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<P ALIGN="CENTER">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on ____________, 2001<br>

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<U><P ALIGN="CENTER">Registration No. 333-</P></U>

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<B><FONT SIZE=4><P ALIGN="CENTER">UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
</FONT>Washington, D.C. 20549</P></B>

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</FONT><B><FONT SIZE=4><P ALIGN="CENTER">FORM S-8</P>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER">REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</P>
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<B><FONT SIZE=4><P ALIGN="CENTER">BERGEN BRUNSWIG CORPORATION<BR>
</B></FONT><FONT SIZE=3>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</P>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P ALIGN="CENTER">(State or other jurisdiction</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P ALIGN="CENTER">of incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER">4000 Metropolitan Drive, Orange, California 92868-3598<BR>
(Address of principal executive offices; zip code)</P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER">Bergen Brunswig Corporation 2001 Employee Stock Purchase Plan<BR>
(Full title of the plan)</P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER">Milan A. Sawdei<BR>
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary<BR>
Bergen Brunswig Corporation<BR>
4000 Metropolitan Drive, Orange, California 92868-3598<BR>
(714) 385-4000<BR>
(Name, address and telephone number,<BR>
including area code, of agent for service)</P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER">Copy to:<BR>
Peter H. Ehrenberg, Esq.<BR>
Lowenstein Sandler PC<BR>
65 Livingston Avenue<BR>
Roseland, New Jersey 07068<BR>
(973) 597-2500</P>

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<U><P ALIGN="CENTER">Calculation of Registration Fee</P></U>

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<U><FONT SIZE=3><P ALIGN="CENTER">Price per Share (2)</U></FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P>par value $1.50 per share</FONT></TD>
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<U><FONT SIZE=3><P ALIGN="CENTER">2,000,000 (1)</U></FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Plus  such  additional  shares of Class A Common Stock as may be issuable pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the Bergen Brunswig Corporation 2001 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. </P>

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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Estimated  solely  for the  purpose of  calculating  the  registration  fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) of the Securities Act of 1933 on the basis of the average of the high and low sale prices for
a share of Class A Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on June 12, 2001.</P>

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<B><P ALIGN="CENTER">PART II&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</P>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">The  Commission  allows us to  "incorporate"  into  this  Registration Statement information we file with it in other documents. This means that we can disclose important information to you by referring to other documents that contain
that information.  The information  incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this Registration Statement, and information we file later with the Commission will automatically update and supersede this information. We incorporate by reference
the documents listed below, except to the extent information in those documents is different from the information contained in this Registration Statement, and all future documents filed with the Commission under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 until we terminate the offering of the shares we are now registering. </P>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the  Company's  Annual  Report  on Form  10-K  for the fiscal year  ended September 30, 2000; </P>

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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the Company's  Quarterly  Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2000; </P>

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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the description of the Common Stock of the Company contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed with the Commission on March 16, 1999; </P>

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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the description of the Company's Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of March 16, 2001, contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A filed with the Commission on March 21,
2001; </P>

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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March 19, 2001;</P>

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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">(f)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the Company's Annual Report on Form 11-K filed with the Commission on March 28, 2001; </P>

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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">(g)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2001.</P>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">All documents  subsequently  filed by the Company  pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained herein or
in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that such statement is modified or superseded by a subsequently filed
document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed to constitute a part of this registration statement except as so modified or superseded. </P>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Under the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, every person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company and the legal representative of such a person is entitled to receive indemnification from the
Company to the fullest extent permitted by law. Under New Jersey law, directors and officers may be indemnified in certain situations, subject to the Company's having taken certain actions and the directors and officers having met certain specified
standards of conduct. In addition, in April, 1986, the Company entered into agreements, which were amended on July 3, 1986 (collectively, the "Indemnity Agreement"), to indemnify each of its directors against liabilities and defense costs to the extent
that such directors would have been insured under the director and officer liability insurance policies which were in effect on December 31, 1984 (the "1984 Policy"). The 1984 Policy afforded the broadest coverage for liabilities arising under ERISA and
the securities and anti-trust laws. The obligation of the Company to indemnify a director under the Indemnity Agreement is limited to $30 million, the maximum coverage available under the 1984 Policy. However, the Indemnity Agreement does not limit a
director's right to recover in excess of $30 million from the Company if the director is otherwise entitled to statutory indemnification. The Indemnity Agreement was ratified by the shareowners at the annual meeting held on December 17, 1986. The Company
currently maintains a directors' and officers' insurance policy which provides liability coverage with respect to its directors and officers. </P>

