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): December 18, 2020

CRAWFORD & COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Georgia

1-10356

58-0506554

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS employer

Identification No.)

5335 Triangle Parkway, Peachtree Corners, Georgia		30092
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (404) 300-1000

N/A

(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:

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

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Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A Common Stock — $1.00 Par Value	CRD-A	New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
Class B Common Stock — $1.00 Par Value	CRD-B	New York Stock Exchange, Inc.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ¨

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

Item 8.01.

Other Events.

On December 18, 2020, Crawford & Company (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that its Board of Directors extended the termination date of the Company’s current share repurchase program to December 31, 2021. Prior to the extension, the share repurchase program was set to expire on December 31, 2020. Under the Company’s share repurchase program established by the Board of Directors on May 8, 2019, the Company is authorized to repurchase up to an aggregate of two million shares of its common stock until the expiration of the share repurchase program. As of December 15, 2020, authorization to repurchase up to 642,097 shares of common stock remain unexercised under the share repurchase program prior to the extended termination date of December 31, 2021. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by this reference.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits. The following exhibit is filed with this Report:

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press Release issued by the Company dated December 18, 2020.
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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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.

	CRAWFORD & COMPANY

	By:	/s/ Tami E. Stevenson
		Name: Tami E. Stevenson
		Title: General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Date: December 18, 2020

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