PER-SE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
 

 
 
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): March 31, 2006
PER-SE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Delaware   000-19480   58-1651222
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)   (Commission File No.)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)
     
1145 Sanctuary Parkway, Suite 200, Alpharetta, Georgia   30004
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)
(770) 237-4300
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
          On March 31, 2006, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Per-Se Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”), authorized the payment of a special cash bonus in the amount of $434,404.87 to Philip M. Pead, the Company’s Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. The bonus is in recognition of his special contributions in connection with the Company’s successful acquisition of NDCHealth Corporation’s physician, hospital and pharmacy businesses. The Company expects to pay the bonus on or around April 7, 2006.
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.
Date: April 5, 2006
             
    PER-SE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ CHRIS E. PERKINS
 
   
 
      Chris E. Perkins    
 
      Executive Vice President,    
 
      Chief Operation Officer and    
 
      Interim Chief Financial Officer