UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

Form 11-K

 

x	Annual Report pursuant to Section 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012.

or

 

¨	Transition Report pursuant to Section 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

For the transition period from                      to                     .

Commission file number 1-02658

 

A.	Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:

Stewart 401(k) Savings Plan

1980 Post Oak Blvd

Houston, TX 77056-3899

 

B.	Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:

Stewart Information Services Corporation

(a Delaware Corporation)

74-1677330

1980 Post Oak Blvd

Houston, Texas 77056-3899

Telephone Number—Area Code (713) 625 -8100

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Required Information

The following financial statements prepared in accordance with the financial reporting requirements of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, signature and exhibit are filed for the Stewart 401(k) Savings Plan:

Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firms

Financial Statements:

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits - December 31, 2012 and 2011

Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits -

Year Ended December 31, 2012

Notes to Financial Statements - December 31, 2012 and 2011

Supplemental Schedule -

Supplemental Schedule H, Line 4i - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) –

December 31, 2012

Signature

Exhibit 23.1—Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Exhibit 23.2—Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

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STEWART 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN

Table of Contents

 

		Page
Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firms			1
Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits - December 31, 2012 and 2011			3
Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits - Year Ended December 31, 2012			4
Notes to Financial Statements - December 31, 2012 and 2011			5-12
Supplemental Schedule
Schedule H, Line 4i - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) - December 31, 2012			13

Schedules not listed above are omitted because of the absence of conditions under which they are required under the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Administrative Committee

Stewart 401(k) Savings Plan:

We have audited the accompanying statement of net assets available for benefits of the Stewart 401(k) Savings Plan (the Plan) as of December 31, 2012, and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. The financial statements of Stewart Salary Deferral Plan, now known as Stewart 401(k) Savings Plan, as of December 31, 2011, were audited by other auditors whose report dated June 26, 2012, expressed an unqualified opinion on those statements.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Plan is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. An audit includes consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Plan’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2012, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the year then ended, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.

Our audit was performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental schedule H, line 4(i) - schedule of assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2012 is presented for the purpose of additional analysis and is not a required part of the basic financial statements but is supplementary information required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. This supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Plan’s management. The supplemental schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audit of the 2012 basic financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole.

/s/ Doeren Mayhew

Houston, Texas

June 27, 2013

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Administrative Committee

Stewart 401(k) Savings Plan:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of net assets available for benefits presents fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Stewart 401(K) Savings Plan (the Plan), formerly the Stewart Salary Deferral Plan, at December 31, 2011 in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America. This financial statement is the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on this financial statement based on our audit. We conducted or audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statement and assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/ MFR, P.C.

Houston, Texas

June 26, 2012

 

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STEWART 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits

December 31, 2012 and 2011

 

		2012				2011
ASSETS:
Investments, at fair value		$	217,822,989			$	195,776,643
Noninterest—bearing cash			663,545				508,177
Receivables:
Notes receivable from plan participants			5,783,502				6,415,902
Employer contributions			2,080,140				—
Securities sales receivable			198,679				382,953
Other plan receivables			23,715				21,034
Total receivables			8,086,036				6,819,889
Total assets			226,572,570				203,104,709
LIABILITIES:
Securities purchases payable			867,189				893,414
Administrative expense payable			18,750				18,750
Excess contribution refunds			161,294				85,011
Total liabilities			1,047,233				997,175
Total net assets available for benefits		$	225,525,337			$	202,107,534

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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STEWART 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN

Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits

Year Ended December 31, 2012

 

ADDITIONS TO NET ASSETS:
Contributions:
Plan participants		$	14,697,082
Employer			2,080,140
Rollovers			2,105,220
Total contributions			18,882,442
Investment income:
Dividends, capital gains and interest			7,779,642
Net appreciation of investments			17,984,527
Other investment income			227,901
Total investment income			25,992,070
Less investment expenses			(227,901	)
Total investment income			25,764,169
Interest on notes receivable from plan participants			287,366
Other plan income			70,851
Total additions to net assets			45,004,828
DEDUCTIONS FROM NET ASSETS:
Benefits paid to participants			21,284,029
Administrative expenses			141,702
Excess contribution refunds			161,294
Total deductions from net assets			21,587,025
Net increase in net assets available for benefits			23,417,803
NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS:
Beginning of year			202,107,534
End of year		$	225,525,337

