-----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, D0alO6F9s2T+pHqnFQd513N6+mgIatID1L9hkHM3/GrUu1+Qs9RL1ZYtAsPkvCkB U5Zmu1xwFBebZJrIFDErtg== 0001157523-09-004356.txt : 20090605 0001157523-09-004356.hdr.sgml : 20090605 20090605164113 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001157523-09-004356 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20090604 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement FILED AS OF DATE: 20090605 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20090605 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ADVANTA CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000096638 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PERSONAL CREDIT INSTITUTIONS [6141] IRS NUMBER: 231462070 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-14120 FILM NUMBER: 09877538 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: P.O. BOX 844 STREET 2: WELSH & MCKEAN ROADS CITY: SPRING HOUSE STATE: PA ZIP: 19477 BUSINESS PHONE: 2154445341 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O WELSH & MCKEAN ROADS STREET 2: P.O. BOX 844 CITY: SPRING HOUSE STATE: PA ZIP: 19477-0844 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: TSO FINANCIAL CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19880306 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: TEACHERS SERVICE ORGANIZATION INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19850812 8-K 1 a5981454.txt ADVANTA CORP. 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 4, 2009 ------------ Advanta Corp. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 0-14120 23-1462070 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (State or other jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.) Welsh & McKean Roads, P.O. Box 844, Spring House, Pennsylvania 19477 -------------------------------------------------------------- ----- (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code (215) 657-4000 -------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 (see General Instruction A.2. below): [_] 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 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. As previously disclosed by Advanta Corp. ("Advanta"), effective as of May 30, 2009, Advanta closed all of its business credit card customers' accounts to future use. As part of its efforts to assist customers during the account closure process, on June 4, 2009, Advanta Bank Corp. (the "Bank"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Advanta, entered into an agreement with American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. ("AETRSC") to extend an invitation for certain of the Bank's customers to apply for an American Express card account. Subject to the terms and conditions of the agreement, the Bank will communicate an invitation to specified Bank customers to apply for a card account with American Express. The invitations may be communicated through various methods of communication. AETRSC may extend such invitations directly to those specified Bank customers. Each party will bear its own costs of communication. The agreement with AETRSC is exclusive, as to certain of the specified customers, for up to sixty days (and for one year as to a limited number of the specified customers). In accordance with the terms and conditions of the agreement, the Bank is generally entitled to payment of a fee for each account opened by American Express for the specified customers, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions. The description of this agreement between the Bank and AETRSC is qualified in its entirety by the agreement which will be filed by Advanta as an exhibit to its next Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, in accordance with applicable requirements. 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. Advanta Corp. ---------------------------------------- (Registrant) Date: June 5, 2009 By: /s/ Jay A. Dubow ----------------------------------- Jay A. Dubow Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, Secretary and General Counsel -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----