1 AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON March 14, 1997 REGISTRATION NO. 33-51235 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549 ----------------------- POST EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT under THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ----------------------- MERCK & CO., INC. (Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter) P.O. Box 100 One Merck Drive Whitehouse Station, New Jersey 08889 (908) 423-1000 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) NEW JERSEY (State of Incorporation) 22-1109110 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) BASE SALARY DEFERRAL PLAN USHH INCENTIVE PLAN EXECUTIVE INCENTIVE PLAN MERCK ANNUAL INCENTIVE PLAN KELCO DIVISION ANNUAL INCENTIVE PLAN KELCO DIVISION LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN CALGON VESTAL LABORATORIES ANNUAL INCENTIVE PLAN CALGON VESTAL LABORATORIES LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN CALGON WATER MANAGEMENT DIVISION ANNUAL INCENTIVE PLAN (Full title of the plans) CELIA A. COLBERT SECRETARY AND ASSISTANT GENERAL COUNSEL MERCK & CO. INC. P.O. BOX 100 ONE MERCK DRIVE WHITEHOUSE STATION, NEW JERSEY 08889 (908) 423-1000 (Name, address and telephone number of agent for service) 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. /X/. Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plans described herein. 2 PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT ITEM 8. EXHIBITS EXHIBIT DESCRIPTION METHOD OF FILING - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24.2 Power of Attorney and Filed with this Registration Certified Resolution of Statement Board of Directors - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 3 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 New York, State of New York, on the 17th day of December, 1996. MERCK & CO., INC. By: * ------------------------------- Raymond V. Gilmartin (Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer) By /s/ Celia A. Colbert ------------------------------- Celia A. Colbert (Secretary and Assistant General Counsel) (Attorney-in-Fact) Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated. Signatures Title Date - ---------- ----- ---- * - ---------------------- Raymond V. Gilmartin Chairman of the Board, President and Chief December 17, 1996 Executive Officer; Principal Executive Officer; Director 3 4 * - --------------------------- Judy C. Lewent Senior Vice President and Chief Financial December 17, 1996 Officer; Principal Financial Officer * - --------------------------- Peter E. Nugent Vice President, Controller; Principal December 17, 1996 Accounting Officer * - --------------------------- H. Brewster Atwater, Jr. Director December 17, 1996 * - --------------------------- Derek Birkin Director December 17, 1996 * - --------------------------- Lawrence A. Bossidy Director December 17, 1996 * - --------------------------- William G. Bowen Director December 17, 1996 * - --------------------------- Carolyne K. Davis Director December 17, 1996 * - --------------------------- Lloyd C. Elam Director December 17, 1996 * - --------------------------- Charles E. Exley, Jr. Director December 17, 1996 * - --------------------------- William N. Kelley Director December 17, 1996 * - --------------------------- Samuel O. Thier Director December 17, 1996 * - --------------------------- Dennis Weatherstone Director December 17, 1996 * Celia A. Colbert, by signing her name hereto, does hereby sign this document pursuant to powers of attorney duly executed by the persons named, filed with the Securities and Exchange 4 5 Commission as an exhibit to this document, on behalf of such persons, all in the capacities and on the date stated, such persons including a majority of the directors of the Company. By: /s/ Celia A. Colbert ------------------------- Celia A. Colbert (Secretary and Assistant General Counsel) (Attorney-in-Fact) The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Base Salary Deferral Plan has duly caused this Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, as of the 17th day of December, 1996. BASE SALARY DEFERRAL PLAN By: /s/ H. Brewster Atwater, Jr. ---------------------------- H. Brewster Atwater, Jr. Member of the Plan Committee 5 6 EXHIBIT INDEX - ----------------------------- ------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- EXHIBIT NUMBER DESCRIPTION METHOD OF FILING - ----------------------------- ------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- 24.2 Power of Attorney and Certified Filed with this Registration Statement. Resolution of Board of Directors - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6