As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 15, 2012
Registration No. 333-119638
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CHARMING SHOPPES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
PENNSYLVANIA | 23-1721355 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
3750 STATE ROAD
BENSALEM, PENNSYLVANIA 19020
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
CHARMING SHOPPES, INC.
2004 STOCK AWARD AND INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
COLIN D. STERN, ESQ.
CHARMING SHOPPES, INC.
3750 STATE ROAD
BENSALEM, PENNSYLVANIA 19020
(Name and address of agent for service)
(215) 245-9100
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
DEREGISTRATION OF COMMON STOCK
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8, which was originally filed on October 8, 2004 (file no. 333-119638) (the Registration Statement) to register a total of 9,500,000 shares of the common stock, par value $0.10 per share (the Shares), of Charming Shoppes, Inc. (the Company), pursuant to the Companys 2004 Stock Award and Incentive Plan (the Plan), is being filed to deregister all of the Shares not yet issued in connection with the Plan.
The Company has entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 1, 2012, by and among Ascena Retail Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (Ascena), Colombia Acquisition Corp., a Pennsylvania corporation and direct wholly owned subsidiary of Ascena (the Purchaser), and the Company, pursuant to which the Purchaser merged with and into the Company (the Merger) with the Company surviving the Merger as a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Ascena. Accordingly, pursuant to the undertaking contained in the Registration Statement to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities that remain unsold at the termination of the offering, the Company hereby amends the Registration Statement by deregistering all Shares that were registered but unsold under the Registration Statement.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Bensalem, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on June 15, 2012.
Charming Shoppes, Inc. | ||
By: | /s/ Colin D. Stern | |
Colin D. Stern | ||
General Counsel and Secretary |
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