Registration No. 333-101689 ________________________________________________________________ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 20549 ________ POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-4 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ______ NATIONAL PENN BANCSHARES, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Pennsylvania 6021 23-2215075 - ---------------- ------------- ----------------- (State or other (Primary Standard (I.R.S. Employer jurisdiction of Industrial Identification No.) incorporation or Classification No.) organization) Reading and Philadelphia Avenues Boyertown, PA 19512 (610) 367-6001 _________________________________________________________________________ (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices) ________________ Wayne R. Weidner Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer National Penn Bancshares, Inc. Reading and Philadelphia Avenues Boyertown, PA 19512 (610) 367-6001 _________________________________________________________________________ (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) ________________ Copies to: Michael L. Mixell Peter Clauss Mary Alice Busby J. Bradley Boericke Ellsworth, Carlton, Pepper Hamilton LLP Mixell & Waldman, P.C. 3000 Two Logan Square 1105 Berkshire Blvd., Suite 320 18th and Arch Streets Wyomissing, PA 19610 Philadelphia, PA 19103 (610) 374-1135 (215) 981-4000 1 Pursuant to Registration Statement No. 333-101689 on Form S-4, National Penn Bancshares, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation, registered 3,157,012 shares of its common stock, without par value, and associated stock purchase rights, issuable pursuant to an Agreement dated September 24, 2002 among National Penn, National Penn Bank and FirstService Bank, which Agreement provided for the merger of FirstService with and into National Penn Bank. National Penn hereby removes from registration 593,460 shares of its common stock, and associated stock purchase rights, that remain unissued after completion of the merger. 2 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this post-effective amendment No. 1 to registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Borough of Boyertown, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on this 9th day of April, 2003. NATIONAL PENN BANCSHARES, INC. (Registrant) By /s/ Wayne R. Weidner ------------------------------- Wayne R. Weidner, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this post-effective amendment No. 1 to registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated: Treasurer /s/ Gary L. Rhoads Principal April 9, 2003 - ------------------------ Financial and Gary L. Rhoads Accounting Officer) /s/ John H. Body * Director April 9, 2003 - ---------------------------- John H. Body /s/ J. Ralph Borneman, Jr.* Director April 9, 2003 - ---------------------------- J. Ralph Borneman, Jr. /s/ Frederick H. Gaige* Director April 9, 2003 - ---------------------------- Frederick H. Gaige /s/ John W. Jacobs* Director April 9, 2003 - ---------------------------- John W. Jacobs 3 /s/ Frederick P. Krott* Director April 9, 2003 - ---------------------------- Frederick P. Krott /s/ Patricia L. Langiotti* Director April 9, 2003 - ---------------------------- Patricia L. Langiotti /s/ Kenneth A. Longacre* Director April 9, 2003 - ---------------------------- Kenneth A. Longacre /s/ Glenn E. Moyer* Director April 9, 2003 - ---------------------------- Glenn E. Moyer Director - ---------------------------- Alexander Rankin /s/ Robert E. Rigg* Director April 9, 2003 - ---------------------------- Robert E. Rigg /s/ C. Robert Roth* Director April 9, 2003 - ---------------------------- C. Robert Roth Director - ---------------------------- John C. Spier /s/ Wayne R. Weidner Director, April 9, 2003 - ---------------------------- Chairman, President Wayne R. Weidner and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) * By /s/ Wayne R. Weidner - ---------------------------- Wayne R. Weidner Attorney-In-Fact