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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CRAWFORD &#038; COMPANY</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Georgia
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">58-0506554</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of <BR>
incorporation or organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">5620 Glenridge Drive, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">30342</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">CRAWFORD &#038; COMPANY U. K. SHARESAVE SCHEME</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"><DIV style="width: 340px; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>(Full Title of the Plan)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Mr.&nbsp;Allen W. Nelson<BR>
5620 Glenridge Dr., N.E.<BR>
Atlanta, Georgia 30342<BR>
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">(404)&nbsp;256-0830<BR>
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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    <TD nowrap align="center">class of securities</TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Class&nbsp;A Common
Stock, par value
$1.00 per share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">500,000</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$2,765,000.00</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement
also covers such indeterminate number of additional securities as may become issuable under
the plan as the result of any future stock splits, stock dividends or similar adjustment of
the Registrant&#146;s common stock.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee pursuant to Rule
457(h)(1) on the basis of the average of the high and low prices for Registrant&#146;s Class&nbsp;A
Common Stock reported in the consolidated reporting system on January&nbsp;25, 2007.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#009">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#010">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="g05235exv5w1.htm">EX-5.1 OPINION OF REGISTRANT'S COUNSEL REGARDING LEGALITY OF SHARES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="g05235exv23w1.htm">EX-23.1 CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="g05235exv24w1.htm">EX-24.1 POWER OF ATTORNEY</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Crawford &#038; Company (the &#147;Company&#148; or &#147;Registrant&#148;) is filing this registration statement on Form
S-8 to register 500,000 additional shares of Registrant&#146;s Class&nbsp;A common stock authorized for
issuance in connection with the Crawford &#038; Company U. K. Sharesave Scheme (the &#147;Scheme&#148;). On
September&nbsp;21, 1999, Registrant filed a registration statement on Form S-8 (file no. 333-87465) with
the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) to register the initial
500,000 shares of Class&nbsp;A common stock under the Scheme.
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The documents containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I will be sent or given to participants
in the Scheme of the Registrant, as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). In accordance with the instructions of Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8, such
documents will not be filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as
prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424 of the Securities Act. These documents
and the documents incorporated by reference pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II of this Registration
Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus as required by Section 10(a) of the Securities
Act.
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission are hereby incorporated
by reference into this Registration Statement:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(a)&nbsp;The Annual Report of the Registrant on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2005.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(b)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March&nbsp;31, 2006, June&nbsp;30,
2006 and September&nbsp;30, 2006.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(c)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on February&nbsp;15, 2006, March&nbsp;28, 2006, May&nbsp;5,
2006, June&nbsp;5, 2006, June&nbsp;16, 2006, June&nbsp;22, 2006, August&nbsp;1, 2006, August&nbsp;18, 2006, August&nbsp;21, 2006,
September&nbsp;1, 2006, October&nbsp;5, 2006, October&nbsp;13, 2006, October&nbsp;30, 2006, November&nbsp;2, 2006, November
3, 2006, January&nbsp;16, 2007 and January 25, 2007.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(d)&nbsp;The Description of the Registrant&#146;s Securities to be Registered section from the Company&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form 8-A, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July
16, 1990, pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the Company subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement
pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of the Exchange Act and prior to
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereunder
have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to
be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of
filing of such documents.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The following is a summary of each statute, charter provision, bylaw and insurance policy under
which a director, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant may be entitled to indemnification
against liabilities in his capacity as such.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Georgia Corporation Law
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Sections&nbsp;14-2-850 through 14-2-859 of the Georgia Business Corporation Code (the &#147;Georgia Code&#148;)
generally provide that a corporation may indemnify any director, officer, employee or agent against
expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with any action to which he is made
a party by reason of his being or having been a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation if such person acted in a manner he believed in good faith to be in or not opposed to
the best interests of the corporation and in the case of a criminal action had no reasonable cause
to believe his conduct was unlawful. However, if the action is brought by or in the right of the
corporation, the Georgia Code provides that indemnification of directors shall be limited to the
reasonable expenses incurred by such person in connection with the proceeding. No indemnification
shall be provided any director as to any claim, issue, or matter brought by or in the right of the
corporation as to which such person shall have been adjudged to have been liable to the
corporation, or in any other proceeding in which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable
on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received by him, unless and to the extent that
the court in which the suit was brought or other court of competent jurisdiction shall have
determined upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the
circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such
expenses which the court shall deem proper. The Georgia Code also provides that to the extent
that a director or officer of a corporation has been wholly successful on the merits or otherwise
