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 | |||