Item 8.01 Other Events.
In a press release dated November 14, 2008, filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein, W Holding Company, Inc. (the "Company") announced that on November 11, 2008, the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board") established a ratio of one share-for-every fifty shares of the outstanding common stock for the Company's previously announced reverse stock split. This action followed the Company's November 7, 2008 special meeting of stockholders at which the stockholders adopted an amendment to the Company's Certificate of Incorporation to effect a reverse split of the Company's common stock at a specific ratio to be determined by the Board in its sole discretion within the range of one-for-ten to one-for-fifty, inclusive. Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No. Description
99.1 Press release dated November 14, 2008

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