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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 8, 2000
CORAM HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Delaware 1-11343 33-0615337
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(State or Other (Commission (IRS Employer
Jurisdiction of File Number) Identification No.)
Incorporation)
1125 Seventeenth Street, Suite 2100, Denver, Colorado 80202
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(303) 292-4973
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(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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Item 5. Other Events.
On August 8, 2000, Coram Healthcare Corporation (the "Company") issued
a press release announcing that the Company and its wholly owned subsidiary,
Coram, Inc., ("CI"), had filed voluntary petitions with the United States
Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware under Chapter 11 of the United
States Bankruptcy Code. On August 9, 2000, the Company issued another press
release announcing that the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware had
granted certain of its first day motions which requested, among other things,
permission to pay the Company's employees for wages, salaries and benefits, to
pay critical trade vendors and to access a debtor in possession credit facility.
Copies of the August 8, 2000, and August 9, 2000, press releases are attached
hereto as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, respectively.
Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(a) None.
(b) None.
(c) Exhibits.
99.1 Press Release, issued August 8, 2000, announcing the
filings by the Company and CI of voluntary petitions
with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the
District of Delaware under Chapter 11 of the United
States Bankruptcy Code.
99.2 Press Release, issued August 9, 2000, relating to the
granting of certain of the Company's first day
motions filed with the United States Bankruptcy Court
in Delaware.
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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.
CORAM HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
By: /s/ Scott R. Danitz
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Scott R. Danitz
Senior Vice President, Finance and
Chief Accounting Officer
Date: August 11, 2000
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EXHIBIT INDEX
99.1 Press Release, issued August 8, 2000, announcing the filings by the
Company and CI of voluntary petitions with the United States Bankruptcy
Court for the District of Delaware under Chapter 11 of the United
States Bankruptcy Code.
99.2 Press Release, issued August 9, 2000, relating to the granting of
certain of the Company's first day motions filed with the United States
Bankruptcy Court in Delaware.
