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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) December 21, 2017

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 8.01.    Other Events.

Old Republic International Corporation (the “Company”) today announced that it will report net realized investment gains of approximately $150 million in this year’s final quarter. Expense-wise, it reported it will record pre-tax charges of approximately $45 million in the final quarter of the year. Additional information related to these net investment gains and this expense charge are included in the attached press release.
In another recent development, the Company reported that the North Carolina Department of Insurance issued a final order terminating its supervision of the Company’s mortgage guaranty insurance subsidiaries chartered in that state.
Finally, the Company announced that its Board of Directors declared a special one-time cash dividend of $1.00 per Common share. This special dividend will be paid on January 31, 2018 to Common stock shareholders of record on January 10, 2018.
Additional information related to these events are contained in the attached Press Release.


Item 9.01.    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)    Exhibits.

99.1 News Release, December 21, 2017.








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
 
 
 
 
 
 
December 21, 2017
By: /s/ John R. Heitkamp, Jr.                                        
 
 
John R. Heitkamp, Jr.
 
 
Senior Vice President,
 
 
Secretary and General Counsel
 
 
 





INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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Exhibits

99.1 News Release, December 21, 2017