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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): October 3, 2012
 
The First Marblehead Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
 
Delaware
 
001-31825
 
04-3295311
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

The Prudential Tower
800 Boylston Street, 34th Floor
Boston, Massachusetts
 
 
 
02199-8157
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (800) 895-4283
 
Not applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 8.01     Other Events.

On October 3, 2012, The First Marblehead Corporation, a Delaware corporation, issued a press release announcing the signing by its wholly owned subsidiary First Marblehead Education Loan Services LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“FMELS”), of an agreement under which Cology, Inc., an Arizona corporation (“Cology”), and certain affiliates of Cology (together with Cology, the “Sellers”) have agreed to sell a substantial portion of their assets to FMELS for cash plus the assumption of certain liabilities of the Sellers.  The closing of the transaction is subject to customary closing conditions.  A copy of the press release is attached to this current report as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.
 
Item 9.01.                      Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d) Exhibits
 
 Exhibit No.          Description of Exhibit
99.1   Press release issued by the Corporation on October 3, 2012 entitled, “First Marblehead to Acquire Operating Assets of Private Student Loan Originator Cology, Inc.”
 
 
 
 

 

SIGNATURE
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Corporation has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 

 
 
THE FIRST MARBLEHEAD CORPORATION
 
Date:  October 3, 2012
By:
/s/ Kenneth Klipper
 
Kenneth Klipper
Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer
 

 
 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit No.
 
Description of Exhibits
 
99.1
 
 
Press release issued by the Corporation on October 3, 2012 entitled, “First Marblehead to Acquire Operating Assets of Private Student Loan Originator Cology, Inc.”