As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 1, 2002 ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 --------------------- POST EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 --------------------- PHARMACIA CORPORATION (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 43-0420020 (State or Other Jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) Incorporation or Organization) 100 Route 206 North Peapack, NJ 07977 (Address of principal executive (Zip Code) offices) Pharmacia Savings Plan (formerly known as the Pharmacia & Upjohn, Inc. Employee Savings Plan) (Full title of the plans) Don W. Schmitz, Esquire Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Secretary Pharmacia Corporation 100 Route 206 North Peapack, NJ 07977 (Name and address of agent for service) 908-901-8000 (Telephone number, including area code, or agent for service) --------------------- Copy of all communications to: Robert J. Lichtenstein Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 1701 Market Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-2921 (215) 963-5000 I DEREGISTRATION OF UNSOLD SECURITIES The Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-34344) (the "Registration Statement") of Pharmacia Corporation ("Pharmacia") pertaining to 6,000,000 shares of common stock of Pharmacia to which this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 relates, became effective on April 7, 2000. In accordance with an undertaking made by Pharmacia in the Registration Statement to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the securities which remain unsold at the termination of the offering, Pharmacia hereby removes from registration the securities of Pharmacia registered but unsold under the Registration Statement. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Company 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 this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Peapack, New Jersey, on June 28, 2002. PHARMACIA CORPORATION By: /s/ Fred Hassan ----------------------------------- Fred Hassan Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated as of June 28, 2002. Signature Capacity --------- -------- /s/ Fred Hassan ------------------------------------ Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Fred Hassan /s/ Christopher J. Coughlin Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer ------------------------------------ (Principal Financial Officer) Christopher J. Coughlin /s/ Robert G. Thompson Senior Vice President and Controller ------------------------------------- (Principal Accounting Officer) Robert G. Thompson II