AE - Layer that casts shadow but doesn't accept light?

Hello there,
First of all, I'm using the AE CS4 (due to the 32-bit version) and I have a little problem there:
Please check this image below:
As you can see, I have some rectangle and there's shadow in the back beneath it. What I wanna do, is that I want to create this rectangle and have SHADOW APPLIED on it but I DON'T want the solid to be affected by the light (as you can see, there's an ugly gradient caused by light).
I tried to enable the "accept shadows" and disable the "accept lights" option but that doesn't work since the layer doesn't accept lights it doesn't accept shadows, either. Any ideas?
Thanks.

You just didn't try the right box. If I understand your request you simply set the white solid to Accepts Shadows only with all other material options set to their default settings. Here's what it looks like:
I pressed the U key twice to reveal all settings that have been changed from the defaults.

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