UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

~~Washington~~WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

~~Form~~FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

~~PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF~~ THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

~~January~~Date ~~25,~~of ~~2018~~report (date of earliest event reported):

~~Date~~April of21, ~~Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):~~2018

ABAXIS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

California	000-19720	77-0213001
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File No.)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

3240 Whipple Road, Union City, CA 94587

~~Union~~(Address ~~City,~~of CAprincipal ~~94587~~executive offices)

~~(Address~~Registrant’s oftelephone ~~principal executive offices~~number, including ~~zip~~area code):

(510) 675-6500

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~~Item~~ITEM 25.02 Departure ~~Results~~of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of ~~Operations~~Directors; ~~and~~Appointment ~~Financial~~of ~~Condition~~Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

~~The~~Fiscal ~~information~~2019 inCash ~~this~~Compensation ~~Item 2.02, including the exhibit attached hereto, is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed”~~ for ~~the~~Executive purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended or the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information in this Item 2.02 shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.Officers

On ~~January~~April 2521, 2018, ~~Abaxis,~~the ~~Inc.~~Compensation ~~announced~~Committee ~~its~~(the ~~financial~~“Committee”) ~~results~~of ~~for~~ the ~~three~~Board ~~and~~of ~~nine~~Directors ~~months~~(the ~~ended~~“Board”) ~~December~~of 31Abaxis, ~~2017~~Inc. ~~and~~(the ~~certain~~“Company”) ~~other~~approved ~~financial~~the ~~information.~~following Afiscal ~~copy~~2019 ofbase ~~Abaxis’~~salaries ~~press~~and ~~release~~fiscal ~~announcing~~2019 ~~these~~target ~~financial~~bonus ~~results~~amounts ~~and~~(each, ~~certain~~a ~~other~~“Target ~~financial~~Bonus”) ~~information~~for iscertain ~~attached~~of ~~hereto~~its asexecutive ~~Exhibit~~officers ~~99.1~~as ~~and~~set isforth ~~incorporated by reference herein.~~below:

Item 8.01 Other Events.

Executive Officer	Fiscal 2019 Base Salary (effective July 1, 2018)	Fiscal 2019 Target Bonus
Clinton H. Severson	$592,250	$850,000
Ross Taylor	$265,225	$500,000
Kenneth P. Aron, Ph.D.	$307,661	$500,000
Craig M. Tockman, DVM	$307,661	$500,000
Donald P. Wood	$371,314	$600,000

OnBonus ~~January~~payouts ~~25,~~for ~~2018,~~the persons named above will be based on the ~~Board~~Company’s achievement of ~~Directors~~consolidated ofquarterly ~~Abaxis~~revenues from continuing operations (“net sales”), ~~Inc~~income from continuing operations before income tax provision (“pre-tax earnings”) and rotor failure limits. ~~declared~~A abonus ~~quarterly~~will ~~cash~~be ~~dividend~~earned only if the Company achieves 90% or more of ~~$0.16~~its ~~per~~pre-established ~~common~~quarterly ~~share,~~goal tofor beeither ~~paid~~net onsales ~~March~~or ~~15,~~pre-tax ~~2018~~earnings toand ~~all~~rotor ~~shareholders~~failures are at or below the pre-established quarterly limit. Payment of ~~record~~each asquarterly bonus is equally weighted at 50% for achievement of the ~~close~~Company’s quarterly net sales performance goal and 50% for achievement of ~~business~~the onCompany’s ~~March~~quarterly 1pre-tax earnings performance goal, ~~2018~~in both cases subject to the Company not exceeding the applicable rotor failures limit.

~~Item~~If 9the Company were to achieve 90% or more, but less than 100%, of only one performance goal, the payout would be limited to 25% of the Target Bonus.01 ~~Financial~~The ~~Statements~~Target Bonus will be earned by the executive officers named above if at least 100% of both net sales and ~~Exhibits~~pre-tax earnings performance goals are achieved. The maximum bonus payout is capped at 200% of the Target Bonus, provided the Company achieves greater than 133% of at least one of its two performance goals. If earned, a bonus will be paid quarterly at a rate of 15% for first quarter and 25% the second and third quarters. If earned, a bonus for the fourth quarter will be calculated on the basis of the Target Bonus and the company’s net sales, pre-tax earnings and rotor failures for the entire fiscal year, and deducting from the resultant amount the total of all amounts paid in respect of the first, second and third quarters. In all cases, bonuses are subject to the Company not exceeding the applicable rotor failures limit.

~~(d) Exhibits~~1.

The following exhibit is furnished with this report on Form 8-K:

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press release dated January 25, 2018

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.

Date: ~~January~~April 2526, 2018

~~Abaxis~~ABAXIS, ~~Inc~~INC. By: /s/ Ross Taylor Ross Taylor Chief Financial Officer, Vice President of Finance and ~~Chief Financial Officer~~Secretary

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