in defense of any action, suit, or proceeding referred to above, or in defense of any claim, issue
or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) actually
and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith. In addition, Section&nbsp;14-2-202 of the
Georgia Code permits a corporation to include in its articles of incorporation a provision
eliminating or limiting the personal liability of a director to the corporation or its shareholders
for monetary damages, for breach of duty of care or other duty as a director, except (i)&nbsp;for any
appropriation, in violation of his duties, of any business opportunity of the corporation, (ii)&nbsp;for
acts or omissions which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii)&nbsp;for
liability under Section&nbsp;14-2-832 of the Georgia Code (involving certain distributions), or (iv)&nbsp;for
any transaction from which the director received an improper benefit.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Charter Provisions
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Article&nbsp;IV of the Registrant&#146;s Restated Articles of Incorporation limits the personal liability of
a director of the Registrant or its shareholders as provided in Section&nbsp;14-2-202 of the Georgia
Code.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Restated By-laws Provisions
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Article&nbsp;VI, Section&nbsp;1, of the Registrant&#146;s Restated By-laws provides that the Registrant shall
indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened,
pending or completed action (other than an action by or in the right of the Registrant) by reason
of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant or serving
in any of such capacities at the Registrant&#146;s request in another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including court costs and attorneys&#146; fees),
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in
connection with such action, if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be
in or not opposed to the best interests of the Registrant, and with respect to any criminal action,
if he had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Article&nbsp;VI, Section&nbsp;2 of the Registrant&#146;s Restated By-laws provides that the Registrant shall
indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened,
pending or completed action by or in the right of the Registrant to procure a judgment in its favor
by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant or
was serving in any of such capacities at the request of the Registrant with any other corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including court costs and
attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of
such action if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the Registrant, except that in respect of any claim, issue or
matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct
in the performance of his duty to the Registrant, indemnification will be permitted only to the
extent that the court in which the action was brought finds that despite the adjudication of
liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably
entitled to indemnity for such expenses which such court shall deem proper.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Article&nbsp;VI, Section&nbsp;3 of the Registrant&#146;s Restated By-laws provides that to the extent that a
director, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant shall be successful on the merits or
otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Sections&nbsp;1 and 2 of Article
VI of the Registrant&#146;s Restated By-laws or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he
shall be indemnified against expenses (including court costs and attorneys&#146; fees) actually and
reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Article&nbsp;VI, Section&nbsp;4 of the Registrant&#146;s Restated By-laws provides that any indemnification under
Sections&nbsp;1 and 2 of Article&nbsp;VI (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the Registrant only as
authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the director, officer,
employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because he had met the applicable standard of
conduct set forth in Sections&nbsp;1 and 2 of Article&nbsp;VI. Such determination shall be made (1)&nbsp;by the
Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">directors who were not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, or (2)&nbsp;if such a quorum is not
obtainable, or, even if obtainable but a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by
independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (3)&nbsp;by the shareholders.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Article&nbsp;VI, Section&nbsp;5, of the Registrant&#146;s Restated By-laws provides that expenses incurred in
defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the Registrant in advance
of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding as authorized by the Board of Directors
in the manner provided in Section&nbsp;4 of Article&nbsp;VI upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of
the director, officer, employee or agent to repay such amount unless it shall ultimately be
determined that he is entitled to be indemnified by the Registrant as authorized in Article&nbsp;VI,
and, if such person is a director, upon receipt of a written affirmation of such director&#146;s good
faith belief that he has met the standards of conduct required by the Georgia Code.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Article&nbsp;VI, Section&nbsp;6, of the Registrant&#146;s Restated By-laws provides that Article&nbsp;VI shall not be
deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under any
agreement, vote of shareholders, or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his
official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and shall
continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure
to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such person.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Article&nbsp;VI, Section&nbsp;7, of the Registrant&#146;s Restated By-laws provides that the Board of Directors
may authorize, by a vote of the majority of the full board, the Registrant to purchase and maintain
insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
Registrant or was serving in any of such capacities at the request of the Registrant with any other
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted
against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether
or not the Registrant would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the
provisions of Article&nbsp;VI.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Insurance
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Registrant maintains Directors&#146; and Officers&#146; Liability Insurance policies which provide for
payment by the insurers for losses arising from any claim or claims against an officer or director
of the Registrant by reason of any actual or alleged breach of duty, neglect, error, misstatement,
misleading statement, omission or other act done or wrongfully attempted by them in such
capacities, in connection with any matter claimed against them solely by reason of their serving in
any of such capacities, but only when the Registrant is required or permitted by law to pay amounts
as indemnity to the directors and officers.
