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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
Form 11-K
     
þ   Annual Report pursuant to Section 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
 
    For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009.
or
     
o   Transition Report pursuant to Section 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
 
    For the transition period from                      to                     .
Commission file number 1-02658
A. Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:
Stewart Salary Deferral Plan
1980 Post Oak Blvd
Houston, TX 77056-3899
B. Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:
Stewart Information Services Corporation
(a Delaware Corporation)
74-1677330
1980 Post Oak Blvd
Houston, Texas 77056-3899
Telephone Number - Area Code (713) 625 -8100
 
 

 


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Required Information
The following financial statements prepared in accordance with the financial reporting requirements of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, signature and exhibit are filed for the Stewart Salary Deferral Plan:
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Financial Statements:
     Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits — December 31, 2009 and 2008
     Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits — Year Ended December 31, 2009
Notes to Financial Statements — December 31, 2009 and 2008
Supplemental Schedules:
     Supplemental Schedule H, Line 4a — Schedule of Delinquent Participant Contributions — Year Ended December 31, 2009
     Supplemental Schedule H, Line 4i — Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) — December 31, 2009
Signature
Exhibit 23.1 — Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 


 

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Schedules not listed above are omitted because of the absence of conditions under which they are required under the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
     
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Administrative Committee
Stewart Salary Deferral Plan:
We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of the Stewart Salary Deferral Plan (the “Plan”) as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2009. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Plan is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. An audit includes consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Plan’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the changes in its net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2009 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Our audits were performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental schedule H, line 4a — schedule of delinquent participant contributions for the year ended December 31, 2009 and schedule H, line 4i — schedule of assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2009 are presented for the purpose of additional analysis and are not a required part of the 2009 basic financial statements but is supplementary information required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. The supplemental schedules are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. The supplemental schedules have been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audit of the 2009 basic financial statements and, in our opinion, are fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the 2009 basic financial statements taken as a whole.
         
     
  /s/ MFR, P.C.    
Houston, Texas
June 11, 2010

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STEWART SALARY DEFERRAL PLAN
Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits
December 31, 2009 and 2008
                 
    2009     2008  
     
ASSETS:
               
Investments, at fair value
  $ 198,755,426     $ 182,719,407  
Noninterest — bearing cash
          1  
Receivables:
               
Company contributions, net of forfeitures
          118,747  
Plan participants’ contributions
    489,587       503,866  
Plan participants’ loan repayments
    105,100       101,308  
Securities sales receivable
    68,191       14,012  
Other plan receivable
    18,750       12,500  
Accrued income on investments
    278       274  
 
           
Total receivables
    681,906       750,707  
 
           
Total assets
    199,437,332       183,470,115  
 
           
 
               
LIABILITIES:
               
Securities purchases payable
    605,160       547,518  
Administrative expense payable
    20,000       12,500  
Excess contribution refunds
    196,966       110,424  
 
           
Total liabilities
    822,126       670,442  
 
           
Total net assets available for benefits
  $ 198,615,206     $ 182,799,673  
 
           
See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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STEWART SALARY DEFERRAL PLAN
Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits
Year Ended December 31, 2009
         
ADDITIONS TO NET ASSETS:
       
Contributions:
       
Plan participants
  $ 14,090,596  
Rollovers
    580,383  
 
     
 
       
Total contributions
    14,670,979  
 
     
Net investment income:
       
Dividends and capital gains
    2,292,948  
Interest
    584,064  
Net appreciation of investments
    23,111,749  
 
     
 
       
Total net investment income
    25,988,761  
 
     
 
       
Other plan income
    81,250  
 
     
 
       
Total additions to net assets
    40,740,990  
 
     
DEDUCTIONS FROM NET ASSETS:
       
Benefits paid to participants
    24,610,563  
Excess contribution refunds
    196,966  
Administrative expenses
    117,928  
 
     
 
       
Total deductions from net assets
    24,925,457  
 
     
 
       
Net increase in net assets available for benefits
    15,815,533  
 
NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS:
       
