UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): March 22, 2007

 

AMERICAN PHYSICIANS SERVICE GROUP, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

TEXAS

0-11453

75-1458323

(State or Other Jurisdiction

(Commission

(IRS Employer

of Incorporation)

File Number)

Identification No.)

 

 

1301 CAPITOL OF TEXAS HIGHWAY

SUITE C-300

AUSTIN, TEXAS 78746

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Zip Code)

 

(512) 328-0888

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

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):

 

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 


ITEM 8.01

Other Events.

On March 22, 2007, American Physicians Service Group, Inc. (“APS”) issued a press release announcing that at a Special Meeting of Shareholders held March 22, 2007, its shareholders had approved issuance of its common and preferred shares for the previously announced acquisition of American Physicians Insurance Exchange (“APIE”). APIE policyholders also approved the transaction on the same day. The acquisition will close effective April 1, 2007. A copy of the press release is being filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

 


ITEM 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits

(a)

Not applicable

(b)

Not applicable

(c)

Not applicable

(d)

Exhibits

 

99.1

Press Release issued by American Physicians Service Group, Inc., on March 22, 2007.


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.

 

Date: March 23, 2007

American Physicians Service Group, Inc.

 

Signed: /s/ W.H. Hayes

 

Name: W.H. Hayes

 

Title: Senior Vice President - Finance

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

Description

99.1

Press Release issued by American Physicians Service Group, Inc., on March 22, 2007.