1 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 10-K/A - NO. 2 (Mark One) [X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997 ------------------------------------------------------ or [ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from to -------------------- ------------------------ Commission file number 1-9518 --------------------------------------- THE PROGRESSIVE CORPORATION - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Ohio 34-0963169 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification No.) 6300 Wilson Mills Road, Mayfield Village, Ohio 44143 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) (440) 461-5000 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Registrant's telephone number, including area code) Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Name of each exchange on Title of each class which registered Common Shares, $1.00 Par Value New York Stock Exchange - ------------------------------ ----------------------- Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Title of class) Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. [X] Yes [ ] No Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. [ ] The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant at January 31, 1998: $6,748,111,562.50 The number of the registrant's Common Shares, $1.00 par value, outstanding as of February 27, 1998: 72,427,300 DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE Portions of the registrant's Annual Report to Shareholders for the year ended December 31, 1997 are incorporated by reference in Parts I, II and IV hereof. Portions of the registrant's Proxy Statement dated March 17, 1998, for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on April 24, 1998, are incorporated by reference in Part III hereof. 2 This Form 10-K/A - No. 2 is being filed to add Item 7A to Part II of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997, filed with the Commission on March 27, 1998. ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK The quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk are incorporated by reference from the "Investments" section of MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS set forth in Item 7 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997, and page 54 of the Company's 1997 Annual Report to Shareholders, which is included as Exhibit 13 to such Annual Report on Form 10-K. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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. THE PROGRESSIVE CORPORATION June 8, 1998 By: /s/ David M. Schneider ---------------------- David M. Schneider Secretary of the Registrant 2