-----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, TFcdhYtKOX56dVUKqoK01rer8hbTagWHginp/U7tEwWDWg77CNSVeNPEDEaLM044 JooiTOUHNXuBSkJAG3o6uQ== 0001193125-07-258039.txt : 20071203 0001193125-07-258039.hdr.sgml : 20071203 20071203165951 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-07-258039 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20071203 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20071203 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20071203 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FIRST AMERICAN 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: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-13585 FILM NUMBER: 071281125 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1 FIRST AMERICAN WAY CITY: SANTA ANA STATE: CA ZIP: 92707 BUSINESS PHONE: 714-250-3000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1 FIRST AMERICAN WAY CITY: SANTA ANA STATE: CA ZIP: 92707 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FIRST AMERICAN FINANCIAL CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE & TRUST C DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19690515 8-K 1 d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

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) December 3, 2007

THE FIRST AMERICAN CORPORATION

(Exact Name of the Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

California   001-13585   95-1068610

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

1 First American Way, Santa Ana, California   92707-5913
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (714) 250-3000

Not Applicable.

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Item 8.01 Other Events.

On December 3, 2007, The First American Corporation (the “Company”) received an updated consent from its independent registered public accounting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”), to the incorporation by reference into the Company’s prior registration statements of PwC’s report, dated March 1, 2007, contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006. The consent originally filed with the Annual Report did not refer to the Company’s registration statements on Form S-3 or Form S-4. A copy of the updated consent, which references the Company’s outstanding registration statements on Form S-3 and S-4, as well as the other registration statements previously referenced in the original consent, is attached as Exhibit 23.1 hereto.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.   

Description

23.1    Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP dated December 3, 2007.

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:   December 3, 2007   By:   /s/ Kenneth D. DeGiorgio
      Name:   Kenneth D. DeGiorgio
      Title:   Senior Vice President and General Counsel
 EX-23.1 2 dex231.htm CONSENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements on Form S-3 (Nos. 333-126545 and 333-81312), Form S-4 (Nos. 333-121617 and 333-107494) and Form S-8 (Nos. 333-134283, 333-113269, 333-111829, 333-74620, 333-41993, 333-105428, 333-67451, 333-62918 and 333-78537) of The First American Corporation of our report dated March 1, 2007 relating to the financial statements, financial statement schedules, management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Orange County, California

December 3, 2007

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