f8k081407.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) August 14, 2007



OLD REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
                                                                                     
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 
Delaware 
  
 001-10607
  
36-2678171 
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  
(Commission
File Number)
  
(I.R.S. Employer
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 Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

Effective as of August 10, 2007, Mr. Peter Lardner resigned as a director of Old Republic International Corporation, on whose board he had served since 1985.  Mr. Lardner resigned due to illness.  He had been re-elected in 2006 for a term expiring in 2009.

 

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 14,2007                                                                  By: /s/ Spencer LeRoy III                                                 
                                            Spencer LeRoy III,
                                            Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary