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): June 8, 2011

EBIX, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	0-15946	77-0021975
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

5 Concourse Parkway, Suite 3200, Atlanta, Georgia	30328
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (678) 281-2020

(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

On June 8, 2011 Ebix, Inc. (or the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that since March 29, 2011 the Company had re-purchased 1,020,073 shares of its common stock for total aggregate cash consideration in the amount of $20.38 million. All share repurchases were done in accordance with Rule 10b-18 of the Securities Act of 1934 as to the timing, pricing, and volume of such transactions, and were completed using available cash resources and cash generated from the Company’s operating activities.

The Company also announced in the same press release that it intends to continue buy back its common stock under its existing Board authorized $45 million share re-purchase program, and to seek Board authorization to increase the re-purchase program to $75 million once the Company has reached the $45 million authorized under the Board’s earlier resolution.

A copy of the related press release is being filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

Item 9.01             Exhibits

Exhibits

99.1                      Press release, dated June 8, 2011, issued by Ebix, Inc.

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.  

EBIX, INC.

By: /s/ Robert Kerris              
Robert Kerris
Chief Financial Officer
and Corporate Secretary

 June 13, 2010  

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Ebix Reports Buy Back of One Million Shares Since 29^th March 2011

ATLANTA, GA – June 8, 2011 – Ebix, Inc. (NASDAQ: EBIX) a leading international supplier of On-Demand software and E-commerce services to the insurance industry, today reported that it has bought back more than one million shares of its stock since 29^th March 2011.

The Company announced that it has purchased a total of 1,020,073 shares of its common stock since March 29^th 2011, for a total sum of $20.381 million. All share repurchases were done in accordance with Rule 10b-18 of the Securities Act of 1934 as to the timing, pricing, and volume of such transactions.

The Company also reported that it intends to continue buying back its common stock using its available cash resources and cash generated by its operating activities. While the Company already has a share buyback authorization from the Board for $45 million, the Company declared that it intends to seek Board authorization to increase this buyback authorization to $75 million, once it has utilized the earlier $45 million buy-back authorization.

About Ebix

A leading international supplier of On-Demand software and E-commerce services to the insurance industry, Ebix, Inc., (NASDAQ:EBIX) provides end to end solutions ranging from infrastructure Exchanges, carrier systems, agency systems and BPO services to custom software development for all entities involved in the insurance industry.

With 30+ offices across Singapore, Australia, the US, New Zealand, India, China, Japan and Canada, Ebix powers multiple exchanges across the world in the field of life, annuity, health and property & casualty insurance, while conducting in excess of $100 billion in insurance premiums on its platforms. Through its various SaaS based software platforms, Ebix employs hundreds of insurance and technology professionals that provide products, support and consultancy to thousands of customers on six continents. Ebix’s focus on quality has enabled it to be awarded Level 5 status of the Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute’s Capability Maturity Model (CMM). Ebix has also earned ISO 9001:2000 certification for both its development and BPO units in India. For more information, visit the Company’s website at www.ebix.com

CONTACT:

Neil van Helden
678-242-2824 or neil.van.helden@ebix.com

Aaron
678-281-2027 or atikkoo@ebix.com

Safe Harbor for Forward Looking Statements under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 — This press release contains various forward looking statements and information that are based on management’s beliefs, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to management, including statements regarding future economic performance and financial condition, liquidity and capital resources, acceptance of the Company’s products by the market and management’s plans and objectives. The Company has tried to identify such forward looking statements by use of words such as “expects,” “intends,” “anticipates,” “plans,” “believes,” “will,” “should,” and similar expressions, but these words are not the exclusive means of identifying such statements. Such statements are subject to various risks, uncertainties and other factors which could cause actual results to vary materially from those expressed in, or implied by, the forward looking statements. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include the extent to which the Company’s new products and services can be successfully developed and marketed, the integration and other risks associated with recent and future acquisitions, the willingness of independent insurance agencies to outsource their computer and other processing needs to third parties, the Company’s ability to continue to develop new products to effectively address market needs in an industry characterized by rapid technological change, the Company’s dependence on the insurance industry (and in particular independent agents), the highly competitive and rapidly changing automation systems market, the Company’s ability to effectively protect its applications software and other proprietary information, the Company’s ability to attract and retain quality management, and software, technical sales and other personnel, the potential negative impact on the Company’s outsourcing business in India from adverse publicity and possible governmental regulation, the risks of disruption of the Company’s Internet connections or internal service problems, the possibly adverse effects of a substantial increase in volume of traffic on the Company’s website, mainframe and other servers, possible security breaches on the Company’s website and the possible effects of insurance regulation on the Company’s business. Certain of these, as well as other, risks, uncertainties and other factors, are described in more detail in Ebix’s periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the company’s annual report on form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, included under “Item 1. Business—Risk Factors.” Except as expressly required by the federal securities laws, the Company undertakes no obligation to update any such factors or to publicly update any of the forward looking statements contained herein to reflect future events or developments or changed circumstances or for any other reason.