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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 2, 2000
Registration No. 333-22285
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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THE LIBERTY CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
THE LIBERTY CORPORATION RETIREMENT AND SAVINGS PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
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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.
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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*
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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.
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Signature Title Date
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/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
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Edward E. Crutchfield
Director __________, 2000
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John R. Farmer
/S/ W.W. JOHNSON* Director November 2, 2000
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W. W. Johnson
/S/ WILLIAM O. MCCOY* Director November 2, 2000
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William O. McCoy
/S/ JOHN H. MULLIN III* Director November 2, 2000
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John H. Mullin III
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Signature Title Date
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/S/ BENJAMIN F. PAYTON* Director November 2, 2000
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Benjamin F. Payton
Director __________, 2000
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J. Thurston Roach
/S/ EUGENE E. STONE, IV* Director November 2, 2000
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Eugene E. Stone, IV
Director __________, 2000
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William B. Timmerman
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*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
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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
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Mary Anne Bunton
Member of Plan Administrator Committee
By: /S/ SUSAN E. CYR
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Susan E. Cyr
Member of Plan Administrator Committee
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