Beginning of year
    182,799,673  
 
     
 
       
End of year
  $ 198,615,206  
 
     
See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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STEWART SALARY DEFERRAL PLAN
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2009 and 2008
(1) DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAN
The Stewart Salary Deferral Plan (the “Plan”) is a defined contribution plan adopted effective January 1, 1986 and sponsored by Stewart Title Guaranty Company (“STG”). STG is a wholly owned subsidiary of Stewart Information Services Corporation (“SISCO”). The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”).
The Plan is administered by STG (the “Plan Administrator”) and Wells Fargo Bank of Texas, N.A., the Plan’s trustee and record keeper (“Wells Fargo”). An administrative committee of executives (the “Administrative Committee”) has been appointed by the Board of Directors of STG to assist with the responsibility for overseeing the operation of the Plan, including the monitoring of Wells Fargo.
During 2008, the Plan was amended and restated in its entirety to update for prior amendments and conform to current regulations. In 2009, the Plan was also amended to conform to current regulations.
The summary of significant provisions of the Plan presented below provides general information. Participants should refer to the Plan agreement for a more complete description of the Plan’s provisions.
     (a) Employee Participation
The Plan is made available to eligible employees of STG and its affiliates (collectively the “Company”). All employees who have completed ninety days (90) of service and work a minimum number of hours, as defined by the Plan, are eligible to participate in the Plan.
     (b) Contributions
Plan participants may defer up to fifty percent (50%) of considered compensation into the Plan, subject to certain limitations under the Internal Revenue Code (the “IRC”). A participant may make deferrals on a pretax or after-tax basis, or a combination of both, which will be accounted for in separate accounts. Highly compensated participants may be required to reduce the amount of contributions made in order to permit the Plan to satisfy the nondiscrimination requirements of Section 401(k) of the IRC. Participants may designate the extent to which such reductions are made from pretax or after-tax accounts, subject to certain limitations. As of December 31, 2009 and 2008, excess contribution refunds were due to Plan participants in the amount of $196,966 and $110,424, respectively.
Participants who are age 50 or older before the close of the Plan year may elect to make a catch-up contribution, subject to certain limitations under the IRC.
The Company’s matching contribution is equal to fifty cents for each one dollar of considered compensation contributed (other than catch-up contributions) up to a maximum of six percent (6%) of each participant’s considered compensation (pretax and after-tax), subject to a maximum defined by the Plan. The Company may utilize available forfeitures to offset matching contributions to the Plan. On November 21, 2008, STG’s Board of Directors voted to temporarily suspend the Company’s matching contributions effective January 1, 2009.

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STEWART SALARY DEFERRAL PLAN
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2009 and 2008
The Plan allows for a Company discretionary contribution as determined annually by STG’s Board of Directors. The discretionary contribution, if any, shall be calculated quarterly (or annually, if elected) and allocated equally to all eligible participants, in accordance with the Plan’s provisions. The Company may utilize available forfeitures to offset discretionary contributions to the Plan. The Plan had no discretionary contributions during 2009.
Employees are permitted to rollover pretax or after-tax amounts with earnings held in other qualified plans or conduit individual retirement accounts (IRAs) into the Plan, subject to the provisions in the Plan document.
     (c) Participant Accounts
Each participant’s account is credited with the elected deferral amount, the Company’s employer matching contribution, a Company discretionary contribution, if any, and an allocation of Plan earnings. Net investment income (loss) is allocated to participants’ accounts daily based on the proportion that each participant’s account balance bears to the participant account balances in each investment fund.
     (d) Investment Options
Employees may elect to have their contributions allocated among various investment options offered by the Plan. As of December 31, 2009, the Plan offers fifteen mutual funds, one common collective trust fund, and the SISCO Stock Fund as investment options. Certain limitations apply under the Plan. During 2009, certain changes to investment options offered by the Plan were made.
The SISCO Stock Fund is invested primarily in SISCO common stock. The remaining portion of the fund is invested in the Wells Fargo Short Term Investment Fund G, a common collective trust fund, which is not available as an investment option. Wells Fargo is entitled to exercise voting rights attributable to SISCO common stock allocated to accounts of participants and beneficiaries in accordance with the Plan.
The Plan utilizes the Wells Fargo Advantage Cash Investment Money Market Service Fund (the Expense Reserve Fund), a mutual fund, for the investment of funds deposited for the payment of administrative expenses for the Plan. This fund is nonparticipant-directed, which is not available as an investment option by Plan participants.
     (e) Vesting and Payment of Benefits
Participants in the Plan prior to January 1, 1989, are eligible to receive payment of the total account balance upon normal retirement at age sixty-five (65), death, disability or other termination of employment.
Participants in the Plan on or after January 1, 1989 are eligible to receive payment of the total account balance upon normal retirement at age sixty-five (65), death or disability. Upon other termination of employment, participants are eligible to receive payment of the total account balance if they have

