As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 15, 2006
Registration No. 33-63059
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
The Securities Act of 1933
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BLACK HILLS CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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46-0458824 |
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(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
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625 Ninth Street, PO Box 1400 Rapid City, South Dakota (Address of principal executive offices) |
57709-1400 | |
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EMPLOYEES’ STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
OF BLACK HILLS CORPORATION
(Full title of the plan)
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Steven J. Helmers
General Counsel
Black Hills Corporation
625 Ninth Street, PO Box 1400
Rapid City, South Dakota 57709-1400
(Name and address of agent for service)
(605) 721-1700
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
RECENT EVENTS: DEREGISTRATION
This Post-Effective Amendment relates to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (registration number 33-63059) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 29, 1995 (the “Registration Statement”), which registered 200,000 shares of common stock, par value $1.00 per share (the “Common Stock”), of Black Hills Corporation (the “Company”), related to the Black Hills Corporation Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan.
The undersigned Registrant hereby removes and withdraws from registration all securities registered pursuant to this Registration Statement which remain unissued.
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SIGNATURES
The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certified 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. 2 to the Form S-8 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Rapid City, State of South Dakota on the 15th day of June, 2006.
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BLACK HILLS CORPORATION |
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By: /S/ DAVID R. EMERY |
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David R. Emery, Chairman, President and |
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Chief Executive Officer |
Each individual whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints David R. Emery and Mark T. Thies, and each of them severally, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution, to sign in his or her name and behalf, in any and all capacities stated below, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, any and all amendments to this Registration Statement, and the Registrant hereby also appoints each such agent as its attorney-in-fact with the authority to sign and file any such amendments in its name and behalf.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
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/S/ DAVID R. EMERY |
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June 15, 2006 |
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David R. Emery, Chairman, President and |
Principal Executive Officer |
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Chief Executive Officer |
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/S/ MARK T. THIES |
Principal Financial and |
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Mark T. Thies, Executive Vice President and |
Accounting Officer |
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Chief Financial Officer |
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/S/ DAVID C. EBERTZ |
Director |
June 15, 2006 |
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David C. Ebertz |
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Director |
June 15, 2006 |
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Jack W. Eugster |
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/S/ JOHN R. HOWARD |
Director |
June 15, 2006 |
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John R. Howard |
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/S/ KAY S. JORGENSEN |
Director |
June 15, 2006 |
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Kay S. Jorgensen |
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/S/ RICHARD KORPAN |
Director |
June 15, 2006 |
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Richard Korpan |
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Director |
June 15, 2006 |
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Stephen D. Newlin |
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/S/ JOHN B. VERING |
Director |
June 15, 2006 |
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John B. Vering |
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/S/ THOMAS J. ZELLER |
Director |
June 15, 2006 |
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Thomas J. Zeller |
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The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Plan has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Form S-8 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Rapid City, State of South Dakota, on the 15th day of June, 2006.
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BLACK HILLS CORPORATION |
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By: /S/ ROXANN R. BASHAM |
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Roxann R. Basham |
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Plan Administrator |
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