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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;31, 2011</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>
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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<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><DIV style="margin-top: 1px"><FONT style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Donegal Group Inc.</B></FONT></DIV></DIV>


<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">Delaware
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">23-2424711</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of <BR>
incorporation or organization)
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identification no.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">1195 River Road, Marietta, Pennsylvania
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">17547</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Address of principal executive offices)
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Donegal Group Inc.<BR>

<DIV style="margin-top: 1px"><FONT style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">2011 Employee Stock Purchase Plan</FONT></DIV></DIV>


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Donegal Group Inc.<BR>

<DIV style="margin-top: 1px"><FONT style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">2011 Equity Incentive Plan for Employees</FONT></DIV></DIV>


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Donegal Group Inc.<BR>

<DIV style="margin-top: 1px"><FONT style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">2011 Equity Incentive Plan for Directors</FONT></DIV>

(Full title of the plans)</DIV>


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Donald H. Nikolaus<BR>

President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>

Donegal Group Inc.<BR>

1195 River Road<BR>

Marietta, Pennsylvania 17547<BR>

<DIV style="margin-top: 1px"><FONT style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">(Name and address of agent for service)</FONT></DIV></DIV>


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(888)&nbsp;877-0600<BR>

<DIV style="margin-top: 1px"><FONT style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</FONT></DIV></DIV>


