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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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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): August 7, 1998
BERGEN BRUNSWIG CORPORATION
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
New Jersey 1-5110 22-1444512
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(State Or Other (Commission (IRS Employer
Jurisdiction Of File Number) Identification No.)
Incorporation)
4000 Metropolitan Drive, Orange, California 92668
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code (714) 385-4000
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Item 5. Other Events.
On August 7, 1998, Bergen Brunswig Corporation, a New Jersey
corporation ("Bergen"), and Cardinal Health, Inc., an Ohio corporation
("Cardinal"), mutually terminated the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of
August 23, 1997, by and among Cardinal, Bruin Merger Corp., a New Jersey
corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Cardinal ("Bruin"), and Bergen, as
amended by the First Amendment, dated as of March 16, 1998, by and among
Cardinal, Bruin and Bergen (collectively, the "Merger Agreement"). The Merger
Agreement was terminated following the decision rendered on July 31, 1998 by the
United States District Court for the District of Columbia granting the Federal
Trade Commission's request to halt the proposed merger transaction between
Bergen and Cardinal.
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SIGNATURE
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.
BERGEN BRUNSWIG CORPORATION
Date: August 12, 1998
By: /s/ Milan A. Sawdei
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Milan A. Sawdei
Executive Vice President
Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
