Form 8-K

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): January 20, 2004

 

 

CITY HOLDING COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

West Virginia   0-17733   55-0619957
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)   (Commission File No.)   (IRS Employer Identification Number)

 

25 Gatewater Road

Charleston, West Virginia, 25313

(Address of principal executive officers)

 

(304) 769-1100

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not applicable

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

 

Item 7.    Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.

 

    

(c)    Exhibits

     
     99    News Release issued on January 20, 2004

 

Item 12.    Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

On January 20, 2004, City Holding Company (“the Company”) issued a news release, attached as Exhibit 99, announcing the Company’s fourth quarter and full year earnings for 2003. The Company also announced that a tentative settlement has been reached in litigation brought on December 31, 2001 in a derivative action against certain current and former directors and former executive officers of City Holding Company and City National Bank seeking to recover alleged damages on behalf of City Holding Company and City National Bank. Furnished as Exhibit 99 and incorporated herein by reference is the news release issued by the Company announcing its fourth quarter and full year earnings for 2003 and the tentative settlement of litigation.

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

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

 

    CITY HOLDING COMPANY

Date: January 21, 2003

    
   

By: /s/ Michael D. Dean

   

Michael D. Dean

Senior Vice President—Finance,

Chief Accounting Officer and

Duly Authorized Officer