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Copies to:<BR>

Frederick W. Dreher, Esq.<BR>

Kathleen A. Roth, Esq.<BR>

Duane Morris LLP<BR>

30 South 17th Street<BR>

Philadelphia, PA 19103<BR>

(215)&nbsp;979-1234</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of &#147;large
accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Large accelerated filer <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></FONT>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Accelerated filer <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#254;</FONT></FONT>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Smaller reporting company <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</FONT></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Amount to be</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 0px solid #000000">registered (1)</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,
$0.01 par value</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">4,200,000 shares</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$12.85</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$53,970,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$6,265.92</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>These shares include 300,000 shares of Class&nbsp;A common stock under the
Donegal Group Inc. 2011 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, 3,500,000 shares
of Class&nbsp;A common stock under the Donegal Group Inc. 2011 Equity
Incentive Plan for Employees and 400,000 shares of Class&nbsp;A common
stock under the Donegal Group Inc. 2011 Equity Incentive Plan for
Directors. This registration statement shall also cover any additional shares of the Donegal Group Inc. Class&nbsp;A common stock that become
issuable under such plans by reason of any stock dividend, stock
split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected
without the receipt of consideration that results in an increase in
the number of outstanding shares of Donegal Group Inc. Class&nbsp;A common
stock.</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h), we calculated the maximum aggregate offering
price based upon the average of the high and low prices of Donegal
Group Inc. Class&nbsp;A common stock on May&nbsp;25, 2011, which is a date
within five business days prior to the filing of this registration
statement, as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">PART II
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><U>Item&nbsp;3</U>. <U>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</U>.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We incorporate by reference into this registration statement the following documents that we
have previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC (File No.&nbsp;0-15341):
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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2010;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2011;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Our definitive proxy statement dated March&nbsp;18, 2011 relating to our 2011 annual
meeting of stockholders;</TD>
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<TR>
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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Our current reports on Form 8-K that we filed on February&nbsp;17, 2011, February&nbsp;25,
2011, March&nbsp;22, 2011, March&nbsp;24, 2011, April&nbsp;20, 2011, April&nbsp;22, 2011, May&nbsp;5, 2011 and
May&nbsp;9, 2011; and</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The description of our Class&nbsp;A common stock under our registration statement on Form
8-A we filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or the
Exchange Act, including any amendment or report we filed with the SEC, for the purpose
of updating this description.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We deem all documents that we file pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or the Exchange Act, after the date of this registration statement
and until the completion of the offering under this registration statement incorporated by
reference into this registration statement and a part of this registration statement from the date
of the filing of the document. We deem any statement contained in a document incorporated or that
we deem is incorporated by reference into this registration statement as modified or superseded for
purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained in this
registration statement or in any other document we subsequently file with the SEC that also is or
we deem is incorporated by reference into this registration statement conflicts with, negates,
modifies or supersedes that statement. Any statement that we so modify or supersede will not
constitute a part of this registration statement, except as modified or superseded.
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><U>Item&nbsp;4</U>. <U>Description of Securities</U>.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We need not provide a response to this item because we registered the class of securities to
which this registration statement relates under Section&nbsp;12 of the Exchange Act.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><U>Item&nbsp;5</U>. <U>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</U>.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Duane Morris LLP, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has passed upon the validity of the issuance of
the shares of our Class&nbsp;A common stock we offer pursuant to this prospectus. As of May&nbsp;1, 2011,
Frederick W. Dreher, a partner of Duane Morris LLP, who is a director of Donegal Mutual,
beneficially owned 63,772 shares of our Class&nbsp;A common stock, of which 25,000 shares represent
shares of our Class&nbsp;A common stock purchasable under currently exercisable stock options, and
35,622 shares of our Class&nbsp;B common stock. Donegal Mutual owns approximately 39% of the
outstanding shares of our Class&nbsp;A common stock and approximately 75% of the outstanding shares of
our Class&nbsp;B common stock and thereby controls the election of all of the members of our board of
directors.
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><U>Item&nbsp;6</U>. <U>Indemnification of Directors and Officers</U>.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the law of our state of incorporation,
empowers a corporation, subject to certain limitations, to indemnify its officers and directors
against expenses, including attorneys&#146; fees, judgments, fines and certain settlements, actually and
reasonably incurred by them in any suit or proceeding to which they are parties as long as they
acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation, and with respect to a criminal action or proceeding, as long as they
had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct to be unlawful. Our by-laws provide that we shall
indemnify, to the fullest extent Delaware law permits, any person, including our directors and our
officers, made, or threatened to be made a party to any action or proceeding, whether criminal,
civil, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he, his testator or his
intestate is or was our director, officer or employee or served or serves any other enterprise at
our request.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The by-laws of Donegal Mutual, a Pennsylvania mutual insurance company also provide that
Donegal Mutual shall indemnify, to the fullest extent Pennsylvania law permits, any person,
including Donegal Mutual&#146;s directors or officers, made, or threatened to be made, a party to any
action or proceeding, whether criminal, civil, administrative or investigative, by reason of the
fact that he, his testator or his intestate is or was our director, officer or employee or served
or serves any other enterprise at our request.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Our by-laws provide that, to the fullest extent Delaware law permits, our directors shall not
have any personal liability for monetary damages for any action taken or any failure to take any
action.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The by-laws of Donegal Mutual provide that, to the fullest extent Pennsylvania law permits,
Donegal Mutual&#146;s directors shall not have any personal liability for monetary damages for any
action taken or any failure to take any action.
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><U>Item&nbsp;7</U>. <U>Exemption from Registration Claimed</U>.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><U>Item&nbsp;8</U>. <U>Exhibits</U>.
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Exhibit No.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Description of Exhibit</TD>
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    <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 Duane Morris LLP (filed herewith)</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<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 Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (filed herewith).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <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 Duane Morris LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><U>Item&nbsp;9</U>. <U>Undertakings</U>.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We hereby undertake:
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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 this 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; and
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;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 (i), (ii)&nbsp;and (iii)&nbsp;above do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those clauses is contained in reports
filed with or furnished to the SEC by us pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange
Act that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement, or is contained in a form of
prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;that for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act
</DIV>




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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We hereby further undertake that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each filing of our annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) 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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We hereby further undertake that, insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to our directors, officers and controlling persons pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, we have been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by us of expenses incurred or paid by any of our directors, officers or controlling
persons 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, we will, unless
in the opinion of our counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a
court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by us is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
</DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">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 Marietta, Pennsylvania, on May&nbsp;31, 2011.
</DIV>

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<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">DONEGAL GROUP INC.<BR>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Donald H. Nikolaus</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Donald H. Nikolaus&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">President and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>


