As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 7, 2004.
Registration No. 333-73327
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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Post-Effective Amendment No. 1
to
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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UNITIL CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
New Hampshire 02-0381573
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
6 Liberty Lane West, Hampton, New Hampshire 03842-1720
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
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UNITIL CORPORATION
1998 STOCK OPTION PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
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Mark H. Collin
Senior Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer
Unitil Corporation
6 Liberty Lane West
Hampton, New Hampshire 03842-1720
(603) 772-0775
(Name, address, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
David S. Balabon, Esq.
LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, L.L.P.
260 Franklin Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
(617) 439-9500
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DEREGISTRATION OF SHARES
Effective immediately upon the filing of this Post-Effective Amendment No.
1 to Form S-8 Registration Statement (Registration Statement No. 333-73327), the
registrant hereby deregisters 177,500 shares of its common stock, no par value,
previously registered for sale under the 1998 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan").
The deregistered shares represent shares remaining available for grant upon the
termination of the Plan and shares subject to options granted under the Plan
that expired, were canceled or terminated without having been exercised. In
April 2003, the registrant's shareholders ratified and approved the Unitil
Corporation 2003 Restricted Stock Plan (the "2003 Plan"), which had been
approved by the registrant's board of directors in January 2003. The shares
deregistered hereby are available for grant under the 2003 Plan. The registrant
will register an equal number of shares under a Registration Statement on Form
S-8 for the 2003 Plan.
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SIGNATURES
The Registrant. 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 No. 1 to the registration statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Town of Hampton,
the State of New Hampshire, on this 31st day of March, 2004.
UNITIL CORPORATION
/s/ Mark H. Collin
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Mark H. Collin
Senior Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the registration statement has been signed by
the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:
Signature Title Date
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Senior Vice President, Chief
/s/ Mark H. Collin Financial Officer and Treasurer March 31, 2004
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Mark H. Collin
* Chairman of the Board, Chief
------------------------------------- Executive Officer and President March 31, 2004
Robert G. Schoenberger
/s/ Laurence M. Brock Vice President and Controller March 31, 2004
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Laurence M. Brock
Director
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David P. Brownell
* Director March 31, 2004
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Michael J. Dalton
* Director March 31, 2004
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Albert H. Elfner, III
* Director March 31, 2004
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Ross B. George
Director
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Edward F. Godfrey
Director
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Michael B. Green
Director
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Eben S. Moulton
* Director March 31, 2004
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M. Brian O'Shaughnessy
* Director March 31, 2004
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Charles H. Tenney, III
Director
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Dr. Sarah P. Voll
* By: /s/ Mark H. Collin
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Mark H. Collin
Attorney-in-Fact
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