secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     OLD REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL CORP (ORI)
CIK:        0000074260
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-12-12T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000074260-25-000166
Event type: dividend
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Old Republic declares $2.50 special dividend, returns $620M to shareholders
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- Special cash dividend of $2.50 per share declared, payable Jan 14, 2026 to holders of record Jan 2, 2026.
- Total dividend of approximately $620 million to be distributed to shareholders.
- Company repurchased $47 million of shares in Q4 2025; $864 million remains under authorization.
- CEO cites pending acquisition of ECM as part of capital allocation strategy.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/74260/000007426025000166/0000074260-25-000166-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/74260/000007426025000166/ori-20251212.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000074260-25-000166

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