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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON NOVEMBER 18, 1996.
Registration No. 2-66025
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE
AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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REPUBLIC GROUP INCORPORATED
(FORMERLY REPUBLIC GYPSUM COMPANY)
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware 75-1155922
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization) Identification No.)
P.O. Box 1307, Hutchison, Kansas 67504-1307
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
REPUBLIC GYPSUM COMPANY 1979 STOCK OPTION PLAN
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(Full Title of the Plan)
JANEY L. RIFE
P.O. BOX 1307
HUTCHISON, KANSAS 67504-1307
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(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(316) 727-2711
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Telephone number, including area code of agents for service
The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on Form S-8
(Registration No. 2-66025) ("Registration Statement") to report the sale of all
of the 840,000 shares of Republic Group Incorporated Common Stock, $1.00 par
value ("Common Stock"), covered by the Registration Statement. No remaining
Common Stock is left unsold under the Registration Statement, and the 1979
Stock Option Plan is no longer in effect.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant has duly caused this amendment to Registration Statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City
of Irving, and the State of Texas, on the 24 day of October, 1996.
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REPUBLIC GROUP INCORPORATED
By: /s/ PHIL SIMPSON
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Phil Simpson,
Chairman of the Board
President and Chief Executive
Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
amendment to Registration Statement has been signed below by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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/s/ PHIL SIMPSON Chairman of the Board, President, Chief October 24, 1996
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Phil Simpson officer)
/s/ STEPHEN L. GAGNON Executive Vice President and Director October 24, 1996
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Stephen L. Gagnon
/s/ DOYLE R. RAMSEY Vice President and Chief Financial October 24, 1996
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Doyle R. Ramsey
/s/ JOHN W. McCRACKEN Controller (principal accounting October 24, 1996
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John W. McCracken
/s/ BERT A. NELSON Director October 24, 1996
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Bert A. Nelson
/s/ TALBOT RAIN Director October 24, 1996
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Talbot Rain
/s/ GERALD L. RAY Director October 24, 1996
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Gerald L. Ray
/s/ ROBERT F. SEXTON Director October 24, 1996
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Robert F. Sexton
/s/ DAVID P. SIMPSON Director October 24, 1996
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David P. Simpson
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/s/ L. L. WALLACE Director October 24, 1996
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L. L. Wallace
/s/ DAVID B. YARBROUGH Director October 24, 1996
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David B. Yarbrough
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