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 30, 2009
 
E*TRADE Financial Corporation
 
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
 
Delaware
1-11921
94-2844166
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

135 East 57th Street, New York, New York 10022
(Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)
 
(646) 521-4300
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code)
 
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:
 
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Item 8.01.  Other Events.
 
The Office of Thrift Supervision recently requested that E*TRADE Financial Corporation (“the Company”) declare its intentions with respect to the Company's application to participate in the Capital Purchase Program under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. In light of the funding received from the Company's recent capital raising activities and the reduction in interest bearing indebtedness resulting from the recent debt exchange transactions, the Company withdrew its application on October 30, 2009.



 
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.
 
   
E*TRADE FINANCIAL CORPORATION
  
       
       
Date:
October 30, 2009
  
By:
/s/ Karl A. Roessner
  
       
Name:
Karl A. Roessner
  
       
Title:
Corporate Secretary