Form 8-K

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 and Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) December 14, 2005

 


 

SUNLINK HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC.

(Exact Name Of Registrant As Specified In Charter)

 


 

Ohio   1-12607   31-0621189

(State or other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

900 Circle 75 Parkway, Suite 1120, Atlanta, Georgia 30339

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (770) 933-7000

 


 

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 8.01 Other Events

 

On December 14, 2005, SunLink Health Systems, Inc. (“SunLink”) issued a press release announcing that its Board of Directors has retained SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, a division of SunTrust Capital Markets, Inc., for the purpose of evaluating the Company’s strategic alternatives, which alternatives could include a sale of the Company or a merger, acquisition or other transaction; a copy of such press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.

 

The disclosure in this Current Report, including the Exhibit attached hereto, of any information (financial or otherwise) does not constitute an admission that such information is material.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

a. Not applicable.

 

b. Not applicable.

 

c. Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed with this report:

 

Exhibit 99.1 SunLink Health Systems, Inc. Press Release dated December 14, 2005.


SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

SUNLINK HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC.
By:  

/S/ MARK J. STOCKSLAGER


Name:   Mark J. Stockslager
Title:   Principal Accounting Officer

 

Dated: December 15, 2005


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

EXHIBIT NO.

 

DESCRIPTION


99.1   SunLink Health Systems, Inc. Press Release dated December 14, 2005