-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, RosEdN8u1we5rMPf/wVAN0BushBC7U9Sv5rudp0MSqe8tD05sO+okDxTjgKxd70i CC/2t8oZqsXFx2OJ0mtBLw== 0001035704-07-000197.txt : 20070308 0001035704-07-000197.hdr.sgml : 20070308 20070308164352 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001035704-07-000197 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20070302 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20070308 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070308 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CITIZENS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000024090 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: LIFE INSURANCE [6311] IRS NUMBER: 840755371 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CO FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-16509 FILM NUMBER: 07681404 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 400 EAST ANDERSON LANE CITY: AUSTIN STATE: TX ZIP: 78752 BUSINESS PHONE: 5128377100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 400 EAST ANDERSON LANE CITY: AUSTIN STATE: TX ZIP: 78752 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CONTINENTAL INVESTORS LIFE INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19881222 8-K 1 d44452e8vk.htm FORM 8-K e8vk
 

 
 
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 2, 2007
CITIZENS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
COLORADO   0-16509   84-0755371
         
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation 		  (Commission
File Number) 		  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)
400 East Anderson Lane
Austin, Texas 78752
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(512) 837-7100
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code
Not Applicable
 
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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ITEM 8.01 OTHER EVENTS.
Citizens, Inc. is a defendant in a lawsuit originally filed in Texas District Court, Austin, Texas, now styled Citizens Insurance Company of America, Citizens, Inc., Harold E. Riley and Mark A. Oliver, Petitioners v. Fernando Hakim Daccach, Respondent, in which a class was originally certified by the trial court, and affirmed by the Court of Appeals for the Third District of Texas. We appealed the grant of class status to the Texas Supreme Court, and oral arguments occurred on October 21, 2004. On March 2, 2007, the Texas Supreme Court reversed the Court of Appeal’s affirmance of the trial court’s class certification order, decertified the class and remanded the case to the trial court for further proceedings consistent with the Texas Supreme Court’s opinion. The suit alleges that certain life insurance policies which we made available by our primary life insurance subsidiary to non-U.S. residents, when combined with a policy feature which allow policy dividends to be assigned to two non-U.S. trusts for the purpose of accumulating ownership of our Class A common stock, along with allowing the policyholders to make additional contributions to the trusts, were actually offers and sales of securities that occurred in Texas by unregistered dealers in violation of the registration provisions of the Texas securities laws. The remedy sought was rescission and return of the insurance premium payments. We intend to continue to pursue a vigorous defense in any remaining proceeding. However, we expect financial exposure to us, if any, would be significantly less then had the purported class not been decertified.
ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
None.

 

 

SIGNATURE
     Pursuant to the requirement 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.
         
  CITIZENS, INC.
 		  
  By:   /s/ Mark A. Oliver    
    Mark A. Oliver, President   
       
 
Date: March 8, 2007

 

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