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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): December 22,
2009
CONSECO,
INC.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
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Delaware
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001-31792
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75-3108137
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(State
or Other
Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
No.)
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11825
North Pennsylvania Street
Carmel,
Indiana 46032
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(317)
817-6100
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
Not
Applicable
(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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communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
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Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act
(17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act
(17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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Item
7.01.
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Regulation
FD Disclosure.
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On
December 22, 2009, Conseco, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that it has completed
its previously announced public offering. In the public offering,
Conseco issued and sold 49,500,000 shares of its common stock at a public
offering price of $4.75 per share, including 4,500,000 shares issued and sold to
the underwriters to cover over-allotments. The net proceeds to the
Company from this offering, after deducting underwriting commissions and
discounts and estimated offering expenses, totaled approximately $222.7
million. The Company used approximately $161.4 million of the net
proceeds from the offering to reduce its indebtedness under its senior credit
agreement and the remaining net proceeds will be used by the Company for general
corporate purposes. A copy of the Company's press release is attached
hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
The
information contained under Item 7.01 in this Current Report on Form 8-K
(including Exhibit 99.1) is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for
purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that
Section. The information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K
shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other
document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange
Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in any such
filing.
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Item
9.01(d).
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Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
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The
following material is furnished as an exhibit to this Current Report on
Form 8-K:
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99.1
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Press
release of Conseco, Inc. dated December 22, 2009.
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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.
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CONSECO,
INC.
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Date:
December 22, 2009
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By:
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/s/
John R. Kline
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John
R. Kline
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Senior
Vice President and
Chief
Accounting Officer
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