Form 8-K

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): October 15, 2009

LANDAMERICA FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Commission file number: 1-13990

Virginia

 

54-1589611

(State of incorporation)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

 

 

5600 Cox Road

Glen Allen, Virginia

 

23060

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (804) 267-8000

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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.

 

LandAmerica Financial Group, Inc. (the “Company”) has extended the employment of G. William Evans, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, to assist with matters relating to the Company’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy case. It currently is anticipated that Mr. Evans’ employment with the Company will terminate no later than December 31, 2009, unless proceedings in the Bankruptcy Court make further extensions necessary or advisable.

 

 


SIGNATURE

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.

 

LANDAMERICA FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Wm. Chadwick Perrine

 

Wm. Chadwick Perrine, Esquire

 

Senior Vice President and

Secretary

 Date:  October 20, 2009