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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STEWART 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2012 and 2011

(1) DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAN

The Stewart 401(k) Savings Plan (the “Plan”), formerly known as the Stewart Salary Deferral Plan, is a defined contribution plan adopted effective January 1, 1986 and sponsored by Stewart Title Guaranty Company (“STG”). STG is a wholly owned subsidiary of Stewart Information Services Corporation (“SISCO”). The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”).

The Plan is administered by STG (the “Plan Administrator”) and Wells Fargo Bank of Texas, N.A., the Plan’s trustee and record keeper (“Wells Fargo”). An administrative committee of executives (the “Administrative Committee”) has been appointed by the Board of Directors of STG to assist with the responsibility for overseeing the operation of the Plan, including the monitoring of Wells Fargo.

The summary of significant provisions of the Plan presented below provides general information. Participants should refer to the Plan agreement for a more complete description of the Plan’s provisions.

 

(a)

Employee Participation

The Plan is made available to eligible employees of STG and its affiliates (collectively the “Company”). All eligible employees, as defined by the Plan, are eligible to participate in the Plan immediately upon hire.

 

(b)

Contributions

Plan participants may defer up to fifty percent (50%) of considered compensation into the Plan, subject to certain limitations under the Internal Revenue Code (the “IRC”). A participant may make deferrals on a pretax basis (401(k) contributions) or after-tax basis (Roth 401(k) contributions), or a combination of both, which will be accounted for in separate accounts. Highly compensated participants may be required to reduce the amount of contributions made in order to permit the Plan to satisfy the nondiscrimination requirements of Section 401(k) of the IRC. Participants may designate the extent to which such reductions are made from pretax or after-tax accounts, subject to certain limitations. As of December 31, 2012 and 2011, excess contribution refunds were due to Plan participants in the amount of $161,294 and $85,011, respectively.

Participants who are age 50 or older before the close of the Plan year may elect to make a catch-up contribution, subject to certain limitations under the IRC.

The Company’s matching contribution is equal to fifty cents for each one dollar of considered compensation contributed (other than catch-up contributions) up to a maximum of six percent (6%) of each participant’s considered compensation (pretax and after-tax), subject to a maximum defined by the Plan. The Company may utilize available forfeitures to offset matching contributions to the Plan. On November 21, 2008, STG’s Board of Directors voted to temporarily suspend the Company’s matching contributions effective January 1, 2009 and such contributions have remained suspended through 2012.

The Plan allows for a Company discretionary contribution as determined annually by STG’s Board of Directors. The discretionary contribution, if any, shall be calculated quarterly or annually, as elected and allocated equally to all eligible participants, in accordance with the Plan’s provisions. The Company may utilize available forfeitures to offset discretionary contributions to the Plan. For the Plan year ended December 31, 2012, the Company made a discretionary contribution to the Plan in the amount of $2,080,140. The Company made no discretionary contributions to the Plan for the year ended December 31, 2011.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2012 and 2011

 

Employees are permitted to rollover pretax or after-tax amounts with earnings held in other qualified plans or conduit individual retirement accounts (IRAs) into the Plan, subject to the provisions in the Plan document. In 2011, the Plan was amended to allow rollovers from Roth 401(k) Plans or IRAs.

 

(c)

Participant Accounts

Each participant’s account is credited with the elected deferral amount, the Company’s employer matching contribution, a Company discretionary contribution, if any, and an allocation of Plan earnings. Net investment income (loss) is allocated to each participant’s accounts daily based on the proportion that each participant’s account balance bears to the participant account balances in each investment fund.

 

(d)

Investment Options

Employees may elect to have their contributions allocated among various investment options offered by the Plan. As of December 31, 2012 and 2011, the Plan offers fifteen mutual funds (including six target date funds), one common collective trust fund, and the SISCO Stock Fund as investment options. Certain limitations apply under the Plan.

The SISCO Stock Fund is invested primarily in SISCO common stock. The remaining portion of the fund is invested in the Wells Fargo Short Term Investment Fund G, a common collective trust fund, which is not available as an investment option. Wells Fargo is entitled to exercise voting rights attributable to SISCO common stock allocated to accounts of participants and beneficiaries in accordance with the Plan.

The Plan utilizes a portion of the Wells Fargo Advantage Cash Investment Money Market Service Fund (the Expense Reserve Fund), a mutual fund, for the investment of funds deposited for the payment of administrative expenses for the Plan. This portion of the fund is nonparticipant-directed and is not available as an investment option by Plan participants.

 

(e)

Vesting and Payment of Benefits

Participants in the Plan prior to January 1, 1989, are eligible to receive payment of the total account balance upon normal retirement at age sixty-five (65), death, disability or other termination of employment.

Participants in the Plan on or after January 1, 1989 are eligible to receive payment of the total account balance upon normal retirement at age sixty-five (65), death or disability. Upon other termination of employment, participants are eligible to receive payment of the total account balance if they have completed three (3) years of service. Participants who have completed less than three (3) years of service are eligible to receive payment of all employee contributions, but forfeit Company matching and discretionary contributions and related earnings on such contributions.

Participants who have attained age 59  ¹/₂ may elect to withdraw all or a portion of their vested accounts while they are still employed by the Company in the form of an in-service distribution.

The Plan also provides for a hardship withdrawal of all or any portion of a participant’s vested accounts, subject to the provisions of the Plan.

Distributions may be paid in a lump sum or in installments, subject to the provisions of the Plan, including taxation. Participants with account balances greater than $5,000 may defer receipt of their distributions until they are required by law to receive minimum required distributions. If the participants’ vested account balance is $5,000 or less, payment must be made in a lump-sum distribution. Direct rollovers from the Plan to an IRA or other qualified plan are permitted for pretax and after-tax accounts, subject to certain limitations.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2012 and 2011

 

There were no amounts allocated to withdrawing participants for amounts that have been processed and approved for payment prior to December 31, 2012 and 2011, but not yet paid as of that date.

 

(f)

Forfeited Accounts

As of December 31, 2012 and 2011, forfeited nonvested accounts totaled $10,626 and $23,360, respectively. These accounts may be used to pay administrative expenses such as audit and legal fees, as well as consulting fees in excess of amounts deposited, as determined allowable under the provisions of the Plan, or may be used to offset future Company matching or discretionary contributions. During 2012, $68,819 was used to pay administrative expenses of the Plan.

 

(g)

Notes Receivable from Plan Participants

A participant may borrow a minimum of $1,000 up to a maximum amount equal to the lessor of $50,000 or fifty percent (50%) of the vested account balance, subject to the Plan’s provisions. The terms of the loan include interest at a commercially reasonable rate similar to the prime interest rate, as set quarterly by the Administrative Committee. Such earnings are shown as interest on notes receivable from Plan participants.

(2) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

(a)

Basis of Accounting

The accompanying financial statements are prepared using the accrual basis of accounting. Benefits paid to participants are recorded when paid. Loan administration fees and mutual fund redemption fees are paid from Plan assets and allocated to the affected participant accounts. Certain investment consulting fees are paid from amounts deposited to pay administrative expenses and thus are not allocated to participants.

All administrative expenses, including audit and legal fees, as well as consulting fees in excess of amounts deposited are paid either by the Company or from available forfeitures, as determined allowable under the provisions of the Plan.

 

(b)

Investment Valuation and Income Recognition

Investments are reported at fair value. Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.

Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis. Interest income is recorded as earned on the accrual basis and dividend and capital gain income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Realized gains (losses) on investments sold during the year and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments held at year end are combined and presented as net appreciation (depreciation) of investments. Certain other investment income is recorded and shown offset by related investment expenses.

