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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): August 13, 2015

Proteon Therapeutics, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware   001-36694   20-4580525
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)   (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

200 West Street
Waltham, MA
02451
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (781) 890-0102


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:

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Introductory Comment

Throughout this Current Report on Form 8-K, the terms “we,” “us,” “our”, “Company” and “Proteon” refer to Proteon Therapeutics, Inc.

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On August 13, 2015, the Company issued a press release announcing top-line results from the Phase 1 study of its investigational drug vonapanitase in patients with symptomatic peripheral artery disease. The press release is attached to this Current Report as Exhibit 99.1.

The information in this Item 7.01 (including Exhibit 99.1) shall not be deemed to be "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.

Description

99.1

Press Release, dated August 13, 2015, issued by Proteon Therapeutics, Inc.


SIGNATURE

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: August 13, 2015 Proteon Therapeutics, Inc.

 By:   /s/ TIMOTHY P. NOYES
Timothy P. Noyes
President & Chief Executive Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.

Description

99.1

Press Release, dated August 13, 2015, issued by Proteon Therapeutics, Inc.