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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">In  addition,  the  Company's  Restated  Certificate  of  Incorporation eliminates the personal liability of directors and officers to the Company and its shareowners for monetary damages for acts or omissions (including negligent and
grossly negligent acts or omissions) in violation of a director's or officer's fiduciary duty of care. The duty of care refers to a fiduciary duty of directors and officers to manage the affairs of the Company with the same degree of care as would be
applied by an "ordinarily prudent person under similar circumstances".  The provisions of the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation which eliminate the personal liability of directors and officers do not, in any way, eliminate or limit the
liability of a director or officer for breaching his duty of loyalty (i.e., the duty to refrain from fraud, self-dealing and transactions involving improper conflicts of interest) to the Company or its shareowners, failing to act in good faith, knowingly
violating a law or obtaining an improper personal benefit and do not have any effect on the availability of equitable remedies. </P>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">See also the undertakings set forth in response to item 9 herein. </P>

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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">The Exhibits accompanying this Registration Statement are listed on the accompanying Exhibit Index. </P>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes: </P>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement: </P>

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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; </P>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any acts or events arising after the effective date of this registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment hereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed
that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and
price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement; </P>

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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To include any material  information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this registration statement or any material change to such information in this registration
statement; provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if this registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement. </P></dir>

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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </P>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective  amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. </P>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned  registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </P>

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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar  as  indemnification  for  liabilities  arising  under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person
in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by
it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </P></DIR>

