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Registration No. 333-65105
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549
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PRE-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
SCANA CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
South Carolina
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
57-0784499
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1426 Main Street Columbia, South Carolina 29201 (803) 217-9000
(Address, Including Zip Code and Telephone Number, Including Area
Code, of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)
H.T. Arthur, II, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
Assistant Secretary,
1426 Main St., Columbia, SC 29201 (803) 217-8547
(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including
Area Code, of Agent For Service)
With copies to:
John W. Currie, Esq. Kevin Stacey, Esq.
McNair Law Firm, P.A. Thelen Reid & Priest LLP
1301 Gervais Street - 17th Floor 40 West 57th Street
Columbia, South Carolina 29201 New York, New York 20019
(803) 376-2272 (212) 603-2000
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:
After the effective date of the Registration Statement, as
determined by market conditions and other factors.
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being
offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please
check the following box. [ ]
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be
offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under
the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in
connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the
following box. [X]
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If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an
offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please
check the following box and list the Securities Act registration
statement number of the earlier effective registration statement
for the same offering. [ ]
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule
462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list
the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier
effective registration statement for the same offering. [ ]
If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to
Rule 434, please check the following box. [ ]
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Proposed
Title of Each Class Amount Maximum Maximum Amount of
of Securities to be to be Offering Aggregate Registration
Registered Registered Price Offering Fee
Per Unit* Price*
Medium Term Notes $200,000,000 100% $200,000,000 $59,000
* Determined solely for the purpose of calculating the registration
fee.
NOTE: A fee of $50,000 was previously paid in connection with
Registration Statement No. 33-55861. Of the Debt Securities
registered under Registration Statement No. 33-55861, $115,000,000
principal amount is being carried forward, for which the associated
filing fee was $23,000.
The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on
such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date
until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which
specifically states that this Registration Statement shall
thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the
Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement shall
become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to
said Section 8(a), may determine.
Pursuant to Rule 429, the Prospectus included in this
Registration Statement includes $115,000,000 principal amount Debt
Securities previously registered under Registration Statement No.
33-55861.
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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 Form S-3,
except for the assignment of a security rating pursuant to
transaction requirement B-2 of Form S-3, which requirement the
registrant reasonably believes will be met at the time of
effectiveness, and has duly caused this registration statement or
amendment thereto to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Columbia, State of South
Carolina, on September 30, 1998.
(REGISTRANT) SCANA Corporation
By: s/W.B. Timmerman
(Name & Title): W.B. Timmerman., Chairman of the
Board, Chief Executive Officer,
President and Director
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
this registration statement or amendment thereto has been signed by
the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
(i) Principal executive officer:
By: s/W.B. Timmerman
(Name & Title): W.B. Timmerman, Chairman of the
Board, Chief Executive Officer,
President and Director
Date: September 30, 1998
(ii) Principal financial and accounting officer:
By: s/K.B. Marsh
(Name & Title): K. B. Marsh, Senior Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer and
Controller
Date: September 30, 1998
(iii) Other Directors:
* B. L. Amick; J.A. Bennett, W. B. Bookhart, Jr.; W. T. Cassels,
Jr.; H. M. Chapman; E. T. Freeman; L.M. Gressette, Jr., W. H. Hipp;
L.M. Miller, F. C. McMaster; J. B. Rhodes; M.K. Sloan,
* Signed on behalf of each of these persons:
s/K. B. Marsh
K.B. Marsh
(Attorney-in-Fact)
