Loews Corp - Current report filing (8-K)
March 17 2008 - 4:12PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
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:
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March
17, 2008
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(Date
of earliest event reported):
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March
17, 2008
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(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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1-6541
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13-2646102
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
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(Commission
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(I.R.S.
Employer
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incorporation
or organization)
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File
Number)
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Identification
No.)
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667
Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y.
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10065-8087
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code:
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(212)
521-2000
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NOT
APPLICABLE
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(Former
name or former address, if changed since last
report.)
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Check the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)
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Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to rule 13e-4 (c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
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Item
7.01
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Regulation
FD Disclosure.
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On March 17, 2008, the registrant issued a press release announcing that its
Board of Directors and the Board of Directors of the general partner of
Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP, a 70% owned subsidiary of the registrant
(“BWP”), had approved, subject to certain conditions, the registrant’s purchase,
through a subsidiary, of newly created Class B limited partner units of
Boardwalk Pipeline for $686 million and related contribution of an additional
$14 million on behalf of BWP’s general partner to maintain its 2% general
partner interest. The proposed purchase is subject to the
approval of BWP’s Conflicts Committee and the completion of definitive
documentation and is expected to close by June 30, 2008.
A copy of the registrant’s press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this
Form 8-K.
The
information under Item 7.01 and in Exhibit 99.1 in this Current Report is being
furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the
liabilities of that Section. The information under Item 7.01 and in Exhibit
99.1 in this Current Report shall not be incorporated by reference into any
registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended.
Item
9.01
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Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
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(a)
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Not
applicable.
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(b)
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Not
applicable.
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(c)
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Exhibits:
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Exhibit
Reference
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Exhibit
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Number
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Description
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99.1
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Loews
Corporation press release, issued March 17, 2008, announcing the approval
of an investment in Boardwalk Pipeline Partners,
LP
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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.
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LOEWS
CORPORATION
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(Registrant)
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Dated: March
17, 2008
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By:
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/s/
Gary W. Garson
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Gary
W. Garson
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Senior
Vice President
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General
Counsel
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and
Secretary
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