-----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, TZkCn6FY4GU+2XigJuG8bc7Rz6erI0o1tyRofE6muwDdOSFmOQDdKLFCfEXIdb1V p8GkY7T16Y/qGs/caV+nng== 0001181431-08-016569.txt : 20080306 0001181431-08-016569.hdr.sgml : 20080306 20080305183310 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001181431-08-016569 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20080305 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events FILED AS OF DATE: 20080306 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080305 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BROOKE CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000834408 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: INSURANCE AGENTS BROKERS & SERVICES [6411] IRS NUMBER: 481009756 STATE OF INCORPORATION: KS FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-31698 FILM NUMBER: 08669140 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 205 F STREET 2ND FLOOR CITY: PHILLIPSBURG STATE: KS ZIP: 67661 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: P O BOX 412008 CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64141-2008 8-K 1 rrd198537.htm REFINANCE CLOSING RESCHEDULE Prepared By R.R. Donnelley Financial -- Form 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):  03/05/2008
 
Brooke Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Commission File Number:  001-31698
 
KS
  
48-1009756
(State or other jurisdiction of
  
(IRS Employer
incorporation)
  
Identification No.)
 
10950 Grandview Drive, Suite 600, Overland Park, KS 66210
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
 
913-661-0123
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
(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 March 3, 2008, Brooke Corporation (NASDAQ:BXXX) issued a press release concerning the scheduling of closing for a refinancing transaction involving Aleritas Capital Corp. (a d/b/a of Brooke Credit Corporation; OTCBB: BRCR), which is 62% owned by Brooke Corporation. This refinancing transaction was the subject of a report on Form 8-K/A filed by Aleritas on February 15, 2008. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.
 

 

Signature(s)
 
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.
 
      
 
Brooke Corporation
 
 
Date: March 05, 2008
     
By:
 
/s/    Keith E. Bouchey
               
Keith E. Bouchey
               
President & CEO
 
 

 

Exhibit Index
 
Exhibit No.
  
Description
EX-99.1
  
Press release issued by BROOKE CORPORATION on March 5, 2008
EX-99.1 2 rrd198537_23607.htm PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY BROOKE CORPORATION ON MARCH 5, 2008 To:

News Release

Brooke Corporation Comments on Subsidiary Refinancing

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. March 5, 2008 - Brooke Corporation (NASDAQ:BXXX) owns approximately 62% of Aleritas Capital Corp. (a d/b/a of Brooke Credit Corporation; OTCBB: BRCR). Aleritas recently filed a form 8-K/A describing an expected refinancing of approximately $50M in debt pursuant to an agreement included as an exhibit to the form. Although certain obligations under that agreement expired on Friday, February 29, 2008, closing of the refinancing is nonetheless currently scheduled to occur on or before Friday, March 7, 2008.

About Brooke Corporation ... Brooke Corporation is a holding company listed on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol "BXXX". Brooke Corporation owns 100 percent of Brooke Bancshares, Inc., a banking organization with a federally chartered thrift institution that operates an agent bank. Brooke Corporation owns 62 percent of Aleritas Capital Corp. (a d/b/a of Brooke Credit Corporation; OTCBB: BRCR), a finance company specializing in insurance-related lending. Brooke Corporation owns 81 percent of Brooke Capital Corporation (AMEX: BCP), an insurance organization with a non-standard auto insurance company, a life insurance company and insurance agency franchising operations.

Contact ... Linda Rothemund, Market Street Partners, (415) 445-3236, linda@marketstreetpartners.com

E-mail Distribution ... To receive electronic press alerts, visit the Brooke Corporation Media Room at http://brookecorp.mediaroom.com and subscribe to our e-mail alerts online through the Get the News link.

The above statement concerning closing of a refinancing transaction is a forward-looking statement and is subject to risks and uncertainties, as are all such statements. In particular, this forward-looking statement is subject to, among other things, the possibility that adverse business or market conditions between now and the anticipated closing will affect the ability and willingness of the parties to the transaction to effect such closing.

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