8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest reported) August 12, 2002

Owens & Minor, Inc

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its chapter)

Virginia (State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation 1-9810 (Commission
File Number) 54-1701843 (IRS Employer Identification No.

4800 Cox Road, Glen Allen, Virginia (Address of principal executive offices) 23060 (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code    (804) 747-9794                

Item 9.     Regulation FD Disclosure

On August 12, 2002, G. Gilmer Minor, III, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, and Jeffrey Kaczka, Chief Financial Officer of Owens & Minor, Inc. each submitted their sworn statements under oath pursuant to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Order 4-460. The statements are attached herein as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2.

Item 7.     Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c) Exhibits.

99.1    Registrants’ Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings dated August 12, 2002.

99.2    Registrants’ Statement Under Oath of Principal Financial Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings dated August 12, 2002.

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 thereunto duly authorized.

	OWENS & MINOR, INC.
Date: August 12, 2002	By:	/s/    DREW ST. J. CARNEAL
	Name:	Drew St. J. Carneal
	Title:	Senior Vice President & General Counsel

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances

Relating to Exchange Act Filings

I, G. Gilmer Minor, III, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Owens & Minor, Inc. state and attest that:

(1)    To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of Owens & Minor, Inc., and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:

· no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and

· no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed).

(2)    I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company’s Audit Committee.

(3)    In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a “covered report”:

· 2001 Annual Report on Form 10-K of Owens & Minor, Inc. filed with the Commission

· all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of Owens & Minor, Inc. filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and

· any amendments to any of the foregoing.

/s/  G. Gilmer Minor, III G. Gilmer Minor, III Chief Executive Officer and Chairman	Subscribed and sworn to before me this 12th day of August, 2002.
Owens & Minor, Inc.
Date: August 12, 2002	/s/ Karen E. England
	Karen E. England Notary Public-Commonwealth of Virginia My Commission Expires Aug. 31, 2003

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.2

Statement Under Oath of Principal Financial Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances

Relating to Exchange Act Filings

I, Jeffrey Kaczka, Chief Financial Officer of Owens & Minor, Inc. state and attest that:

(1)    To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of Owens & Minor, Inc., and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:

· no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and

· no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed).

(2)    I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company’s Audit Committee.

(3)    In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a “covered report”:

· 2001 Annual Report on Form 10-K of Owens & Minor, Inc. filed with the Commission

· all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of Owens & Minor, Inc. filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and

· any amendments to any of the foregoing.

/s/  Jeffery Kaczka Jeffrey Kaczka Chief Financial Officer	Subscribed and sworn to before me this 12th day of August, 2002.
Owens & Minor, Inc.
Date: August 12, 2002	/s/ Karen E. England
	Karen E. England Notary Public-Commonwealth of Virginia My Commission Expires Aug. 31, 2003