-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, MWsYz8SH9kaydbqh09MuGJ1eiNYk5i9AAT5C4gNjLQIJgei2f6AbbsxOuVYqy8wy aRRrkgfxZKi45uLxHjpD8w== 0001036050-98-002087.txt : 19981208 0001036050-98-002087.hdr.sgml : 19981208 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001036050-98-002087 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 19981207 ITEM INFORMATION: ITEM INFORMATION: FILED AS OF DATE: 19981207 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PMA CAPITAL CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001041665 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: FIRE, MARINE & CASUALTY INSURANCE [6331] IRS NUMBER: 232217932 STATE OF INCORPORATION: PA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-22761 FILM NUMBER: 98764881 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1735 MARKET STREET SUITE 2800 CITY: PHILADELPHIA STATE: PA ZIP: 19103-7590 BUSINESS PHONE: 2156655046 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1735 MARKET STREET SUITE 2800 CITY: PHILADELPHIA STATE: PA ZIP: 19103-7590 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PENNSYLVANIA MANUFACTURERS CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19970702 8-K 1 FORM 8-K 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): December 7, 1998 ---------------- PMA Capital Corporation -------------------------------------------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in is charter) Pennsylvania 0-22761 23-2217932 ------------------------------------------------------------------- (State or other (Commission (I.R.S. Employer jurisdiction of File Number) Identification No.) incorporation) 1735 Market Street, Suite 2800, Philadelphia, PA 19103-7590 ------------------------------------------------ ---------- (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code (215) 665-5046 -------------- Pennsylvania Manufacturers Corporation ----------------------------------------------------------------- (Former name or former address, if changed since last report) Item 5. Other Events. - ------ ------------ On December 7, 1998, the Registrant changed its corporate name from "Pennsylvania Manufacturers Corporation" to "PMA Capital Corporation." Also, effective at the close of trading on December 7, 1998, the trading symbol for the Registrant's Class A Common Stock on the Nasdaq National Market is being changed from "PMFRA" to "PMACA." Finally, the Registrant has transferred the address of its principal executive offices to 1735 Market Street, Suite 2800, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-7590, effective December 7, 1998. Item 7. Exhibits. - ------ -------- Exhibit No. Exhibit Description ------------ ------------------- 99 Press Release dated December 7, 1998 -2- SIGNATURE --------- 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 Dated: December 7, 1998 By: /s/ Francis W. McDonnell ------------------------ Francis W. McDonnell, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer -3- EXHIBIT INDEX ------------- Exhibit No. Exhibit Description ------------ ------------------- 99 Press Release dated December 7, 1998 -4- EX-99 2 PRESS RELEASE DATED DECEMBER 7, 1998 Exhibit 99 ---------- PENNSYLVANIA MANUFACTURERS CORPORATION ANNOUNCES NAME CHANGE ------------------------------------------------------------ AND NEW STOCK TICKER SYMBOL --------------------------- DECEMBER 7, 1998 -- Pennsylvania Manufacturers Corporation (NASDAQ: PMFRA) today announced it changed its name to PMA Capital Corporation. Also, shares of the Company's Class A common stock will trade under the new ticker symbol, PMACA, effective at the close of trading today. Along with the name change, PMA Capital Corporation announced it is now headquartered at 1735 Market Street, Suite 2800 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. "In selecting PMA Capital Corporation as the new name for the company, we feel it captures the strength and franchise value that PMA Re and PMA Insurance Group have established in the insurance marketplace today," stated John W. Smithson, President and Chief Executive Officer. "PMA Capital Corporation also embodies the geographic breadth and array of risk management products and services offered by our three specialty insurance businesses -- PMA Re, PMA Insurance Group and Caliber One." PMA Capital Corporation, headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is an insurance holding company, which provides property and casualty reinsurance and insurance products and services through its operating subsidiaries. Its primary product lines include property and casualty reinsurance underwritten and marketed by PMA Re, workers' compensation and other commercial property and casualty lines of insurance in the Mid-Atlantic and Southern regions of the United States underwritten and marketed by The PMA Insurance Group, as well as excess and surplus lines coverages underwritten and marketed by Caliber One. -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----