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):  September 4, 2012

WORLD FUEL SERVICES CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Florida

1-9533

59-2459427

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation)

(Commission File

Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)


9800 N.W. 41st Street, Suite 400

Miami

33178

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)


Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (305) 428-8000

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:

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Item 7.01.    Regulation FD Disclosure

         World Fuel Services Corporation announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, World Fuel Services, Inc., has completed the previously announced acquisition of select assets of CarterEnergy Corporation (“CarterEnergy”), including the assets comprising CarterEnergy’s wholesale motor fuel distribution business.  A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.   

         This information and the information contained in Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as may be expressly set forth by specific reference in any such filing.

Item 9.01.    Financial Statements and Exhibits

  (c)

 

Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

Description

 
99.1 Press Release, dated September 4, 2012.

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, thereunto duly authorized.


Date:

September 4, 2012

World Fuel Services Corporation

 
 

/s/ R. Alexander Lake

 

 

R. Alexander Lake

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
Corporate Secretary


EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit

 

Description

99.1

Press Release, dated September 4, 2012.