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accession: "0001104659-26-016785"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COR"
cik: "0001140859"
company_name: "Cencora, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-02-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T01:57:11.441784+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.8
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confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cencora merges MWI Animal Health with Covetrus in $3.5B deal; receives cash, preferred and common equity

## Summary
- MWI valued at $3.5B enterprise value; Cencora gets $1.25B cash, $800M preferred units, $1.45B common units.
- Cencora will hold a non-controlling 34.3% common equity stake in the combined company post-closing.
- Transaction subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions; no set closing date.
- Cencora reaffirms fiscal 2026 guidance; deal not currently expected to close in FY2026 ending Sep 30, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-016785
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COR
- cik: 0001140859
- company_name: Cencora, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-02-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140859/000110465926016785/0001104659-26-016785-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140859/000110465926016785/tm266695d1_8k.htm

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