1 AS FILED WITH THE COMMISSION ON JULY 17, 1998 REGISTRATION NO. 333-01353 =============================================================================== SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ---------------------- POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 --------------------------- LEAR CORPORATION (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 13-3386776 - ------------------------------- ------------------------------------ (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) incorporation or organization) 21557 Telegraph Road 48086-5008 Southfield, Michigan (zip code) (Address of principal executive offices) Lear Operations Corporation 401(k) Plan for Hourly Employees of the St. Louis II Plant (Full title of the Plan) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph F. McCarthy Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel Lear Corporation 21557 Telegraph Road Southfield, Michigan 48086-5008 ------------------------------- (Name and address of agent for service) (248) 746-1500 ------------------------------------------------------------- (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) 2 PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS Pursuant to undertakings set forth in its Registration Statement on Form S-8 Number 333-01353 (the "Form S-8" or "Registration Statement"), Lear Corporation (the "Company") hereby removes from registration any and all remaining shares of Common Stock registered under the Company's Form S-8 which have not been issued or reserved for issuance under the Lear Operations Corporation 401(k) Plan for Hourly Employees of the St. Louis II Plant as of the date specified below. 3 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Number One to this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Southfield, Michigan on the 17th day of July, 1998. LEAR CORPORATION By: /s/ Kenneth L. Way ------------------------ Kenneth L. Way Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. Signature Title Date - --------- ----- ---- /s/ Kenneth L. Way Chairman of the Board and July 17, 1998 - ----------------------- Chief Executive Officer Kenneth L. Way (Principal Executive Officer) Director, President and Chief * Operating Officer -- July 17, 1998 - ----------------------- International Operations Robert E. Rossiter Director, President and Chief * Operating Officer -- North July 17, 1998 - ----------------------- American Operations James H. Vandenberghe Senior Vice President and /s/ Donald J. Stebbins Chief Financial Officer July 17, 1998 - ----------------------- (Principal Financial and Donald J. Stebbins Principal Accounting Officer) * Director July 17, 1998 - ----------------------- Gian Andrea Botta Director - ----------------------- Irma B. Elder * Director July 17, 1998 - ----------------------- Larry W. McCurdy Director - ----------------------- Roy E. Parrott * Director July 17, 1998 - ----------------------- Robert W. Shower * Director July 17, 1998 - ----------------------- David P. Spalding * Director July 17, 1998 - ----------------------- James A. Stern 4 *By: /s/ Kenneth L. Way -------------------- Kenneth L. Way Attorney-in-fact (pursuant to powers of attorney dated February 29, 1996 included on the signature page of Registration No. 333-01353) Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned (or other persons who administer the Plan) have duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment Number One to this Registration Statement to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Southfield, Michigan as of July 17, 1998. LEAR OPERATIONS CORPORATION 401(K) PLAN FOR HOURLY EMPLOYEES OF THE ST. LOUIS II PLANT By: Lear Corporation (f/k/a Lear Seating Corporation), as Plan Administrator By: /s/ Michael Miller ---------------------------------------------- Name: Michael Miller Title: Secretary, Employee Benefits Committee