-----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, I82jJv53ISRpf5po1Mtzj2I+HZj4Zm9TWB7fviK0SUe3TEBj96Ah9g3WlCeIk2wj 83CKJ5OULE5I3s5IB/nh3g== 0000950144-06-005284.txt : 20060524 0000950144-06-005284.hdr.sgml : 20060524 20060523175546 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950144-06-005284 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20060523 ITEM INFORMATION: Results of Operations and Financial Condition ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20060524 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20060523 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CRAWFORD & CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000025475 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: INSURANCE AGENTS BROKERS & SERVICES [6411] IRS NUMBER: 580506554 STATE OF INCORPORATION: GA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-10356 FILM NUMBER: 06862435 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5620 GLENRIDGE DR NE CITY: ATLANTA STATE: GA ZIP: 30342 BUSINESS PHONE: 4042560830 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5620 GLENRIDE DR CITY: ATLANTA STATE: GA ZIP: 30342 8-K 1 g01748e8vk.htm CRAWFORD & COMPANY CRAWFORD & COMPANY
 

 
 
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): May 23, 2006
CRAWFORD & COMPANY
 
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
GEORGIA
 
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
     
1-10356   58-0506554
     
(Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)
5620 Glenridge Drive, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30342
 
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(404) 256-0830
 
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
     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 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition
     On May 23, 2006, Crawford & Company (the “Company”) issued a press release containing information about a reaffirmation of the Company’s first quarter earnings. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
     The presentation referred to in the press release and available on the Company’s website contains non-GAAP financial measures and a reconciliation to the related GAAP measure is included. Operating earnings is one of the key performance measures used by the Company’s senior management to evaluate the performance of its business and make resource allocation decisions. The Company believes this measure is useful to investors in that it allows them to evaluate its performance using the same criteria that management uses.
ITEM 9.01. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Statements and Exhibits
(c) Exhibits
     
Exhibit No.   Description
99.1
  Press Release dated May 23, 2006

 

 

SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
         
  CRAWFORD & COMPANY
(Registrant)
 		  
  By:   /s/ R. ERIC POWERS, III    
    R. Eric Powers, III   
    Assistant Corporate Secretary   
 
Dated: May 23, 2006

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX
     
Number   Description
99.1
  Press Release issued May 23, 2006

 

EX-99.1 2 g01748exv99w1.txt EX-99.1 PRESS RELEASE ISSUED MAY 23, 2006 Exhibit 99.1 (Crawford LOGO) PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: JULIE KEATON AT 404-847-4026 JULIE_KEATON@US.CRAWCO.COM May 23, 2006 CRAWFORD & COMPANY PARTICIPATING IN SUNTRUST ROBINSON HUMPHREY ANALYST EVENT ATLANTA -- Crawford & Company is pleased to announce that Tom Crawford, president and CEO, along with Bruce Swain, senior vice president and interim chief financial officer, will participate in the SunTrust Robinson Humphrey fourth annual Financial Services Unconference in New York City, May 24, 2006. During the meetings, the Company expects to reaffirm the 2006 guidance given during its first quarter earnings conference call with analysts. Copies of the presentation materials reviewed at the conference will be made available beginning the day of the conference on the Company's Web site at www.crawfordandcompany.com. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Crawford & Company is the world's largest independent provider of claims management solutions to insurance companies and self-insured entities, with a global network of more than 700 offices in 63 countries. Major service lines include property and casualty claims management, integrated claims and medical management for workers' compensation, legal settlement administration, including class action and warranty inspections, and risk management information services. The Company's shares are traded on the NYSE under the symbols CRDA and CRDB. ### -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----