<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 in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
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    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="25%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Date</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Donald H. Nikolaus<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Donald
H. Nikolaus
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief Executive
Officer and Director <br>(principal
executive officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May 27, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Jeffrey D. Miller<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jeffrey D. Miller
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President and <BR>
Chief
Financial Officer <br>(principal
financial and accounting
officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May 27, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Robert S. Bolinger<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert S. Bolinger
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May 27, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Patricia A. Gilmartin<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Patricia A. Gilmartin
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May 27, 2011</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="25%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Date</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Philip H. Glatfelter, II<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Philip H. Glatfelter, II
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May 27, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Jack L. Hess<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jack L. Hess
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May 27, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Kevin M. Kraft, Sr.<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Kevin M. Kraft, Sr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May 27, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John J. Lyons<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John J. Lyons
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May 27, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Jon M. Mahan<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jon M. Mahan
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May 27, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ S. Trezevant Moore, Jr.<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
S. Trezevant Moore, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May 27, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ R. Richard Sherbahn<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
R. Richard Sherbahn
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May 27, 2011</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Richard D. Wampler, II<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Richard D. Wampler, II
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May 27, 2011</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">EXHIBIT INDEX
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Exhibit No.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Description of Exhibit</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Duane Morris LLP (filed herewith)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (filed herewith).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Duane Morris LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 31, 2011
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Donegal Group Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
23-2424711
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)
1195 River Road, Marietta, Pennsylvania
17547
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip code)
Donegal Group Inc.
2011 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Donegal Group Inc.
2011 Equity Incentive Plan for Employees
Donegal Group Inc.
2011 Equity Incentive Plan for Directors
(Full title of the plans)
Donald H. Nikolaus
President and Chief Executive Officer
Donegal Group Inc.
1195 River Road
Marietta, Pennsylvania 17547
(Name and address of agent for service)
(888) 877-0600
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Frederick W. Dreher, Esq.
Kathleen A. Roth, Esq.
Duane Morris LLP
30 South 17th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 979-1234
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of "large
accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
þ
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed maximum
maximum
aggregate
Amount of
Title of securities
Amount to be
offering price
offering
registration
to be registered
registered (1)
per share(2)
price(2)
fee
Class A common stock,
$0.01 par value
4,200,000 shares
$12.85
$53,970,000
$6,265.92
(1)
These shares include 300,000 shares of Class A common stock under the
Donegal Group Inc. 2011 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, 3,500,000 shares
of Class A common stock under the Donegal Group Inc. 2011 Equity
Incentive Plan for Employees and 400,000 shares of Class A common
stock under the Donegal Group Inc. 2011 Equity Incentive Plan for
Directors. This registration statement shall also cover any additional shares of the Donegal Group Inc. Class A common stock that become
issuable under such plans by reason of any stock dividend, stock
split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected
without the receipt of consideration that results in an increase in
the number of outstanding shares of Donegal Group Inc. Class A common
stock.
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 457(h), we calculated the maximum aggregate offering
price based upon the average of the high and low prices of Donegal
Group Inc. Class A common stock on May 25, 2011, which is a date
within five business days prior to the filing of this registration
statement, as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3
.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
.
We incorporate by reference into this registration statement the following documents that we
have previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC (File No. 0-15341):
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Our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010;
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Our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2011;
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Our definitive proxy statement dated March 18, 2011 relating to our 2011 annual
meeting of stockholders;
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Our current reports on Form 8-K that we filed on February 17, 2011, February 25,
2011, March 22, 2011, March 24, 2011, April 20, 2011, April 22, 2011, May 5, 2011 and
May 9, 2011; and
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The description of our Class A common stock under our registration statement on Form
8-A we filed pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or the
Exchange Act, including any amendment or report we filed with the SEC, for the purpose
of updating this description.
We deem all documents that we file pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or the Exchange Act, after the date of this registration statement
and until the completion of the offering under this registration statement incorporated by
