8-K 1 fic8k-072903.txt FIC 8K - FILED 07/29/03 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): July 29, 2003 FINANCIAL INDUSTRIES CORPORATION (Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter) Texas 0-4690 74-2126975 (State or other jurisdiction (Commission file (I.R.S. employer of incorporation) number) identification no.) 6500 River Place Blvd., Building One Austin, Texas 78730 (Address of principal executive offices) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (512) 404-5000 ____________________________ - 1 - ITEM 5. Other Information As previously described in the Definitive Proxy Statement of FIC dated June 26, 2003 under the heading entitled "Certain Relationships and Related Transactions-New Era Transactions," American Physicians Service Group Inc. ("APS") and a subsidiary of Equita Financial and Insurance Services of Texas, Inc. ("Equita") acquired 312,484 and 204,918 shares of Common Stock of FIC, respectively, from The Roy F. and Joann Cole Mitte Foundation (the "Foundation") prior to the record date for the 2003 Annual Shareholders Meeting (the "Annual Meeting"). Such shares were subject to the proxy granted to FIC by the Foundation as more particularly described in the Proxy Statement under the heading entitled "Certain Relationships and Related Transactions-Settlement of Litigation with Mitte Family." On July 29, 2003 FIC, at the request of APS and M&W Financial Services, Inc. ("M&W") (the Equita subsidiary), FIC released the proxy with respect to the shares of Common Stock of FIC acquired by APS and M&W from the Foundation. Accordingly, APS and M&W can each vote their respective shares directly at the Annual Meeting. - 2 - 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. FINANCIAL INDUSTRIES CORPORATION Date: July 29, 2003 By: /s/ Theodore A. Fleron ____________________________________ Theodore A. Fleron General Counsel and Secretary - 3 -