CRAWFORD & COMPANY
 

 
 
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) August 31, 2006
CRAWFORD & COMPANY
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Georgia
 
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
     
1-10356   58-0506554
 
(Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)
     
5620 Glenridge Drive, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia   30342
 
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)
(404) 256-0830
 
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
N/A
 
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item 8.01   Other Events
          On August 30, 2006, the Company entered into a strategic alliance with MJM Investigations, Inc. of Raleigh, North Carolina. As part of this strategic alliance, the Company is selling all of the operating assets of its wholly owned subsidiary, Crawford Investigation Services, Inc., to MJM Investigations, Inc. On August 31, 2006, the Company issued a press release relating to the divestiture and strategic alliance. A copy of the press release is being filed as an exhibit to this current report
Item 9.01   Financial Statements and Exhibits
     (d) Exhibits
     The following exhibits are filed herewith:
     
Exhibit Number   Description
 
 
99.1
  Press release dated August 31, 2006

 

 

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.
         
  CRAWFORD & COMPANY
 		  
  By:             /s/ R. Eric Powers, III    
              R. Eric Powers, III   
              Assistant Corporate Secretary   
 
Dated: August 31, 2006