FNF Fidelity National Financial Inc

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Oct. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (NYSE:FNF), a leading provider of title insurance, specialty insurance, claims management services and information services, today announced the receipt of approximately $58 million from The Reserve Primary Fund ("Primary Fund"), the initial distribution from the liquidation of the assets of the Primary Fund. The distribution represents approximately 51 percent of FNF's investment in the Primary Fund. The proceeds of the distribution, along with other internally generated cash flow, will be used to repay $100 million of the $120 million borrowing made under FNF's credit facility on September 29, 2008. FNF intends to repay the $100 million on November 6, 2008. FNF borrowed the $120 million to replace the funds that had been frozen after the announcement of the liquidation of the Primary Fund. Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (NYSE:FNF), is a leading provider of title insurance, specialty insurance, claims management services and information services. FNF is one of the nation's largest title insurance companies through its title insurance underwriters - Fidelity National Title, Chicago Title, Ticor Title, Security Union Title and Alamo Title - that issue approximately 27 percent of all title insurance policies in the United States. FNF also provides flood insurance, personal lines insurance and home warranty insurance through its specialty insurance business. FNF also is a leading provider of outsourced claims management services to large corporate and public sector entities through its minority-owned subsidiary, Sedgwick CMS. FNF is also a leading information services company in the human resource, retail and transportation markets through another minority-owned subsidiary, Ceridian Corporation. More information about FNF can be found at http://www.fnf.com/. This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about our beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on management's beliefs, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, management. Because such statements are based on expectations as to future economic performance and are not statements of fact, actual results may differ materially from those projected. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. The risks and uncertainties which forward-looking statements are subject to include, but are not limited to: changes in general economic, business and political conditions, including changes in the financial markets; continued weakness or adverse changes in the level of real estate activity, which may be caused by, among other things, high or increasing interest rates, a limited supply of mortgage funding or a weak U. S. economy; our potential inability to find suitable acquisition candidates, acquisitions in lines of business that will not necessarily be limited to our traditional areas of focus, or difficulties in integrating acquisitions; our dependence on operating subsidiaries as a source of cash flow; significant competition that our operating subsidiaries face; compliance with extensive government regulation of our operating subsidiaries; and other risks detailed in the "Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information," "Risk Factors" and other sections of the Company's Form 10-K and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. DATASOURCE: Fidelity National Financial, Inc. CONTACT: Daniel Kennedy Murphy, Senior Vice President and Treasurer of Fidelity National Financial, Inc., +1-904-854-8120, Web site: http://www.fnf.com/

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