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): November 22, 2013
ALLEGHANY CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 1-9371 | 51-0283071 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 7 Times Square Tower, 17th Floor, New York, New York | 10036 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 752-1356
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| Item 7.01. | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
Alleghany Corporation (the “Company”) will host an Investor Day today, November 22, 2013, beginning at 10:30 a.m. EST, in New York City. At the event, President and chief executive officer Weston M. Hicks, Senior Vice President and chief financial officer John L. Sennott, Jr., and other members of senior management of the Company and its operating companies will make presentations covering corporate and operating company strategies, growth initiatives and financials. A copy of the visual presentations is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto. A live audio webcast of the event will be available on the Events and Presentations section of the Company’s website at www.alleghany.com. A replay of the webcast will be available on the Company’s website beginning around 5:00 p.m. EST today and for one year thereafter.
The information hereunder shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be incorporated by reference into a filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
| 99.1 | Investor Presentation, dated November 22, 2013 |
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.
| ALLEGHANY CORPORATION | ||||||
| Date: November 22, 2013 | By: | /s/ John L. Sennott, Jr. | ||||
| Name: | John L. Sennott, Jr. | |||||
| Title: | Senior Vice President and chief financial officer | |||||
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
| Exhibit |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Investor Presentation, dated November 22, 2013 | |