0000944695-12-000061.txt : 20121207 0000944695-12-000061.hdr.sgml : 20121207 20121207163654 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000944695-12-000061 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20121207 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20121207 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20121207 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: HANOVER INSURANCE GROUP, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000944695 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: FIRE, MARINE & CASUALTY INSURANCE [6331] IRS NUMBER: 043263626 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-13754 FILM NUMBER: 121250348 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 440 LINCOLN ST CITY: WORCESTER STATE: MA ZIP: 01653 BUSINESS PHONE: 5088551000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 440 LINCOLN ST CITY: WORCESTER STATE: MA ZIP: 01653 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ALLMERICA FINANCIAL CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19950501 8-K 1 form8k.htm FORM 8K form8k.htm


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
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FORM 8-K
 
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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 6, 2012
 
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THE HANOVER INSURANCE GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 

Delaware
  
1-13754
  
04-3263626
(State or other jurisdiction
  
(Commission File Number)
  
(I.R.S.Employer
of incorporation)
      
Identification No.)
 
440 Lincoln Street, Worcester, Massachusetts 01653
 
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (508) 855-1000
 
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 (17CFR 230.425)
 
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17CFR 240.14a-12)
 
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 Item 5.02.  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
 
Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
 
On December 6, 2012, the Compensation Committee of The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (the “Company”) consented to the payment of a £20,000* stipend from Chaucer Syndicates Limited (“Chaucer”), a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of the Company, to each of David Greenfield, the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and Andrew Robinson, the Company’s Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and President, Specialty Insurance.  This stipend represents compensation for Messrs. Greenfield and Robinson’s service on the board of directors of Chaucer during 2012.
 
* $32,000 using a conversion ratio of  1.6 USD/GBP.
 
 
 



 
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 Hanover Insurance Group, Inc.
(Registrant)

Date: December 7, 2012
By:
/s/ J. Kendall Huber
 
J. Kendall Huber
 
Executive Vice President, General
 
Counsel and Asst. Secretary