AmerisourceBergen To Acquire World Courier For $520 Million (ABC)

AmerisourceBergen (NYSE:ABC) announced it would acquire World Courier in a cash deal valued at $520 million.ABC said it was acquiring privately held drug storage and distribution services company, expanding the drug industry services ABC offers.The company will be a new operating segment.AmerisourceBergen said it wouldn’t have any effect on fiscal year 2012 earnings, but sees the deal $0.06 – $0.10 accretive to its fiscal 2013 bottom line.The company said it expects the deal to close in the third quarter of 2012.