Wright Express Corporation (Form: 8-K)  

 

UNITED STATES
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 15, 2009

Wright Express Corporation
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     
Delaware 001-32426 01-526993
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(State or other jurisdiction 		_____________
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(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
      
97 Darling Avenue, South Portland, Maine   04106
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(Address of principal executive offices) 		  ___________
(Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (207) 773-8171

Not Applicable
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report

 

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On December 15, 2009, Wright Express Corporation (the "Company") purchased put option contracts and sold call option contracts, designed to be a costless collar, on the wholesale price of gasoline and the retail price of diesel fuel with Merrill Lynch Commodities, Inc. (collectively, the "Contracts"). The Contracts have an aggregate notional amount of approximately 8,458,230 million gallons of gasoline and diesel fuel and will expire on a monthly basis during the last quarter of 2010 and the first two quarters of 2011. The settlement of the Contracts is based upon the New York Mercantile Exchange’s New York Harbor Reformulated Gasoline Blendstock for Oxygen Blending and the U.S. Department of Energy's weekly retail on-highway diesel fuel price for the month. The Contracts lock in a weighted average retail floor price of approximately $2.74 per gallon and a weighted average retail ceiling price of approximately $2.80 per gallon.

On December 21, 2009, the Company issued a press release announcing this transaction.





Item 8.01 Other Events.

On December 21, 2009, the Company issued a press release entitled "Wright Express Extends Its Existing Fuel-Price Risk Management Program." A copy of the press release is furnished as exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference in its entirety.





Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

99.1 Press release of Wright Express Corporation dated December 21, 2009





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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 hereunto duly authorized.

         
    Wright Express Corporation
          
December 21, 2009   By:   /s/ Melissa D. Smith
       
        Name: Melissa D. Smith
        Title: CFO and Executive Vice President, Finance and Operations (principal financial officer)

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Exhibit Index


     
Exhibit No.   Description
 
99.1
  Press release of Wright Express Corporation dated December 21, 2009