Edgar Filing: COLONIAL BANCGROUP INC

/s/ SARAH H. MOORE

Date: March 13, 2006

Sarah H. Moore

Chief Financial Officer

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): March 13, 2006

THE COLONIAL BANCGROUP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

DELAWARE

1-13508

63-0661573

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization )

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

One Commerce Street

Montgomery, Alabama 36104

(Address of Principal Executive Office)

334-240-5000

(Registrant’s phone number)

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:

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

¨	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

¨	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.

Thomas Brent Hicks, 34, has been appointed Chief Accounting Officer of The Colonial BancGroup, Inc., effective March 13, 2006.

Item 9.01: Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c)

Exhibits


Exhibit No.		Exhibit
99.1		Press release announcing the promotion of T. Brent Hicks to Chief Accounting Officer

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 hereunto duly authorized.

THE COLONIAL BANCGROUP, INC.