AmerisourceBergen Corp--Form 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 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): July 30, 2007

 


AmerisourceBergen Corporation

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

Delaware   1-16671   23-3079390

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

  Commission File Number  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

 

1300 Morris Drive

Chesterbrook, PA

  19087
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (610) 727-7000

N/A

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

 


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Item 8.01. Other Events.

On July 30, 2007, AmerisourceBergen Corporation (the “Registrant”) and Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (“Kindred”) issued a news release announcing the final exchange ratios to be used for the distribution of shares of PharMerica Corporation common stock to the stockholders of record of Registrant and Kindred on July 20, 2007, the record date, as a result of the spin-offs and subsequent combination of their institutional pharmacy services businesses. (The final exchange ratios corrected the ratios previously announced by the companies on July 26, 2007.) The closing date for this transaction is scheduled for July 31, 2007.

A copy of the news release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

99.1 News Release, dated July 30, 2007, regarding the corrected common share exchange ratios for the proposed combination of Registrant’s and Kindred’s institutional pharmacy services businesses.


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.

 

  AMERISOURCEBERGEN CORPORATION
Date: July 30, 2007   By:  

/s/ Michael D. DiCandilo

  Name:   Michael D. DiCandilo
  Title:  

Executive Vice President

and Chief Financial Officer