SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--McKesson Corporation (NYSE:MCK) today reaffirmed its earnings guidance
for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2015 and the underlying key
assumptions provided in its press release of May 12, 2014.
McKesson is hosting its Investor Day today in Boston, Massachusetts. A
webcast of the presentations is available through McKesson’s website, www.mckesson.com,
live from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM ET today and on replay afterwards.
Shareholders are encouraged to review McKesson’s SEC reports, which are
available at www.mckesson.com
under the “Investors” tab.
Risk Factors
Except for historical information contained in this press release,
matters discussed may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the
meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that involve risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from
those projected, anticipated or implied. These statements may be
identified by their use of forward-looking terminology such as
“believes”, “expects”, “anticipates”, “may”, “will”, “should”, “seeks”,
“approximately”, “intends”, “plans”, “estimates” or the negative of
these words or other comparable terminology. The discussion of financial
trends, strategy, plans or intentions may also include forward-looking
statements. It is not possible to predict or identify all such risks and
uncertainties; however, the most significant of these risks and
uncertainties are described in the company’s Form 10-K, Form 10-Q and
Form 8-K reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and
include, but are not limited to: changes in the U.S. healthcare industry
and regulatory environment; changes in the Canadian healthcare industry
and regulatory environment; changes in the European regulatory
environment with respect to privacy and data protection regulations;
managing foreign expansion, including the related operating, economic,
political and regulatory risks; the company’s ability to successfully
identify, consummate, finance and integrate acquisitions; material
adverse resolution of pending legal proceedings; exposure to European
economic conditions, including recent austerity measures taken by
certain European governments; competition; substantial defaults in
payment or a material reduction in purchases by, or the loss of, a large
customer or group purchasing organization; the loss of government
contracts as a result of compliance or funding challenges; public health
issues in the U.S. or abroad; malfunction, failure or breach of
sophisticated internal information systems to perform as designed; the
adequacy of insurance to cover property loss or liability claims; the
company’s failure to attract and retain customers for its software
products and solutions due to integration and implementation challenges,
or due to an inability to keep pace with technological advances; the
company’s proprietary products and services may not be adequately
protected, and its products and solutions may be found to infringe on
the rights of others; system errors or failure of our technology
products and solutions to conform to specifications; disaster or other
event causing interruption of customer access to data residing in our
service centers; the delay or extension of our sales or implementation
cycles for external software products; changes in circumstances that
could impair our goodwill or intangible assets; new or revised tax
legislation or challenges to our tax positions; general economic
conditions, including changes in the financial markets that may affect
the availability and cost of credit to the company, its customers or
suppliers; changes in accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States of America; and withdrawal from participation in
multiemployer pension plans or if such plans are reported to have
underfunded liabilities. The reader should not place undue reliance on
forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are
first made. Except to the extent required by law, the company undertakes
no obligation to publicly release the result of any revisions to these
forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the
date hereof, or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
About McKesson
McKesson Corporation, currently ranked 15th on the FORTUNE 500, is a
healthcare services and information technology company dedicated to
making the business of healthcare run better. McKesson partners with
payers, hospitals, physician offices, pharmacies, pharmaceutical
companies and others across the spectrum of care to build healthier
organizations that deliver better care to patients in every setting.
McKesson helps its customers improve their financial, operational, and
clinical performance with solutions that include pharmaceutical and
medical-surgical supply management, healthcare information technology,
and business and clinical services. For more information, visit www.mckesson.com.
