Registration No. 333-114384 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Classification No.) Identification No.) incorporation or 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 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 of all communications to: Jay W. Waldman David W. Swartz Mary Alice Busby Stevens & Lee, P.C. Ellsworth, Carlton, 111 North Sixth Street Mixell & Waldman, P.C. P.O. Box 679 1105 Berkshire Blvd., Suite 320 Reading, PA 19603-0679 Wyomissing, PA 19610 (610) 478-2184 (610) 374-1135 1 Pursuant to Registration Statement No. 333-114384 on Form S-4, National Penn Bancshares, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation, registered 3,204,470 shares of its common stock, without par value, and associated stock purchase rights, issuable pursuant to an Agreement between the Registrant and Peoples First, Inc. dated as of December 17, 2003, which Agreement provided for the merger of Peoples First, Inc. with and into National Penn Bancshares, Inc., with National Penn Bancshares, Inc. surviving the merger. The Registrant hereby removes from registration 90,021 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 19th day of August, 2004. NATIONAL PENN BANCSHARES, INC. (Registrant) August 19, 2004 /s/ Wayne R. Weidner ----------------------- Wayne R. Weidner Chairman 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: Signature Title Date - --------- ----- ----- /s/ Gary L. Rhoads Treasurer and August 19, 2004 - ------------------- Principal Accounting Gary L. Rhoads and Financial Officer /s/ John H. Body * Director August 19, 2004 - ------------------ John H. Body /s/ J. Ralph Borneman, Jr. * Director August 19, 2004 - --------------------------- J. Ralph Borneman, Jr. - ---------------------------- Director Fred D. Hafer /s/ Frederick P. Krott * Director August 19, 2004 - ------------------------ Frederick P. Krott /s/ Patricia L. Langiotti * Director August 19, 2004 - --------------------------- Patricia L. Langiotti 3 /s/ Kenneth A. Longacre * Director August 19, 2004 - ------------------------- Kenneth A. Longacre - ---------------------------- Director George C. Mason /s/ Glenn E. Moyer * Director August 19, 2004 - -------------------- Glenn E. Moyer /s/ Alexander Rankin * Director August 19, 2004 - -------------------- Alexander Rankin /s/ Robert E. Rigg * Director August 19, 2004 - -------------------- Robert E. Rigg /s/ C. Robert Roth * Director August 19, 2004 - -------------------- C. Robert Roth /s/ Donald P. Worthington * Director August 19, 2004 - --------------------------- Donald P. Worthington /s/ Wayne R. Weidner Director, Chairman and August 19, 2004 - -------------------- Chief Executive Officer Wayne R. Weidner (Principal Executive Officer) * By /s/ Wayne R. Weidner -------------------- Wayne R. Weidner Attorney-in-Fact 4