SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 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) December 10, 2002 MERCK & CO., Inc. --------------------------------------------------------------- (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) New Jersey ------------------------------------------------------------ (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) 1-3305 22-1109110 ------------------------ ----------------------------------- (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) One Merck Drive, PO Box 100, Whitehouse Station, NJ 08889-0100 ------------------------------------------------------------------- (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code (908) 423-1000 --------------- Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits (c) Exhibits Exhibit 99(a) Opening remarks given at the 2002 Annual Filed with Business Briefing, by Raymond V. Gilmartin, this document Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Registrant Exhibit 99(b) Closing Remarks given at the 2002 Anuual Filed with Business Briefing by Raymond V. Gilmartin, this document Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Registrant Exhibit 99(c) Press release issued December 10, 2002 Filed with regarding business briefing to analysts this document Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure Incorporated by reference are opening and closing Remarks given at the 2002 Annual Business Briefing by Raymond V. Gilmartin, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Registrant, attached as Exhibit 99(a) and Exhibit 99(b), respectively. Also incorporated by reference is a press release issued by the Registrant on December 10, 2002, attached as Exhibit 99(c), concerning the Registrant's business briefing to analysts. This information is not "filed" pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act and is not incorporated by reference into any Securities Act registration statements. Additionally, the submission of this report on Form 8-K is not an admission as to the materiality of any information in this report that is required to be disclosed solely by Regulation FD. 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. MERCK & CO., Inc. Date: December 10, 2002 By: /s/ Debra A. Bollwage ----------------------------- DEBRA A. BOLLWAGE Assistant Secretary EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit Number Description ------ ----------- 99(a) Opening Remarks given at the 2002 Annual Business Briefing, by Raymond V. Gilmartin, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Registrant 99(b) Closing Remarks given at the 2002 Annual Business Briefing, by Raymond V. Gilmartin, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Registrant 99(c) Press release issued December 10, 2002 regarding business briefing to analysts