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UNITED STATES

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): March 1, 2024

 

STEWART INFORMATION SERVICES CORPORATION

(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

 

DELAWARE   001-02658   74-1677330
(STATE OR OTHER
JURISDICTION)
  (COMMISSION FILE NO.)   (I.R.S. EMPLOYER
IDENTIFICATION NO.)

 

1360 Post Oak Blvd, Suite 100, Houston, Texas 77056

(Address Of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (713) 625-8100

 

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))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $1 par value STC New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company ¨

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

  

 

 

 

 

 

ITEM 7.01. REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE.

 

On March 1, 2024, Stewart Information Services Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that its Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.475 per share of the Company’s common stock for the first quarter 2024, payable March 28, 2024, to common stockholders of record on March 15, 2024‎. A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.

 

The information in this Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto is not deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall such information and exhibit be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 

ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

 

(d) EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit No.   Description
     
99.1   Press release of Stewart Information Services Corporation dated March 1, 2024, announcing a declaration of dividend for the first quarter 2024.
104   Cover Page Interactive Date File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

STEWART INFORMATION SERVICES CORPORATION

(Registrant)

   
  By: /s/ David C. Hisey
  (David C. Hisey, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer)

 

Date: March 1, 2024