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): June 5, 2008

AMERICAN EQUITY
INVESTMENT LIFE HOLDING COMPANY
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

IOWA

001-31911

42-1447959

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)



5000 Westown Parkway, Suite 440, West Des Moines, Iowa

 

50266

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(515) 221-0002
(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 7.01     Regulation FD Disclosure

American Equity Investment Life Holding Company (“AEL”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on June 5, 2008. Highlights of the presentations made by management at the meeting include the following:

● Year-to-date annuity sales have reached $1 billion as of June 5, 2008.
 
● AEL has no exposure to subprime residential mortgages.
 
● AEL has purchased $2.2 billion of new fixed income securities with an average yield of 6.7% year-to-date as of June 5, 2008.
 
●

Average cost of one-year call options purchased in 2008 to fund indexed interest credits on annuities remains below 3.3% as of June 5, 2008.

 
●

As a result of increased investment yields and declines in option costs, AEL increased new money caps for several index annuity interest crediting strategies effective June 2, 2008.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date:

June 6, 2008

 

AMERICAN EQUITY

INVESTMENT LIFE HOLDING COMPANY

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Wendy L. Carlson

Wendy L. Carlson

Chief Financial Officer and

General Counsel

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