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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 24, 1997
File No. 333-11123
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Post-Effective Amendment
No. 1 to
Form S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ALLMERICA PROPERTY & CASUALTY COMPANIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 04-3164595
(State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization) Identification Number)
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440 Lincoln Street
Worcester, Massachusetts 01653
(508) 855-1000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
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Allmerica Property & Casualty Companies, Inc. 1995 Long-Term Stock
Incentive Plan
(Full title of each plan)
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JOHN F. KELLY, ESQ.
440 Lincoln Street
Worcester, Massachusetts 01653
(508) 855-1000
(Name and address, including zip code, and telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service of process for registrant)
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With copies to:
LAUREN I. NORTON, ESQ.
Ropes & Gray
One International Place
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
(617) 951-7000
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The Registrant hereby withdraws from registration 985,000 shares
of its Common Stock, $1.00 par value per share, of the 1,000,000
shares originally registered hereunder. The number of shares
originally registered hereunder exceed the number of shares issued
under the Allmerica Property & Casualty Companies, Inc. 1995 Long-
Term Stock Incentive Plan.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Worcester, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the
24th day of July, 1997.
ALLMERICA FINANCIAL CORPORATION
By /s/ John F. O'Brien
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Name: John F. O'Brien
Title: Chief Executive Officer, President and
Director
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-
Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on July 24, 1997.
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Signature Title
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* Chief Executive Officer, President
- ------------------------------- and Director (Principal Executive
John F. O'Brien Officer)
* Chief Financial Officer (Principal
- ------------------------------- Financial and Accounting Officer)
Edward J. Parry
* Director
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Michael P. Angelini
* Director
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David A. Barrett
Director
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James A. Cotter, Jr.
* Director
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Gail L. Harrison
* Director
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M. Howard Jacobson
* Director
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Dana Scott Laskey
* Director
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Robert G. Stachler
* Director
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Herbert M. Varnum
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* Director
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Richard M. Wall
*By: /s/ John F. Kelly
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John F. Kelly
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