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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Orange, State of California, on the 14th day of June, 2001. </P>
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<B><P ALIGN="CENTER">BERGEN BRUNSWIG CORPORATION</P>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following  persons in the capacities indicated on the 14th day of June, 2001. </P>
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<U><FONT SIZE=3><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">/s/ Robert E. Martini*</U></FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Robert E. Martini</FONT></TD>
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<U><FONT SIZE=3><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">/s/ Neil F. Dimick*</U></FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Neil F. Dimick</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">/<U>s/ Brent R. Martini*</U></FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Brent R. Martini</FONT></TD>
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<U><FONT SIZE=3><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">/s/ Jose E. Blanco, Sr.*</U></FONT></TD>
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<U><FONT SIZE=3><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">/s/ Charles C. Edwards*</U></FONT></TD>
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<U><FONT SIZE=3><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">/s/ Charles J. Lee*</U></FONT></TD>
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<U><FONT SIZE=3><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">/s/ George R. Liddle*</U></FONT></TD>
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<U><FONT SIZE=3><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">/s/ James R. Mellor*</U></FONT></TD>
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<U><FONT SIZE=3><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">/s/ George E. Reinhardt, Jr.*</U></FONT></TD>
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<U><FONT SIZE=3><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">/s/ Francis G. Rodgers*</U></FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">*By: <U>/s/ Milan A. Sawdei</U></FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Milan A. Sawdei,</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Certificate of Amendment to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation dated May 7, 1999, and the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3 to the Company's Quarterly
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<FONT SIZE=3><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">By-laws of Bergen Brunswig Corporation, as amended and restated, dated October 2, 2000 are incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(b) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2000.
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<FONT SIZE=3><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of March 16, 2001 between Bergen Brunswig Corporation and Mellon Investor Services LLC, as Rights Agent, including all exhibits thereto is incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A filed with the Commission on March 21, 2001.</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Opinion of Lowenstein Sandler, PC</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P>23.1*</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Consent of Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=3><P>23.2</FONT></TD>
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Bergen Brunswig Corporation Form S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on ____________, 2001
Registration No. 333-
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
BERGEN BRUNSWIG CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
New Jersey
22-1444512
(State or other jurisdiction
(I.R.S. employer
of incorporation or organization)
identification number)
4000 Metropolitan Drive, Orange, California 92868-3598
(Address of principal executive offices; zip code)
Bergen Brunswig Corporation 2001 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Milan A. Sawdei
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
Bergen Brunswig Corporation
4000 Metropolitan Drive, Orange, California 92868-3598
(714) 385-4000
(Name, address and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Peter H. Ehrenberg, Esq.
Lowenstein Sandler PC
65 Livingston Avenue
Roseland, New Jersey 07068
(973) 597-2500
Calculation of Registration Fee
Proposed
Proposed
Title of Securities
Amount to be
Maximum Offering
Maximum Aggregate
Amount of
to be Registered
Registered
Price per Share (2)
Offering Price (2)
Registration Fee
Class A Common Stock,
par value $1.50 per share
2,000,000 (1)
$20.30
$40,600,000
$10,150
(1)     Plus  such  additional  shares of Class A Common Stock as may be issuable pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the Bergen Brunswig Corporation 2001 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
(2)     Estimated  solely  for the  purpose of  calculating  the  registration  fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) of the Securities Act of 1933 on the basis of the average of the high and low sale prices for
a share of Class A Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on June 12, 2001.
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Index
Item 3.
Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference
Item 4.
Description of Securities
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7.
Exemption From Registration Claimed
Item 8.
Exhibits
Item 9.
Undertakings
Signatures
Exhibit Index
PART II     INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference
The  Commission  allows us to  "incorporate"  into  this  Registration Statement information we file with it in other documents. This means that we can disclose important information to you by referring to other documents that contain
that information.  The information  incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this Registration Statement, and information we file later with the Commission will automatically update and supersede this information. We incorporate by reference
the documents listed below, except to the extent information in those documents is different from the information contained in this Registration Statement, and all future documents filed with the Commission under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 until we terminate the offering of the shares we are now registering.
(a)     the  Company's  Annual  Report  on Form  10-K  for the fiscal year  ended September 30, 2000;
(b)     the Company's  Quarterly  Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2000;
(c)     the description of the Common Stock of the Company contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed with the Commission on March 16, 1999;
(d)     the description of the Company's Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of March 16, 2001, contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A filed with the Commission on March 21,
2001;
(e)     the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March 19, 2001;
(f)     the Company's Annual Report on Form 11-K filed with the Commission on March 28, 2001;
