As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 13, 1998
Registration No. 333-40403
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
FORM S-4
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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USF&G CORPORATION
(Exact Name Of Registrant As Specified In Its Charter)
MARYLAND 6331 52-1220567
(State or Other Jurisdiction (Primary Standard Industrial (I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation or Classification Code Number) Identification Number)
Organization)
6225 CENTENNIAL WAY
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 21209
(410) 547-3000
(Address, Including Zip Code, And Telephone Number, Including Area Code,
Of Registrant's Principal Executive Office)
JOHN A. MACCOLL, ESQ.
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT -- GENERAL COUNSEL
6225 CENTENNIAL WAY
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 21209
(410) 547-3000
(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, And Telephone Number Of Agent For Service)
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Copies to:
R.W. Smith, Jr., Esq. Edward S. Best, Esq.
Piper & Marbury L.L.P. Mayer, Brown & Platt
36 South Charles Street 190 South LaSalle Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21201 Chicago, Illinois 60603
(410) 539-2530 (312) 782-0600
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APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC: December
22, 1997.
If the securities being registered on this form are being offered in
connection with the formation of a holding company and there is compliance with
General Instruction G, check the following box. [_]
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DEREGISTRATION OF UNSOLD SHARES
2,296,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $2.50 per share, of the
Registrant previously registered for sale to the public are hereby withdrawn
from registration under this Registration Statement.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly
caused this post-effective amendment to its registration statement to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of
Baltimore, state of Maryland, on January 13, 1998.
USF&G Corporation
By: /s/ John A. MacColl
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John A. MacColl
General Counsel
