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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON NOVEMBER 18, 1996.
Registration No. 2-69991
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE
AMENDMENT NO. 6 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 EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP 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. 2-69991) ("Registration Statement") to deregister and remove
from registration 178,977 shares of Republic Group Incorporated (the "Company")
Common Stock, $1.00 par value, remaining unsold as of 11th October, 1996 under
the Company's Employee Stock Ownership Plan (the "Plan"). Effective July 1,
1993, the Plan has been amended so that contributions by participating
employees to purchase shares of Common Stock are no longer required or
permitted. As a result, the Plan is noncontributory in nature and is not
subject to the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
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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 24th day of October, 1996.
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, October 24, 1996
- ---------------------------------- Chief Executive Officer and
Phil Simpson Director (principal executive
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
- ---------------------------------- Officer (principal financial officer)
Doyle R. Ramsey
/s/ JOHN W. MCCRACKEN Controller (principal accounting October 24, 1996
- ---------------------------------- officer)
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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