-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, TyyR9V/zgRfu9UUM2VCGhb9bB+3C/o+Fb8gtNe6A+Ul9f6AVqT8kRKRmeestNhoZ MWI+5+hOcmqDqofMD9RE0A== 0000005187-04-000085.txt : 20040428 0000005187-04-000085.hdr.sgml : 20040428 20040427205540 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000005187-04-000085 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20040427 ITEM INFORMATION: Other events FILED AS OF DATE: 20040428 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WYETH CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000005187 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834] IRS NUMBER: 132526821 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-01225 FILM NUMBER: 04758390 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5 GIRALDA FARMS CITY: MADISON STATE: NJ ZIP: 07940 BUSINESS PHONE: 9736605000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5 GIRALDA FARMS CITY: MADISON STATE: NJ ZIP: 07940 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: AMERICAN HOME PRODUCTS CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20020308 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: AMERICAN HOME PRODUCTS CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 8-K 1 diet8k.txt 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): April 27, 2004 Wyeth (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 1-1225 13-2526821 (State or other jurisdiction (Commission File (IRS Employer of incorporation) Number) Identification No.) Five Giralda Farms, Madison, New Jersey 07940 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 973-660-5000 Item 5. Other Events and Required Regulation FD Disclosure On April 27, 2004, the jury returned a verdict in the case of Jerry Coffey (representing the estate of Cynthia Cappel-Coffey), et al. v. Wyeth, et al. in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $113.353 million in compensatory damages and $900 million in punitive damages. The plaintiffs in this case, which was tried in the District Court of Jefferson County, Texas, 172nd Judicial District, alleged that Ms. Cappel-Coffey died as a result of Primary Pulmonary Hypertension (PPH) caused by her use of the diet drug Pondimin. The Company will appeal this verdict and believes that it has a strong basis for reversal on appeal. 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. WYETH By: /s/ Lawrence V. Stein Lawrence V. Stein Senior Vice President and General Counsel (Duly Authorized Signatory) Dated: April 27, 2004 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----