form8k.htm
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) September 4,
2007
OLD
REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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001-10607
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36-2678171
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(State
or other jurisdiction
of
incorporation)
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(Commission
File
Number)
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(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
No.)
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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)
Check
the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the Registrant under any of the following
provisions (see General Instruction A.2 below):
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240.13e-4 (c))
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Item
5.03.
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Amendments
to Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws; Change in Fiscal
Year.
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The
Board
of Directors amended the Company’s By-Laws at it meeting on August 30,
2007, to eliminate any ambiguity concerning the offices of Chairman of the
Board
and President of the Company. The By-Laws were further amended to
allow the use of uncertificated as well as certificated shares of the Company’s
stock. The Company’s Amended and Restated By-Laws are attached hereto
as Exhibit 99.1.
(d) Exhibits
99.1 Old Republic International Corporation Amended and
Restated By-Laws.
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: September
4,
2007
By: /s/ Spencer LeRoy
III
Spencer LeRoy III
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary