As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 12, 2019 Registration Statement File No. 033-56987 Registration Statement File No. 333-25203 Registration Statement File No. 333-50943 Registration Statement File No. 333-63118 Registration Statement File No. 333-65726 Registration Statement File No. 333-107698 Registration Statement File No. 333-107699
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
THE TRAVELERS COMPANIES, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
485 Lexington Avenue New York, New York 10017 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
The St. Paul Companies, Inc. 1994 Stock Incentive Plan The St. Paul Holdings 1996 (No. 1) Share Option Plan The St. Paul Holdings 1996 (No. 2) Share Option Scheme The St. Paul/USF&G Replacement Nonqualified Stock Option Plan The St. Paul Companies, Inc. Amended and Restated 1994 Stock Incentive Plan The St. Paul Companies, Inc. 1999 Global Stock Option Plan The St. Paul Companies, Inc. UK Sharesave Scheme The St. Paul Companies, Inc. Irish Sharesave Scheme (Full title of the plans) Christine K. Kalla Executive Vice President and General Counsel The Travelers Companies, Inc. 385 Washington Street St. Paul, Minnesota 55102 (651) 310-7911 (Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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.
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 The Travelers Companies, Inc. (the Company) is filing these post-effective amendments (these Post-Effective Amendments) to the following registration statements (together, the Registration Statements), which have been previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC), to deregister any and all shares of the Companys common stock, without par value (Common Stock), registered but unsold or otherwise unissued under each such Registration Statement as of the date hereof:
The purpose of these Post-Effective Amendments is to deregister such portion of the Common Stock previously registered under the Registration Statements that has not been sold or is otherwise unissued under each such Registration Statement as of the date hereof, as the Company no longer grants awards or issues Common Stock under the respective plans. Part IIInformation Required in the Registration Statement
The following is a complete list of exhibits filed or incorporated by reference as part of these Post-Effective Amendments:
SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 these Post-Effective Amendments to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of St. Paul, State of Minnesota, on November 12, 2019.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, these Post-Effective Amendments have been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Alan L. Beller, Director* Janet M. Dolan, Director* Patricia L. Higgins, Director* William J. Kane, Director* Clarence Otis Jr., Director* Philip T. Ruegger III, Director* Todd C. Schermerhorn, Director* Donald J. Shepard, Director* Laurie J. Thomsen, Director*
EXHIBIT 24 POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, the undersigned, a director of The Travelers Companies, Inc., a Minnesota corporation, do hereby make, nominate and appoint Christine K. Kalla and Wendy C. Skjerven, and each of them, with full powers to act without the other, as my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on my behalf one or more post-effective amendments to Registration Statements on Form S-8 of The Travelers Companies, Inc. (the Post-Effective Amendments) relating to the deregistration of securities previously registered on Registration Statements on Form S-8 for issuance under each of The St. Paul Companies, Inc. 1994 Stock Incentive Plan, The St. Paul Holdings 1996 (No. 1) Share Option Plan, The St. Paul Holdings 1996 (No. 2) Share Option Scheme, The St. Paul/USF&G Replacement Nonqualified Stock Option Plan, The St. Paul Companies, Inc. Amended and Restated 1994 Stock Incentive Plan, The St. Paul Companies, Inc. 1999 Global Stock Option Plan, The St. Paul Companies, Inc. UK Sharesave Scheme and The St. Paul Companies, Inc. Irish Sharesave Scheme, and to make such changes in and additions and amendments to such Registration Statements (including any further post-effective amendments) and to sign the same on my behalf, and to file the Post-Effective Amendments, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and shall have the same force and effect as though I had manually signed such Post-Effective Amendments. Date: November 7, 2019
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