As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 10, 2003
Registration Statement No. 333-60381
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
SPARTECH CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware 43-0761773
(State or Other Jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation or Organization) Identification No.)
120 South Central Avenue, Suite 1700, Clayton, Missouri 63105
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
SPARTECH CORPORATION INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION PLAN
SPARTECH CORPORATION 401(K) SAVINGS & INVESTMENT PLAN
(Full Title of Plans)
Jeffrey D. Fisher
Vice President and General Counsel
Spartech Corporation
120 South Central Avenue, Suite 1700
Clayton, Missouri 63105
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(314) 721-4242
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
With Copies to:
David W. Braswell, Esq.
Armstrong Teasdale LLP
One Metropolitan Square, Suite 2600
St. Louis, Missouri 63102
(314) 621-5070
EXPLANATORY NOTE:
In accordance with an Undertaking made as provided in Item 512(a)(3) of Item S-
K, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 is being filed with respect to a
currently effective Registration Statement on Form S-8 as filed on July 31,
1998, Registration No. 333-60381, in order to deregister 950,000 shares of
common stock, par value $0.75 per share, of Spartech Corporation which were
previously registered and reserved for issuance under the Spartech Corporation
401(K) Savings & Investment Plan, but which have not been issued and are
currently not outstanding.
The contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 as filed on July 31,
1998, Registration No. 333-60381, are incorporated by reference into this Post-
Effective Amendment No. 1.
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 the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this post-effective
amendment to the registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Clayton, State of
Missouri, on October 8, 2003.
SPARTECH CORPORATION
By: /s/Bradley B. Buechler
Bradley B. Buechler
Chairman, President and Chief Executive
Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this post-effective
amendment to the registration statement has been signed by the following persons
in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature Title Date Signed
/s/ Bradley B. Buechler Chairman of the Board, October 8, 2003
Bradley B. Buechler President and Chief
Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Randy C. Martin Executive Vice President and October 8, 2003
Randy C. Martin Chief Financial Officer and
Director(Principal Financial
and Accounting Officer)
/s/ Ralph B. Andy* Director October 8, 2003
Ralph B. Andy
_______________________ Director October __, 2003
Lloyd E. Campbell
_______________________ Director October __, 2003
Walter J. Klein
/s/ Calvin J. O'Connor* Director October 8, 2003
Calvin J. O'Connor
/s/ Jackson W. Robinson* Director October 8, 2003
Jackson W. Robinson
_______________________ Director October __, 2003
Richard B. Scherrer
_______________________ Director October __, 2003
Craig A. Wolfanger
* By:/s/ Bradley B. Buechler
Bradley B. Buechler, Attorney-in-Fact
pursuant to Powers of Attorney filed as
Exhibit 24.1 to Form S-8 Registration Statement No. 333-60381