the developer of J-Plasma&#174;, a patented new plasma-based surgical product for cutting and coagulation. J-Plasma&#174; utilizes a helium ionization process to produce a stable, focused beam of ionized gas that provides surgeons with greater precision, minimal invasiveness and an absence of conductive currents through the patient during surgery. Bovie Medical Corporation is also a leader in the manufacture of a range of electrosurgical products and technologies, marketed through both private labels and the Company&#8217;s own well-respected brands (Bovie&#174;, Aaron&#174;, IDS&#8482; and ICON&#8482;) to distributors worldwide. The Company also leverages its expertise through original equipment manufacturing (OEM) agreements with other medical device manufacturers. For further information about the Company&#8217;s current and new products, please refer to the Investor Relations section of Bovie Medical Corporation&#8217;s website www.boviemed.com</p>
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<p style="margin: 0px;">Certain matters discussed in this release and oral statements made from time to time by representatives of the Company may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and the Federal securities laws.&#160; Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that its expectations will be achieved.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0px;">Forward-looking information is subject to certain risks, trends and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected.&#160; Many of these factors are beyond the Company&#8217;s ability to control or predict.&#160; Important factors that may cause actual results to differ materially and that could impact the Company and the statements contained in this release can be found in the Company&#8217;s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission including the Company&#8217;s Report on Forms 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2015 and 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014.&#160; For forward-looking statements in this release, the Company claims the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.&#160; The Company assumes no obligation to update or supplement any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0px;">MBS Value Partners&#160;</p>
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