-----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, OvTdXUesAlE9CrEexNo+fYfAugulFa6ZePfw98gXBAKBLgVIXGzveNFE+GIDT/mX OUXtUb6xZ3W5wcJbNKz+CA== 0000899140-02-000590.txt : 20020813 0000899140-02-000590.hdr.sgml : 20020813 20020813162706 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000899140-02-000590 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20020813 ITEM INFORMATION: Financial statements and exhibits ITEM INFORMATION: FILED AS OF DATE: 20020813 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BERKLEY W R CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000011544 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: FIRE, MARINE & CASUALTY INSURANCE [6331] IRS NUMBER: 221867895 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-15202 FILM NUMBER: 02730057 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 475 STEAMBOAT ROAD STREET 2: . CITY: GREENWICH STATE: CT ZIP: 06830 BUSINESS PHONE: 2036293000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 475 STEAMBOAT ROAD STREET 2: . CITY: GREENWICH STATE: CT ZIP: 06830 8-K 1 bc081302b.txt CURRENT REPORT ON FORM 8-K As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 13, 2002 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 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 13, 2002 W. R. BERKLEY CORPORATION ----------------------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 0-7849 22-1867895 (State or other (Commission File (IRS Employer jurisdiction of Number) Identification No.) incorporation) 475 Steamboat Road, Greenwich, CT 06830 --------------------------------------------- (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (203) 629-3000 -------------- Not Applicable (Former name or former address, if changed since last report) Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits (a) Financial statements of businesses acquired: None. (b) Pro forma financial information: None. (c) Exhibits: 99.1 Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer of the Company dated August 13, 2002 99.2 Statement Under Oath of Principal Financial Officer of the Company dated August 13, 2002 Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure Reference is made to the statements under oath of each of the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer of W. R. Berkley Corporation (the "Company") made pursuant to the Securities and Exchange Commission's Order No. 4-460 (the "Certifications"). The Certifications were delivered to the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 13, 2002. A copy of each of the respective Certifications is attached to this Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2, and each is incorporated herein by reference. 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 hereunto duly authorized. W. R. BERKLEY CORPORATION By: /s/ Eugene G. Ballard ------------------------------ Name: Eugene G. Ballard Title: Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Date: August 13, 2002 EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit: - ------- 99.1 Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer of the Company dated August 13, 2002 99.2 Statement Under Oath of Principal Financial Officer of the Company dated August 13, 2002 EX-99.1 4 bc081302c.txt STATEMENT OF PEO EXHIBIT 99.1 STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER REGARDING FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS I, William R. Berkley, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of W. R. Berkley Corporation (the "Company"), state and attest that: 1. To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of the Company, and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report: o No covered report contained an untrue statement of material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and o No covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed). 2. I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's audit committee. 3. In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a "covered report": o Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001 of the Company; o All reports on Form 10-Q, all reports filed on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of the Company filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and o Any amendments to any of the foregoing. /s/ William R. Berkley - ------------------------------ William R. Berkley August 13, 2002 Subscribed and sworn to before me this 13th day of August 2002 /s/ Eileen K. Killeen ------------------------------ Notary Public My Commission Expires: June 30, 2007 EX-99.2 5 bc081302d.txt STATEMENT OF PFO EXHIBIT 99.2 STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER REGARDING FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS I, Eugene G. Ballard, Senior Vice President - Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of W. R. Berkley Corporation (the "Company"), state and attest that: 1. To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of the Company, and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report: o No covered report contained an untrue statement of material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and o No covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed). 2. I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's audit committee. 3. In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a "covered report": o Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001 of the Company; o All reports on Form 10-Q, all reports filed on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of the Company filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and o Any amendments to any of the foregoing. /s/ Eugene G. Ballard - ------------------------------ Eugene G. Ballard August 13, 2002 Subscribed and sworn to before me this 13th day of August 2002 /s/ Eileen K. Killeen ------------------------------ Notary Public My Commission Expires: June 30, 2007 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----