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STEWART SALARY DEFERRAL PLAN
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2009 and 2008
completed three (3) years of service. Participants who have completed less than three (3) years of service are eligible to receive payment of all employee contributions, but forfeit Company matching and discretionary contributions and related earnings on such contributions.
In addition, participants who have attained age 70 1/2 may elect to withdraw all or a portion of their vested accounts while they are still employed by the Company in the form of an in-service distribution.
Forfeited amounts may be used to reduce future Company matching or discretionary contributions, to pay administrative expenses of the Plan, or to reinstate former participant balances. During 2009, no forfeitures were utilized to reduce Company matching or discretionary contributions or to pay administrative expenses of the Plan.
Distributions may be paid in a lump sum or in installments, subject to the provisions of the Plan, including taxation. Participants with account balances greater than $1,000 may defer receipt of their distributions until they are required by law to receive minimum required distributions. If the participants’ vested account balance is $1,000 or less, payment must be made in a lump-sum distribution. Direct rollovers from the Plan to an IRA or other qualified plan are permitted for pretax and after-tax accounts, subject to certain limitations.
There were no amounts allocated to withdrawing participants for amounts that have been processed and approved for payment prior to December 31, 2009 and 2008, but not yet paid as of that date.
     (f) Participant Loans
A participant may borrow a minimum of $1,000 up to a maximum amount equal to the lessor of $50,000 or fifty percent (50%) of the vested account balance, subject to the Plan’s provisions. The terms of the loan include interest at a commercially reasonable rate similar to the prime interest rate, as set quarterly by the Administrative Committee.
(2) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
     (a) Basis of Accounting
The accompanying financial statements are prepared using the accrual basis of accounting. Benefits paid to participants are recorded when paid.
Loan administration fees and mutual fund redemption fees are paid from Plan assets and allocated to the effected participant accounts. Certain investment consulting fees are paid from amounts deposited to pay administrative expenses and thus are not allocated to participants. All administrative expenses not paid by the Plan are paid by the Company.

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STEWART SALARY DEFERRAL PLAN
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2009 and 2008
     (b) Fair Value Measurements
ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (ASC 820), establishes a framework for measuring fair value. That framework provides a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy under ASC 820 are described below:
Level 1:   Inputs to the valuation methodology are unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that the Plan has the ability to access.
 
Level 2:   Inputs to the valuation methodology include:
    Quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets;
 
    Quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in inactive markets;
 
    Inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability;
 
    Inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means.
    If the asset or liability has a specified (contractual) term, the Level 2 input must be observable for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.
Level 3:   Inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement.
The asset’s or liability’s fair value measurement level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement. Valuation techniques used need to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs.
Following is a description of the valuation methodologies used for assets measured at fair value. There have been no changes in the methodologies used at December 31, 2009 and 2008.
Mutual funds: Valued at the net asset value (NAV) of shares held by the Plan at year end.
Common stock: Valued at the closing price reported on the active market on which the individual securities are traded.
Common collective trust funds: Valued at the fair value of the underlying securities.
Participant loans: Valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value.
The methods described above may produce a fair value calculation that may not be indicative of net realizable value or reflective of future fair values. Furthermore, while the Plan believes its valuation methods are appropriate and consistent with other market participants, the use of different methodologies or