 

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STEWART 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2012 and 2011

 

(c)

Fair Value Measurements

Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (ASC 820), establishes a framework for measuring fair value. That framework provides a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy under ASC 820 are described below:

 

Level 1:		Inputs to the valuation methodology are unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that the Plan has the ability to access.

 

Level 2:		Inputs to the valuation methodology include:
		•    Quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets;
		•    Quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in inactive markets;
		•    Inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability;
		•    Inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means.

If the asset or liability has a specified (contractual) term, the Level 2 input must be observable for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.

 

Level 3:		Inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement.

The asset’s or liability’s fair value measurement level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement. Valuation techniques used need to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs.

Following is a description of the valuation methodologies used for assets measured at fair value. There have been no changes in the methodologies used at December 31, 2012 and 2011.

Mutual funds: Valued at the net asset value (NAV) of shares held by the Plan at year end.

Common stock: Valued at the closing price reported on the active market on which the individual securities are traded.

Common collective trust funds: Valued at the fair value of the underlying securities.

The methods described above may produce a fair value calculation that may not be indicative of net realizable value or reflective of future fair values. Furthermore, while the Plan believes its valuation methods are appropriate and consistent with other market participants, the use of different methodologies or assumptions to determine the fair value of certain financial instruments could result in a different fair value measurement at the reporting date.

The Plan’s policy is to disclose transfers between levels based on valuations at the end of the reporting period. There were no transfers between Levels 1 and 2 as of December 31, 2012.

 

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STEWART 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2012 and 2011

 

The following table sets forth by level, within the ASC 820 fair value hierarchy, the Plan’s assets at fair value as of December 31, 2012:

 

		Level 1				Level 2				Level 3				Total
Mutual funds:
Equity funds -
Large equity funds		$	53,180,843			$	—			$	—			$	53,180,843
Small equity funds			27,001,601				—				—				27,001,601
International equity fund			14,342,050				—				—				14,342,050
Total equity funds			94,524,494				—				—				94,524,494
Balanced funds			48,701,149				—				—				48,701,149
Large growth fund			10,400,947				—				—				10,400,947
Money market funds			25,150,565				—				—				25,150,565
Fixed income fund			7,641,373				—				—				7,641,373
Total mutual funds			186,418,528				—				—				186,418,528
Common stock			8,180,319				—				—				8,180,319
Common collective trust funds:
Fixed income fund			—				22,915,400				—				22,915,400
Money market fund			—				308,742				—				308,742
Total common collective trust funds			—				23,224,142				—				23,224,142
Total assets at fair value		$	194,598,847			$	23,224,142			$	—			$	217,822,989

The following table sets forth by level, within the ASC 820 fair value hierarchy, the Plan’s assets at fair value as of December 31, 2011:

 

		Level 1				Level 2				Level 3				Total
Mutual funds:
Equity funds -
Large equity funds		$	46,401,713			$	—			$	—			$	46,401,713
Small equity funds			24,238,281				—				—				24,238,281
International equity fund			12,592,424				—				—				12,592,424
Total equity funds			83,232,418				—				—				83,232,418
Balanced funds			43,107,775				—				—				43,107,775
Large growth funds			9,118,533				—				—				9,118,533
Money market funds			27,449,771				—				—				27,449,771
Fixed income fund			7,361,960				—				—				7,361,960
Total mutual funds			170,270,457				—				—				170,270,457
Common stock			3,494,081				—				—				3,494,081
Common collective trust funds:
Fixed income fund			—				21,847,907				—				21,847,907
Money market fund			—				164,198				—				164,198
Total common collective trust funds			—				22,012,105				—				22,012,105
Total assets at fair value		$	173,764,538			$	22,012,105			$	—			$	195,776,643

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2012 and 2011

 

(d)

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires the Plan’s management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, and changes therein, and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

(e)

Risks and Uncertainties

The Plan invests in various investment securities. Investment securities are exposed to various risks, such as interest rate, credit and overall market volatility. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in the value of investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect the amounts reported in the statement of net assets available for benefits.