(g)     the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2001.
All documents  subsequently  filed by the Company  pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained herein or
in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that such statement is modified or superseded by a subsequently filed
document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed to constitute a part of this registration statement except as so modified or superseded.
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Item 4.
Description of Securities
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not Applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Under the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, every person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company and the legal representative of such a person is entitled to receive indemnification from the
Company to the fullest extent permitted by law. Under New Jersey law, directors and officers may be indemnified in certain situations, subject to the Company's having taken certain actions and the directors and officers having met certain specified
standards of conduct. In addition, in April, 1986, the Company entered into agreements, which were amended on July 3, 1986 (collectively, the "Indemnity Agreement"), to indemnify each of its directors against liabilities and defense costs to the extent
that such directors would have been insured under the director and officer liability insurance policies which were in effect on December 31, 1984 (the "1984 Policy"). The 1984 Policy afforded the broadest coverage for liabilities arising under ERISA and
the securities and anti-trust laws. The obligation of the Company to indemnify a director under the Indemnity Agreement is limited to $30 million, the maximum coverage available under the 1984 Policy. However, the Indemnity Agreement does not limit a
director's right to recover in excess of $30 million from the Company if the director is otherwise entitled to statutory indemnification. The Indemnity Agreement was ratified by the shareowners at the annual meeting held on December 17, 1986. The Company
currently maintains a directors' and officers' insurance policy which provides liability coverage with respect to its directors and officers.
In  addition,  the  Company's  Restated  Certificate  of  Incorporation eliminates the personal liability of directors and officers to the Company and its shareowners for monetary damages for acts or omissions (including negligent and
grossly negligent acts or omissions) in violation of a director's or officer's fiduciary duty of care. The duty of care refers to a fiduciary duty of directors and officers to manage the affairs of the Company with the same degree of care as would be
applied by an "ordinarily prudent person under similar circumstances".  The provisions of the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation which eliminate the personal liability of directors and officers do not, in any way, eliminate or limit the
liability of a director or officer for breaching his duty of loyalty (i.e., the duty to refrain from fraud, self-dealing and transactions involving improper conflicts of interest) to the Company or its shareowners, failing to act in good faith, knowingly
violating a law or obtaining an improper personal benefit and do not have any effect on the availability of equitable remedies.
See also the undertakings set forth in response to item 9 herein.
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Item 7.
Exemption From Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
The Exhibits accompanying this Registration Statement are listed on the accompanying Exhibit Index.
Item 9.
Undertakings
(a)   The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)   To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i)     To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii)     To reflect in the prospectus any acts or events arising after the effective date of this registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment hereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed
that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and
price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement;
(iii)     To include any material  information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this registration statement or any material change to such information in this registration
statement; provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if this registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement.
(2)   That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)   To remove from registration by means of a post-effective  amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b)   The undersigned  registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c)   Insofar  as  indemnification  for  liabilities  arising  under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person
in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by
it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Orange, State of California, on the 14th day of June, 2001.
BERGEN BRUNSWIG CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Milan A. Sawdei
Milan A. Sawdei,
Executive Vice President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following  persons in the capacities indicated on the 14th day of June, 2001.
/s/ Robert E. Martini*
Chairman of the
Robert E. Martini
Board, Director and Chief Executive Officer
/s/ Neil F. Dimick*
Executive Vice President,
Neil F. Dimick
Chief Financial Officer
and Director (Principal
Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer)
/
s/ Brent R. Martini*
Executive Vice President and President,
Brent R. Martini
Bergen Brunswig Drug Company and
Director
/s/ Jose E. Blanco, Sr.*
Director
Jose E. Blanco, Sr.
/s/ Rodney H. Brady*
Director
Rodney H. Brady
/s/ Charles C. Edwards*
Director
Charles C. Edwards, M.D.
/s/ Charles J. Lee*
Director
Charles J. Lee
/s/ George R. Liddle*
Director
George R. Liddle
/s/ James R. Mellor*
Director
James R. Mellor
/s/ George E. Reinhardt, Jr.*
Director
George E. Reinhardt, Jr.
/s/ Francis G. Rodgers*
Director
Francis G. Rodgers
*By:
/s/ Milan A. Sawdei
Milan A. Sawdei,
Attorney-in-Fact
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EXHIBIT INDEX
4.1
Certificate of Amendment to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation dated May 7, 1999, and the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3 to the Company's Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 1999.
4.2
By-laws of Bergen Brunswig Corporation, as amended and restated, dated October 2, 2000 are incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(b) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2000.
4.3
Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of March 16, 2001 between Bergen Brunswig Corporation and Mellon Investor Services LLC, as Rights Agent, including all exhibits thereto is incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A filed with the Commission on March 21, 2001.
5.1*
Opinion of Lowenstein Sandler, PC
23.1*
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
23.2
Consent of Lowenstein Sandler PC is included in Exhibit 5.1.
24.1*
Power of Attorney.
* Filed herewith.