US FACILITIES CORP
8-K, 1997-05-19
SURETY INSURANCE
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                       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)...................May 14, 1997
                                                                   ------------

                             THE CENTRIS GROUP, INC.
                             -----------------------
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)


                                     0-15196
                                     -------
                            (Commission File Number)


         Delaware                                                 33-0097221
         --------                                                 ----------
(State of Incorporation or Organization)                        (IRS Employer
                                                            Identification No.)


650 Town Center Drive, Suite 1600, Costa Mesa, CA                      92626
- - -------------------------------------------------                      -----
   (Address of principal executive offices)                          (Zip Code)


                                 (714) 549-1600
                                 --------------
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


                            US FACILITIES CORPORATION
                            -------------------------
          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)



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                     INFORMATION REQUIRED IN CURRENT REPORT
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Item 5.  Other Events

         At the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Registrant held on May 14,
1997,  stockholder  approval  was  obtained to amend the  Registrant's  Restated
Certificate  of  Incorporation  to  change  the name of the  Registrant  from US
FACILITIES CORPORATION to THE CENTRIS GROUP, INC., and to increase the number of
authorized common shares from 20,000,000 to 40,000,000  shares.  The Certificate
of Amendment to the Restated  Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant was
thereafter  filed on May 14,  1997  with  the  Secretary  of  State of  Delaware
effecting these changes on that date.

         The  Registrant  has also  changed its  trading  symbol on the New York
Stock Exchange from "UF" to "CGE".


Item 7.  Exhibits

         Exhibit 3(i)      Certificate   of  Amendment  to  the  Restated
                           Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant, effective
                           as of May 14, 1997.



                                   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, thereunto duly authorized.

                                          US FACILITIES CORPORATION


Date:    May 15, 1997                     By /s/ JOSE A. VELASCO
                                            --------------------
                                            JOSE A. VELASCO
                                            Senior Vice President, Secretary
                                            and General Counsel


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                                                               Exhibit 3(i)
                                                                     Page 1
                                State of Delaware

                        Office of the Secretary of State
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                  I,  EDWARD  J.  FREEL,  SECRETARY  OF  STATE  OF THE  STATE OF
         DELAWARE,  DO HEREBY CERTIFY THE ATTACHED IS A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF
         THE CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF "US FACILITIES  CORPORATION",  CHANGING
         ITS NAME FROM "US FACILITIES CORPORATION" TO "THE CENTRIS GROUP, INC.",
         FILED IN THIS OFFICE ON THE  FOURTEENTH DAY OF MAY, A.D. 1997, AT 12:45
         O'CLOCK P.M.

                  A CERTIFIED OF THIS  CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN FORWARDED TO THE NEW
         CASTLE COUNTY RECORDER OF DEEDS FOR RECORDING.







         [GREAT SEAL  OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE]







         [Seal of the Secretary's Office]    /s/ Edward J. Freel
                                             -------------------
                                             Edward J. Freel, Secretary of State

         0939578   8100                      AUTHENTICATION:   8465216
         971157441                                     DATE:   05-14-97



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                                                              STATE OF DELAWARE
                                                             SECRETARY OF STATE
                                                       DIVISION OF CORPORATIONS
                                                      FILED 12:45 PM 05/14/1997
                                                            971157441 - 0939578

                            CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
                                       OF
                      RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
                                       OF
                            US FACILITIES CORPORATION


         US FACILITIES  CORPORATION,  a corporation organized and existing under
the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the  "Corporation"),  DOES
HEREBY CERTIFY:

         The amendment set forth below to the Corporation's Restated Certificate
of  Incorporation  was duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section
242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware:

         Article FIRST is amended to read in full as follows:

         FIRST: The name of the Corporation is The Centris Group, Inc. 
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(hereinafter sometimes referred to as the "Corporation").

         Article FOURTH, Section A, is amended to read in full as follows:

         FOURTH:
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               A.   The total number of shares of all classes of stock which the
Corporation shall have authority to issue is forty-five million (45,000,000),
consisting of:

                    (1) five million (5,000,000) shares of Preferred Stock, par
value one cent ($.01) per share (the "Preferred Stock"); and

                    (2) forty million (40,000,000) shares of Common Stock, par
value one cent ($.01) per share (the "Common Stock").


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         IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,   US  FACILITIES   CORPORATION  has  caused  this
Certificate to be signed and attested by its duly authorized  officers this 14th
                                                                            ----
day of May, 1997.

                                      US FACILITIES CORPORATION


                                      By /s/ DAVID L. CARGILE
                                         --------------------
                                         DAVID L. CARGILE, President


ATTEST:


By /s/ JOSE A. VELASCO
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   JOSE A. VELASCO, Secretary





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