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MERCK & CO INC ($SGP), SCHERING-PLOUGH Merger

This Current Report on Form 8-K is being filed in connection with the consummation on November 3, 2009 (the "Closing Date"), of the transactions contemplated by that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 8, 2009, as amended (the "Merger Agreement"), by and among Merck & Co., Inc. ("Old Merck"), Schering-Plough Corporation ("Schering-Plough"), SP Merger Subsidiary One, Inc. (formerly Blue, Inc.) ("Merger Sub 1"), and SP Merger Subsidiary Two, Inc. (formerly Purple, Inc.) ("Merger Sub 2"). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub 1 merged with and into Schering-Plough (the "SP Merger"), and Merger Sub 2 merged with and into Old Merck (the "Merck Merger," and together with the SP Merger, the "Mergers"). As a result of the Mergers, Schering-Plough was renamed "Merck & Co., Inc." (referred to herein as "New Merck") and Old Merck, renamed Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., became a wholly-owned subsidiary of New Merck. The following events took place in connection with the consummation of the Mergers:

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