As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 30, 2000 Registration No. 333-04755 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 QUAD SYSTEMS CORPORATION ------------------------ (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) DELAWARE 23-2180139 -------------------------------- ------------------ (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification No.) 2405 MARYLAND ROAD, WILLOW GROVE, PENNSYLVANIA 19090 - ---------------------------------------------- ----- (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) QUAD SYSTEMS CORPORATION 1993 STOCK OPTION PLAN ---------------------- (Full Title of the Plan) THEODORE J. SHONECK, PRESIDENT QUAD SYSTEMS CORPORATION 2405 MARYLAND ROAD WILLOW GROVE, PENNSYLVANIA 19090 -------------------------------- (Name and Address of Agent For Service) (215) 657-6202 -------------- (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service) AMENDING EXHIBIT 4.1 "QUAD SYSTEMS CORPORATION 1993 STOCK OPTION PLAN, AS AMENDED" EXPLANATORY NOTE These Amendments to the Registration Statement have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of Form S-8, as amended, and are made in order to file as an exhibit the Quad Systems Corporation (the "Company") 1993 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan") as amended by the Board of Directors of the Company on June 1, 2000 and November 16, 1999. The June 1, 2000 amendment revised Section 10 of the Plan, making acceleration of options upon a change in control mandatory. The November 16, 1999 amendment revised Section 9 of the Plan, permitting non-employee directors to elect to receive their compensation as options. These Amendments to the Registration Statement relate to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-04755) previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on May 30, 1996, covering an aggregate of 900,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Plan. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certified that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in Willow Grove Township, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on June 30, 2000. QUAD SYSTEMS CORPORATION By: /s/ THEODORE J. SHONECK ----------------------------------------- Theodore J. Shoneck President and Chief Executive Officer POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Theodore J. Shoneck and Anthony R. Drury, and each of them, as true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full 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 (including post-effective amendments) to this Amendment to the 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 he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons, in the capacities and on the dates indicated. SIGNATURE TITLE DATE --------- ----- ---- /s/ THEODORE J. SHONECK President and Chief June 30, 2000 - ------------------------- Executive Officer Theodore J. Shoneck (Principal Executive Officer) and Director /s/ ANTHONY R. DRURY Senior Vice President-Finance June 30, 2000 - ------------------------- and Chief Financial Officer Anthony R. Drury (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) /s/ ROGER E. GOWER Director June 30, 2000 - ------------------------ Roger E. Gower /s/ ROBERT P. PINKAS Director June 30, 2000 - ----------------------- Robert P. Pinkas /s/ DAVID H. YOUNG Director June 30, 2000 - ----------------------- David H. Young EXHIBIT INDEX EXHIBIT NO. DESCRIPTION ----------- ----------- 4.1 Quad Systems Corporation 1993 Stock Option Plan, as amended 24 Power of Attorney (included on signature page)