AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON AUGUST 21, 2001 REGISTRATION NO. 333-62972 =============================================================================== 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. ------------------------------------------------------ (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 23-2324711 -------------------------------- ------------------------------------- (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) incorporation or organization) 1195 River Road Marietta, Pennsylvania 17547 ---------------------------------------- ------------------------------------ (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) ------------------ DONEGAL GROUP INC. 1996 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN (Full title of plan) -------------------- Donald H. Nikolaus President and Chief Executive Officer Donegal Group Inc. 1195 River Road Marietta, PA 17547 --------------------------------------- (Name and address of agent for service) (888) 877-0600 --------------------------------------- (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 ------------------------------------- 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. 1 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 --------------------------------------------- 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 --------- ----- ---- /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 ------------------------------------ C. Edwin Ireland * Director August 20, 2001 ------------------------------------ Patricia A. Gilmartin * Director August 20, 2001 ------------------------------------ Philip H. Glatfelter, II 2 Signature Title Date --------- ----- ---- * Director August 20, 2001 ------------------------------------ R. Richard Sherbahn Director August __, 2001 ------------------------------------ Thomas J. Finley, Jr. * Director August 20, 2001 ------------------------------------ Robert S. Bolinger Director August __, 2001 ------------------------------------ John J. Lyons By: /s/ Ralph G. Spontak ------------------------------------------------ Ralph G. Spontak, as attorney in fact --------------- *Signed pursuant to power of attorney 3 INDEX TO EXHIBITS Exhibit Number Description of Exhibit Reference ------- ---------------------- --------- 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. 4