Form 8-K

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): June 28, 2006

Covalent Group, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware   0-21145   56-1668867

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

   (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

One Glenhardie Corporate Center, 1275

Drummers Lane, Suite 100, Wayne, PA

   19087
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (610) 975-9533

 

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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ITEM 2.02.  RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.

On June 28, 2006, Covalent Group, Inc. (“Covalent”) issued a press release announcing that it was reiterating its previously issued revenue guidance for the quarter ended June 30, 2006 and that it expected to return to profitability in the current quarter.

A copy of Covalent’s press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the exhibit hereto, is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

 

ITEM 9.01.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

(d) Exhibits.

99.1 - Press release dated June 28, 2006.

SIGNATURES

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.

 

COVALENT GROUP, INC.

Date: June 29, 2006

By:

  

/s/ Lawrence R. Hoffman

Name:

  

Lawrence R. Hoffman

Title:

   Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary and Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

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99.1    Press release dated June 28, 2006.