AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON AUGUST 21, 2001
REGISTRATION NO. 333-62972
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT
TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
DONEGAL GROUP INC.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 23-2324711
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(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)
1195 River Road
Marietta, Pennsylvania 17547
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
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DONEGAL GROUP INC.
1996 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(Full title of plan)
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Donald H. Nikolaus
President and Chief Executive Officer
Donegal Group Inc.
1195 River Road
Marietta, PA 17547
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(Name and address of agent for service)
(888) 877-0600
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(Telephone number, including area code,
of agent for service)
Copy to:
Kathleen M. Shay, Esquire
Duane Morris
4200 One Liberty Place
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-7396
(215) 979-1000
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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
Pursuant to a Form S-8 Registration Statement (File No. 333-62972)
filed with the SEC on June 14, 2001, Donegal Group Inc. registered 34,000 shares
of its Class A common stock to be reserved for issuance under the Donegal Group
1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. The plan terminated on June 30, 2001. As of
June 30, 2001, a total of 7,619 shares of Class A common stock were sold under
the plan.
Pursuant to the undertakings included in Item 9 of the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 filed with the SEC on June 14, 2001 and as required by
Item 512 of Regulation S-K of the Securities Act of 1933, Donegal Group hereby
deregisters and removes from registration the 26,381 shares registered under
Registration Statement No. 333-62972 that remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.
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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-8 and has duly caused this
Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Marietta, Pennsylvania
on August 20, 2001.
DONEGAL GROUP INC.
By:/s/ Donald H. Nikolaus
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Donald H. Nikolaus,
President and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed
below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature Title Date
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/s/ Donald H. Nikolaus President, Chief Executive Officer August 20, 2001
--------------------------------- and a Director
Donald H. Nikolaus (principal executive officer)
/s/ Ralph G. Spontak Senior Vice President, Chief Financial August 20, 2001
------------------------------------ Officer and Secretary
Ralph G. Spontak (principal financial and
accounting officer)
* Director August 20, 2001
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C. Edwin Ireland
* Director August 20, 2001
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Patricia A. Gilmartin
* Director August 20, 2001
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Philip H. Glatfelter, II
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Signature Title Date
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* Director August 20, 2001
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R. Richard Sherbahn
Director August __, 2001
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Thomas J. Finley, Jr.
* Director August 20, 2001
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Robert S. Bolinger
Director August __, 2001
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John J. Lyons
By: /s/ Ralph G. Spontak
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Ralph G. Spontak, as attorney in fact
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*Signed pursuant to power of attorney
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number Description of Exhibit Reference
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24 Powers of Attorney *
* Such exhibit is hereby incorporated by reference to the like-described
exhibit in Donegal Group's Form S-8 Registration Statement No.
333-62972, as filed with the SEC on June 14, 2001.
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