-----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, QfyC13yhLCCkUeWbADSYGLcqMySIbh+q7Uz3DdKBLioKWC97ImUJYsz/Ex2BuWN7 VTi1D06MLqlmonLwwreZsg== 0000763901-05-000084.txt : 20051221 0000763901-05-000084.hdr.sgml : 20051221 20051221173038 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000763901-05-000084 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20051221 ITEM INFORMATION: Regulation FD Disclosure ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20051221 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20051221 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: POPULAR INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000763901 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022] IRS NUMBER: 660416582 STATE OF INCORPORATION: PR FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-13818 FILM NUMBER: 051279470 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 209 MUNOZ RIVERA AVE STREET 2: POPULAR CENTER BUILDING CITY: HATO REY STATE: PR ZIP: 00918 BUSINESS PHONE: 7877659800 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: P.O. BOX 362708 CITY: SAN JUAN STATE: PR ZIP: 00936-2708 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BANPONCE CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 8-K 1 pop8k_12-21form.htm POPULAR, INC.

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 21, 2005

 

POPULAR, INC.

 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

 

COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO

0-13818

66-0416582/66-0667416

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification Number)

 

 

 

209 MUNOZ RIVERA AVENUE
HATO REY, PUERTO RICO

 


00918

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip code)

 

(787) 765-9800

 

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

 

 

 

 

 

NOT APPLICABLE

 

 

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, 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:

[  ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
[  ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
[  ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
[  ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On December 21, 2005, Popular, Inc. issued a news release announcing the results of its previously announced subscription rights offering for common stock. 

A copy of the news release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

The following exhibit is furnished as part of this Report on Form 8-K:

 99.1 News Release, dated December 21, 2005.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    SIGNATURE




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.

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

 

POPULAR, INC.

 

       

(Registrant)

 

Date: December 21, 2005

      

By: /s/ Ileana Gonzalez

 

 

Ileana Gonzalez
Senior Vice President and Comptroller

 

 

 EX-99 2 pop8k_12-21.htm POPULAR, INC

POPULAR, INC.


For additional information contact:
Jorge A. Junquera
Chief Financial Officer
Senior Executive Vice President
787-754-1685

Teruca Rullán
Senior Vice President
Corporate Communications
787-281-5170, 917-679-3596

Or visit our website at http://www. popularinc.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:


Popular, Inc. sells $220 million in new common shares

Offering to shareholders fully subscribed


December 21, San Juan, Puerto Rico - Popular, Inc. announced today that shareholders of record as of November 7, 2005 have fully subscribed for approximately $220 million in newly issued shares of common stock of the Corporation. The Corporation’s previously announced subscription rights offering expired at 5:00 p.m. on December 19, 2005.  This subscription, according to Richard L. Carrión, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Popular, is one of the largest public subscription rights offerings by a U.S. public company in recent years. The Corporation’s previous subscription rights offering in 1992 resulted in the sale of $50 million of shares of common stock.


The Corporation also announced that because the subscription rights offering was fully subscribed, an underwritten offering to the public will not be necessary.  “We are very pleased with this outcome. The stockholder response to this rights offering evidences the trust they have in the Corporation and their long term view. We will work tirelessly to continue deserving that trust,” said Carrión.


Popular, Inc. is a full service financial services provider with operations in Puerto Rico, the United States, the Caribbean and Latin America.

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