SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 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):

December 16, 2004

 

Investors Financial Services Corp.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 617 937-6700

 

No change since last report

(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):

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

Attached as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference is a copy of the press release of Investors Financial Services Corp. (the “Company”), dated December 16, 2004.

 

The information contained herein, including the exhibit attached and incorporated herein by reference, is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section or Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The information contained herein and in the accompanying exhibit shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission made by the Company, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filings.

 

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(c)                                  Exhibits

 

99.1                           Press Release, dated December 16, 2004, of Investors Financial Services Corp.

 

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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.

 

	INVESTORS FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.
December 16, 2004	By:	/s/ John N. Spinney, Jr.
		John N. Spinney, Jr.
		Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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