Form S-3 Post Effective Amendment No. 1
Registration
Statement
No.
333-43311
As
filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on April 20, 2007
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
20549
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POST
EFFECTIVE
AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM
S-3
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT
OF 1933
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OLD
REPUBLIC
INTERNATIONAL
CORPORATION
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DELAWARE
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36-2678171
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(EXACT
NAME
OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
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(STATE
OR
OTHER JURISDICTION OF INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION)
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(I.R.S.
EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER)
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307
NORTH MICHIGAN
AVENUE
CHICAGO,
ILLINOIS
60601-5382
(312)
346-8100
(ADDRESS,
INCLUDING
ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF
REGISTRANT’S
PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
SPENCER
LEROY III,
ESQUIRE
SENIOR
VICE
PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL
AND
SECRETARY
OLD
REPUBLIC
INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
307
NORTH MICHIGAN
AVENUE
CHICAGO,
ILLINOIS
60601-5382
(312)
346-8100
(NAME,
ADDRESS,
INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OR
AGENT
FOR
SERVICE)
Deregistration
of Securities
Pursuant
to the
undertaking contained in Item 17(a)(3) of the within registration statement,
the
Registrant hereby withdraws and removes from registration the indeterminate
number or amount of Debt Securities, Warrants, Preferred Stock, Common Stock,
Depository Shares, Stock Purchase Contracts and Stock Purchase Units (in a
maximum aggregate initial offering price of $500,000,000) registered on the
within registration statement. The offering has been terminated by the
Registrant.
Signatures
Pursuant
to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Rule 478 thereunder,
the Registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to be signed on
its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Chicago,
State of Illinois, on April 18, 2007.
OLD
REPUBLIC INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
By:
/s/ A. C.
Zucaro
Name:
A. C.
Zucaro
Title:
Chairman of
the Board and Chief Executive Officer