AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON APRIL 11, 1996 REGISTRATION NO. 333- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ---------------- FORM S-1 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ---------------- TRUMP ATLANTIC CITY ASSOCIATES (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER) NEW JERSEY 7011 22-3213714 (STATE OR OTHER (PRIMARY STANDARD (I.R.S. EMPLOYER JURISDICTION OF INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION IDENTIFICATION NUMBER) INCORPORATION OR CODE NUMBER) ORGANIZATION) ---------------- MISSISSIPPI AVENUE AND THE BOARDWALK ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY 08401 (609) 441-6060 (ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF REGISTRANT'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES) ---------------- NICHOLAS L. RIBIS VICE PRESIDENT TRUMP PLAZA HOLDING, INC. MISSISSIPPI AVENUE AND THE BOARDWALK ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY 08401 (609) 441-6060 (NAME, ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF AGENT FOR SERVICE) ---------------- TRUMP ATLANTIC CITY FUNDING, INC. (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER) DELAWARE 9999 22-3418939 (STATE OR OTHER (PRIMARY STANDARD (I.R.S. EMPLOYER JURISDICTION OF INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION IDENTIFICATION NUMBER) INCORPORATION OR CODE NUMBER) ORGANIZATION) ---------------- MISSISSIPPI AVENUE AND THE BOARDWALK ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY 08401 (609) 441-6060 (ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF REGISTRANT'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES) ---------------- NICHOLAS L. RIBIS PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER TRUMP ATLANTIC CITY FUNDING, INC. MISSISSIPPI AVENUE AND THE BOARDWALK ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY 08401 (609) 441-6060 (NAME, ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF AGENT FOR SERVICE) ---------------- (Continued on the following page.) TRUMP PLAZA ASSOCIATES (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER) NEW JERSEY 7011 22-3241643 (STATE OR OTHER (PRIMARY STANDARD (I.R.S. EMPLOYER JURISDICTION OF INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION IDENTIFICATION NUMBER) INCORPORATION OR CODE NUMBER) ORGANIZATION) ---------------- MISSISSIPPI AVENUE AND THE BOARDWALK ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY 08401 (609) 441-6060 (ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF REGISTRANT'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES) ---------------- NICHOLAS L. RIBIS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER TRUMP PLAZA ASSOCIATES MISSISSIPPI AVENUE AND THE BOARDWALK ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY 08401 (609) 441-6060 (NAME, ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF AGENT FOR SERVICE) ---------------- WITH COPIES TO: DANIEL D. RUBINO, ESQ. ROBERT M. PICKUS, ESQ. NICHOLAS P. SAGGESE, ESQ. WILLKIE FARR & GALLAGHER EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, ONE CITICORP CENTER TRUMP HOTELS & CASINO MEAGHER & FLOM 153 EAST 53RD STREET RESORTS, INC. 300 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10022 MISSISSIPPI AVENUE AND SUITE 3400 (212) 821-800 THE BOARDWALK LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY 90071 08401 (213) 687-5000 (609) 441-6060 APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES TO THE PUBLIC: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement. 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: [_] 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] 333-643 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. [_] ---------------- CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROPOSED PROPOSED MAXIMUM AMOUNT MAXIMUM AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF TITLE OF EACH CLASS OF TO BE OFFERING PRICE OFFERING REGISTRATION SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED REGISTERED PER SHARE(1) PRICE(1) FEE - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % First Mortgage Notes due 2006(1)......................... $20,000,000 100% $20,000,000 $6,897 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Guarantees of % First Mortgage Notes due 2006(2)(3)............ (4) (4) (4) None - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Issued by Trump Atlantic City Associates and Trump Atlantic City Funding, Inc. (2) Issued by Trump Plaza Associates. (3) Pursuant to Rule 457(n) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), no registration fee is payable with respect to the Guarantees. The Guarantees will not be separable form the First Mortgage Notes. No separate consideration will be received for the Guarantees. (4) Not applicable. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE The information in the Registration Statement filed by Trump Atlantic City Associates, Trump Atlantic City Funding, Inc. and Trump Plaza Associates filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (File No. 333-643) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, is incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. 3 SIGNATURES PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, THE REGISTRANTS HAVE DULY CAUSED THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT TO BE SIGNED ON THEIR BEHALF BY THE UNDERSIGNED, THEREUNTO DULY AUTHORIZED, IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, ON APRIL 11, 1996. Trump Atlantic City Associates By: Trump Plaza Holding, Inc. its Managing General Partner /s/ Nicholas L. Ribis By: _________________________________ Name: Nicholas L. Ribis Title:Vice President Trump Atlantic City Funding, Inc. /s/ Nicholas L. Ribis By: _________________________________ Name: Nicholas L. Ribis Title:President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Director Trump Plaza Associates By: Trump Plaza Funding, Inc. its Managing General Partner /s/ Nicholas L. Ribis By: _________________________________ Name: Nicholas L. Ribis Title:Vice President 4 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT EACH OFFICER AND DIRECTOR OF TRUMP PLAZA HOLDING, INC., MANAGING GENERAL PARTNER OF TRUMP ATLANTIC CITY ASSOCIATES, WHOSE SIGNATURE APPEARS BELOW CONSTITUTES AND APPOINTS DONALD J. TRUMP AND NICHOLAS L. RIBIS, AND EACH OF THEM, HIS TRUE AND LAWFUL ATTORNEYS- IN-FACT AND AGENTS, WITH FULL AND SEVERAL POWER OF SUBSTITUTION AND RESUBSTITUTION, FOR HIM AND IN HIS NAME, PLACE AND STEAD, IN ANY AND ALL CAPACITIES, TO SIGN ANY OR ALL AMENDMENTS TO THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT, AND TO FILE THE SAME, WITH ALL EXHIBITS THERETO, AND OTHER DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, GRANTING UNTO SAID ATTORNEYS-IN-FACT AND AGENTS FULL POWER AND AUTHORITY TO DO AND PERFORM EACH AND EVERY ACT AND THING REQUISITE AND NECESSARY TO BE DONE IN AND ABOUT THE PREMISES, AS FULLY TO ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES AS THEY OR HE MIGHT OR COULD DO IN PERSON, HEREBY RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING ALL THAT SAID ATTORNEYS-IN-FACT AND AGENTS OR THEIR SUBSTITUTE OR SUBSTITUTES, MAY LAWFULLY DO OR CAUSE TO BE DONE BY VIRTUE HEREOF. PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT HAS BEEN SIGNED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS IN THE CAPACITIES AND ON THE DATES INDICATED. Trump Atlantic City Associates By: Trump Plaza Holding, Inc. its Managing General Partner SIGNATURE TITLE DATE /s/ Donald J. Trump Chairman of the April 11, 1996 - ------------------------------------- Board of Directors DONALD J. TRUMP (principal executive officer) /s/ Francis X. McCarthy, Jr. Chief Financial April 11, 1996 - ------------------------------------- Officer (principal FRANCIS X. MCCARTHY, JR. financial and accounting officer) /s/ Nicholas L. Ribis Director April 11, 1996 - ------------------------------------- NICHOLAS L. RIBIS /s/ Wallace B. Askins Director April 11, 1996 - ------------------------------------- WALLACE B. ASKINS /s/ Don M. Thomas Director April 11, 1996 - ------------------------------------- DON M. THOMAS 5 