(3) INVESTMENTS

The following table presents all Plan investments (participant-directed and non-participant directed) which exceed 5% of the Plan’s net assets at December 31, 2012 and 2011:

 

		2012				2011
Wells Fargo Advantage Index Fund		$	31,359,776				28,471,874
Wells Fargo Advantage Cash Investment Money Market Fund I			25,150,565				27,449,771
Wells Fargo Bond Index Fund N			22,915,400				21,847,907
Dodge & Cox Stock Fund			21,821,067				17,929,839
Wells Fargo Dow Jones Target 2020 Fund I			19,420,114				17,115,539
Fidelity Advisor Spartan International Index Fund – Class I			14,342,050				12,592,424
Wells Fargo Dow Jones Target 2030 Fund I			12,302,968				10,494,027
Dreyfus Small Cap Stock Index Fund			11,120,191	*			10,146,754

 

*	presented for comparative purposes only

The following table presents the net appreciation (depreciation) of all Plan investments (participant-directed and non-participant directed) for the year ended December 31, 2012 by investment type:

 

Mutual funds		$	13,152,726
Common stock			5,023,518
Common collective trust funds			(191,717	)
Total net appreciation of investments		$	17,984,527

 

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STEWART 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2012 and 2011

 

(4) NONPARTICIPANT-DIRECTED INVESTMENTS

The Plan invests funds deposited for the payment of administrative expenses in the Expense Reserve Fund, which is non-participant directed. The following table presents information about the net assets relating to the nonparticipant-directed Plan investment at December 31, 2012 and 2011:

 

		2012				2011
Net Assets:
Investment in mutual funds		$	—			$	—
Receivable for other plan income			18,750				18,750
Total assets			18,750				18,750
Administrative expense payable			18,750				18,750
Total net assets		$	—			$	—

The following table presents information about the significant changes in net assets relating to the nonparticipant-directed Plan investment for the year ended December 31, 2012:

 

Changes in Net Assets:
Other plan income		$	70,851
Administrative expenses			(70,851	)
Total changes in net assets		$	—

(5) PLAN TERMINATION

The Plan Administrator has the right under the Plan to discontinue contributions at any time and to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions of ERISA. The Plan Administrator has temporarily suspended matching contributions to the Plan effective January 1, 2009, however, has expressed no intent to terminate the Plan. In the event of Plan termination, the net assets would be allocated among the participants and beneficiaries of the Plan in accordance with the provisions of the Plan.

(6) RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Wells Fargo is the trustee of the Plan. Certain Plan investments are shares of mutual funds and common collective trust funds managed by Wells Fargo. During 2012, the Plan paid administrative expenses to Wells Fargo for loan administration fees of $19,200. In addition, receipts from Wells Fargo totaled $70,851 for 2012, including amounts receivable as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, of $18,750 respectively for both years. These transactions qualify as party-in-interest transactions.

Dabney Investment Consulting Associates, Inc. (Dabney) is an investment advisor for the Plan. Administrative expenses paid by the Plan to Dabney for investment consulting fees totaled $70,851 for 2012, including amounts payable as of December 31, 2012 and 2011 of $18,750. Therefore, these transactions qualify as party-in-interest transactions.

Certain Plan investments held are shares of SISCO common stock, and thus, these transactions qualify as party-in-interest transactions.

These transactions are covered by an exemption from the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA and the IRC.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2012 and 2011

 

(7) TAX STATUS

The Plan received its latest favorable determination letter dated August 12, 2008, in which the Internal Revenue Service (the IRS) stated that the Plan, as then designed, was in compliance with the applicable requirements of the IRC. Although the Plan has been amended since receiving the determination letter, the Plan Administrator and the Plan’s tax counsel believe that the Plan is designed, and is currently being operated, in compliance with the applicable requirements of the IRC and, therefore, believe that the Plan is qualified, and the related trust is tax-exempt.

Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America require the Plan’s management to evaluate tax positions taken by the Plan and recognize a tax liability (or asset) if the Plan has taken an uncertain position that more likely than not would not be sustained upon examination by the IRS. The Plan Administrator has analyzed the tax positions taken by the Plan, and has concluded that as of December 31, 2012, there are no uncertain positions taken or expected to be taken that would require recognition of a liability (or asset) or disclosure in the financial statements. The Plan is subject to routine audits by taxing jurisdictions; however, there are currently no audits for any tax periods in progress for the Plan. The Plan Administrator believes it is no longer subject to income tax examinations for years prior to 2009.

