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|FORM 3 |
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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section
17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Royal Bank of Canada ("Royal Bank")
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200 Bay Street
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(Street)
Toronto Ontario, Canada M5J 2J5
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
06/30/00
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3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
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4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
The Liberty Corporation (LC)
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable)
Director X 10% Owner
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Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
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6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
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Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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TABLE I-NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title of Security 2. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial
(Instr. 4) Beneficially Owned Form: Direct Ownership (Instr. 5)
(Instr. 4) (D) or Indirect
(I) (Instr. 5)
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Common Shares, no par value 0 Not applicable. Not applicable.
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FORM 3 (CONTINUED)
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TABLE II-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
1. Title of 2. Date Exer- 3. Title and Amount of 4. Conver- 5. Owner- 6. Nature of Indirect
Derivative Security cisable and Securities Underlying sion or ship Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4) Expiration Derivative Security Exercise Form of (Instr. 5)
Date (Instr. 4) Price of Deriv-
(Month/Day/ Deri- ative
Year) vative Security:
------------------------------------------- Security Direct
Amount (D) or
or Indirect
Date Expira- Number (I)
Exer- tion of (Instr. 5)
cisable Date Title Shares
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None.
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Explanation of Responses:
Royal Bank has entered into Shareholder Voting Agreements with certain holders
of the common shares of Issuer whereby such shareholders have, among other
things, agreed to vote in favor of the acquisition by Royal Bank of certain
assets of Issuer pursuant to a Purchase Agreement dated June 19, 2000 between
Royal Bank and Issuer. The foregoing statement is qualified in its entirety by
reference to the text of the Shareholder Voting Agreements and the Purchase
Agreement which are reproduced as exhibits to the Schedule 13D filed the date
hereof by Royal Bank. Royal Bank hereby disclaims beneficial ownership of the
common shares and this statement shall not be construed as an admission that
Royal Bank is, for any or all purposes, the beneficial owner of the securities
covered by this statement.
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**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts
constitute Federal Criminal Violations. /s/ Peter W. Currie July 10, 2000
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). ------------------------------- -------------------
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
Peter W. Currie
Vice-Chairman and
Chief Financial Officer
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