S-8 POS 1 b844129-s8.htm Prepared and filed by St Ives Financial

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 21, 2006

Registration No. 333-13672


SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT No. 1
TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group plc
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

England and Wales N/A
(State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization) Identification Number)


9th Floor, One Plantation Place
30 Fenchurch Street
London EC3M 3BD
England
(Address of principal executive offices)


Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group plc
Equity Incentive Plan for U.S. Employees
(Full title of the plan)


Bob Dixon, Senior Vice President
Royal & Sun Alliance USA, Inc.
9300 Arrowpoint Boulevard
Charlotte, North Carolina 28273-8135
Telephone: (704) 522-2000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)



Copies to
Gregory B. Astrachan, Esq.

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
1 Angel Court
London EC2R 7HJ
England
Telephone: 011 44 207 696 5454



DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

Pursuant to a Form S-8 registration statement (File No. 333-13672) (the "Registration Statement") filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 2, 2001, Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group plc (the “Company”) registered 15,000,000 Ordinary Shares, 27.5 pence nominal value per share (the “Shares”), evidenced by American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) (each, representing five (5) Shares), to be offered pursuant to the Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group plc Equity Incentive Plan for U.S. Employees. The ADR program was terminated on October 30, 2006.

The purpose of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement is to terminate the Registration Statement and to deregister all of the Shares originally registered thereby which remain outstanding as of such termination.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on this 21st day of December, 2006.

  Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group plc
     
     
  By: /s/ Andrew Haste
  Name:   ANDREW HASTE
  Title: GROUP CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

 


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Name   Title(s)   Date

 
 
         
/s/ Andrew Haste   Group Chief Executive   December 21, 2006

  (Principal Executive Officer and Director)    
Andrew Haste        
         
/s/ George Culmer   Chief Financial Officer   December 21, 2006

  (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer and Director)    
George Culmer        
         
/s/ John Napier   Chairman   December 21, 2006

       
John Napier        
         
/s/ Noel Harwerth   Director   December 21, 2006

       
Noel Harwerth        
         
/s/ Edward Lea   Director   December 21, 2006

       
Edward Lea        
         
/s/ Malcolm Le May   Director   December 21, 2006

       
Malcolm Le May        
         
/s/ John Maxwell   Director   December 21, 2006

       
John Maxwell        
         
/s/ David Paige   Group Risk Director   December 21, 2006

       
David Paige        
         
/s/ Bridget McIntyre   UK Chief Executive   December 21, 2006

  Director    
Bridget McIntyre        
         
/s/ Bob Dixon   Senior Vice President,   December 21, 2006

  Authorized U.S. Representative    
Bob Dixon