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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 24, 1999
Registration No. 2-57537
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
TRANSAMERICA CORPORATION
(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 94-0932740
(State or jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
600 MONTGOMERY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94111
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION PLAN
FOR KEY EMPLOYEES OF SATURN AIRWAYS, INC.
(Full Title of the Plan)
Shirley H. Buccieri, Esq.
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Transamerica Corporation
600 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, California 94111
(Name and address of agent for service)
Telephone number, including area code of agent for service:
(415) 983-4000
Copies to:
Cameron W. Wolfe, Jr., Esq.
Usha Smerdon, Esq.
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Old Federal Reserve Bank Building
400 Sansome Street
San Francisco, California 94111
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DEREGISTRATION OF SHARES
The Registrant's Qualified Stock Option Plan for Key Employees of Saturn
Airways, Inc. has terminated. This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Commission File No. 2-57537) is
filed to deregister all shares previously registered on such Form S-8 that
remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
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Signature
THE REGISTRANT
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 a Post-Effective Amendment to Form S-8 and has duly
caused this Post-Effective Amendment to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Francisco, State of
California on the 18th day of March, 1999.
TRANSAMERICA CORPORATION
(Registrant)
/s/ Burton E. Broome
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Burton E. Broome
Vice President and Controller
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