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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): November 20, 2008
 
PharmaNet Development Group, Inc.
( Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
         
Delaware   001-16119   59-2407464
(State or Other Jurisdiction   (Commission   (IRS Employer
of Incorporation)   File Number)   Identification No.)
504 Carnegie Center, Princeton, NJ 08540
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(609) 951-6800
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
þ   Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425).
 
o   Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12).
 
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Item 8.01 Other Events
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
SIGNATURE
EX-99.1: PRESS RELEASE

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Item 8.01 Other Events.
     On November 20, 2008, PharmaNet Development Group, Inc. issued a press release announcing an exchange offer in which its outstanding 2.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2024 may be exchanged for 8.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2014 and cash. The full text of the press release is attached to this current report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
     
Exhibit No.   Description
 
99.1
  Press Release dated November 20, 2008.

 

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SIGNATURE
     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 hereunto duly authorized.
November 20, 2008
         
  PHARMANET DEVELOPMENT GROUP, INC.
  		 
  By:   /s/ John P. Hamill    
    Name:   John P. Hamill   
    Title:   EVP and Chief Financial Officer   
 

 

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