Form 8-K Filing

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) March 18, 2009   (March 17, 2009)

Cardtronics Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware 		 
001-33864 		 
76-0681190
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation) 		  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)


 
3250 Briarpark Drive, Suite 400, Houston, Texas 		 
77042 		 
  (Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)  

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:   (832) 308-4000



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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)



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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On March 18, 2009, Cardtronics, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing that Jack Antonini, the Company's Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Company's Board of Directors ("Board"), would be leaving the Company effective March 17, 2009, and that Fred Lummis, the Company's Chairman of the Board, would be filling the role of the Company's Chief Executive Officer on an interim basis while the Board conducted a formal search for Mr. Antonini's replacement.

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

A copy of the press release issued by the Company is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in this Current Report on Form 8-K under this heading, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth in such a filing.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No. Description of Exhibit

99.1 Press release dated March 18, 2009

SIGNATURE

    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.

    Cardtronics Inc.
(Registrant)
March 18, 2009
(Date) 		  /s/   J. CHRIS BREWSTER
J. Chris Brewster
Chief Financial Officer