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 5, 2012 (November 29, 2012)



Commission file number 1-06155



SPRINGLEAF FINANCE CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



Indiana

 



35-0416090

(State of Incorporation)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)



601 N.W. Second Street, Evansville, IN

 



47708

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)



(812) 424-8031

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)



Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)



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Item 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.


On November 29, 2012, Leonard J. Winiger, Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Springleaf Finance Corporation (the “Company”), advised the Company of his intent to retire and to resign as an officer of the Company and its subsidiaries on or about December 31, 2012.  The Company anticipates that William Kandel, currently an Assistant Controller of the Company, will be assuming the position of Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer upon Mr. Winiger’s retirement.  Mr. Kandel, age 55, has been Assistant Controller since July 2008.  Since September 2006, he also has served as Chief Financial Officer for Wilmington Finance, Inc. (“Wilmington”), a subsidiary of the Company.  Before assuming the duties at Wilmington, Mr. Kandel had been employed by the Company in several capacities since 1990, including Vice President of Corporate Development and Director of Budgeting.










SIGNATURE

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, thereunto duly authorized.



 

SPRINGLEAF FINANCE CORPORATION

 

 

 

(Registrant)

 



Date:



December 5, 2012

 



By



/s/



Donald R. Breivogel, Jr.

 

 

 

 

Donald R. Breivogel, Jr.

 

 

 

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial

Officer