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</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Not applicable.
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Articles of Incorporation of Crawford &#038; Company (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 #333-125557 filed June&nbsp;6,
2005).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated By-laws of Crawford &#038; Company, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1
to Registrant&#146;s quarterly report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the year ended March&nbsp;31, 2004).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Crawford &#038; Company U.K. Sharesave Scheme (incorporated by reference to Appendix&nbsp;A on page A-1
of Registrant&#146;s Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May&nbsp;2, 2006).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Registrant&#146;s counsel regarding legality of shares.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Registrant&#146;s counsel (contained in opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1-8
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(a)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment
to this Registration Statement:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration
Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and
any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in
the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective
Registration Statement;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the
Registration Statement;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(l)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being
registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for the purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant
to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each
filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be
deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the
final adjudication of such issue.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">SIGNATURES
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Atlanta, State of Georgia, on the 25th day of January
2007
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">CRAWFORD &#038; COMPANY<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">Date: <u>January 29, 2007</u>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">By</TD>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">
/s/ Thomas W. Crawford
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">THOMAS W. CRAWFORD, <br>President and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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<TR style="font-size= 8pt">
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-bottom=1pt solid #000000" colspan="3" align="left">NAME AND TITLE&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<TR>
    <TD align="left">Date: <U>January 29, 2007</U>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Thomas W. Crawford
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">THOMAS W. CRAWFORD, President and Chief&nbsp;Executive Officer (Principal Executive
Officer) and Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">Date: <u>January 29, 2007</U>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ W. Bruce Swain
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">W. Bruce Swain, Executive Vice President-CFO&nbsp;(Principal Financial Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">Date: <u>January 29, 2007</U>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/  W. Forrest Bell
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">W. Forrest Bell, Vice President and Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">Date: <u>January 29, 2007</U>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-bottom= 1pt solid #000000" colspan="3" align="left">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>

<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">J. HICKS LANIER, Director<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">Date: <u>January 29, 2007</U>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-bottom= 1pt solid #000000" colspan="3" align="left">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>

<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">JESSE C. CRAWFORD, Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">Date: <u>January 29, 2007</U>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-bottom= 1pt solid #000000" colspan="3" align="left">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">LARRY L. PRINCE, Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom= 1pt solid #000000" align="left">NAME AND TITLE</td>
</tr>
<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">Date: <u>January 29, 2007</u>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-bottom= 1pt solid #000000" colspan="3" align="left">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">P. GEORGE BENSON, Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">Date: <u>January 29, 2007</U>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-bottom= 1pt solid #000000" colspan="3" align="left">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</tr>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">E. JENNER WOOD, III, Director&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">Date: <u>January 29, 2007</u>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-bottom= 1pt solid #000000" colspan="3" align="left">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">CLARENCE H. RIDLEY, Director&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">Date: <u>January 29, 2007</U>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-bottom= 1pt solid #000000"  colspan="3" align="left">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">ROBERT T. JOHNSON, Director&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">Date: <u>January 29, 2007</U>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-bottom= 1pt solid #000000"  colspan="3" align="left">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">JAMES D. EDWARDS, Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">Date:  <u>January 29, 2007</u>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Allen W. Nelson
