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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 19, 2006
Registration No. 333-107487
 
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 
Hub International Limited
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
Canada
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) 		  36-4412416
(IRS Employer Identification Number)
 
Hub International Limited
55 East Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604
(877) 402-6601
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
 
W. Kirk James, Esq.
Vice President, Secretary and Chief Corporate Development Officer
Hub International Limited
55 East Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604
(877) 402-6601
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service of process)
 
Copy to:
Christopher J. Cummings, Esq.
Shearman & Sterling LLP
199 Bay Street, Commerce Court West
Suite 4405, P.O. Box 247
Toronto, Ontario M5L 1E8
 
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
     The registrant filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-107487) on July 30, 2003 and Amendment No. 1 thereto on November 5, 2003 (as amended, the “Registration Statement”), registering the offer and sale from time to time (i) by the registrant of up to $100,000,000.09 of debt securities, common shares, preference shares, warrants, share purchase contracts and units (the “Securities”) and (ii) by certain selling securityholders of up to 519,521 common shares. The registrant did not issue any securities pursuant to the Registration Statement.
     The registrant is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (the “Post-Effective Amendment”) to the Registration Statement to remove from registration (i) Securities in the amount of $100,000,000.09 remaining unsold by the registrant pursuant to the Registration Statement as of the date of the filing of the Post-Effective Amendment and (ii) 472,008 common shares remaining unsold by selling securityholders pursuant to the Registration Statement as of the date of the filing of the Post-Effective Amendment.

 

 

SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Chicago in the State of Illinois on April 19, 2006.
         
  HUB INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
 		  
  By:   /s/ Martin P. Hughes    
    Name:   Martin P. Hughes   
    Title:   Chairman & CEO   

 

 

SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
         
Signature   Title   Date
 
/s/ Martin P. Hughes
 
Martin P. Hughes		   Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) and Director   April 19, 2006
*
 
Dennis J. Pauls		   Vice President and Chief Financial Officer   April 19, 2006
*
 
Richard A. Gulliver		   President, Principal Financial and Accounting Officer and Director   April 19, 2006
*
 
Bruce D. Guthart		   Chief Operating Officer and Director   April 19, 2006
*
 
Anthony F. Griffiths		   Director   April 19, 2006
*
 
Edward W. Lyman Jr.		   Director   April 19, 2006
*
 
Bradley P. Martin		   Director   April 19, 2006
*
 
Paul Murray		   Director   April 19, 2006
*
 
James W. McElvany		   Director   April 19, 2006
*
 
Stuart B. Ross		   Director   April 19, 2006
*
 
Frank S. Wilkinson		   Director   April 19, 2006
     
* By:  
/s/ Martin P. Hughes               
   
Martin P. Hughes
   
Attorney-in-fact

 

 

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
     Pursuant to the requirements of Section 6(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, the Authorized Representative has duly signed this registration statement below on April 19, 2006.
         
  HUB U.S. HOLDINGS, INC.
 		  
  By:   /s/ Martin P. Hughes    
    Name:   Martin P. Hughes   
    Title:   Chairman & CEO