As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 15, 2006
Registration No. 333-123486
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
AmerUs Group Co. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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699 Walnut Street Des Moines, Iowa 50309-3948 Tel.: (515) 362-3600 (Address of principal executive offices) ______________
Christopher J. Littlefield Executive Vice President and General Counsel AmerUs Group Co. 699 Walnut Street Des Moines, Iowa 50309-3948 Tel.: (515) 362-3600 (Name and address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE: DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
On March 22, 2005, AmerUs Group Co., an Iowa corporation (the "Company"), filed a registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-123486) (the "Registration Statement"), which registered 125,000 stock units (the "Stock Units"), which are units equal in value to the fair market value of a share of the common stock of the Company, no par value per share (the "Common Stock") on the day that a Stock Unit is cashed out. The Stock Units were to be offered or sold pursuant to the AmerUs Group Co. Chairman's Bonus Plan (the "Plan").
On November 15, 2006 (the "Closing Date"), pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 12, 2006, among the Company, Aviva plc, a public limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales ("Aviva"), and Libra Acquisition Corporation, an Iowa corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva ("Merger Sub"), Merger Sub merged with and into the Company (the "Merger"), with the Company surviving the Merger and continuing its existence as a wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva. On November 15, 2006, the Company filed a certification and notice of termination of registration on Form 15 with respect to the Common Stock.
As a result of the Merger, the Company has terminated all offerings of the Company's securities under the Registration Statement. Accordingly, pursuant to the undertaking contained in the Registration Statement to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering, the Company is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to deregister all its securities reserved for issuance under the Plan which remain unissued on the Closing Date.
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 Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Des Moines, State of Iowa, on November 15, 2006.
AmerUs Group Co.
By: /s/ Brenda J. Cushing
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on November 15, 2006:
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/s/ Thomas C. Godlasky |
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Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) |
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Thomas C. Godlasky |
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/s/ Melinda S. Urion |
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Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
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Melinda S. Urion |
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/s/ Brenda J. Cushing |
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Senior Vice President and Controller (Principal Accounting Officer) |
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Brenda J. Cushing |
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/s/ Hans L. Carstensen III |
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Director |
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Hans L. Carstensen III |
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/s/ Philip Gordon Scott |
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Director |
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Philip Gordon Scott |
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/s/ Jeffery Jay Whitehead |
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Director |
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Jeffery Jay Whitehead |
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