As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 24, 2001 Registration No. 333-57684
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CHARTER FINANCIAL CORPORATION
(exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
United States 6035 Application Pending
(state or other jurisdiction (Primary Standard (IRS Employer Identification No.)
of incorporation or Classification Code Number)
organization)
c/o CharterBank
600 Third Avenue
West Point, GA 31833
(706) 645-1391
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
______________________
Robert L. Johnson
President and Chief Executive Officer
Charter Financial Corporation
600 Third Avenue
West Point, Georgia 31833
(706) 645-1391
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
______________________
Copies to:
V. Gerard Comizio, Esq.
Thacher Proffitt & Wood
1700 Pennsylvania Ave, N.W., Ste. 800
Washington, D.C. 20006
(202) 347-8400
This post-effective amendment is being filed for the purpose of
deregistering under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 2,119,019 shares of
common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Charter Financial Corporation
covered by Registration Statement Number 333-57684. The shares have not been
issued as of the date hereof and are no longer being offered. The offering
resulted in the sale of 3,964,481 shares of common stock at a final offering
price of $10.00 per share, including 317,158 shares of common stock sold to the
Employee Stock Ownership Plan of Charter Financial Corporation.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of West Point,
Georgia on October 24, 2001.
Charter Financial Corporation
/s/ Robert L. Johnson
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By: Robert L. Johnson
President and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, this Registration
Statement, has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
Name Title Date
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* Chairman of the Board October 24, 2001
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John W. Johnson, Jr.
* President, Chief Executive Officer and October 24, 2001
------------------------------ Director (principal executive officer)
Robert L. Johnson
* Director October 24, 2001
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David Z. Cauble, III
* Director October 24, 2001
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Jane W. Darden
* Director October 24, 2001
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William B. Hudson
* Director October 24, 2001
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Thomas M. Lane
* Director October 24, 2001
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R. Terry Taunton
* Chief Financial Officer, Vice President October 24, 2001
------------------------------ and Treasurer (principal accounting
Curtis R. Kollar officer)
*/s/ Robert L. Johnson as attorney-in-fact by power of attorney dated March 22,
2001, as filed on March 27, 2001.