<page> As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 23, 2003 Registration No. 333-24757 - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 Nordstrom Credit, Inc. __________________________________________________ (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter) Colorado 91-1181301 _______________________________ __________________ (State or other jurisdiction of (IRS Employer incorporation or organization Identification No.) 13531 East Caley Mindy Harris Englewood, Colorado 80111 13531 East Caley (303) 397-4700 Englewood, Colorado 80111 (303) 397-4700 ______________________________________ _______________________________ (Address, including zip code and (Name, address, including telephone number, including area code, zip code and telephone of registrant's principal number, including area executive offices) code, of agent for service) ______________________ Copies to: Michael E. Morgan Lane Powell Spears Lubersky LLP 1420 Fifth Avenue, Suite 4100 Seattle, Washington 98101-2338 ______________________ If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. [ ] If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. [ ] If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. [ ] _______ <page> If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. [ ] _______ If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434, please check the following box. [ ] ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ Pursuant to the Registrant's undertaking in paragraph (3) of Item 17 of this Registration Statement (No. 333-24757) Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement to remove from registration $157,650,000 in debt securities that were registered pursuant to this Registration Statement but which remained unsold at the termination of the offering. 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-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Englewood, State of Colorado, on the 23rd day of May 2003. NORDSTROM CREDIT, INC. By: /s/ Michael G. Koppel ----------------------------- Michael G. Koppel Vice President and Treasurer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment has been signed on May 23, 2003, by the following persons in the capacities indicated. /s/ Kevin T. Knight - -------------------------------- Kevin T. Knight Director and President (Principal Executive Officer) /s/ Michael G. Koppel - -------------------------------- Michael G. Koppel Vice President and Treasurer (Principal Accounting and Financial Officer) <page> /s/ Blake W. Nordstrom - -------------------------------- Blake W. Nordstrom Director /s/ Marc A. Anacker - -------------------------------- Marc A. Anacker Director 2