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): July
15, 2009
Merge
Healthcare Incorporated
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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39-1600938
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction of
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(I.R.S.
Employer
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Incorporation
or Organization)
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Identification
No.)
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6737
West Washington Street, Suite 2250
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Milwaukee,
Wisconsin
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53214
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(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
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(ZIP
Code)
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(414)
977-4000
(Registrant's
telephone number, including area code)
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):
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)
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240.14a-12)
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(17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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Item
8.01 Other Events.
On July
15, 2009, Merge Healthcare Incorporated (the "Registrant") and etrials Worldwide
Inc. (“etrials”) issued a joint News Release announcing that on July 15, 2009,
Merge Healthcare, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Merge Acquisition Corp.,
completed the exchange offer for the shares of etrials’ common
stock.
A copy of
the Registrant's News Release is being furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current
Report on Form 8-K, and is incorporated by reference herein.
Exhibit
99.1 News Release of the Registrant dated July 15, 2009.
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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 thereunto duly
authorized.
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MERGE
HEALTHCARE INCORPORATED
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July 15, 2009
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/s/
Steven M. Oreskovich
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By: Steven
M. Oreskovich
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Title: Chief
Financial Officer
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EXHBIT
INDEX
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Exhibit
Number
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Description
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99.1
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Exhibit
99.1 News Release dated July 15, 2009
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