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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) January 30, 2019
OLD REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION | ||||
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) | ||||
Delaware | 001-10607 | 36-2678171 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction | (Commission | (I.R.S. Employer | ||
of incorporation) | File Number) | Identification No.) | ||
307 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60601 | ||
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) | ||
(312) 346-8100 | ||
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code) | ||
N /A | ||
(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.
Old Republic International Corporation (the “Registrant”, “Company”, or “Old Republic”) announced that effective as of January 30, 2019, Mr. Peter B. McNitt (64) was elected a Class 1 director of the Company. Mr. McNitt was, until his recent retirement, the Vice Chair of BMO Harris Bank, N.A. The Board of Directors also named Mr. McNitt a member of the Audit and Compensation committees. There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. McNitt and any person or entity concerning his selection as a director and there is no plan, contract, arrangement or material compensation agreement with Mr. McNitt, other than he will receive the same directors fees as other directors. Further, neither Mr. McNitt nor any member of his immediate family have had any disqualifying relationship with the Company during the past two years and he has been affirmatively determined to be an independent director by the Board of Directors in accordance with the Listed Company Standards of the New York Stock Exchange and the rules and regulation of the Security Exchange Commission concerning independence.
A full text of the Registrant’s announcement is included as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(c) Exhibits.
99.1 Earnings Release dated January 31, 2019.
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.
OLD REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION | ||
Registrant | ||
Date: February 1, 2019 | By: /s/ John R. Heitkamp, Jr. | |
John R. Heitkamp, Jr. | ||
Senior Vice President, | ||
Secretary and General Counsel | ||
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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