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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 19, 1999
Registration No. 2-80934
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)
FRED S. JAMES & CO., INC.
AMENDED AND RESTATED 1974 STOCK OPTION PLAN
FRED S. JAMES & CO., INC.
AMENDED AND RESTATED 1980 STOCK OPTION PLAN
(Full Title of the Plans)
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 Fred S. James & Co., Inc. Amended and Restated 1974 Stock
Option Plan and Fred S. James & Co., Inc. Amended and Restated 1980 Stock Option
Plan have terminated. This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Commission File No. 2-80934) is filed to
deregister all shares previously registered on such Form S-8 that remain unsold
at the termination of the offerings.
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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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