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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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 29, 2014

 

Covance Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Delaware

 

1-12213

 

22-3265977

(State or other jurisdiction

 

(Commission

 

(IRS Employer

of incorporation)

 

File Number)

 

Identification No.)

 

210 Carnegie Center, Princeton, New Jersey

 

08540

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code  609-452-8550

 

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

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:

 

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

 

o    Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 



 

ITEM 2.02 RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.

 

The following information shall not be deemed “filed” 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.

 

On July 29, 2014, Covance Inc. (the “Company”) announced its preliminary financial results for the three month period ended June 30, 2014. The Company issued press release announcing these financial results is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. The attached exhibit includes certain non-GAAP financial measures.  The Company believes that the presentation of these non-GAAP net measures, when shown in conjunction with the corresponding GAAP measures, provide useful information to investors and management regarding financial and business trends relating to its financial condition and results of operations. The Company’s management uses these non-GAAP measures, in addition to the corresponding GAAP measures, in reviewing the financial results of the Company.

 

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

 

(d) Exhibits

 

99.1        Press Release of Covance Inc. dated July 29, 2014.

 

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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.

 

 

 

COVANCE INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

July 29, 2014

/s/ Alison A. Cornell

 

 

Name:

Alison A. Cornell

 

 

Title:

Corporate Senior Vice President

 

 

 

and Chief Financial Officer

 

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Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press release of Covance Inc. dated July 29, 2014

 

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