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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-16-784025
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20161202
ITEM INFORMATION:		Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
ITEM INFORMATION:		Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20161202
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20161202

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Premier, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001577916
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-MANAGEMENT SERVICES [8741]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-36092
		FILM NUMBER:		162032032

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		13034 BALLANTYNE CORPORATE PLACE
		CITY:			CHARLOTTE
		STATE:			NC
		ZIP:			28277
		BUSINESS PHONE:		704-357-0022

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		13034 BALLANTYNE CORPORATE PLACE
		CITY:			CHARLOTTE
		STATE:			NC
		ZIP:			28277
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REPORT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d)&nbsp;of the </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):&nbsp;December&nbsp;2, 2016 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Premier, Inc. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">35-2477140</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>13034 Ballantyne Corporate Place </B></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;2.01. Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On November&nbsp;28, 2016, Premier, Inc. (&#147;Premier&#148;) announced that its consolidated subsidiary, Premier Supply Chain Improvement,
Inc. (&#147;PSCI&#148;), entered into a membership interest purchase agreement (the &#147;Purchase Agreement&#148;) dated as of November&nbsp;25, 2016 by and among PSCI, GNYHA Holdings, LLC (the &#147;Seller&#148;), and the guarantors named in the
Purchase Agreement, pursuant to which PSCI agreed to purchase (1)&nbsp;the remaining 50% of the issued and outstanding limited liability company membership interests of Innovatix, LLC (&#147;Innovatix&#148;) that are not currently owned by PSCI and
(2)&nbsp;all of the issued and outstanding limited liability company membership interests of Essensa Ventures, LLC (&#147;Essensa&#148; and together with Innovatix, the &#147;Acquired Companies&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The acquisition closed on December&nbsp;2, 2016. As previously announced, the aggregate cash purchase price was $325.0&nbsp;million. At
closing, approximately $238.5&nbsp;million was paid to the Seller, of which $227.5&nbsp;million represented a portion of the original purchase price, and approximately $11.0&nbsp;million represented initial purchase price adjustments to reflect
estimated closing working capital, cash and cash equivalents, indebtedness and transaction expenses. The balance of the purchase price, $97.5 million, will be paid on January&nbsp;10, 2017. The purchase price will be further adjusted, on a <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">dollar-for-dollar</FONT></FONT> basis (1)&nbsp;upward or downward, as the case may be, to the extent actual working capital at closing (limited to 50% of working capital related to
Innovatix due to PSCI&#146;s existing 50% ownership interest) is less than or greater than the estimated closing working capital, (2)&nbsp;upward or downward, as the case may be, to reflect the actual cash and cash equivalents of the Acquired
Companies at closing (limited to 50% of actual cash and cash equivalents of Innovatix due to PSCI&#146;s existing 50% ownership interest), (3) upward or downward, as the case may be, to reflect the actual indebtedness of the Acquired Companies at
closing (limited to 50% of actual indebtedness of Innovatix due to PSCI&#146;s existing 50% ownership interest), and (4)&nbsp;upward or downward, as the case may be, to reflect the amount of transaction expenses of the Seller. Premier funded the
acquisition with borrowings under its existing revolving credit facility. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, the Purchase Agreement provides for a graduated <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">earn-out</FONT> opportunity for the Seller ranging from $18.5&nbsp;million to $43.0&nbsp;million based on tiered Company Parties&#146; Adjusted EBITDA (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) targets for the Acquired
Companies ranging from $60.1&nbsp;million to $73.1&nbsp;million during the period from July&nbsp;1, 2016 through and including June&nbsp;30, 2017. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Premier and its affiliates, and certain of its directors and officers, have previously disclosed relationships with the Seller and the
Acquired Companies in addition to the transaction. These relationships are discussed (i)&nbsp;in Note 21&#151;Related Party Transactions to the consolidated financial statements included in Premier&#146;s Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the year ended June&nbsp;30, 2016 (&#147;2016 Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K&#148;)</FONT> and Item&nbsp;13&#151;Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
included in Premier&#146;s 2016 Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K,</FONT> (ii)&nbsp;in Note&nbsp;15&#151;Related Party Transactions to the consolidated financial statements included in Premier&#146;s Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> for the quarter ended September&nbsp;30, 2016, and (iii)&nbsp;under the headings &#147;Related Person Transactions&#148; and &#147;Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management&#148; in
our Definitive Proxy Statement dated October&nbsp;19, 2016, each of which is incorporated herein by reference. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As part of the
transaction, Premier&#146;s Board of Directors (the &#147;Board&#148;) and the Conflict Advisory Committee of the Board (acting through only its independent director members), each received a fairness opinion from their respective financial advisors
stating that the transaction was fair, from a financial point of view, to Premier. In addition, the independent directors on each of the Conflict Advisory Committee and the Board&#146;s Member Agreement Review Committee reviewed the transaction from
a &#147;fair process&#148; and &#147;fair price&#148; perspective, respectively. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The information provided under this Item&nbsp;2.01 is a
