UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 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): December 21, 2009 (December 15, 2009)

Owens & Minor, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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

9120 Lockwood Blvd., Mechanicsville, Virginia	23116
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (804) 723-7000

Not applicable

(former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(e) Under the Owens & Minor, Inc. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan, the Compensation & Benefits Committee (“Committee”) of the Board of Directors of Owens & Minor, Inc. (the “Company”) is responsible for designating participants to whom incentive awards are made for annual incentive payments and for determining any goals or objectives on which such incentive awards are based.

On December 15, 2009, the Board of Directors, upon the recommendation of the Committee, approved certain provisions of the 2010 Incentive Program which designates teammates of the Company eligible to participate in the program and specifies the financial and operational goals on which awards will be based. Under the 2010 Incentive Program, corporate officers and certain other teammates are eligible to participate in the program, provided the teammate is an active employee on December 31, 2010.

The target cash awards as a percentage of base salary for the senior corporate officers, including the named executive officers, are stated below:

Position	Target Cash Award As a % of Base Salary
President and CEO/	75	%
Executive Vice Presidents/
CFO/SVP General Counsel/
SVP Business Development/
SVP Human Resources	50	%
Other SVPs	40	%

The financial and operational objectives for the 2010 Incentive Program are based on the following criteria with the designated weights attached to them:

Performance Goal	Weight
Company Net Revenue	25	%
Company Net Income	50	%
Company Return on Assets	25	%
Total	100	%

If the 2010 calendar year performance criteria are met, incentive awards will be approved by the Committee and the Board of Directors in the first quarter of 2011. No incentive award will be made under the 2010 Incentive Program if 2010 net income is less than 2009 net income.

On December 15, 2009, the Board of Directors, upon the recommendation of the Committee, also approved the design of the equity awards intended to be made to the Company’s executive officers in the first quarter of 2010. Half of these equity awards will consist of restricted stock with a three-year vesting period and half of the awards will consist of performance shares with a three-year vesting period and a performance metric based on achievement of a two-year operating earnings target.

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: December 21, 2009	By:	/S/    GRACE R. DEN HARTOG
	Name:	Grace R. den Hartog
	Title:	Senior Vice President, General
		Counsel and Corporate Secretary