-----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, G5pYwL33AOxj7txw7+zwjFDdGEKvopJyPDJv+onzfjseHRk5m8mV2WNarwS0CMoZ 6sZg9EuOf/AaUmn4Qi0cPw== 0000950127-01-000256.txt : 20010412 0000950127-01-000256.hdr.sgml : 20010412 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950127-01-000256 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20010411 ITEM INFORMATION: ITEM INFORMATION: FILED AS OF DATE: 20010411 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FIRST AMERICAN FINANCIAL CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000036047 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: TITLE INSURANCE [6361] IRS NUMBER: 951068610 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-13585 FILM NUMBER: 1600594 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1 FIRST AMERICAN WAY CITY: SANTA ANA STATE: CA ZIP: 92707 BUSINESS PHONE: 7145583211 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 114 E FIFTH STREET CITY: SANTA ANA STATE: CA ZIP: 92701 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE & TRUST C DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19690515 8-K 1 0001.txt CURRENT REPORT 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) April 11, 2001 ------------------------------- THE FIRST AMERICAN CORPORATION - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Exact Name of the Registrant as Specified in Charter) California 0-3658 95-1068610 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (State or Other (Commission (IRS Employer Jurisdiction File Number) Identification No.) of Incorporation) 1 First American Way, Santa Ana, California 92707-5913 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code (714) 800-3000 ---------------------------- Not Applicable. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) Item 5. Other Events. See the attached Exhibit. Item 7. Exhibits. 99 Press Release dated April 11, 2001. 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. THE FIRST AMERICAN CORPORATION Date: April 11, 2001 By: /s/ Thomas A. Klemens -------------------------------------- Name: Thomas A. Klemens Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer EX-99 2 0002.txt PRESS RELEASE EXHIBIT 99 THE FIRST AMERICAN CORPORATION ANNOUNCES FIRST QUARTER 2001 EPS EXPECTATIONS SANTA ANA, Calif., April 11, 2001 - The First American Corporation (NYSE: FAF), the nation's leading, diversified provider of business information and related products and services, today announced that, in conjunction with its April 10, 2001, news release explaining its plans to launch an offering of senior convertible debentures, it expects to at least meet the current first quarter 2001 IBES consensus EPS estimates of 27 cents. The company plans to release first quarter 2001 earnings before the opening of regular market trading on May 2, 2001. The First American Corporation noted that while the company does not typically comment on its earnings expectations, and does not undertake to do so in the future, it believes the announcement of its plans to launch a senior convertible debt offering warrants such disclosure. The First American Corporation, based in Santa Ana, Calif., is the nation's leading, diversified provider of business information and related products and services. The corporation's three primary business segments include: title information and services; real estate information and services, which includes mortgage information services and database information and services; and consumer information and services, which provides automotive, sub-prime and direct-to-consumer credit reporting; direct-to-consumer public records reporting; resident screening; pre-employment screening; property and automotive insurance tracking services; property and casualty insurance; home warranties; investment advisory; and trust and banking services. Information about the company and an archive of its press releases can be found on the Internet at www.firstam.com. Certain statements made in this press release, including those relating to the company's first quarter 2001 earnings, are forward-looking. Risks and uncertainties exist which may cause results to differ materially from those set forth in these forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause the anticipated results to differ from those described in the forward-looking statements include: interest rate fluctuations; changes in the performance of the real estate markets; general volatility in the capital markets; changes in applicable government regulations; consolidation among the company's significant customers and competitors; legal proceedings commenced by the California attorney general and related litigation; the company's continued ability to identify businesses to be acquired; changes in the company's ability to integrate businesses which it acquires; and other factors described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. The company does not undertake to update forward-looking statements to reflect circumstances or events that occur after the date the forward-looking statements are made. # # # -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----