UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 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): October 23, 2013
McKesson Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 1-13252 | 94-3207296 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||
| One Post Street, San Francisco, California | 94104 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (415) 983-8300
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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| Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
On October 23, 2013, McKesson Corporation (“McKesson” or the “Company”) and Celesio AG (“Celesio”) issued a joint press release announcing that McKesson had entered into an agreement to purchase a majority stake in Celesio and to launch parallel voluntary public tender offers for the remaining publicly-traded shares and outstanding convertible bonds of Celesio. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, which is hereby incorporated by reference.
The information contained in this Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, is furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), but shall not be deemed “filed” with the Commission for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Press release issued by the Company and Celesio AG on October 23, 2013. | |
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, thereunto duly authorized.
| Date: October 24, 2013 | ||||
| McKesson Corporation | ||||
| By: | /s/ Laureen E. Seeger | |||
| Laureen E. Seeger | ||||
| Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer | ||||
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Press release issued by the Company and Celesio AG on October 23, 2013. | |