Edgar Filing: ENCORIUM GROUP INC

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): March 19, 2007

Encorium 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

Covalent Group, Inc.

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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ITEM 2.02.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.

On March 19, 2007, Encorium Group, Inc. (“Encorium”) issued a press release announcing Encorium’s financial results for its fourth fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2006.

A copy of Encorium’s press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

On March 19, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern time, management also held a conference call, publicly announced in its press releases dated March 13, 2007 and March 19, 2007.

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 March 19, 2007.

SIGNATURE

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.


	ENCORIUM GROUP, INC.

Dated: March 20, 2007	By:	Lawrence R. Hoffman
	Name:	Lawrence R. Hoffman
	Title:	Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary and Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX


EXHIBIT NUMBER		DOCUMENT

99.1		Press release dated March 19, 2007.