- Current report filing (8-K)

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): October 8, 2008

W HOLDING COMPANY, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Puerto Rico	000-27377	66-0573197
(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission	(IRS Employer
of incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No.)


19 West McKinley Street, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico		00680
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (787) 834-8000

Not Applicable

(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:

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)) Rule 425, Rule 14a-12 and Instruction 2 to Rule 14d-2(b)(2)

Item 8.01 Other Events.

In a press release dated October 8, 2008, filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein, W Holding Company, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that it had received a letter from The New York Stock Exchange, Inc. granting the Company’s request for up to an additional six-month trading period extension to file its delinquent annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, subject to reassessment on an ongoing basis.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits


Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press release dated October 8, 2008

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.