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): January 11, 2005
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 January 11, 2005, AmerisourceBergen Corporation (the “Registrant”) issued a news release addressing matters to be discussed by the Registrant’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer later that day at the 23rd Annual JPMorgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco, California, including certain assumptions underlying the Registrant’s current estimates for diluted earnings per share from continuing operations for fiscal 2005. 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.
(c) Exhibits.
| 99.1 | News Release dated January 11, 2005 |
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: January 11, 2005 | By: | /s/ Michael D. DiCandilo | ||
| Name: | Michael D. DiCandilo | |||
| Title: | Senior Vice President | |||
| and Chief Financial Officer | ||||