UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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) December 9, 2003
MERCK & CO., Inc.
New Jersey
| 1-3305 | 22-1109110 | |
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| (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| One Merck Drive, PO Box 100, Whitehouse Station, NJ | 08889-0100 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |
(908) 423-1000
| Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits | ||||||||
| Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure | ||||||||
| SIGNATURES | ||||||||
| EXHIBIT INDEX | ||||||||
| OPENING REMARKS | ||||||||
| CLOSING REMARKS | ||||||||
| PRESS RELEASE | ||||||||
Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(c) Exhibits
| Exhibit 99.1 | Opening Remarks given at the 2003 Annual Business Briefing, by Raymond V. Gilmartin, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Registrant | |
| Exhibit 99.2 | Closing Remarks given at the 2003 Annual Business Briefing, by Raymond V. Gilmartin, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Registrant | |
| Exhibit 99.3 | Press release issued December 9, 2003 regarding business briefing to analysts |
Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure
Incorporated by reference are Opening and Closing Remarks given at the 2003 Annual Business Briefing, by Raymond V. Gilmartin, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Registrant, attached as Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2, respectively. Also incorporated by reference is a press release issued by the Registrant on December 9, 2003, attached as Exhibit 99.3, concerning the Registrant’s business briefing to analysts.
This information is not deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, and is not incorporated by reference into a filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing. Additionally, the submission of this report on Form 8-K is not an admission as to the materiality of any information in this report that is required to be disclosed solely by Regulation FD.
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.
| MERCK & CO., Inc. | ||||||
| Date: December 9, 2003 | By: | /s/ Debra A. Bollwage | ||||
| DEBRA A. BOLLWAGE | ||||||
| Assistant Secretary | ||||||
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit | ||
| Number | Description | |
| 99.1 | Opening Remarks given at the 2003 Annual Business Briefing, by Raymond V. Gilmartin, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Registrant | |
| 99.2 | Closing Remarks given at the 2003 Annual Business Briefing, by Raymond V. Gilmartin, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Registrant | |
| 99.3 | Press release issued December 9, 2003 regarding business briefing to analysts |