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Allen W. Nelson- As attorney-in-fact for the&nbsp;Directors above whose name an asterisk
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(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to Registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 #333-125557 filed June&nbsp;6,
2005).</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated By-laws of Crawford &#038; Company, as amended
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to Registrant&#146;s quarterly
report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2004).</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Crawford &#038; Company U.K. Sharesave Scheme (incorporated by
reference to Appendix&nbsp;A on page A-1 of Registrant&#146;s Proxy Statement for
the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May&nbsp;2, 2006).</TD>
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CRAWFORD & COMPANY
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333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CRAWFORD & COMPANY
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Georgia
58-0506554
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
5620 Glenridge Drive, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia
30342
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
CRAWFORD & COMPANY U. K. SHARESAVE SCHEME
(Full Title of the Plan)
Mr. Allen W. Nelson
5620 Glenridge Dr., N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30342
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
(404) 256-0830
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of each
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Amount of
class of securities
Amount to be
offering price per
aggregate offering
registration fee
to be registered
registered (1)
share (2)
price (2)
(2)
Class A Common
Stock, par value
$1.00 per share
500,000
$5.53
$2,765,000.00
$295.86
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement
also covers such indeterminate number of additional securities as may become issuable under
the plan as the result of any future stock splits, stock dividends or similar adjustment of
the Registrant's common stock.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee pursuant to Rule
457(h)(1) on the basis of the average of the high and low prices for Registrant's Class A
Common Stock reported in the consolidated reporting system on January 25, 2007.
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PART I
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Item 9. Undertakings.
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-5.1 OPINION OF REGISTRANT'S COUNSEL REGARDING LEGALITY OF SHARES
EX-23.1 CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP
EX-24.1 POWER OF ATTORNEY
EX-24.2 POWER OF ATTORNEY
EX-24.3 POWER OF ATTORNEY
EX-24.4 POWER OF ATTORNEY
EX-24.5 POWER OF ATTORNEY
EX-24.6 POWER OF ATTORNEY
EX-24.7 POWER OF ATTORNEY
EX-24.8 POWER OF ATTORNEY
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
Crawford & Company (the "Company" or "Registrant") is filing this registration statement on Form
S-8 to register 500,000 additional shares of Registrant's Class A common stock authorized for
issuance in connection with the Crawford & Company U. K. Sharesave Scheme (the "Scheme"). On
September 21, 1999, Registrant filed a registration statement on Form S-8 (file no. 333-87465) with
the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") to register the initial
500,000 shares of Class A common stock under the Scheme.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be sent or given to participants
in the Scheme of the Registrant, as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act"). In accordance with the instructions of Part I of Form S-8, such
documents will not be filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as
prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act. These documents
and the documents incorporated by reference pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration
Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus as required by Section 10(a) of the Securities
Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission are hereby incorporated
by reference into this Registration Statement:
(a) The Annual Report of the Registrant on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005.
(b) The Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2006, June 30,
2006 and September 30, 2006.
(c) The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on February 15, 2006, March 28, 2006, May 5,
2006, June 5, 2006, June 16, 2006, June 22, 2006, August 1, 2006, August 18, 2006, August 21, 2006,
September 1, 2006, October 5, 2006, October 13, 2006, October 30, 2006, November 2, 2006, November
3, 2006, January 16, 2007 and January 25, 2007.
(d) The Description of the Registrant's Securities to be Registered section from the Company's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July
16, 1990, pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act.
All documents filed by the Company subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of the Exchange Act and prior to
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the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereunder
have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to
be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of
filing of such documents.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The following is a summary of each statute, charter provision, bylaw and insurance policy under
which a director, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant may be entitled to indemnification
against liabilities in his capacity as such.
