AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JUNE 18, 1997 REGISTRATION NO. 333-29409 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ------------------------ AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-4 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ------------------------ FIRST BANK SYSTEM, INC. (to be renamed "U.S. Bancorp" upon consummation of the merger described herein) (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER) DELAWARE 6712 41-0255900 (State or other jurisdiction (Primary standard industrial (IRS Employer of classification code number) Identification incorporation or organization) No.) FIRST BANK PLACE 601 SECOND AVENUE SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55402-4302 (612) 973-1111 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices) ------------------------------ LEE R. MITAU, ESQ. EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL AND SECRETARY FIRST BANK SYSTEM, INC. FIRST BANK PLACE 601 SECOND AVENUE SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55402-4302 (612) 973-1111 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) ------------------------------ COPIES TO: VICTOR I. LEWKOW, ESQ. H. RODGIN COHEN, ESQ. EDWARD D. HERLIHY, ESQ. Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton Sullivan & Cromwell Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz One Liberty Plaza 125 Broad Street 51 West 52nd Street New York, New York 10006 New York, New York 10004 New York, New York 10019 (212) 225-2000 (212) 558-4000 (212) 403-1000 ------------------------ APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement. ------------------------ If the securities being registered on this form are being offered in connection with the formation of a holding company and there is compliance with General Instruction G, check the following box./ / ------------------------ THE REGISTRANT HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT SHALL FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(A) OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR UNTIL THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION 8(A), MAY DETERMINE. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PART II INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS ITEM 21. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL DATA SCHEDULE EXHIBIT NO. PAGE - --------- --------- 23.4 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP (relating to financial statements of First Bank System, Inc.). II-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-4 and has duly caused this amendment no. 1 to the registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Minneapolis, State of Minnesota, on the 18th of June, 1997. FIRST BANK SYSTEM, INC. By: /s/ JOHN F. GRUNDHOFER ----------------------------------------- John F. Grundhofer CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this amendment no. 1 to the registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. SIGNATURE DATE - ------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------- /s/ JOHN F. GRUNDHOFER Chairman, President, Chief ------------------------------------------- Executive Officer and Director June 18, 1997 John F. Grundhofer (principal executive officer) /s/ SUSAN E. LESTER Executive Vice President and ------------------------------------------- Chief Financial Officer June 18, 1997 Susan E. Lester (principal financial officer) /s/ DAVID J. PARRIN Senior Vice President and ------------------------------------------- Controller (principal June 18, 1997 David J. Parrin accounting officer) * ------------------------------------------- Director June 18, 1997 Linda L. Ahlers * ------------------------------------------- Director June 18, 1997 Arthur D. Collins, Jr. * ------------------------------------------- Director June 18, 1997 Peter H. Coors * ------------------------------------------- Director June 18, 1997 Roger L. Hale * ------------------------------------------- Director June 18, 1997 Delbert W. Johnson * ------------------------------------------- Director June 18, 1997 Norman M. Jones II-2 SIGNATURE DATE - ------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------- * ------------------------------------------- Director June 18, 1997 Richard L. Knowlton * ------------------------------------------- Director June 18, 1997 Jerry W. Levin * ------------------------------------------- Director June 18, 1997 Kenneth A. Macke * ------------------------------------------- Director June 18, 1997 Edward J. Phillips * ------------------------------------------- Director June 18, 1997 S. Walter Richey * ------------------------------------------- Director June 18, 1997 Richard L. Robinson * ------------------------------------------- Director June 18, 1997 Richard L. Schall * ------------------------------------------- Director June 18, 1997 Walter Scott, Jr. *By /s/ DAVID J. PARRIN June 18, 1997 -------------------------------------- David J. Parrin PRO SE AND AS ATTORNEY-IN-FACT II-3 EXHIBIT INDEX EXHIBIT NO. PAGE - --------- --------- 23.4 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP (relating to financial statements of First Bank System, Inc.). II-4