As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 11, 2001 Registration No. 333-83411 333-83411-01 333-83411-02 ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ------------------------- Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Form S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT Under THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ------------------------- TORCHMARK CORPORATION TORCHMARK CAPITAL TRUST I TORCHMARK CAPITAL TRUST II (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) 63-0780404 Delaware 74-6507320 74-6508172 (State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer of incorporation or organization) Identification Nos.) ------------------------- 2001 Third Avenue South Birmingham, Alabama 35233 (205) 325-4200 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive office) ------------------------- LARRY M. HUTCHISON, ESQ. Vice President and General Counsel 2001 Third Avenue South Birmingham, AL 35233 (205) 325-4200 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) Copies to: GREGORY S. CURRAN, ESQ. Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C. 1901 Sixth Avenue North Suite 2400 Birmingham, Alabama 35203 (205) 254-1000 ------------------------- Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale of the securities to the public: From time to time after the effective date of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement as determined by market conditions. If the only securities being registered on this form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. 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[_] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXPLANATORY NOTE This Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-83411) is filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) solely to add certain exhibits not previously filed with respect to such Registration Statement. PART II. INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS Item 16. Exhibits. Number Description ------ ----------- 4.12 Form of Supplemental Indenture by and among Torchmark Corporation, Bank One Trust Company, National Association (successor-in-interest to The First National Bank of Chicago as successor trustee to Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York), and The Bank of New York 25.4 Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of The Bank of New York, as an additional trustee under the Indenture, as amended SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant, Torchmark Corporation, 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. 2 to the Registration Statement (No. 333-83411) to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Birmingham, State of Alabama, on December 11th, 2001. Torchmark Corporation By: * --------------------------------------- C. B. Hudson Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post- Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement (No. 333-83411) has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. Signature Title Date --------- ----- ---- * -------------------------- Chairman, Chief Executive December 11, 2001 C. B. Hudson Officer, and Director /s/ Gary L. Coleman -------------------------- Executive Vice President and December 11, 2001 Gary L. Coleman Chief Financial Officer (Principal Accounting Officer) * -------------------------- Director December 11, 2001 David L. Boren * -------------------------- Director December 11, 2001 Joseph M. Farley * -------------------------- Director December 11, 2001 Louis T. Hagopian * -------------------------- Director December 11, 2001 Joseph L. Lanier, Jr. * -------------------------- Director December 11, 2001 Mark S. McAndrew * -------------------------- Director December 11, 2001 Harold T. McCormick * -------------------------- Director December 11, 2001 Joseph W. Morris * -------------------------- Director December 11, 2001 George J. Records * -------------------------- Director December 11, 2001 R. K. Richey * -------------------------- Director December 11, 2001 Lamar C. Smith *By /s/ Larry M. Hutchison ----------------------- Larry M. Hutchison Attorney-in-fact Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant, Torchmark Capital Trust I, 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. 2 to the Registration Statement (No. 333-83411) to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Birmingham, State of Alabama, on December 11th, 2001. Torchmark Capital Trust I By: /s/ Larry M. Hutchison --------------------------------------- Larry M. Hutchison Regular Trustee By: /s/ Gary L. Coleman --------------------------------------- Gary L. Coleman Regular Trustee Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant, Torchmark Capital Trust II, 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. 2 to the Registration Statement (No. 333- 83411) to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Birmingham, State of Alabama, on December 11th, 2001. Torchmark Capital Trust II By: /s/ Larry M. Hutchison --------------------------------------- Larry M. Hutchison Regular Trustee By: /s/ Gary L. Coleman --------------------------------------- Gary L. Coleman Regular Trustee EXHIBIT INDEX Number Description ------ ----------- 4.12 Form of Supplemental Indenture by and among Torchmark Corporation, Bank One Trust Company, National Association (successor-in-interest to The First National Bank of Chicago as successor trustee to Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York), and The Bank of New York 25.4 Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of The Bank of New York, as an additional trustee under the Indenture, as amended