As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 12, 2011

Registration No. 333-171716

 

 

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

STEWART INFORMATION SERVICES CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware		74-1677330
(State or other jurisdiction of		(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
incorporation or organization)

1980 Post Oak Blvd.
Houston, Texas 77056
(713) 625-8100
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of Registrant’s principal executive offices)

J. Allen Berryman
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
1980 Post Oak Blvd.
Houston, Texas 77056
(713) 625-8100
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)

     Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the effective date of the Registration Statement.

     If the only securities being registered on this form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. o

     If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. o

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Large accelerated filer o		Accelerated filer þ		Non-accelerated filer o		Smaller reporting company o
				(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

 

 

DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

     This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (this “Post-Effective Amendment No. 1”) relates to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-171716) that was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 14, 2011 (the “Registration Statement”) by Stewart Information Services Corporation (the “Registrant”). The Registration Statement registered 660,000 shares of the Registrant’s common stock, par value $1.00 per share (the “Common Stock”), for resale by the selling stockholder named therein.

     In accordance with the Registrant’s undertaking contained in the Registration Statement pursuant to Regulation S-K Item 512(a), the Registrant is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to deregister all of the shares of Common Stock that remain unsold under such Registration Statement as of the effective date of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 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-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 Houston, State of Texas, on the 12^th day of May, 2011.

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities set forth below on May 12, 2011.

Signature		Title
/s/ Malcolm S. Morris   Malcolm S. Morris		Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors (Co-Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Stewart Morris, Jr.   Stewart Morris, Jr.		President, Co-Chief Executive Officer, President and Director (Co-Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ J. Allen Berryman   J. Allen Berryman		Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Brian K. Glaze   Brian K. Glaze		Senior Vice President (Principal Accounting Officer)
*   Catherine A. Allen		Director
*		Director
Thomas G. Apel
*   Robert L. Clarke		Director
*   Paul W. Hobby		Director
*   Dr. E. Douglas Hodo		Director
*   Laurie C. Moore		Director
*   W. Arthur Porter, Ph.D		Director