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

 

January 21, 2005

Date of Report

(Date of earliest event reported)

 


 

GENWORTH FINANCIAL, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

Delaware   001-32195   33-1073076

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

  (Commission File Number)  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

6620 West Broad Street, Richmond, VA   23230
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

(804) 281-6000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

N/A

(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):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 



Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

On January 21, 2005, Genworth Financial, Inc. issued a press release announcing its consolidated earnings for the quarter ended December 31, 2004. A copy of this press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

The information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K (including the exhibit) is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise be 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.

 

Item 9.01(c). Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

The following material is furnished as an exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K:

 

Exhibit

Number


 

Description of Exhibit


99.1   Press Release, dated January 21, 2005.

 

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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.

 

Date: January 21, 2005

 

GENWORTH FINANCIAL, INC.
By:  

/s/ Richard P. McKenney


    Richard P. McKenney
    Senior Vice President – Chief
    Financial Officer

 

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Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit

Number


 

Description of Exhibit


99.1   Press Release, dated January 21, 2005.

 

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