As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 2, 2006.
Registration No. 333-118024
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
Post-effective Amendment No. 7 to
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
LANDAMERICA FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
| Virginia | 54-1589611 | |
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
5600 Cox Road
Glen Allen, Virginia 23060
(804) 267-8000
(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,
Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)
| Michelle H. Gluck, Esquire Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary LandAmerica Financial Group, Inc. 5600 Cox Road Glen Allen, Virginia 23060 (804) 267-8000 (Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service) |
Copies of Communications to: Robert E. Spicer, Jr., Esquire Williams Mullen A Professional Corporation 1021 East Cary Street Richmond, Virginia 23219 (804) 643-1991 |
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable.
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. ¨
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This Post-effective Amendment No. 7 to Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-113004) shall hereafter become effective in accordance with the provisions of Section 8(c) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
This Post-effective Amendment No. 7 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-118024) (the “Registration Statement”) is being filed by LandAmerica Financial Group, Inc. (the “Company”) to deregister all of its 3.25% Convertible Senior Debentures due 2034 (the “Debentures”) and shares of Company common stock issuable upon conversion of the Debentures that have not been resold by holders of such securities through the Registration Statement as of the effective date of this Post-effective Amendment No. 7. The Company’s obligation to maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has expired pursuant to the terms of that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated May 11, 2004, between the Company and the initial purchasers of the Debentures.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the County of Henrico, Commonwealth of Virginia, on this 2nd day of November, 2006.
| LANDAMERICA FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ G. William Evans | |
| G. William Evans | ||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
| Signature |
Title |
Date | ||
| * Charles H. Foster, Jr. |
Chairman of the Board and Director |
November 2, 2006 | ||
| * Theodore L. Chandler, Jr. |
President, Chief Executive Office and Director (Principal Executive Officer) |
November 2, 2006 | ||
| /s/ G. Williams Evans G. William Evans |
Chief Financial Officer |
November 2, 2006 | ||
| /s/ Christine R. Vlahcevic Christine R. Vlahcevic |
Senior Vice President – Corporate Controller (Principal Accounting Officer) |
November 2, 2006 | ||
| * Janet A. Alpert |
Director |
November 2, 2006 | ||
| * Gale K. Caruso |
Director |
November 2, 2006 | ||
| * Michael Dinkins |
Director |
November 2, 2006 | ||
| Signature |
Title |
Date | ||
| * John P. McCann |
Director |
November 2, 2006 | ||
|
Dianne M. Neal |
Director |
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| * Robert F. Norfleet, Jr. |
Director |
November 2, 2006 | ||
| * Robert T. Skunda |
Director |
November 2, 2006 | ||
| * Julious P. Smith, Jr. |
Director |
November 2, 2006 | ||
| * Thomas G. Snead, Jr. |
Director |
November 2, 2006 | ||
| * Eugene P. Trani |
Director |
November 2, 2006 | ||
| * Marshall B. Wishnack |
Director |
November 2, 2006 | ||
| * | Holly H. Wenger, by signing her name hereto, signs this document on behalf of each of the persons indicated by an asterisk above pursuant to powers of attorney duly executed by such persons and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as part of the Registration Statement. |
| November 2, 2006 | /s/ Holly H. Wenger | |
| Holly H. Wenger | ||
| Senior Vice President |