CIGNA 8K
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) November 7, 2006

CIGNA Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
1-08323
(Commission File Number)
06-1059331
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 

Two Liberty Place, 1601 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19192
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code

(215) 761-1000


Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 8.01 (Other Events).

On November 7, 2006, CIGNA Corporation (the “Company”) executed an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) by and among the Company and Barclays Capital Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., as representatives of the underwriters named in Schedule I thereto (together, the “Underwriters”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell to the Underwriters $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 6.150% Senior Notes due 2036 (the “Notes”). The offering of the Notes was registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission in a Registration Statement on Form S-3, File No. 333-136704 (the “Registration Statement”). The Notes were offered pursuant to a prospectus dated August 17, 2006, and a prospectus supplement dated November 7, 2006. The Notes were issued pursuant to a Senior Indenture, dated as of August 16, 2006 (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registration Statement), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by a Supplemental Indenture No. 1 (the “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of November 10, 2006, between the Company and the Trustee. The closing of the sale of the Notes occurred on November 10, 2006.

The following documents are being filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K and shall be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement: the Underwriting Agreement; the Supplemental Indenture; the form of the Note; and an Opinion of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP as to the validity of the Notes.


Item 9.01 (Financial Statements and Exhibits).

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit
Number
 
Description
   
   
   
4.2
Form of Note (included as Annex A to Exhibit 4.1).
   
   
23.1
Consent of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).

 



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.
 
 

 
CIGNA CORPORATION
   
   
   
Date: November 14, 2006
By: /s/ Michael W. Bell
 
Michael W. Bell
 
Executive Vice President and
 
Chief Financial Officer









Index to Exhibits

Number
Description
Method of Filing
     
     
     
4.2
Form of Note (included as Annex A to Exhibit 4.1).
Filed herewith
     
     
23.1
Consent of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
Filed herewith