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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.
 
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) November 1, 2007
BioScrip, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
         
Delaware   0-28740   05-0489664
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)
         
100 Clearbrook Road, Elmsford, New York
  10523
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (914) 460-1600
 
(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:
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o   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)).
 
 

 


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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.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
EX-10.1: AMENDMENT TO RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT


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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.
     On November 1, 2007, BioScrip, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the restated employment agreement between the Company and Richard H. Friedman (the “Executive”). Under the terms of the Amendment, subsection 3.7 of the restated employment agreement, which provided that that any compensation payable by the Company to the Executive that would not be deductible by the Company as a result of the limitations of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code be deferred to and become payable in the next subsequent taxable year of the Company in which such compensation would be deductible for Federal tax purposes by the Company taking into account the limitations of Section 162(m), was deleted. The Amendment was ratified, confirmed and approved by the Company’s Compensation Committee on November 9, 2007.
     The foregoing summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Amendment, a copy of which is filed with this report as Exhibit 10.1.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(c) Exhibits.     The following information is furnished as an exhibit to this Current Report:
     
Exhibit No.   Description of Exhibit
   
 
10.1   
Amendment to Restated Employment Agreement between BioScrip, Inc. and Richard H. Friedman

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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 duly authorized.
             
Date:   November 9, 2007   BIOSCRIP, INC.    
 
           
 
           
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Barry A. Posner    
 
           
 
      Barry A. Posner,    
 
      EVP, Secretary and General Counsel    

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EX-10.1
 

Exhibit 10.1
AMENDMENT
TO
RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
     This amendment (the “Amendment”) amends, effective as of November 1, 2007, the Restated Employment Agreement (the “Agreement”) entered into as of November 29, 2006 by and between BioScrip, Inc., formerly MIM Corporation, (the “Company”), and Richard H. Friedman (“Executive”).
     WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive entered into the Agreement as of November 29, 2006; and
     WHEREAS, the Agreement provides in subsection 3.7 thereof that any compensation payable by the Company to the Executive that would not be deductible by the Company as a result of the limitations of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code shall be deferred to and become payable in the next subsequent taxable year of the Company in which such compensation would be deductible for Federal tax purposes by the Company taking into account the limitations of Section 162(m).
     WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive wish to amend the Agreement to delete subsection 3.8 thereof;
     NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
  1.   The Agreement is hereby amended to delete subsection 3.7 thereof.
 
  2.   Except as set forth herein, the terms and provisions of the Agreement shall remain unmodified and in full force and effect.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has cause this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered in its name and on its behalf as of the date and year first above written.
             
    BIOSCRIP, INC.    
 
           
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Barry A. Posner    
 
           
 
      Barry A. Posner, Executive Vice President    
 
           
 
           
 
  /s/ Richard H. Friedman    
         
    Richard H. Friedman