UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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):
July 29, 2004
AETNA INC.
| Pennsylvania | 1-16095 | 23-2229683 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| 151 Farmington Avenue Hartford, Connecticut |
06156 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
| (860) 273-0123 | ||
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code) |
| N/A | ||
(Former name or former
address, if changed since last report) |
| ITEM 12. RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION. | ||||||||
| SIGNATURES | ||||||||
| EXHIBIT INDEX | ||||||||
| PRESS RELEASE | ||||||||
ITEM 12. RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.
On July 29, 2004, Aetna Inc. issued a press release announcing results for the quarter ended June 30, 2004. A copy of that press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and hereby incorporated in this Item 12 by reference.
The information in this Form 8-K shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.
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.
| AETNA INC. |
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| Date: July 29, 2004 | By: | /s/ Ronald M. Olejniczak | ||
| Name: | Ronald M. Olejniczak | |||
| Title: | Vice President and Controller | |||