(8) SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Effective January 1, 2013, the Plan was amended to allow all new employees to be automatically enrolled in the Plan, with salary deferrals automatically set at 3% to be deposited into the age appropriate Dow Jones Target Date Fund.

Effective January 1, 2013, the Plan was amended to adopt a new vesting schedule. Vesting in the Company’s matching and discretionary contribution portion of participant accounts plus earnings thereon is based on years of service and is further defined in the Plan Document. The maximum years of service required for 100% vesting is three years.

Subsequent events have been evaluated through June 27, 2013, which is the date the financial statements were issued.

 

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Schedule H, Line 4i - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)

December 31, 2012

 

Plan Sponsor Number: 74-0924290		Plan Number: 002

Party- in- interest		Identity of issuer, borrower, lessor, or similar party		Description of investment including maturity date, rate of interest, collateral, par or maturity value		Cost		Current value
				Participant Directed Investments:
*		Wells Fargo Bank of Texas, N.A.		Bond Index Fund N		**		$	22,915,400
*		Wells Fargo Bank of Texas, N.A.		Advantage Cash Investment Money Market Fund – Class I		**			25,150,565
*		Wells Fargo Bank of Texas, N.A.		Advantage Index Fund – Admin Class		**			31,359,776
*		Wells Fargo Bank of Texas, N.A.		Dow Jones Target Today Fund I		**			1,923,297
*		Wells Fargo Bank of Texas, N.A.		Dow Jones Target 2010 Fund I		**			7,466,299
*		Wells Fargo Bank of Texas, N.A.		Dow Jones Target 2020 Fund I		**			19,420,114
*		Wells Fargo Bank of Texas, N.A.		Dow Jones Target 2030 Fund I		**			12,302,968
*		Wells Fargo Bank of Texas, N.A.		Dow Jones Target 2040 Fund I		**			6,336,611
*		Wells Fargo Bank of Texas, N.A.		Dow Jones Target 2050 Fund I		**			1,251,860
		Invesco AIM Investment Services, Inc.		Small Cap Growth Fund – Class I		**			6,878,040
		Dodge & Cox Funds		Stock Fund		**			21,821,067
		Dreyfus Family of Funds		Small Cap Stock Index Fund		**			11,120,191
		Goldman Sachs Funds		Small Cap Value Fund		**			9,003,370
		Goldman Sachs Funds		Short Duration Government Fund – Class I		**			7,641,373
		T Rowe Price		New America Growth		**			10,400,947
		Fidelity Investments		Advisor Spartan International Fund – Class I		**			14,342,050
*		Stewart Information Services Corporation		Common Stock		**			8,180,319
*		Wells Fargo Bank of Texas, N.A.		Short Term Investment Fund G		**			308,742
		Notes receivables from plan participants		Interest rates from 4.25% to 9.75%		**			5,783,502
				Total (Held at End of Year)				$	223,606,491

 

*	A party-in-interest as defined by ERISA.

 

**	Cost information is not required as these assets are participant-directed.

See accompanying report of independent registered public accounting firm.

 

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Signature

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Administrative Committee of the Stewart 401(k) Savings Plan has duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: June 27, 2013

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.		Description
23.1		Consent of Doeren Mayhew to the incorporation by reference into the Registration Statement (File No. 033-062535) on Form S-8 of Stewart Information Services Corporation of its report, dated June 27, 2013, with respect to the audited financial statements of the Stewart 401(k) Savings Plan as of December 31, 2012.
23.2		Consent of MFR, P.C. to the incorporation by reference into the Registration Statement (File No. 033-062535) on Form S-8 of Stewart Information Services Corporation of its report, dated June 26, 2012, with respect to the audited financial statement of the Stewart 401(k) Savings Plan as of December 31, 2011.