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STEWART SALARY DEFERRAL PLAN
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2009 and 2008
assumptions to determine the fair value of certain financial instruments could result in a different fair value measurement at the reporting date.
The following table sets forth by level, within the ASC 820 fair value hierarchy, the Plan’s assets at fair value as of December 31, 2009:
                                 
    Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  
     
Mutual funds:
                               
Equity funds -
                               
Large equity funds
  $ 57,889,092     $     $     $ 57,889,092  
Small equity funds
    19,387,636                   19,387,636  
International equity fund
    15,369,712                   15,369,712  
 
                       
 
                               
Total equity funds
    92,646,440                   92,646,440  
 
                       
 
                               
Balanced funds
    38,377,488                   38,377,488  
Money market funds
    30,898,381                   30,898,381  
Fixed income funds
    7,126,785                   7,126,785  
 
                       
 
                               
Total mutual funds
    169,049,094                   169,049,094  
 
                       
 
                               
Common stock
    3,184,085                   3,184,085  
Common collective trust funds:
                               
Fixed income funds
          19,977,394             19,977,394  
Money market fund
          130,827             130,827  
 
                       
 
                               
Total common collective trust funds
          20,108,221             20,108,221  
 
                       
 
                               
Participant loans
                6,414,026       6,414,026  
 
                       
 
                               
Total assets at fair value
  $ 172,233,179     $ 20,108,221     $ 6,414,026     $ 198,755,426  
     
The following table sets forth by level, within the ASC 820 fair value hierarchy, the Plan’s assets at fair value as of December 31, 2008:
                                 
    Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  
     
Mutual funds
  $ 150,019,939     $     $     $ 150,019,939  
Common stock
    6,352,824                   6,352,824  
Common collective trust funds
          19,970,917             19,970,917  
Participant loans
                6,375,727       6,375,727  
 
                       
 
                               
Total assets at fair value
  $ 156,372,763     $ 19,970,917     $ 6,375,727     $ 182,719,407  
     

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STEWART SALARY DEFERRAL PLAN
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2009 and 2008
The following table sets forth a summary of changes in the fair value of the Plan’s Level 3 assets for the year ended December 31, 2009:
         
    Participant Loans  
Beginning of year
  $ 6,375,727  
Net appreciation of investments
     
Purchases, sales, issuances, settlements and transfers, net
    38,299  
 
     
 
       
End of year
  $ 6,414,026  
 
     
(c) Investment Income
Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis. Interest is recorded as earned and dividend and capital gain income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Realized gains (losses) on investments sold during the year and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments held at year end are combined and presented as net appreciation (depreciation) of investments.
(d) Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, and changes therein, and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
(e) Risks and Uncertainties
The Plan invests in various investment securities. Investment securities are exposed to various risks, such as interest rate, credit and overall market volatility. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in the value of investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect the amounts reported in the statement of net assets available for benefits.

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Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2009 and 2008
(3) INVESTMENTS
The following table presents all Plan investments (participant-directed and non-participant directed) which exceed 5% of the Plan’s net assets at December 31, 2009 and 2008:
                 
    2009     2008  
     
Wells Fargo Bond Index Fund N
  $ 19,977,394     $ 19,649,973  
Wells Fargo Advantage Cash Investment Money Market Fund I
    30,895,859       32,661,677  
Wells Fargo Advantage Index Fund
    27,539,943       23,999,974  
Wells Fargo Dow Jones Target 2020 Fund I
    14,872,013       13,630,975  
Dodge & Cox Stock Fund
    19,231,789       14,392,730  
Janus Forty Fund – Class S (formerly Janus Advisor Forty Fund - Class S)
    11,117,360       8,490,217 *
Fidelity Advisor Spartan International Index Fund – Class I
    15,369,712       *
Fidelity Advisor Diversified International Fund – Class I
    *     12,784,501  
     
