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) March 13, 2008

 

 

ALFA CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   0-11773   63-0838024

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

   (Commission File Number)  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

2108 East South Boulevard

P.O. Box 11000, Montgomery, Alabama

   36191-0001
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code (334) 288-3900

N/A

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

 

 

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Item 5.04. Temporary Suspension of Trading Under Registrant’s Employee Benefit Plans

On March 7, 2008, notices were sent to participants in the Alfa Mutual Insurance Company 401(k) Savings and Profit Sharing Plan (the “Plan”) informing them that pursuant to the proposed merger of Alfa Corporation (the “Company”), under which the Company will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Alfa Mutual Insurance Company and Alfa Mutual Fire Insurance Company, the Alfa stock fund will no longer be available as an investment option under the Plan. This notice indicated that, as a result of the proposed merger and the resulting conversion of shares held in the stock fund, the stock fund will be frozen beginning at 4 p.m. Eastern time on April 10, 2008, and ending the week of April 21, 2008 (the “Blackout Period”). In addition, all accounts under the Plan, whether or not involving the stock fund, will be blacked out for one business day during the week of April 21, 2008. On this day, Plan participants will temporarily be unable to conduct transactions such as loans, withdrawals, investment election changes or enrollments. It is expected that the Blackout Period will be completed no later than April 25, 2008.

In connection with the foregoing, on March 13, 2008, the Company sent a notice to its Section 16 officers and directors pursuant to Section 306 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Rule 104 of the Securities and Exchange Commission Regulation BTR (Blackout Trading Restriction). A copy of the notice is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

  (d) Exhibits

 

99.1 Notice sent to Alfa Corporation Directors and Section 16 Officers regarding a Blackout Period on March 13, 2008.

 

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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.

 

  ALFA CORPORATION
Date: March 13, 2008   By:  

/s/ Stephen G. Rutledge

    Stephen G. Rutledge
   

Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and

Chief Investment Officer

 

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