As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 26, 1997 Registration No. 33-83736 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 ______________________________ TRIGEN ENERGY CORPORATION (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 13-3378939 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification No.) One Water Street White Plains, New York 10601 10601 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) 1994 Stock Incentive Plan 1994 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (Full title of the Plan) EUGENE E. MURPHY Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary One Water Street White Plains, New York 10601 (Name and address of agent for service) (914) 286-6600 (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) ------------------------------- with copies to: E. WILLIAM BATES, II King & Spalding 120 West 45th Street New York, New York 10036 (212) 556-2100 ----------------------------- EXPLANATORY STATEMENT On September 6, 1994, Trigen Energy Corporation (the "Company") filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 33-83736) (the "Registration Statement"), which registered 1,250,000 shares of common stock of the Company, $.01 par value per share, and an indeterminate amount of interests in the 1994 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan"). This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 hereby removes from registration the said interests in the Plan. 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 No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of White Plains, State of New York on this 23rd day of September, 1997. TRIGEN ENERGY CORPORATION By /s/ Richard E. Kessel ------------------------- Richard E. Kessel Director, Executive Vice President And Chief Operating Officer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on September 23, 1997. Signature Title * - --------------------------------- Director, President and Chief Thomas R. Casten Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) /s/ David H. Kelly - ---------------------------------- Vice President - Finance, David H. Kelly Chief Financial Officer /s/ Daniel J. Samela - ---------------------------------- Controller (Principal Daniel J. Samela Accounting Officer) /s/ Richard E. Kessel - ---------------------------------- Director, Executive Vice Richard E. Kessel President, Chief Operating Officer * - ---------------------------------- Director and Chairman of George F. Keane the Board - ---------------------------------- Director Philippe Brongniart - ---------------------------------- Director Dominique Mangin d'Ouince * - ---------------------------------- Director Patrick Desnos - ---------------------------------- Director Michel Bleitrach * - ---------------------------------- Director Francois Faessel * - ---------------------------------- Director Michel Cassou * - ----------------------------------- Director Charles E. Bayless * - ----------------------------------- Director Jonathan O'Herron By: /s/ Richard E. Kessel ------------------------------ Richard E. Kessel, attorney-in-fact