 
*   presented for comparative purposes only
The following table presents the net appreciation (depreciation) of all Plan investments (participant-directed and non-participant directed) for the year ended December 31, 2009 by investment type:
         
Mutual funds
  $ 25,600,799  
Common stock
    (3,292,418 )
Common collective trust funds
    803,368  
 
     
 
       
Total net appreciation of investments
  $ 23,111,749  
 
     
(4) NONPARTICIPANT-DIRECTED INVESTMENTS
The Plan invests funds deposited for the payment of administrative expenses in the Expense Reserve Fund, which is non-participant directed. The following table presents information about the net assets relating to the nonparticipant-directed Plan investment at December 31, 2009 and 2008:
                 
    2009     2008  
     
Net Assets:
               
Investment in mutual funds
  $ 2,522     $ 7  
Receivable for other plan income
    18,750       12,500  
 
           
 
               
Total assets
    21,272       12,507  
 
           
 
               
Administrative expense payable
    20,000       12,500  
 
           
 
               
Total net assets
  $ 1,272     $ 7  
     

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STEWART SALARY DEFERRAL PLAN
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2009 and 2008
The following table presents information about the significant changes in net assets relating to the nonparticipant-directed Plan investment for the year ended December 31, 2009:
         
Changes in Net Assets:
       
Interest on mutual funds
  $ 15  
Other plan income
    81,250  
Administrative expenses
    (80,000 )
 
     
 
       
Total changes in net assets
  $ 1,265  
 
     
(5) RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Wells Fargo is the trustee of the Plan. Certain Plan investments are shares of mutual funds and common collective trust funds managed by Wells Fargo. During 2009, the Plan paid administrative expenses to Wells Fargo for loan administration fees and mutual fund redemption fees of $37,928. In addition, receipts from Wells Fargo totaled $81,250 for 2009, including amounts receivable as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, of $18,750 and $12,500, respectively. These transactions qualify as party-in-interest transactions.
Dabney Investment Consulting Associates, Inc. (Dabney) is an investment advisor for the Plan. Administrative expenses paid by the Plan to Dabney for investment consulting fees totaled $80,000 for 2009, including amounts payable as of December 31 2009 and 2008, of $20,000 and $12,500, respectively. Therefore, these transactions qualify as party-in-interest transactions.
Certain Plan investments are shares of SISCO common stock, and thus, these transactions qualify as party-in-interest transactions.
These transactions are covered by an exemption from the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA and the IRC.
(6) PLAN TERMINATION
The Plan Administrator has the right under the Plan to discontinue contributions at any time and to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions of ERISA. The Plan Administrator has temporarily suspended matching contributions to the Plan effective January 1, 2009, however, has expressed no intent to terminate the Plan. In the event of Plan termination, the net assets would be allocated among the participants and beneficiaries of the Plan in accordance with the provisions of the Plan.
(7) TAX STATUS
The Plan received its latest favorable determination letter dated August 12, 2008, in which the Internal Revenue Service stated that the Plan, as then designed, was in compliance with the applicable requirements of the IRC. The Plan Administrator and the Plan’s tax counsel believe that the Plan is designed and is currently being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the IRC. Therefore, no provision for income taxes has been included in the Plan’s financial statements.

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Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2009 and 2008
(8) SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
Subsequent events have been evaluated through June 11, 2010, which is the date the financial statements were issued.
By letter dated February 4, 2010, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) initiated a review of the Plan’s operations. The DOL informed the Plan’s sponsor, STG, on March 22, 2010, that it had found STG delinquent in remitting certain participants’ contributions to the Plan. STG responded to the DOL in writing on March 22, 2010 of its proposed corrective action to prospectively reduce the time to remit payroll contributions to two business days following payroll pay dates from its former practice of two to five business days. The DOL informed STG, by letter dated April 13, 2010, that the prospective corrective action for participant contribution remittances was sufficient and that no further action would be taken. STG followed with a letter to the DOL on May 8, 2010 with agreement to implement the prospective corrective action plan.
During May 2010, the Plan was amended to reduce the minimum required age for receipt of in-service distributions from age 70 1/2 to age 59 1/2, to be effective during July 2010.

