forest8ksept08xbrl.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
December
11, 2008
Date of
report (date of earliest event reported)
FOREST
LABORATORIES, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization)
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1-5438
(Commission
File
Number)
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11-1798614
(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
Number)
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909
Third Avenue
New
York, New York
(Address
of principal executive offices)
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10022-4731
(Zip
code)
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(212)
421-7850
(Registrant's telephone number,
including area code)
None
(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report)
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:
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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 (17CFR
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
Forest
Laboratories, Inc. (the “Company”) is participating in the Securities and
Exchange Commission’s XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) voluntary
filing program. In connection with this program, the Company has
attached as Exhibit 100 to this Current Report on Form 8-K the following
financial information from its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the Quarter
ended September 30, 2008, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
November 10, 2008, formatted in XBRL: (i) Condensed Consolidated Statements of
Income, (ii) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, (iii) Condensed Consolidated
Statements of Comprehensive Income, (iv) Condensed Consolidated Statements of
Cash Flows and (v) the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial
Statements.
Users of
this data are advised pursuant to Rule 401 of Regulation S-T that the financial
information contained in the XBRL documents is unaudited and these are not the
official publicly filed financial statements of the Company. The
purpose of submitting these XBRL formatted documents is to test the related
format and technology and, as a result, investors should continue to rely on the
official filed version of the furnished documents and not rely on the
information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the Exhibit 100, in
making investment decisions.
In
accordance with Rule 402 of Regulation S-T, the information in this Current
Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 100, shall not be deemed “filed” for the
purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
“Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and
shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other
document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange
Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific references in such
filing.
Item
9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
The following exhibits are
furnished herewith:
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Exhibit
No.
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Exhibit
Description
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100
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The
following financial statements from Forest Laboratories, Inc’s Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the six months ended September 30, 2008, filed on
November 10, 2008, formatted in XBRL (eXtensive Business Reporting
Language): (i)
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income, (ii) Condensed Consolidated
Balance Sheets, (iii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive
Income, (iv) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and (v) the
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial
Statements.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
thereunto duly authorized.
Date: December
11, 2008
Forest Laboratories,
Inc.
(Registrant)
/s/ Francis I. Perier,
Jr.
Francis
I. Perier, Jr.
Senior
Vice President - Finance and
Chief
Financial Officer
Exhibit
Index
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Exhibit
No.
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Description
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EX-100.INS
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XBRL
Instance Document
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EX-100.SCH
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XBRL
Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
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EX-100.PRE
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XBRL
Taxonomy Presentation Linkbase Document
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EX-100.LAB
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XBRL
Taxonomy Label Linkbase Document
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EX-100.CAL
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XBRL
Taxonomy Calculation Linkbase Document
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