As filed
with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on March
8, 2022
Registration No. 333-127598
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-127598
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
W. R. BERKLEY
CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
|
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction
or incorporation or organization)
|
22-1867895
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
|
475
Steamboat Road
Greenwich, Connecticut 06830
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
___________________________________________________________
W. R.
Berkley Corporation
Deferred
Compensation Plan for Directors
(Full title of the
plan)
___________________________________________________________
Philip S. Welt, Esq.
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
W. R. Berkley Corporation
475 Steamboat Road
Greenwich, Connecticut 06830
(203) 629-3000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code, of agent for service)
___________________________________________________________
Copy to:
Jeffrey S. Hochman, Esq.
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
787 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10019-6099
(212) 728-8000
___________________________________________________________
Indicate by check
mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting
company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions
of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller
reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of
the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer ☒ Accelerated filer ☐
Non-accelerated filer ☐ (Do not check if a smaller reporting
company) Smaller reporting company ☐
Emerging Growth Company ☐
If an emerging
growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has
elected not to use the extended transition period for complying
with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided
pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (this “Post-Effective
Amendment”) to the Registration Statement on Form S-8, File
No. 333-127598 (the “Prior Registration Statement”), filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on
August 16, 2006, registering the offer and sale of $500,000 of
Deferred Compensation Obligations (and shares of Common Stock of
W. R. Berkley Corporation (the “Company”), issuable upon
conversion of such Deferred Compensation Obligations) pursuant to
the Company’s Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors of
the Company, is being filed to terminate all offerings under
the Prior Registration Statement and deregister any and all
securities that remain unsold pursuant to the Prior Registration
Statement.
DEREGISTRATION OF UNSOLD SECURITIES
In accordance
with the undertaking contained in the Prior Registration Statement,
effective immediately upon the filing of this Post-Effective
Amendment, the Company hereby deregisters any and all Deferred
Compensation Obligations (and related shares of Common Stock)
previously registered with the Commission under the Prior
Registration Statement that remain unsold as of the date
hereof.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to
the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the “Securities Act”), the Company 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 be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the Town of Greenwich, State of Connecticut, on
the 8th day of March, 2022.
| |
W. R. BERKLEY CORPORATION
|
|
By: |
/s/ Richard M.
Baio
Richard M. Baio
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
|
Note: No other person is
required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment in reliance upon
Rule 478 under the Securities Act.