AmerisourceBergen Completes Asenda Acquisition

VALLEY FORGE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 21, 2006--AmerisourceBergen Corporation (NYSE:ABC) today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, AmerisourceBergen Canada Corporation, has completed the purchase of substantially all of the assets of privately held Asenda Pharmaceutical Supplies Ltd. and a related entity for approximately US$18 million. The Asenda acquisition will be neutral to AmerisourceBergen Corporation's fiscal year 2006 earnings per share.