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STEWART SALARY DEFERRAL PLAN
Schedule H, Line 4a — Schedule of Delinquent Participant Contributions
Year Ended December 31, 2009
Plan Sponsor Number: 74-0924290   Plan Number: 002
         
Participant Contributions   Total that Constitute Nonexempt
Transferred Late to Plan (including   Prohibited Transactions
Participant Loan Repayments)   Corrected Outside VFCP
$13,174,020
  $ 13,174,020  
See accompanying report of independent registered public accounting firm.

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STEWART SALARY DEFERRAL PLAN
Schedule H, Line 4i — Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
December 31, 2009
Plan Sponsor Number: 74-0924290   Plan Number: 002
                     
Party-   Identity of issuer,   Description of investment including maturity          
in-   borrower, lessor, or   date, rate of interest, collateral, par or       Current  
interest   similar party   maturity value   Cost   value  
 
      Participant Directed Investments:            
*
  Wells Fargo Bank of Texas, N.A.   Bond Index Fund N   **   $ 19,977,394  
*
  Wells Fargo Bank of Texas, N.A.   Advantage Cash Investment Money Market Fund – Class I   **     30,895,859  
*
  Wells Fargo Bank of Texas, N.A.   Advantage Index Fund – Admin Class   **     27,539,943  
*
  Wells Fargo Bank of Texas, N.A.   Dow Jones Target 2010 Fund I   **     8,113,057  
*
  Wells Fargo Bank of Texas, N.A.   Dow Jones Target 2020 Fund I   **     14,872,013  
*
  Wells Fargo Bank of Texas, N.A.   Dow Jones Target 2030 Fund I   **     9,318,013  
*
  Wells Fargo Bank of Texas, N.A.   Dow Jones Target 2040 Fund I   **     4,512,125  
*
  Wells Fargo Bank of Texas, N.A.   Dow Jones Target 2050 Fund I   **     640,246  
*
  Wells Fargo Bank of Texas, N.A.   Dow Jones Target Today Fund I   **     922,034  
 
  Invesco AIM Investment Services, Inc.   Small Cap Growth Fund – Class I   **     4,166,807  
 
  Dodge & Cox Funds   Stock Fund   **     19,231,789  
 
  Dreyfus Family of Funds   Small Cap Stock Index Fund   **     8,514,089  
 
  Goldman Sachs Funds   Small Cap Value Fund   **     6,706,740  
 
  Goldman Sachs Funds   Short Duration Government Fund – Class I   **     7,126,785  
 
  Janus Funds   Forty Fund – Class S   **     11,117,360  
 
  Fidelity Investments   Advisor Spartan International Fund – Class I   **     15,369,712  
*
  Stewart Information Services Corporation   Common Stock   **     3,184,085  
*
  Wells Fargo Bank of Texas, N.A.   Short Term Investment Fund G   **     130,827  
*
  Participant loans   Interest rates from 4.50% to 9.75%   **     6,414,026  
 
      Non-participant Directed Investment:            
*
  Wells Fargo Bank of Texas, N.A.   Advantage Cash Investment Money Market Service Fund   $7     2,522  
 
                 
 
      Total (Held at End of Year)       $ 198,755,426  
   
 
*   A party-in-interest as defined by ERISA.
 
**   Cost information is not required as these assets are participant-directed.
 
See accompanying report of independent registered public accounting firm.

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Signature
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Administrative Committee of the Stewart Salary Deferral Plan has duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: June 11, 2010
         
     
  By:   /s/ Larry Davis    
    Larry Davis, STG Senior Vice President and   
    Chairman - Administrative Committee of the Stewart Salary Deferral Plan   

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