Registration Statements Nos. 333-103443

333-122521

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933


NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED

A.B.N. 12 004 044 937

(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its Charter) 

Victoria, Australia

 

13-2901144

(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

NAB House

500 Bourke Street

Melbourne, Victoria 3000

Commonwealth of Australia

(61-3) 8641-3500

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK STAFF SHARE OWNERSHIP PLAN

NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK EXECUTIVE OPTION PLAN

NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK EXECUTIVE SHARE OPTION PLAN NO. 2

NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK PERFORMANCE RIGHTS PLAN

(Full Title of the Plans)

 

Bruce T. Richards

National Australia Bank Limited

245 Park Avenue, 28th Floor

New York, New York 10167

(212) 916-9505

(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

 

 




DEREGISTRATION OF UNSOLD SECURITIES

This post-effective amendment relates to the following registration statements filed on Form S-8 (collectively, the “Registration Statements”):

1.                                       Registration Statement No. 333-103443, filed February 26, 2003, registering 5,332,500 ordinary shares to be offered pursuant to the National Australia Bank Staff Share Ownership Plan, the National Australia Bank Executive Option Plan, the National Australia Bank Executive Share Option Plan No. 2, and the National Australia Bank Performance Rights Plan (collectively, the “Plans”).

2.                                       Registration Statement No. 333-122521, filed February 3, 2005, registering or carrying forward 2,500,000 ordinary shares to be offered pursuant to the Plans.

The purpose of this post-effective amendment is to terminate the Registration Statements and to remove from registration all of the securities registered or carried forward thereby which remain unsold as of the date hereof.

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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 Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Melbourne, Commonwealth of Australia, on the 13th day of June, 2007.

  

NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED

 

 

 

 

 

By:

     /s/ MICHAELA J. HEALEY

 

 

 

Name:  Michaela J. Healey

 

 

Title:    Company Secretary

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this post-effective amendment has been signed below by the following persons in their capacity indicated on the relevant dates set out below.

 Name

 

Title

 

 

 

*

 

Chairman

Michael Chaney

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director, Managing Director and

John Stewart

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

Director

Patricia Cross

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

Peter Duncan

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

John Thorn

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

Ahmed Fahour

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

Daniel Gilbert

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Director

Thomas (Kerry) McDonald

 

 

 

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*

 

Director

Paul Rizzo

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

Jillian Segal

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

John Thorn

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

Geoffrey Tomlinson

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director and

Michael Ullmer

 

Group Chief Financial Officer

 

 

(Principal Financial Officer and

 

 

Principal Accounting Officer)

 

 

 

*

 

 

Malcolm Williamson

 

Director

 

 

 

/s/  BRUCE RICHARDS

 

Authorized Representative

Bruce Richards

 

in the United States

 


 *By:

/s/ DAVID KRASNOSTEIN

 

 

 

Name: David Krasnostein

 

 

Title: Attorney

 

 

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