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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 16, 2008
Registration No. 333-____
 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 
UAL CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
     
Delaware   36-2675207
(State or other jurisdiction of   (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)   Identification No.)
     
77 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  60601
(Zip Code)
United Airlines Pilot Directed Account Plan
United Airlines Management and Administrative 401(k) Plan
United Airlines Ground Employee 401(k) Plan
United Airlines Flight Attendant 401(k) Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Paul R. Lovejoy, Esq.
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
77 W. Wacker Drive, HDQLD
Chicago, Illinois 60601
(312) 997-8000
(Name and address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for services)
     **Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
             
Large accelerated filer þ   Accelerated filer o   Non-accelerated filer o   Smaller reporting company o
        (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
                                 
 
              Proposed maximum     Proposed maximum        
  Title of securities to be     Amount to be     offering price per     aggregate offering     Amount of  
  registered     registered (1)     share     price     Registration Fee  
 
Common Stock, $.01 par value per share
    16,000,000 (1)(3)     $13.90 (2)     $222,400,000 (2)     $ 8,740.32    
 
     
(1)   Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement on Form S-8 (this “Registration Statement”) shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock which become issuable under the above-named plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock.
 
(2)   Estimated pursuant to Rules 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act solely for purposes of calculating the amount of the registration fee, based upon the average of the high and low prices of the registrant’s Common Stock reported on The NASDAQ National Market on May 13, 2008.
 
(3)   Represents 4,250,000 shares issuable under the United Airlines Pilot Directed Account Plan, 2,500,000 shares issuable under the United Airlines Management and Administrative 401(k) Plan, 7,000,000 shares issuable under the United Airlines Ground Employee 401(k) Plan, and 2,250,000 shares issuable under the United Airlines Flight Attendant 401(k) Plan.
 
 

 


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PART I
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 8. Exhibits
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP


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REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES
INCORPORATION OF EARLIER REGISTRATION STATEMENT BY REFERENCE
     Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, UAL Corporation (the “Company”) hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the contents of the Form S-8 Registration Statement filed on behalf of the Company on March 1, 2006 (File. No. 333-132111), except to the extent otherwise updated or modified by this Registration Statement.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
     Upon written or oral request, any of the documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement (which documents are incorporated by reference in the Section 10(a) prospectus), other documents required to be delivered to eligible plan participants pursuant to Rule 428(b) of the Securities Act or additional information about the terms of the United Airlines Pilot Directed Account Plan, the United Airlines Management and Administrative 401(k) Plan, the United Airlines Ground Employee 401(k) Plan and the United Airlines Flight Attendant 401(k) Plan are available without charge by contacting:
Paul R. Lovejoy, Esq.
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
UAL Corporation
77 W. Wacker Drive, HDQLD
Chicago, Illinois 60601
(312) 997-8000

 


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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
     The following documents, which have been filed by UAL Corporation (the “Company”) with the Commission, are incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference:
     (a) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, filed on February 29, 2008;
     (b) the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2008, filed on May 9, 2008;
     (c) the Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K and Form 8-K/A (excluding any information furnished under Items 2.02 or 7.01 thereof), filed on January 4, 2008, February 22, 2008, May 7, 2008 and May 8, 2008; and
     (d) the description of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, set forth in its Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on February 1, 2006.
     All documents subsequently filed by the Company or by the employee benefit plans described herein pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents.
     Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 8. Exhibits
     See the accompanying Exhibit Index for a list of Exhibits to this Registration Statement.

 


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SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Chicago, State of Illinois, on May 16, 2008.
             
    UAL CORPORATION    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Frederic F. Brace
 
   
 
  Name:   Frederic F. Brace    
 
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer    
POWER OF ATTORNEY
     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Glenn F. Tilton and Frederic F. Brace, and each or either of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on May 16, 2008.
     
Signature   Title
 
   
/s/ Glenn F. Tilton
 
Glenn F. Tilton
  Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer
(principal executive officer)
 
   
/s/ Frederic F. Brace
 
 Frederic F. Brace
  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(principal financial and accounting officer)
 
   
/s/ Richard J. Almeida
 
 Richard J. Almeida
  Director
 
   
/s/ Mary K. Bush
 
 Mary K. Bush
  Director
 
   
/s/ Stephen R. Canale
 
 Stephen R. Canale
  Director
 
   
/s/ W. James Farrell
 
 W. James Farrell
  Director
 
   
/s/ Walter Isaacson
 
 Walter Isaacson
  Director
 
   
/s/ Robert D. Krebs
 
 Robert D. Krebs
  Director

 


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Signature   Title
 
   
/s/ Robert S. Miller, Jr.
 
 Robert S. Miller, Jr.
  Director
 
   
/s/ James J. O’Connor
 
 James J. O’Connor
  Director
 
   
/s/ David J. Vitale
 
 David J. Vitale
  Director
 
   
/s/ John H. Walker
 
 John H. Walker
  Director
 
   
/s/ Stephen A. Wallach
 
 Stephen A. Wallach
  Director

 


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EXHIBIT INDEX
     
Exhibit    
Number   Description
 
   
4.1
  Restated Certificate of UAL Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on February 1, 2006 (Commission File No. 1-06033))
 
   
4.2
  Amended and Restated Bylaws of UAL Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on February 1, 2006 (Commission File No. 1-06033))
 
   
23.1
  Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP (filed herewith).
 
   
24
  Power of Attorney (contained on the signature page to this Registration Statement).