As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 30, 1998 REGISTRATION NO. 33-45356 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------ THE CHARLES SCHWAB CORPORATION (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) DELAWARE (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) 94-3025021 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) 101 MONTGOMERY STREET SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94104 (415) 627-7000 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) EXECUTIVE OFFICER STOCK OPTION PLAN (1987) (Full Title of the Plan) CHRISTOPHER V. DODDS SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND CORPORATE CONTROLLER 101 MONTGOMERY STREET SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94104 (Name and Address of Agent for Service) (415) 627-7000 (Telephone Number of Agent for Service) Copy to: SCOTT P. SPECTOR, ESQ. FENWICK & WEST LLP TWO PALO ALTO SQUARE PALO ALTO, CA 94306 (650) 494-0600 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXPLANATORY STATEMENT On January 29, 1992, The Charles Schwab Corporation (the "Company") filed this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 33-45356) ("Registration No. 33-45356"), which registered 2,436,750 shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), of the Company, as adjusted for subsequent stock splits, issuable upon exercise of stock options granted or grantable under the Company's Executive Officer Stock Option Plan (1987). On February 27, 1998, the Company filed a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-47107), registering 35,995,806 shares of Common Stock and transferring thereto the registration fee paid with respect to 225,800 shares of Common Stock that were previously registered under Registration No. 33-45356 but remained unsold. The Company hereby deregisters the 225,800 unsold shares of Common Stock previously registered under Registration No. 33-45356. Upon effectiveness hereof, no shares of Common Stock remain registered and unsold under Registration No. 33-45356. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Francisco, State of California on this 30th day of June 1998. THE CHARLES SCHWAB CORPORATION By: /s/ Steven L. Scheid -------------------- Steven L. Scheid, Executive Vice President - Finance Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on June 30, 1998. SIGNATURE TITLE ---------------------- ---------------------------------------- /s/ Charles R. Schwab Chairman, Co-Chief Executive Officer and - ----------------------------------- Director (principal executive officer) Charles R. Schwab /s/ David S. Pottruck President, Co-Chief Executive Officer, - ----------------------------------- Chief Operating Officer and Director David S. Pottruck /s/ Steven L. Scheid Executive Vice President and Chief - ----------------------------------- Financial Officer (principal financial Steven L. Scheid and accounting officer) Director - ----------------------------------- Nancy H. Bechtle /s/ C. Preston Butcher Director - ----------------------------------- C. Preston Butcher* /s/ Donald G. Fisher Director - ----------------------------------- Donald G. Fisher* Director - ----------------------------------- Anthony M. Frank Director - ----------------------------------- Frank C. Herringer /s/ Stephen T. McLin Director - ----------------------------------- Stephen T. McLin* SIGNATURE TITLE ---------------------- ---------------------------------------- Director - ----------------------------------- George P. Shultz /s/ Roger O. Walther Director - ----------------------------------- Roger O. Walther* *By /s/ Charles R. Schwab ------------------------------- Charles R. Schwab Attorney-in-Fact