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 25, 2009): August 26, 2009

THE COLONIAL BANCGROUP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

DELAWARE	1-13508	63-0661573
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

100 Colonial Bank Blvd.

Montgomery, Alabama 36117

(Address of principal executive offices)

(334) 676-5000

(Registrant’s telephone number)

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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

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Item 1.03. Bankruptcy or Receivership.

On August 25, 2009, The Colonial BancGroup, Inc. (the Company) filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Alabama, Northern Division. The Company filed the Chapter 11 petition following the appointment by the Alabama State Banking Department of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as receiver of Colonial Bank, the Company’s wholly owned bank subsidiary and primary asset, on August 14, 2009.

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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.

THE COLONIAL BANCGROUP, INC
By	/s/ Lewis E. Beville
	Lewis E. Beville
	Chief Executive Officer and President

Date: August 26, 2009

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