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) August 12, 2004
OLD REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 001-10607 36-2678171
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(State or other jurisdiction (Commission (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
307 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60601
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(312) 346-8100
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(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
N/A
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Item 5. Other Events and Regulation FD Disclosure
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On August 12, 2004, Old Republic International Corporation's Board of Directors
created two new directorship positions and appointed to those positions,
effective immediately, Charles F. Titterton and Dennis Van Mieghem. Mr.
Titterton is 62 and retired from Standard & Poor's Corporation where he was an
Insurance Group Director for eleven years and prior to that had been a Vice
President-Corporate Lending with the Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company for
twenty-five years. Mr. Van Mieghem is 64 and a retired partner in the
international accounting firm of KPMG, LLP. Mr. Van Mieghem joined the
predecessor firm of Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. in 1962, was elected a partner
in 1972 and retired in 1998 having served as KPMG's National Tax Practice
Director for insurance company taxation. Mr. Titterton and Mr. Van Mieghem are
Class 1 and Class 2 Directors, respectively, with terms expiring in 2006 and
2007, respectively. Each of them will serve on the Corporation's Audit
Committee. Mr. Titterton will also serve on its Nomination Committee, and Mr.
Van Mieghem will also serve on it Compensation Committee
Exhibits
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99.1 Press Release dated August 12, 2004.
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: August 12, 2004 By: /s/ A. C. Zucaro
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Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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Exhibits
99.1 Press Release dated August 12, 2004.