=============================================================================== 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) August 4, 2004 --------------------------- ProCentury Corporation - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Ohio 000-50641 31-1718622 - ---------------------------- ---------------- ------------------ (State or other jurisdiction (Commission File (IRS Employer of incorporation) Number) Identification No.) 465 Cleveland Avenue, Westerville, Ohio 43082 - ---------------------------------------- ---------- (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code 614-895-2000 ----------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =============================================================================== ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS. (c) Exhibits. Exhibit 99.1 - Press Release, dated August 4, 2004 ITEM 12. RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION. On August 4, 2004, ProCentury Corporation, an Ohio corporation (the "Company), issued a press release announcing the Company's results for the quarter ended June 30, 2004. A copy of the release is attached to this Current Report as Exhibit 99.1 The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1 furnished herewith, shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as otherwise stated in such filing. 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. PROCENTURY CORPORATION Date: August 4, 2004 By: /s/ Charles D. Hamm -------------------------- Charles D. Hamm Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer 2 EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit 99.1 Press Release, dated August 4, 2004 3