S-8 POS 1 ds8pos.htm POST EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-8 Post Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 19, 2008

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 333-84084

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

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

 

 

Loews Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Delaware

   13-2646102
(State of Incorporation)    (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

 

667 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10021-8087

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

 

Carolina Group 2002 Stock Option Plan

(Full Title of the Plan)

 

 

Gary W. Garson, Esq.

Senior Vice President, Secretary, and General Counsel

Loews Corporation

667 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10021-8087

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

(212) 521-2000

(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

 

 

With Copy To:

Gregory A. Fernicola, Esq.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Four Times Square

New York, New York 10036-6522

(212) 735-3000

(212) 735-2000 (facsimile)

 

 

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.

 

Large accelerated filer  x   Accelerated filer  ¨
Non-accelerated filer  ¨     (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)   Smaller reporting company  ¨

 

 

 

 


Deregistration of Securities

On March 8, 2002, Loews Corporation (the “Registrant”) filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (Registration No. 333-84084) (the “Registration Statement”) in order to register the issuance of up to 1,500,000 shares of Carolina Group Stock, par value $0.01 per share, pursuant to the Registrant’s Carolina Group 2002 Stock Option Plan (the “Plan”). As of the date hereof, a total of 535,675 shares of Carolina Group Stock have been issued by the Registrant and 719,825 shares are subject to outstanding awards pursuant to the Plan. The Registrant has transferred sponsorship of the Plan to Lorillard, Inc. and neither the Registrant, nor Lorillard, Inc. will issue any additional shares pursuant to the Plan. In accordance with its undertaking set forth in Item 9 of the Registration Statement, the Registrant is filing this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement in order to remove from registration the 249,500 shares of its common stock that remained unissued under the Plan.

 

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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 this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of New York, State of New York, on this 19th day of June 2008.

 

LOEWS CORPORATION
 
By:   /s/ Peter W. Keegan        
  Peter W. Keegan
  Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 19th day of June, 2008.

 

SIGNATURE

    

TITLE

/s/ James S. Tisch

James S. Tisch

    

Director, President, Chief Executive Officer,

and Member of the Office of the President

(Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Peter W. Keegan

Peter W. Keegan

    

Senior Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer and Accounting Officer)

/s/ Mark Schwartz

Mark Schwartz

     Controller

 

Ann E. Berman

     Director

 

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SIGNATURE

  

TITLE

 

Joseph L. Bower

   Director

/s/ Charles M. Diker

Charles M. Diker

   Director

 

Paul J. Fribourg

   Director

/s/ Walter L. Harris

Walter L. Harris

   Director

/s/ Philip A. Laskawy

Philip A. Laskawy

   Director

 

Gloria R. Scott

   Director

/s/ Andrew H. Tisch

Andrew H. Tisch

  

Co-Chairman of the Board,

Chairman of the Executive Committee

and Member of the Officer of the President

/s/ Jonathan M. Tisch

Jonathan M. Tisch

  

Co-Chairman of the Board

and Member of the Office of the President,

Loews Corporation Chairman of the Board,

and Chief Executive Officer, Loews Hotels

 

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