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to the employment agreements with&#160;our Sr. Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer, William F. Lacey, and&#160;our General Counsel and Secretary,
Damian Olthoff,&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">as well
an amendment to the non-competition agreement between us and our Vice
President-Human Resources, Kathy Hassenpflug.&#160; </font></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
purpose of such amendments was to bring each agreement into compliance with the
requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended,
and the Treasury regulations and Internal Revenue Service guidance thereunder
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description of the amendments is a summary and is qualified in its entirety by
the amendments themselves, which are filed as Exhibits 10.2, 10.3, and 10.4 to
this Current Report on Form 8-K&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">and are
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December 28, 2008, our Compensation Committee, as Administrator under our 2007
Stock Option and Incentive Plan ("2007 Option Plan"), approved (i) the Form of
Amendment to Deferred Stock Unit Award to amend prior grants&#160;to our
non-employee directors pursuant to our 2007 Option Plan; and (ii) a revised Form
of Deferred Stock Unit Award for any future deferred stock awards which may be
granted under our 2007 Option Plan.&#160;&#160;On December 31, 2008, we entered
into such amendments to the deferred stock awards for our non-employee
directors.&#160; The purpose of these amendments were to bring previous awards
into compliance with the requirements of Section 409A, and <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">pertain
to how and when payments under any such agreements can be
made.</font></font></div>
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description of the Form of Amendment to Deferred Stock Unit Award is a summary
and is qualified in its entirety by the form itself, which is filed as Exhibits
10.5 to this Current Report on Form 8-K&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">and is
incorporated herein by reference.</font></font></div>
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currentreport_123108.htm
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):
December 31, 2008
ANIMAL HEALTH INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
1-33273
71-0982698
(State
      or Other Jurisdiction
of
      Incorporation)
(Commission
      File No.)
(IRS
      Employer
Identification
      No.)
7
Village Circle, Suite 200
Westlake,
Texas 76262
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
(817) 859-3000
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)
¨
Soliciting
      material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
      240.14a-12)
¨
Pre-commencement
      communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
      240.14d-2(b))
¨
Pre-commencement
      communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
      240.13e-4(c))
Item
      1.01
Entry
      into a Material Definitive
Agreement.
The
information set forth in Item 5.02 below is incorporated herein by
reference.
Item
      5.02
Departure
      of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of
      Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
      Officers.
On
December 31, 2008, we entered into
amendments
to the employment agreements with our Sr. Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer, William F. Lacey, and our General Counsel and Secretary,
Damian Olthoff,
as well
an amendment to the non-competition agreement between us and our Vice
President-Human Resources, Kathy Hassenpflug.
The
purpose of such amendments was to bring each agreement into compliance with the
requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended,
and the Treasury regulations and Internal Revenue Service guidance thereunder
("Section 409A").
The above
description of the amendments is a summary and is qualified in its entirety by
the amendments themselves, which are filed as Exhibits 10.2, 10.3, and 10.4 to
this Current Report on Form 8-K
and are
incorporated herein by reference.
On
December 28, 2008, our Compensation Committee, as Administrator under our 2007
Stock Option and Incentive Plan ("2007 Option Plan"), approved (i) the Form of
Amendment to Deferred Stock Unit Award to amend prior grants to our
non-employee directors pursuant to our 2007 Option Plan; and (ii) a revised Form
of Deferred Stock Unit Award for any future deferred stock awards which may be
granted under our 2007 Option Plan.  On December 31, 2008, we entered
into such amendments to the deferred stock awards for our non-employee
directors.  The purpose of these amendments were to bring previous awards
into compliance with the requirements of Section 409A, and
pertain
to how and when payments under any such agreements can be
made.
The above
description of the Form of Amendment to Deferred Stock Unit Award is a summary
and is qualified in its entirety by the form itself, which is filed as Exhibits
10.5 to this Current Report on Form 8-K
and is
incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01
Financial
      Statements and Exhibits
(d)
Exhibits
10.2
Amendment
      No. 2 to Employment Agreement by and between Animal Health International,
      Inc. and William F. Lacey, dated as of December 31,
  2008.
10.3
Amendment
      No. 1 to Employment Agreement by and between Animal Health International,
      Inc. and Damian Olthoff, dated as of December 31,
    2008.
10.4
Amendment
      No. 2 to Non-Compete Agreement by and between Walco International, Inc.
      and Kathy C. Hassenpflug, dated as of December 31,
2008.
10.5
Form
      of Amendment to Deferred Stock Unit Award under the 2007 Stock Option and
      Incentive Plan.  The original form of Deferred Stock Unit Award
      was previously filed as Exhibit 10.10 to Amendment No. 4 to our
      Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-137656) filed on January
      16, 2007.
10.6
Form
      of Deferred Stock Unit Award under the 2007 Stock Option and Incentive
      Plan.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the
registrant has duly caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
ANIMAL
      HEALTH INTERNATIONAL, INC.
January
      2, 2009
By:
/s/
      Damian Olthoff
Damian
      Olthoff
Secretary