1 As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 5, 1999. Registration No. 333-77153 ================================================================================ 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 --------------- INTERNET AMERICA, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Texas 86-0778979 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer identification number) incorporation or organization) One Dallas Centre 350 N. St. Paul, Suite 3000 Dallas, Texas 75201 (Address of principal executive offices) --------------- INTERNET AMERICA, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN (Full title of the Plan) --------------- MICHAEL T. MAPLES One Dallas Centre 350 N. St. Paul, Suite 3000 Dallas, Texas 75201 (Name and address of agent for service of agent for service) (214) 861-2500 (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) ---------------- COPY TO: RICHARD F. DAHLSON Jackson Walker L.L.P. 901 Main Street Suite 6000 Dallas, Texas 75202 2 By this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Company's Form S-8 initially filed on April 28, 1999 (file no. 333-77153), the Company deregisters any and all interests in the Company's Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan"). The Company does not deregister any of the shares issued or to be issued pursuant to the provisions of the Plan. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dallas, State of Texas on the 3rd day of August, 1999. INTERNET AMERICA, INC. By: /s/ James T. Chaney ---------------------------------------------- James T. Chaney, Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer (Principal Accounting and Financial Officer) 3 Signature Title Date - --------- ----- ---- /s/ Michael T. Maples* Chief Executive Officer, August 5, 1999 - --------------------------------- President and Director Michael T. Maples (Principal Executive Officer) /s/ James T. Chaney Chief Financial Officer, Vice August 5, 1999 - --------------------------------- President, Secretary and Treasurer James T. Chaney (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) /s/ William O. Hunt* Chairman of the Board August 5, 1999 - --------------------------------- William O. Hunt /s/ Douglas G. Sheldon* Director August 5, 1999 - --------------------------------- Douglas G. Sheldon /s/ Jack T. Smith* Director August 5, 1999 - --------------------------------- Jack T. Smith /s/ Gary L. Corona* Director August 5, 1999 - --------------------------------- Gary L. Corona - --------------------- * Signed on behalf of such person by a James T. Chaney pursuant to a power of attorney granted on April 28, 1999.