summary of certain portions of the Purchase Agreement and does not purport to be a complete description and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, (i)&nbsp;the information provided under Item 1.01 of Premier&#146;s Current Report on Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed on November&nbsp;28, 2016 and (ii)&nbsp;the full text of the Purchase Agreement, a copy of which was attached as Exhibit 2.1 to Premier&#146;s Current Report on Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed on November&nbsp;28, 2016. To the extent not superseded by this Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K,</FONT> Item 1.01 of Premier&#146;s Current Report on Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed on November&nbsp;28, 2016 and Exhibit 2.1 to such Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K,</FONT> is incorporated herein by reference herein. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The filing of this Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> shall not be deemed an admission by Premier that the
transaction described herein is material. </P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On December&nbsp;2, 2016, the Company held its 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the &#147;Annual Meeting&#148;). At the Annual Meeting,
the stockholders: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;elected five Class&nbsp;III Directors nominated to serve on the
Company&#146;s Board of Directors until the 2019 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ratified the appointment of Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young LLP to serve as the Company&#146;s
independent registered public accounting firm for the Company&#146;s fiscal year 2017; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company&#146;s named executive
officers as disclosed in the proxy statement for the Annual Meeting (the &#147;Proxy Statement&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A more complete description of
each item is set forth in the Proxy Statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As of the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 48,066,990 shares of the
Company&#146;s Class&nbsp;A common stock and 94,809,069 shares of the Company&#146;s Class&nbsp;B common stock issued and outstanding. However, as a result of the Class&nbsp;B common unit exchange process discussed in the Proxy Statement, under
&#147;Frequently Asked Questions&#151;What is the Class&nbsp;B common unit exchange process? Will it impact the Annual Meeting?,&#148; 5,047,528 shares of Class&nbsp;B common stock were retired on or about October&nbsp;31, 2016 and therefore not
eligible to be voted. The 89,761,541 currently outstanding shares of Class&nbsp;B common stock were voted at the Annual Meeting pursuant to the Voting Trust Agreement, dated October&nbsp;1, 2013, relating to shares of Class&nbsp;B common stock, as
discussed in the Proxy Statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each share of Class&nbsp;A common stock and Class&nbsp;B common stock was entitled to one vote on each
matter properly brought before the Annual Meeting. The Class&nbsp;A common stock and Class&nbsp;B common stock voted together as a class. Votes representing approximately 93% of the combined voting power of the Class&nbsp;A common stock and
Class&nbsp;B common stock, as of the record date, were present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The final voting
results for the Annual Meeting were as follows: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Item&nbsp;1&#151;Election of Directors </U></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each of the five nominees named in the Proxy Statement was elected by the stockholders to the Company&#146;s Board of Directors for three-year
terms based on the following vote: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Susan D. DeVore</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">120,331,668</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">&nbsp;&nbsp;9,707,616</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">2,738,389</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Jody R. Davids</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">127,750,536</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">&nbsp;&nbsp;2,288,748</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Peter S. Fine</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">12,302,689</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">2,738,389</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">David H. Langstaff</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">127,840,331</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">&nbsp;&nbsp;2,198,953</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">2,738,389</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Marvin R. O&#146;Quinn</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">113,969,885</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">16,069,399</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">2,738,389</TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Item&nbsp;2&#151;Ratification of the Appointment of Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young LLP </U></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The appointment of Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young as the Company&#146;s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company&#146;s fiscal
year 2017 was ratified by the stockholders based on the following vote: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><B><U>Votes Abstained</U></B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">149,311</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">11,171</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company&#146;s named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy
Statement, based on the following vote: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><U>Votes Abstained</U></B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><U>Broker <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Votes</FONT></U></B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">129,609,444</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">399,883</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">29,957</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">2,738,389</TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) Exhibits </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>2.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Membership Interest Purchase Agreement, dated as of November&nbsp;25, 2016 by and among Premier Supply Chain Improvement, Inc., GNYHA Holdings, LLC, and the guarantors named therein (filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Current Report on
Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed on November&nbsp;28, 2016 and incorporated herein by reference).</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">By:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Susan D. DeVore</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Name:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Susan D. DeVore</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Title:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Chief Executive Officer and President</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Date: December&nbsp;2, 2016</TD>
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