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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 29, 2000
Registration Statement No. 333-
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
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DELAWARE 13-2592361
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF (I.R.S. EMPLOYER
INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION) IDENTIFICATION NO.)
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70 PINE STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10270
(ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
HSB GROUP, INC. 1995 STOCK OPTION PLAN
HSB GROUP, INC. 1985 STOCK OPTION PLAN
HSB GROUP, INC. EMPLOYEES' THRIFT INCENTIVE PLAN
(FULL TITLE OF THE PLANS)
KATHLEEN E. SHANNON
VICE PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY
70 PINE STREET
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10270
(212) 770-7000
(NAME, ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER,
INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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PROPOSED PROPOSED
AMOUNT MAXIMUM MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF
TO BE OFFERING PRICE AGGREGATE REGISTRATION
TITLE OF SECURITIES REGISTERED (2) PER SHARE (3) OFFERING PRICE (3) FEE
TO BE REGISTERED (1)
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COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $2.50 PER SHARE 535,000 $95.5625 $51,125,938 $12,781.48
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1. This Registration Statement registers (i) shares of common stock, par
value $2.50 per share, of the Registrant issuable under the HSB Group,
Inc. 1995 Stock Option Plan, the HSB Group, Inc. 1985 Stock Option Plan
and the HSB Group, Inc. Employees' Thrift Incentive Plan and (ii)
interests in the HSB Group, Inc. Employees' Thrift Incentive Plan.
2. This Registration Statement also relates to an indeterminate number of
additional shares of common stock that may be issued pursuant to
anti-dilution and adjustment provisions of the HSB Group, Inc. 1995
Stock Option Plan, the HSB Group, Inc. 1985 Stock Option Plan and the
HSB Group, Inc. Employees' Thrift Incentive Plan.
3. Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.
Such estimates have been computed in accordance with rule 457(h) and are
based upon the average of the high and low sales prices of the common
stock of the Registrant on December 21, 2000 as reported on the New
York Stock Exchange Composite Tape. Pursuant to Rule 457(h)(2), no
separate fee is payable with respect to the registration of interests in
the HSB Group, Inc. Employees' Thrift Incentive Plan.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, this Registration
Statement registers additional securities of the same class as other securities
for which a registration statement, also filed on Form S-8 and relating to the
HSB Group, Inc. 1995 Stock Option Plan, the HSB Group, Inc. 1985 Stock Option
Plan and the HSB Group, Inc. Employees' Thrift Incentive Plan (together, in each
case as amended, the "Plans"), is effective. Therefore, this Registration
Statement consists only of the following: the facing page, the required opinions
and consents and the signature page.
This Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference the
contents of the Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-4 on Form
S-8 (File No. 333-45828), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on November 22, 2000. After giving effect to this filing, an aggregate of
1,629,714 shares of AIG common stock have been registered for issuance pursuant
to the Plans.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS
The following are filed as exhibits to this registration statement:
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EXHIBIT
NUMBER DESCRIPTION LOCATION
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5 Opinion re validity of Plan interests....... Filed herewith.
23 Consents of experts and counsel
(a) PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP............. Filed herewith.
(b) Roberta A. O'Brien..................... Included in Exhibit 5.
24 Power of Attorney........................... Included in signature pages.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
the undersigned 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 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York and State of New York, on the
29th day of December, 2000.
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
By: /s/ M.R. GREENBERG
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(M. R. Greenberg, Chairman)
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints M. R. Greenberg, Edward E. Matthews and Howard I.
Smith, and each of them, as true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
herewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing required and necessary to be done in
and about the foregoing as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might
or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
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SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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/S/ M.R. GREENBERG Chairman, Chief Executive Officer
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(M.R. Greenberg) (Principal Executive Officer) December 29, 2000
/S/ HOWARD I. SMITH Executive Vice President, Chief
------------------------------- Financial Officer and Director December 29, 2000
(Howard I. Smith ) (Principal Financial Officer)
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Signature Title Date
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Vice President and Comptroller
/S/ MICHAEL J. CASTELLI (Principal Accounting Officer) December 29, 2000
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(Michael J. Castelli)
/S/ M. BERNARD AIDINOFF Director December 29, 2000
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(M. Bernard Aidinoff)
Director
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(Eli Broad)
/S/ PEI-YUAN CHIA Director December 29, 2000
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(Pei-yuan Chia)
Director
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(Marshall A. Cohen)
/S/ BARBER B. CONABLE, JR. Director December 29, 2000
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(Barber B. Conable, Jr.)
/S/ MARTIN S. FELDSTEIN Director December 29, 2000
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(Martin S. Feldstein)
Director
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(Ellen V. Futter)
Director
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(Leslie L. Gonda)
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/S/ CARLA A. HILLS Director December 29, 2000
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(Carla A. Hills)
/S/ FRANK J. HOENEMEYER Director December 29, 2000
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(Frank J. Hoenemeyer)
/S/ EDWARD E. MATTHEWS Director December 29, 2000
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(Edward E. Matthews)
/S/ THOMAS R. TIZZIO Director December 29, 2000
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(Thomas R. Tizzio)
Director
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(Edmund S.W. Tse)
Director
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(Jay S. Wintrob)
Director
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(Frank G. Wisner)
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The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Administrative Committee for the Plan has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Hartford and State of Connecticut, on the 29th day of
December, 2000.
The HSB Group, Inc. Employees' Thrift Incentive Plan
By: /S/ JODI L. LUSSIER
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Jodi L. Lussier,
Plan Administrator
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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EXHIBIT
NUMBER DESCRIPTION LOCATION
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5 Opinion re validity of Plan interests....... Filed herewith.
23 Consents of experts and counsel
(a) PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP............. Filed herewith.
(b) Roberta A. O'Brien..................... Included in Exhibit 5.
24 Power of Attorney........................... Included in signature pages.
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