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): October 15, 2003

 

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 address, if changed since last report)

 

 

Item 12.  Results of Operations and Financial Condition

 

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 October 15, 2003, reporting the Company’s financial results for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2003.

 

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 Exchange 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.

 

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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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

	INVESTORS FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.
	By:	/s/Kevin J. Sheehan
		Kevin J. Sheehan
		Chief Executive Officer and
		Chairman of the Board
Dated:  October 15, 2003

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press release issued by Investors Financial Services Corp. dated October 15, 2003.

 

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