Form 8-K
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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

February 27, 2012

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

 

Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-14471   52-1574808
(State of Incorporation)  

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

7720 North Dobson Road

Scottsdale, Arizona 85256

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(602) 808-8800

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(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:

 

¨ Written 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 (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


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Item 2.02.      Results of Operations and Financial Condition

Item 9.01.      Exhibits

SIGNATURES

EX-99.1


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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On February 27, 2012, Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation issued a press release announcing its financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2011. A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

The information in this Item 2.02, including the accompanying exhibit, is being furnished and 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 liabilities of that Section. The information in this Item 2.02 shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

 

Item 9.01 Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

  99.1 Press Release dated February 27, 2012.


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    MEDICIS PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATION
Date: February 27, 2012     By:  

/s/ Richard D. Peterson

      Richard D. Peterson
     

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and

Treasurer


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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

99.1    Press Release dated February 27, 2012.