---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000074260-21-000116"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ORI"
cik: "0000074260"
company_name: "OLD REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL CORP"
filed_at: "2021-11-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T06:20:43.357112+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Old Republic elects Barbara Adachi to Board of Directors, effective Dec 16, 2021

## Summary
- Board size increased from 13 to 14; Barbara Adachi elected as Class 3 director, effective Dec 16, 2021.
- Adachi previously CEO and National Managing Partner of Deloitte Consulting's Human Capital Practice.
- She will stand for election at 2023 annual meeting; committee assignments not yet determined.
- Old Republic added eight new directors in last four years, with five departures; board now 14 members.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000074260-21-000116
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ORI
- cik: 0000074260
- company_name: OLD REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL CORP
- filed_at: 2021-11-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/74260/000007426021000116/0000074260-21-000116-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/74260/000007426021000116/ori-20211116.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000074260-21-000116
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000074260-21-000116.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000074260-21-000116.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Barbara Adachi was elected as Director at OLD REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL CORP.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: increased the size of the Board from 13 to 14 directors (“Board size increase”) and elected Ms. Barbara Adachi as a Class 3 director to fill the vacancy created as a result of the Board size increase, effective December 16, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/74260/000007426021000116/0000074260-21-000116-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.