S-8 POS 1 g64451s-8pos.txt THE LIBERTY CORPORATION 1 As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 2, 2000 Registration No. 333-22285 ================================================================================ 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 -------------------- THE LIBERTY CORPORATION (Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its Charter) THE LIBERTY CORPORATION RETIREMENT AND SAVINGS PLAN (Full Title of the Plan) ================================================================================ 2 DEREGISTRATION OF UNSOLD SECURITIES The Liberty Corporation (the "Corporation") and The Liberty Corporation Retirement and Savings Plan, which has recently been renamed as The Liberty Insurance Group Retirement and Savings Plan (the "Plan"), hereby amend this Registration Statement to remove from registration all unsold shares of the Corporation's Common Stock, no par value, all unsold rights to purchase the Corporation's Series A Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock, no par value (the "Attached Rights"), and all unsold interests in the Plan. No additional investments under the Plan may be made in the Corporation's Common Stock or in the Attached Rights, so it is no longer necessary for this Registration Statement to remain in effect with respect to such securities or interests in the Plan. 2 3 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company 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 Greenville, State of South Carolina, on November 2, 2000. THE LIBERTY CORPORATION By: /S/ HAYNE HIPP* ------------------------------------- Hayne Hipp President and Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this post-effective amendment has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature Title Date --------- ----- ---- /S/ HAYNE HIPP* President, Chief Executive November 2, 2000 --------------------------- Officer and Director Hayne Hipp /S/ G. NEIL SMITH Vice President, Finance; Treasurer; November 2, 2000 --------------------------- Chief Financial Officer; and G. Neil Smith Principal Accounting Officer /S/ EDWARD E. CRUTCHFIELD* Director November 2, 2000 -------------------------- Edward E. Crutchfield Director __________, 2000 -------------------------- John R. Farmer /S/ W.W. JOHNSON* Director November 2, 2000 -------------------------- W. W. Johnson /S/ WILLIAM O. MCCOY* Director November 2, 2000 -------------------------- William O. McCoy /S/ JOHN H. MULLIN III* Director November 2, 2000 -------------------------- John H. Mullin III
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Signature Title Date --------- ----- ---- /S/ BENJAMIN F. PAYTON* Director November 2, 2000 --------------------------- Benjamin F. Payton Director __________, 2000 --------------------------- J. Thurston Roach /S/ EUGENE E. STONE, IV* Director November 2, 2000 --------------------------- Eugene E. Stone, IV Director __________, 2000 --------------------------- William B. Timmerman
*By Martha G. Williams, as agent for service under this Registration Statement and attorney-in-fact for the indicated individuals pursuant to SEC Rule 478(a) /S/ MARTHA G. WILLIAMS ------------------------------------------- Martha G. Williams, as attorney-in-fact for the individuals who signed the original Registration Statement The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this post-effective amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Greenville, State of South Carolina, on November 2, 2000. THE LIBERTY CORPORATION RETIREMENT AND SAVINGS PLAN (recently renamed The Liberty Insurance Group Retirement and Savings Plan) By Plan Administrator By: /S/ MARY ANNE BUNTON ---------------------------------------- Mary Anne Bunton Member of Plan Administrator Committee By: /S/ SUSAN E. CYR ---------------------------------------- Susan E. Cyr Member of Plan Administrator Committee 4