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 24, 2013

 

AmerisourceBergen Corporation

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

1-16671

 

23-3079390

(State or Other

 

Commission File Number

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Jurisdiction of

 

 

 

Identification

Incorporation or

 

 

 

Number)

Organization)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.)

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 2.02.                                        Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

On January 24, 2013, AmerisourceBergen Corporation (the “Registrant”) issued a news release announcing its earnings for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2012, and announcing its corresponding earnings conference call.  A copy of the news release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 7.01.                                        Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

In the news release issued on January 24, 2013, the Registrant reaffirmed its expectations for fiscal year 2013 diluted earnings per share from continuing operations in the range of $3.06 to $3.16. Key assumptions supporting the 2013 diluted earnings per share from continuing operations range are: revenue growth in the 6 percent to 9 percent range; operating income growth in the 3 percent to 5 percent range; an operating margin decline in the high single to low double-digit basis points range; and free cash flow in the range of $750 million to $850 million, which includes capital expenditures in the $180 million range. The Registrant also announced that, subject to market conditions, it expects to spend approximately $400 million to repurchase its common shares in fiscal year 2013.

 

Item 9.01.                                        Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)         Exhibits

 

The following exhibits are filed as part of this report:

 

99.1  News Release, dated January 24, 2013, of AmerisourceBergen Corporation, regarding the Registrant’s earnings for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2012.

 

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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 24, 2013

By:

/s/ Tim G. Guttman

 

Name:

Tim G. Guttman

 

Title:

Senior Vice President

 

 

and Chief Financial Officer

 

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