Form 6-K - Report of foreign issuer [Rules 13a-16 and 15d-16]

 

 

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Form 6-K

 

Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

For the month of: October 2024

Commission File Number: 001-31556

 

FAIRFAX FINANCIAL HOLDINGS LIMITED
(Name of Registrant)

 

95 Wellington Street West
Suite 800
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M5J 2N7
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:

 

Form 20-F ¨

Form 40-F x

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit		Description of Exhibit
99.1		Press Release dated October 18, 2024

 

 

 

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, thereunto duly authorized.

 

	FAIRFAX FINANCIAL HOLDINGS LIMITED
Date: October 18, 2024	By:	/s/ Derek Bulas
		Name:	Derek Bulas
		Title:	Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

FAIRFAX News Release

TSX Stock Symbol: FFH and FFH.U

 

TORONTO, October 18, 2024

 

FAIRFAX DONATES US$1 MILLION TO
RELIEF EFFORTS FOR HURRICANES HELENE AND MILTON

 

Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (“Fairfax”) (TSX: FFH and FFH.U), recognizing the severity of the losses caused across the Southeastern United States from hurricanes Helene and Milton, is donating US$1 million to the American Red Cross.

 

“So many people in Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas and Tennessee are enduring severe damage to their homes and communities, and will have to begin rebuilding their lives after this devastation. Fairfax wants to stand among all those individuals and companies who are extending themselves to provide support to the residents of the affected communities across the Southeastern United States,” said Prem Watsa, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Fairfax.

 

Fairfax is a holding company which, through its subsidiaries, is primarily engaged in property and casualty insurance and reinsurance and the associated investment management.

 

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For further information contact:        John Varnell, Vice President, Corporate Development at [phone]

 

FAIRFAX FINANCIAL HOLDINGS LIMITED
95 Wellington Street West, Suite 800, Toronto, Ontario, M5J 2N7 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: 416-367-4946

 

 

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