As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 15, 1999. Registration No. 333- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Form S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT Under THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 SJNB FINANCIAL CORP. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) California 77-0058227 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification No.) One North Market Street San Jose, California 95113 (Address of Principal (Zip Code) Executive Offices) 1996 Stock Option Plan of SJNB Financial Corp. (Full title of the plan) JAMES R. KENNY Copy to: President and Chief Executive Officer JONATHAN D. JOSEPH SJNB Financial Corp. Pillsbury Madison & Sutro LLP One North Market Street P.O. Box 7880 San Jose, California 95113 San Francisco, CA 94120 (408) 947-7562 (415) 983-1000 - ------------------------------------- ------------------------------ (Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE Title of Amount Proposed Maximum Proposed Amount of Securities To To Be Offering Price Maximum Aggregate Registration Be Registered Registered(1) per Share(2) Offering Price(2) Fee(3) Common Stock 150,000 $28.25 $4,237,500 $1,179.00 (1) Calculated pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8. (2) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the basis of the average of the high and low prices as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on June 10, 1999. (3) Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933. ______________________ The Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing in accordance with Rule 462 under the Securities Act of 1933. INFORMATION REQUIRED PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E TO FORM S-8 General Instruction E Information This Registration Statement is being filed for the purpose of increasing the number of securities of the same class as other securities for which a Registration Statement of the Registrant on Form S-8 relating to the same employee benefit plan is effective. The Registrant's Form S-8 Registration Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 30, 1996, File No. 33-09193, is hereby incorporated by reference. The Registrant's Form S-8 Registration Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 1, 1998, File No. 333-58371, is hereby incorporated by reference. Incorporation of Documents by Reference The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement: (1) The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 0-11771) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998, which contains, among other things, the consolidated financial statements of Registrant and certain supplementary data for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998 together with the report thereon of KPMG LLP, independent auditors. (2) The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 0-11771) for the quarter ended March 31, 1999. (3) The Registrant's Common Stock became registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 12g-3 (17 C.F.R. S 240.12g-3). The Registrant is the successor issuer to San Jose National Bank. In lieu of incorporating a description of securities from a registration statement filed pursuant to the Exchange Act, a description setting forth the information required by Item 202 of Regulation S-K is provided in the information delivered to participants as described in Part I of the Registrant's Form S-8 Registration Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 30, 1996, File No. 33-09193. In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. INDEX TO EXHIBITS Exhibit Number Exhibit 5.1 Opinion regarding legality of securities to be offered. 23.1 Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Auditors. 23.2 Consent of Pillsbury Madison & Sutro LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1). 24.1 Power of Attorney (see Page 4). 99.1 1996 Stock Option Plan of SJNB Financial Corp., as amended. 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 San Jose, State of California, on June 15, 1999. SJNB FINANCIAL CORP. By: /s/ James R. Kenny James R. Kenny President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)