LOEWS CORP — Capital/Financing Update 2007

Dec 17, 2007

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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: December 17, 2007

(Date of earliest event reported): December 17, 2007

LOEWS CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

	1-6541	13-2646102
(State
or other jurisdiction of	(Commission	(I.R.S.
Employer
incorporation
or organization)	File
Number)	Identification
No.)

| 667
Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. | 10065-8087 |
| --- | --- |
| (Address
of principal executive offices) | (Zip
Code) |

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 521-2000

| NOT
APPLICABLE |
| --- |
| (Former
name or former address, if changed since last
report.) |

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):

| [ ] | Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17
CFR
230.425) |
| --- | --- |
| [ ] | Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12) |
| [ ] | Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17
CFR
240.14d-2(b)) |
| [ ] | 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 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On December 17, 2007, the registrant issued a press release announcing that its Board of Directors had approved a plan, to spin off its entire ownership interest in its subsidiary, Lorillard, Inc., to holders of the registrant’s Carolina Group stock and Loews common stock in a tax free transaction, subject to certain conditions.

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 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

| (a) | Not
applicable. |
| --- | --- |
| (b) | Not
applicable. |
| (c) | Exhibits: |

| Exhibit
Reference | Exhibit |
| --- | --- |
| Number | Description |
| 99.1 | Loews
Corporation press release, issued December 17, 2007, announcing the
approval of a plan to spin off Lorillard,
Inc. |

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.

| | LOEWS
CORPORATION | |
| --- | --- | --- |
| | (Registrant) | |
| Dated: December
17, 2007 | By: | /s/
Gary W. Garson |
| | | Gary
W. Garson |
| | | Senior
Vice President |
| | | General
Counsel |
| | | and
Secretary |

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