As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 1, 2011
Registration No. 333-170599
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT
TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
PENN MILLERS HOLDING CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Pennsylvania
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80-0482459 |
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(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.) |
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72 North Franklin Street, P.O. Box P |
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Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
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18773 |
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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Penn Millers Stock Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Michael O. Banks
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Penn Millers Holding Corporation
P.O. Box P
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18773
(Name and address of agent for service)
(
800) 233-8347
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of large
accelerated filer, accelerated filer and smaller reporting company in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act.
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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
This Post-Effective Amendment relates to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No.
333-170599) filed by Penn Millers Holding Corporation (the Company) with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the SEC) on November 15, 2010 (the Registration Statement), relating to
the registration of 762,163 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (Common Stock).
The Registration Statement registered the shares of common stock for issuance by the Company
pursuant to the Penn Millers Stock Incentive Plan.
On November 30, 2011, the Company merged with Panther Acquisition Corp., a Pennsylvania
corporation (Merger Sub) and wholly owned subsidiary of ACE American Insurance Company, a
Pennsylvania domestic stock insurance company (Parent), with the Company surviving as a wholly
owned subsidiary of Parent (the Merger). The Merger was effected pursuant to the terms of an
Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 7, 2011, by and among Parent, Merger Sub and
the Company.
As a result of the Merger, the offering pursuant to the Registration Statement has been
terminated. In accordance with the undertakings made by the Company in the Registration Statement
to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the securities that
remain unsold at the termination of the offering, the Company hereby removes from registration all
shares of its Common Stock registered under the Registration Statement that remain unsold as of the
date hereof.
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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-8 and
has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Wilkes-Barre, State of Pennsylvania, on December 1, 2011.
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PENN MILLERS HOLDING CORPORATION
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/s/ Michael O. Banks
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Michael O. Banks |
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Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
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