8-K 1 pma8k.htm PMA 8K
 
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) May 9, 2006
 
PMA Capital Corporation
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Pennsylvania
 
000-22761
 
22-2217932
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
380 Sentry Parkway
Blue Bell, Pennsylvania
 
19422
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
 
(215) 665-5046
 

(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.

As previously disclosed in PMA Capital Corporation’s Proxy Statement distributed in connection with the 2006 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, on March 9, 2006, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee unanimously recommended that Joseph H. Foster, who previously served as a member of the class of directors with terms expiring at the 2006 Annual Meeting, be elected by the Board on May 9, 2006, to fill the vacancy in the class of directors with terms expiring at the 2007 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

Accordingly, on May 9, 2006, the Board of Directors elected Mr. Foster to the class of directors whose terms expire at the 2007 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Mr. Foster was also elected to serve as a non-voting member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
 

 
 

 



 
 
 


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.
 
 
 
 
 
PMA Capital Corporation
       
May 11, 2006
 
 
 
By:
 
/s/ William E. Hitselberger
 
 
 
 
 
 
Name:
 
William E. Hitselberger
 
 
 
 
 
 
Title:
 
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer