As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 19, 2002. Registration File No. 333-85271 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 ---------------- TECHNITROL, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Pennsylvania 23-1292472 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) incorporation or organization) 1210 Northbrook Drive Suite 385 Trevose, PA 19053 (215) 355-2900 (Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices) TECHNITROL, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN (Full Title of the plan) Drew A. Moyer Corporate Controller and Secretary 1210 Northbrook Drive Suite 385 Trevose, PA 19053 (215) 355-2900 (Name, address, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) Copy to: Ann Marie Janus, Esq. Technitrol, Inc. 1210 Northbrook Drive Suite 385 Trevose, PA 19053 (215) 355-2900 CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE =========================================================================================================================== Proposed Maximum Proposed Maximum Title of Securities Amount to Offering Price Aggregate Amount of to be Registered be Registered(1) Per Share(1) Offering Price(1) Registration Fee(1) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Stock, par value 0 shares $0 $0 $0 $.125 per share =========================================================================================================================== (1) No shares are to be registered pursuant to this post-effective amendment. This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (this "Amendment") to the Registration Statement on Form S-8, Commission File No. 333-85271, filed on August 16, 1999 (the "Registration Statement"), is filed as of April 19, 2002. All securities registered on the Registration Statement have been sold pursuant to the Technitrol, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan. The purpose of this Amendment is to terminate the Registration Statement. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Technitrol, Inc. 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 Amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Trevose, Pennsylvania on April 19, 2002. Technitrol, Inc. By: /s/ James M. Papada, III --------------------------------- James M. Papada, III Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and as of the dates indicated: Signature Title Date /s/ James M. Papada, III Chairman of the Board, President and April 19, 2002 -------------------------- Chief Executive Officer James M. Papada, III /s/ Albert Thorp, III Vice President of Finance and April 19, 2002 -------------------------- Chief Financial Officer Albert Thorp, III /s/ Drew A. Moyer Corporate Controller and April 19, 2002 ------------------------- Secretary Drew A. Moyer * Director April 19, 2002 -------------------------- Stanley E. Basara * Director April 19, 2002 -------------------------- John E. Burrows, Jr. Director -------------------------- Rajiv L. Gupta * Director April 19, 2002 -------------------------- J. Barton Harrison -------------------------- Director David H. Hofmann * Director April 19, 2002 -------------------------- Graham Humes * Director April 19, 2002 -------------------------- Edward M. Mazze Director -------------------------- C. Mark Melliar-Smith * Drew A. Moyer, by signing his name hereto, does sign this document on behalf of the persons indicated above pursuant to powers of attorney duly executed by such persons. By: /s/ Drew A. Moyer ---------------------- Drew A. Moyer Attorney-in-fact EXHIBIT INDEX The following exhibit is filed as part of this Amendment: Exhibit Number Description -------------- ----------- 24 Power of Attorney authorizing the signing of the Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement and amendments thereto on behalf of the Registrant's directors.