Current Report

 

 

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): July 28, 2009

 

 

Cardinal Health, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Ohio   1-11373   31-0958666

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

   (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

7000 Cardinal Place, Dublin, Ohio 43017

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(614) 757-5000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

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):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

On July 28, 2009, CareFusion Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cardinal Health, Inc. (“Cardinal Health”) that is expected to become public as a result of the planned spin-off of Cardinal Health’s clinical and medical products businesses, issued a news release announcing that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has declared its Form 10 registration statement effective. A copy of the news release is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits

 

  99.1 News release issued by CareFusion Corporation on July 28, 2009.

 

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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.

 

  Cardinal Health, Inc.
  (Registrant)
Date: July 28, 2009   By:  

/s/ Stuart G. Laws

  Name:   Stuart G. Laws
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

99.1    News release issued by CareFusion Corporation on July 28, 2009.

 

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