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): December
16, 2008
HALLMARK
FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
(State or
Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
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0-16090
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87-0447375
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS
Employer Identification No.)
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777
Main Street, Suite 1000, Fort Worth, Texas
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76102
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(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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(Registrant’s
Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
(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 (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
5.02 Departure
of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of
Principal Officers.
Curtis Donnell, President and CEO of
the Registrant’s Aerospace Operating Unit, will retire effective December 31,
2008.
Item
7.01 Regulation
FD Disclosure.
On December 16, 2008, the Registrant
issued a press release announcing that Curtis Donnell, President and CEO of its
Aerospace Operating Unit, has informed the Company he will retire effective
December 31, 2008. A copy of such press release is attached as
Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report.
Item
9.01 Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
(c) Exhibits.
99.1 Press
release dated December 16, 2008.
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 duly authorized.
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HALLMARK FINANCIAL
SERVICES, INC. |
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Date:
December 16, 2008
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By:
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/s/ Jeffrey
R. Passmore |
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Jeffrey
R. Passmore,
Chief
Accounting Officer
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