Georgia Corporation Law
Sections 14-2-850 through 14-2-859 of the Georgia Business Corporation Code (the "Georgia Code")
generally provide that a corporation may indemnify any director, officer, employee or agent against
expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with any action to which he is made
a party by reason of his being or having been a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation if such person acted in a manner he believed in good faith to be in or not opposed to
the best interests of the corporation and in the case of a criminal action had no reasonable cause
to believe his conduct was unlawful. However, if the action is brought by or in the right of the
corporation, the Georgia Code provides that indemnification of directors shall be limited to the
reasonable expenses incurred by such person in connection with the proceeding. No indemnification
shall be provided any director as to any claim, issue, or matter brought by or in the right of the
corporation as to which such person shall have been adjudged to have been liable to the
corporation, or in any other proceeding in which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable
on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received by him, unless and to the extent that
the court in which the suit was brought or other court of competent jurisdiction shall have
determined upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the
circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such
expenses which the court shall deem proper. The Georgia Code also provides that to the extent
that a director or officer of a corporation has been wholly successful on the merits or otherwise
in defense of any action, suit, or proceeding referred to above, or in defense of any claim, issue
or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually
and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith. In addition, Section 14-2-202 of the
Georgia Code permits a corporation to include in its articles of incorporation a provision
eliminating or limiting the personal liability of a director to the corporation or its shareholders
for monetary damages, for breach of duty of care or other duty as a director, except (i) for any
appropriation, in violation of his duties, of any business opportunity of the corporation, (ii) for
acts or omissions which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) for
liability under Section 14-2-832 of the Georgia Code (involving certain distributions), or (iv) for
any transaction from which the director received an improper benefit.
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Charter Provisions
Article IV of the Registrant's Restated Articles of Incorporation limits the personal liability of
a director of the Registrant or its shareholders as provided in Section 14-2-202 of the Georgia
Code.
Restated By-laws Provisions
Article VI, Section 1, of the Registrant's Restated By-laws provides that the Registrant shall
indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened,
pending or completed action (other than an action by or in the right of the Registrant) by reason
of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant or serving
in any of such capacities at the Registrant's request in another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including court costs and attorneys' fees),
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in
connection with such action, if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be
in or not opposed to the best interests of the Registrant, and with respect to any criminal action,
if he had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.
Article VI, Section 2 of the Registrant's Restated By-laws provides that the Registrant shall
indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened,
pending or completed action by or in the right of the Registrant to procure a judgment in its favor
by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant or
was serving in any of such capacities at the request of the Registrant with any other corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including court costs and
attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of
such action if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the Registrant, except that in respect of any claim, issue or
matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct
in the performance of his duty to the Registrant, indemnification will be permitted only to the
extent that the court in which the action was brought finds that despite the adjudication of
liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably
entitled to indemnity for such expenses which such court shall deem proper.
Article VI, Section 3 of the Registrant's Restated By-laws provides that to the extent that a
director, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant shall be successful on the merits or
otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Sections 1 and 2 of Article
VI of the Registrant's Restated By-laws or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he
shall be indemnified against expenses (including court costs and attorneys' fees) actually and
reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith.
Article VI, Section 4 of the Registrant's Restated By-laws provides that any indemnification under
Sections 1 and 2 of Article VI (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the Registrant only as
authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the director, officer,
employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because he had met the applicable standard of
conduct set forth in Sections 1 and 2 of Article VI. Such determination shall be made (1) by the
Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of
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directors who were not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, or (2) if such a quorum is not
obtainable, or, even if obtainable but a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by
independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (3) by the shareholders.
Article VI, Section 5, of the Registrant's Restated By-laws provides that expenses incurred in
defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the Registrant in advance
of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding as authorized by the Board of Directors
in the manner provided in Section 4 of Article VI upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of
the director, officer, employee or agent to repay such amount unless it shall ultimately be
determined that he is entitled to be indemnified by the Registrant as authorized in Article VI,
and, if such person is a director, upon receipt of a written affirmation of such director's good
faith belief that he has met the standards of conduct required by the Georgia Code.