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT EACH OFFICER AND DIRECTOR OF TRUMP ATLANTIC CITY FUNDING, INC., WHOSE SIGNATURE APPEARS BELOW CONSTITUTES AND APPOINTS DONALD J. TRUMP AND NICHOLAS L. RIBIS, AND EACH OF THEM, HIS TRUE AND LAWFUL ATTORNEYS-IN-FACT AND AGENTS, WITH FULL AND SEVERAL POWER OF SUBSTITUTION AND RESUBSTITUTION, FOR HIM AND IN HIS NAME, PLACE AND STEAD, IN ANY AND ALL CAPACITIES, TO SIGN ANY OR ALL AMENDMENTS TO THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT, AND TO FILE THE SAME, WITH ALL EXHIBITS THERETO, AND OTHER DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, GRANTING UNTO SAID ATTORNEYS-IN-FACT AND AGENTS FULL POWER AND AUTHORITY TO DO AND PERFORM EACH AND EVERY ACT AND THING REQUISITE AND NECESSARY TO BE DONE IN AND ABOUT THE PREMISES, AS FULLY TO ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES AS THEY OR HE MIGHT OR COULD DO IN PERSON, HEREBY RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING ALL THAT SAID ATTORNEYS-IN-FACT AND AGENTS OR THEIR SUBSTITUTE OR SUBSTITUTES, MAY LAWFULLY DO OR CAUSE TO BE DONE BY VIRTUE HEREOF. Trump Atlantic City Funding, Inc. SIGNATURE TITLE DATE /s/ Donald J. Trump Chairman of the April 11, 1996 - ------------------------------------- Board of Directors DONALD J. TRUMP /s/ Nicholas L. Ribis President,Chief April 11, 1996 - ------------------------------------- Executive NICHOLAS L. RIBIS Officer,Chief Financial Officer and Director (principal executive and financial officer) /s/ Robert M. Pickus Director April 11, 1996 - ------------------------------------- ROBERT M. PICKUS /s/ John P. Burke Corporate Treasurer April 11, 1996 - ------------------------------------- (principal JOHN P. BURKE accounting officer) 6 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT EACH OFFICER AND DIRECTOR OF TRUMP PLAZA FUNDING, INC., MANAGING GENERAL PARTNER OF TRUMP PLAZA ASSOCIATES, WHOSE SIGNATURE APPEARS BELOW CONSTITUTES AND APPOINTS DONALD J. TRUMP AND NICHOLAS L. RIBIS, AND EACH OF THEM, HIS TRUE AND LAWFUL ATTORNEYS-IN-FACT AND AGENTS, WITH FULL AND SEVERAL POWER OF SUBSTITUTION AND RESUBSTITUTION, FOR HIM AND IN HIS NAME, PLACE AND STEAD, IN ANY AND ALL CAPACITIES, TO SIGN ANY OR ALL AMENDMENTS TO THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT, AND TO FILE THE SAME, WITH ALL EXHIBITS THERETO, AND OTHER DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, GRANTING UNTO SAID ATTORNEYS-IN-FACT AND AGENTS FULL POWER AND AUTHORITY TO DO AND PERFORM EACH AND EVERY ACT AND THING REQUISITE AND NECESSARY TO BE DONE IN AND ABOUT THE PREMISES, AS FULLY TO ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES AS THEY OR HE MIGHT OR COULD DO IN PERSON, HEREBY RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING ALL THAT SAID ATTORNEYS-IN-FACT AND AGENTS OR THEIR SUBSTITUTE OR SUBSTITUTES, MAY LAWFULLY DO OR CAUSE TO BE DONE BY VIRTUE HEREOF. Trump Plaza Associates By: Trump Plaza Funding, Inc. its Managing General Partner SIGNATURE TITLE DATE /s/ Donald J. Trump Chairman of the April 11, 1996 - ------------------------------------- Board of Directors DONALD J. TRUMP (principal executive officer) /s/ Francis X. McCarthy, Jr. Chief Financial April 11, 1996 - ------------------------------------- Officer (principal FRANCIS X. MCCARTHY, JR. financial and accounting officer) /s/ Nicholas L. Ribis Director April 11, 1996 - ------------------------------------- NICHOLAS L. RIBIS /s/ Wallace B. Askins Director April 11, 1996 - ------------------------------------- WALLACE B. ASKINS /s/ Don M. Thomas Director April 11, 1996 - ------------------------------------- DON M. THOMAS 7 INDEX TO EXHIBITS EXHIBIT NO. DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT ----------- ---------------------- 5.1* Opinion of Willkie Farr & Gallagher 23.1 Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP 23.3* Consent of Willkie Farr & Gallagher (included in Exhibit 5.1) 23.4* Consent of Sterns & Weinroth - -------- * Incorporated by reference to the identically numbered Exhibit to the Registration Statement on Form S-1, Registration No.333-643. 8