Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):
December 8, 2020
ERIE INDEMNITY COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Pennsylvania
0-24000
25-0466020
(State or other jurisdiction
(Commission
(IRS Employer
of incorporation)
File Number)
Identification No.)
100 Erie Insurance Place,
Erie,
Pennsylvania
16530
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
814
870-2000
Not applicable
Former name or former address, if changed since last report
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Class A common stock,
stated value $0.0292 per share
ERIE
NASDAQ Stock Market, LLC
(Title of each class)
(Trading Symbol)
(Name of each exchange on which registered)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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a) Erie Indemnity Company (the “Company”) issued a press release regarding the December 8, 2020 Board of Directors meeting, where the Board set the management fee rate charged by the Company to Erie Insurance Exchange, approved an increase in shareholder dividends and approved the following special cash dividend on shares of Erie Indemnity Company Class A common stock. See the Press Release attached as Exhibit 99.1.
Dividend Number: 361
Class A Rate Per Share: $2.00
Declaration Date: December 8, 2020
Ex-Dividend Date: December 18, 2020
Record Date: December 21, 2020
Payable Date: December 29, 2020
b) Also at its meeting on December 8, 2020, the Board of Directors of the Company approved the following regular quarterly dividend on shares of Erie Indemnity Company Class A common stock. See the Press Release attached as Exhibit 99.1.
Dividend Number: 362
Class A Rate Per Share: $1.035
Declaration Date: December 8, 2020
Ex-Dividend Date: January 4, 2021
Record Date: January 5, 2021
Payable Date: January 20, 2021
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
Exhibit 99.1 Press Release dated December 8, 2020
Exhibit 104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)
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.