Article VI, Section 6, of the Registrant's Restated By-laws provides that Article VI shall not be
deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under any
agreement, vote of shareholders, or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his
official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and shall
continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure
to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such person.
Article VI, Section 7, of the Registrant's Restated By-laws provides that the Board of Directors
may authorize, by a vote of the majority of the full board, the Registrant to purchase and maintain
insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
Registrant or was serving in any of such capacities at the request of the Registrant with any other
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted
against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether
or not the Registrant would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the
provisions of Article VI.
Insurance
The Registrant maintains Directors' and Officers' Liability Insurance policies which provide for
payment by the insurers for losses arising from any claim or claims against an officer or director
of the Registrant by reason of any actual or alleged breach of duty, neglect, error, misstatement,
misleading statement, omission or other act done or wrongfully attempted by them in such
capacities, in connection with any matter claimed against them solely by reason of their serving in
any of such capacities, but only when the Registrant is required or permitted by law to pay amounts
as indemnity to the directors and officers.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
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Item 8. Exhibits.
4.1
Restated Articles of Incorporation of Crawford & Company (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.1 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 #333-125557 filed June 6,
2005).
4.2
Restated By-laws of Crawford & Company, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1
to Registrant's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the year ended March 31, 2004).
4.3
Crawford & Company U.K. Sharesave Scheme (incorporated by reference to Appendix A on page A-1
of Registrant's Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 2, 2006).
5.1
Opinion of Registrant's counsel regarding legality of shares.
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.2
Consent of Registrant's counsel (contained in opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).
24.1-8
Powers of Attorney.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment
to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration
Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and
any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in
the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
Registration Statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the
Registration Statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(l)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being
registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for the purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant
to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each
filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be
deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the
final adjudication of such issue.
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-8 and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Atlanta, State of Georgia, on the 25th day of January
2007
CRAWFORD & COMPANY
Date:
January 29, 2007
By
/s/ Thomas W. Crawford
THOMAS W. CRAWFORD,
President and Chief Executive Officer
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
NAME AND TITLE
Date:
January 29, 2007
/s/ Thomas W. Crawford
THOMAS W. CRAWFORD, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive
Officer) and Director
Date:
January 29, 2007
/s/ W. Bruce Swain
W. Bruce Swain, Executive Vice President-CFO (Principal Financial Officer)
Date:
January 29, 2007
/s/  W. Forrest Bell
W. Forrest Bell, Vice President and Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)
Date:
January 29, 2007
*
J. HICKS LANIER, Director
Date:
January 29, 2007
*
JESSE C. CRAWFORD, Director
Date:
January 29, 2007
*
LARRY L. PRINCE, Director
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NAME AND TITLE
Date:
January 29, 2007
*
P. GEORGE BENSON, Director
Date:
January 29, 2007
*
E. JENNER WOOD, III, Director
Date:
January 29, 2007
*
CLARENCE H. RIDLEY, Director
Date:
January 29, 2007
*
ROBERT T. JOHNSON, Director
Date:
January 29, 2007
*
JAMES D. EDWARDS, Director
Date:
January 29, 2007
*By
/s/ Allen W. Nelson
Allen W. Nelson- As attorney-in-fact for the Directors above whose name an asterisk
appears.
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Sequential
Page Number
Exhibit No.
Description of Exhibit
of Exhibit
4.1
Restated Articles of Incorporation of Crawford & Company
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-8 #333-125557 filed June 6,
2005).
4.2
Restated By-laws of Crawford & Company, as amended
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Registrant's quarterly
report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2004).
4.3
Crawford & Company U.K. Sharesave Scheme (incorporated by
reference to Appendix A on page A-1 of Registrant's Proxy Statement for
the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 2, 2006).
5.1
Opinion of Registrant's counsel regarding legality of shares.
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23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
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23.2
Consent of Registrant's counsel (contained in opinion filed as
Exhibit 5.1).
24.1-8
Powers of Attorney.
13-20
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