Exhibit 99.1
NEWS BULLETIN
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Old Republic International Corporation
307 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60601-5382 312/346-8100
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For Further Information:
AT OLD REPUBLIC: AT FINANCIAL RELATIONS BOARD:
A.C. Zucaro George Zagoudis
Chairman & CEO General Information
(312) 346-8100 (312) 640-6663
gzagoudis@financialrelationsboard.com
AT FINANCIAL RELATIONS BOARD: AT FINANCIAL RELATIONS BOARD:
Leslie Loyet Tim Grace
Analysts/Investors Media Inquiries
(312) 640-6672 (312) 640-6667
lloyet@financialrelationsboard.com tgrace@financialrelationsboard.com
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ORI: NYSE
FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 2005
OLD REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
DECLARES CASH DIVIDEND ON COMMON STOCK
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CHICAGO, August 26, 2005 - The Board of Directors of Old Republic International
Corporation (NYSE: ORI) declared a quarterly cash dividend on its common stock
of 17 cents per share. The common stock dividend is payable September 15, 2005,
to shareholders of record on September 2, 2005.
Old Republic International has paid cash dividends on its common stock for the
past 64 years without interruption, and has raised the annual payout for twenty-
four consecutive years, most recently in March of this year. The Company
currently has approximately 182.9 million common shares outstanding.
About Old Republic
Chicago-based Old Republic International Corporation is an insurance holding
company whose subsidiaries market, underwrite and provide risk management
services for a wide variety of coverages in the property and liability, mortgage
guaranty, title and life and health insurance fields. One of the nation's 50
largest publicly owned insurance organizations, Old Republic has assets of
approximately $11.04 billion and capitalization of $4.21 billion. Its current
stock market valuation is approximately $4.62 billion.
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