AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON MARCH 11, 1998 Registration No. 333-______ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ---------- FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT Under The Securities Act of 1933 ---------- THE MONEY STORE INC. (Representative of the Trusts and Guarantor) CLASSNOTES INC. (Seller) TRANS-WORLD INSURANCE COMPANY (Seller) (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) New Jersey 22-2293022 Delaware 22-3400682 Arizona 86-0255348 State of Incorporation IRS Employer Identification Number 2840 Morris Avenue Union, New Jersey 07083 (908) 686-2000 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant's principal executive office) Bruce Hurwitz, Esq. Senior Corporate Counsel 3301 C Street, Suite 100-M Sacramento, California 95816 (916) 554-8355 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number including area code, of agent for service) Copies to: Richard L. Fried, Esq. Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP 180 Maiden Lane New York, New York 10038-4982 APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO PUBLIC: As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective. 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, check the following box. /X/ 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. /X/ 333-18877 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 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. / / CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Proposed Proposed Maximum Maximum Amount Aggregate Aggregate Amount of Title Of Securities to be Price Offering Registration Being Registered Registered per Unit(1) Price Fee - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Asset Backed Notes $56,000,000 100% $56,000,000 $16,520 - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Limited Guaranty of The Money Store Inc. (2) (2) (2) (2) - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - --------------------- (1) Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee. (2) No additional consideration will be paid for the Limited Guaranty; accordingly, no separate filing fee is being paid herewith pursuant to Rule 457(n). This registration statement is being filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) ("Rule 462(b)") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Securities Act"), and includes the registration statement facing page, this page, the signature page, an exhibit index, legal opinions and related consents. Pursuant to Rule 462(b), the contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 33-18877), including the exhibits thereto, are incorporated by reference into this registration statement. 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 Union, State of New Jersey, on the 11th day of March, 1998. THE MONEY STORE INC., REPRESENTATIVE CLASSNOTES INC., SELLER TRANS-WORLD INSURANCE COMPANY, SELLER By: /s/ Michael Benoff Michael Benoff Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) of The Money Store Inc. and Senior Vice President (Principal Financial Officer) of ClassNotes Inc. and Trans-World Insurance Company d/b/a Educaid We, the undersigned officers and directors do hereby constitute and appoint Michael Benoff, Harry Puglisi and Bruce Hurwitz, or any of them, our true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on March 11, 1998. SIGNATURE TITLE Chairman of the Board of Directors Alan Turtletaub and Executive Vice President of The Money Store Inc., Executive Vice President of ClassNotes Inc. and Director and Executive Vice President of Trans-World Insurance Company d/b/a Educaid /s/ Marc Turtletaub President, Chief Executive Officer Marc Turtletaub (Principal Executive Officer) and Director of The Money Store Inc., Chief Executive Officer and Director of ClassNotes Inc. and Chief Executive Officer and Director of Trans-World Insurance Company d/b/a Educaid /s/ Michael Benoff Executive Vice President and Chief Michael Benoff Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) of The Money Store Inc. and Senior Vice President (Principal Financial Officer) of ClassNotes Inc. and Trans-World Insurance Company d/b/a Educaid /s/ Harry Puglisi Treasurer and Director of The Money Harry Puglisi Store Inc. and Trans-World Insurance Company d/b/a Educaid and Treasurer of ClassNotes Inc. /s/ James K. Ransom Vice President and Controller James K. Ransom (Principal Accounting Officer) of The Money Store Inc., ClassNotes Inc. and Trans-World Insurance Company d/b/a Educaid /s/ Paul R. Eber Executive Vice President and Director Paul R. Eber of Trans-World Insurance Company d/b/a Educaid and ClassNotes Inc. /s/ Morton Dear Director of The Money Store Inc., Morton Dear ClassNotes Inc. and Trans-World Insurance Company d/b/a Educaid, Vice Chairman, Senior Executive Vice President and Secretary of The Money Store Inc. and Executive Vice President and Secretary of ClassNotes Inc. and Trans-World Insurance Company d/b/a Educaid /s/ William S. Templeton Director and Executive Vice President William S. Templeton of The Money Store Inc. Director of The Money Store Inc. Alexander C. Schwartz, Jr. Director of The Money Store Inc. Anthony Watson /s/ John A. Reeves President (Principal Executive John A. Reeves Officer) of ClassNotes Inc. and Trans-World Insurance Company d/b/a Educaid INDEX TO EXHIBITS EXHIBIT NUMBER DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT 5.1 Opinion of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP with respect to legality 8.1 Opinion of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP with respect to federal and New York tax matters (included in Exhibit 5.1) 23.1 Consent of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1) 24.1 Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature page)