The Company will host a conference call to discuss the results at 11:00 am
Eastern Daylight Savings Time on July 31, 2002.
Participating in the conference call will be:
R. David Yost, President & Chief Executive Officer
Kurt J. Hilzinger, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating
Officer
Michael D. DiCandilo, Senior Vice President & Chief Financial
Officer
The dial-in numbers for the live call will be as follows:
800-553-5260 from within the United States. No access code
required.
612-332-1210 from outside the United States. No access code
required.
Users are encouraged to log on to the webcast approximately 15 minutes in
advance of the scheduled start time of the call.
Following the live call, replays will be made available on the Internet and via
telephone. A replay of the webcast will be posted on www.amerisourcebergen.com
approximately two hours after the completion of the call and will remain
available for thirty days. To access the telephone replay from within the US,
dial 800-475-6701. From outside the US, dial 320-365-3844. The access code is
643950.
The telephone replay will be available from 4:15 p.m. EST on 7/31/02 to 11:59
p.m. on 8/7/02.
About AmerisourceBergen Corporation
The company is also a leader in the institutional pharmacy marketplace. With
approximately $39 billion in annualized operating revenues, AmerisourceBergen is
headquartered in Valley Forge, PA, and employs more than 13,000 people serving
over 25,000 customers.
Forward-Looking Statements
The following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ
materially from those described in the forward-looking statements: the risk that
the businesses of AmeriSource and Bergen Brunswig will not be integrated
successfully; failure to obtain and retain expected synergies; and other
economic, business, competitive and/or regulatory factors affecting the business
of AmerisourceBergen generally.
More detailed information about these factors is set forth in
AmerisourceBergen's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
including its most recent 10-Q, its Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal 2001,
and AmeriSource's and Bergen's joint proxy statement-prospectus dated August 1,
2001.
AmerisourceBergen, AmeriSource and Bergen Brunswig are under no obligation to
(and expressly disclaim any such obligation to) update or alter their
forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events
or otherwise.
CONTACT: AmerisourceBergen Corporation, Valley Forge
Michael N. Kilpatric, 610/727-7118
mkilpatric@amerisource.com