UNITED STATES
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

 

February 21, 2012
Date of report (date of earliest event reported)

 

LPL Investment Holdings Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-34963

 

20-3717839

(State or other jurisdictions of
incorporation or organization)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification
No.)

 

One Beacon Street
Boston MA 02108
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

(617) 423-3644
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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 registrants 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))

 

 

 


 

Item 8.01. Other Events.

 

In connection with the filing of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-173703), which became effective on April 25, 2011, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Company filed an opinion of Ropes & Gray LLP, counsel to the Company, dated April 25, 2011, as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement. A revised opinion of Ropes & Gray LLP is filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

 

                   Description

5.1

 

Opinion of Ropes & Gray LLP.

 

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

 

LPL INVESTMENT HOLDINGS INC.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Stephanie L. Brown

 

 

Name:

Stephanie L. Brown

 

 

Title:

Secretary

 

 

 

 

Dated: February 21, 2012

 

 

 

 

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