==================================================================== UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 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): FEBRUARY 17, 2006 THE ENSTAR GROUP, INC. ----------------------------------------------------- (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER) GEORGIA 0-07477 63-0590560 ------------------------ ------------------------- --------------------------------- (STATE OF INCORPORATION) (COMMISSION FILE NUMBER) (IRS EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NO.) 401 MADISON AVENUE MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA 36104 (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES, INCLUDING ZIP CODE) REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE: (334) 834-5483 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: [ ] WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS PURSUANT TO RULE 425 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (17 CFR 230.425) [ ] SOLICITING MATERIAL PURSUANT TO RULE 14A-12 UNDER THE EXCHANGE ACT (17 CFR 240.14A-12) [ ] PRE-COMMENCEMENT COMMUNICATIONS PURSUANT TO RULE 14D-2(b) UNDER THE EXCHANGE ACT (17 CFR 240.14D-2(b)) [ ] PRE-COMMENCEMENT COMMUNICATIONS PURSUANT TO RULE 13E-4(c) UNDER THE EXCHANGE ACT (17 CFR 240.13E-4(c)) ==================================================================== ITEM 8.01. OTHER EVENTS. On February 17, 2006, The Enstar Group, Inc. issued a press release ("Press Release") announcing that it approved a commitment of up to $25 million in J.C. Flowers II LP, a private investment fund to be formed by J.C. Flowers & Co. LLC. A copy of the Press Release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. The information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the Press Release attached hereto, is being furnished and shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. Furthermore, the information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS. (d) Exhibits. 99.1 Text of the Press Release of The Enstar Group, Inc., dated February 17, 2006. 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. Date: February 22, 2006 THE ENSTAR GROUP, INC. By: /s/ Cheryl D. Davis --------------------------------- Cheryl D. Davis Chief Financial Officer, Vice President of Corporate Taxes and Secretary