reference into this registration statement and a part of this registration statement from the date
of the filing of the document. We deem any statement contained in a document incorporated or that
we deem is incorporated by reference into this registration statement as modified or superseded for
purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained in this
registration statement or in any other document we subsequently file with the SEC that also is or
we deem is incorporated by reference into this registration statement conflicts with, negates,
modifies or supersedes that statement. Any statement that we so modify or supersede will not
constitute a part of this registration statement, except as modified or superseded.
Item 4
.
Description of Securities
.
We need not provide a response to this item because we registered the class of securities to
which this registration statement relates under Section 12 of the Exchange Act.
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Item 5
.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
.
Duane Morris LLP, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has passed upon the validity of the issuance of
the shares of our Class A common stock we offer pursuant to this prospectus. As of May 1, 2011,
Frederick W. Dreher, a partner of Duane Morris LLP, who is a director of Donegal Mutual,
beneficially owned 63,772 shares of our Class A common stock, of which 25,000 shares represent
shares of our Class A common stock purchasable under currently exercisable stock options, and
35,622 shares of our Class B common stock. Donegal Mutual owns approximately 39% of the
outstanding shares of our Class A common stock and approximately 75% of the outstanding shares of
our Class B common stock and thereby controls the election of all of the members of our board of
directors.
Item 6
.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the law of our state of incorporation,
empowers a corporation, subject to certain limitations, to indemnify its officers and directors
against expenses, including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines and certain settlements, actually and
reasonably incurred by them in any suit or proceeding to which they are parties as long as they
acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation, and with respect to a criminal action or proceeding, as long as they
had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct to be unlawful. Our by-laws provide that we shall
indemnify, to the fullest extent Delaware law permits, any person, including our directors and our
officers, made, or threatened to be made a party to any action or proceeding, whether criminal,
civil, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he, his testator or his
intestate is or was our director, officer or employee or served or serves any other enterprise at
our request.
The by-laws of Donegal Mutual, a Pennsylvania mutual insurance company also provide that
Donegal Mutual shall indemnify, to the fullest extent Pennsylvania law permits, any person,
including Donegal Mutual's directors or officers, made, or threatened to be made, a party to any
action or proceeding, whether criminal, civil, administrative or investigative, by reason of the
fact that he, his testator or his intestate is or was our director, officer or employee or served
or serves any other enterprise at our request.
Our by-laws provide that, to the fullest extent Delaware law permits, our directors shall not
have any personal liability for monetary damages for any action taken or any failure to take any
action.
The by-laws of Donegal Mutual provide that, to the fullest extent Pennsylvania law permits,
Donegal Mutual's directors shall not have any personal liability for monetary damages for any
action taken or any failure to take any action.
Item 7
.
Exemption from Registration Claimed
.
Not applicable.
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Item 8
.
Exhibits
.
Exhibit No.
Description of Exhibit
5.1
Opinion of Duane Morris LLP (filed herewith)
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (filed herewith).
23.2
Consent of Duane Morris LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
Item 9
.
Undertakings
.
We hereby undertake:
(a) 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;
(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 this 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; and
(iii) 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 (i), (ii) and (iii) above do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those clauses is contained in reports
filed with or furnished to the SEC by us pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange
Act that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement, or is contained in a form of
prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.
(b) that for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act
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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; and
(c) 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.
We hereby further undertake that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each filing of our annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) 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.
We hereby further undertake that, insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to our directors, officers and controlling persons pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, we have been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by us of expenses incurred or paid by any of our directors, officers or controlling
persons 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, we will, unless
in the opinion of our counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a
court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by us is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
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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 Marietta, Pennsylvania, on May 31, 2011.
DONEGAL GROUP INC.
By:
/s/ Donald H. Nikolaus
Donald H. Nikolaus
President and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Donald H. Nikolaus
Donald
H. Nikolaus
President, Chief Executive
Officer and Director
(principal
executive officer)
May 27, 2011
/s/ Jeffrey D. Miller
Jeffrey D. Miller
Senior Vice President and
Chief
Financial Officer
(principal
financial and accounting
officer)
May 27, 2011
/s/ Robert S. Bolinger
Robert S. Bolinger
Director
May 27, 2011
/s/ Patricia A. Gilmartin
Patricia A. Gilmartin
Director
May 27, 2011
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Philip H. Glatfelter, II
Philip H. Glatfelter, II
Director
May 27, 2011
/s/ Jack L. Hess
Jack L. Hess
Director
May 27, 2011
/s/ Kevin M. Kraft, Sr.
Kevin M. Kraft, Sr.
Director
May 27, 2011
/s/ John J. Lyons
John J. Lyons
Director
May 27, 2011
/s/ Jon M. Mahan
Jon M. Mahan
Director
May 27, 2011
/s/ S. Trezevant Moore, Jr.
S. Trezevant Moore, Jr.
Director
May 27, 2011
/s/ R. Richard Sherbahn
R. Richard Sherbahn
Director
May 27, 2011
/s/ Richard D. Wampler, II
Richard D. Wampler, II
Director
May 27, 2011
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description of Exhibit
5.1
Opinion of Duane Morris LLP (filed herewith)
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (filed herewith).
23.2
Consent of Duane Morris LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)