As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 13, 2001
Registration No. 333-57160
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
The Securities Act of 1933
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E*TRADE GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware 94-2844166
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification Number)
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4500 Bohannon Drive
Menlo Park, California 94025
(650) 331-6000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area
code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
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Christos M. Cotsakos
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
E*TRADE Group, Inc.
4500 Bohannon Drive
Menlo Park, California 94025
(650) 331-6000
(Name and address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
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Copy to:
Bruce K. Dallas, Esq.
Davis Polk & Wardwell
1600 El Camino Real
Menlo Park, CA 94025
(650) 752-2000
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Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time
to time after this Registration Statement becomes effective.
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered
pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following
box. |_|
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on
a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of
1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest
reinvestment plans, check the following box. |X|
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box
and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier
effective registration statement for the same offering. |_|
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c)
under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement
for the same offering. |_|
If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434,
please check the following box. |_|
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The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates
as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file
a further amendment that specifically states that this Registration Statement
shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the
Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement shall become
effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a),
may determine.
The information contained in this preliminary prospectus is not complete and may
be changed. These securities may not be sold until the registration statement
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus
is not an offer to sell and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these
securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED JUNE 13, 2001
PROSPECTUS
1,416,586 Shares
E*TRADE GROUP, INC.
Common Stock
This prospectus relates to the offer and sale from time to time of
1,416,586 shares of our common stock held by the stockholders named in this
prospectus.
The prices at which selling stockholders may sell the shares will be
determined by the prevailing market price for the shares or in negotiated
transactions. We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of the
shares.
The shares offered by this prospectus were originally issued in connection
with our acquisition of E*TRADE Germany AG, a German corporation.
Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol
"ET." On June 12, 2001, the closing price for the common stock was $7.10.
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Investing in these securities involves risks. See our Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2001 under the headings "Liquidity and
Capital Resources" and "Risk Factors" in Item 2 - Management's Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, and our Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2000, as amended, under the
headings "Overview," "Liquidity and Capital Resources," and "Risk Factors" in
Item 7 - Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations.
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Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities
commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the
adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a
criminal offense.
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The date of this prospectus is , 2001
You should rely only on the information contained in or incorporated by
reference in this prospectus. No one has been authorized to provide you with
different information. This prospectus is not an offer of these securities in
any state where the offer is not permitted. You should not assume that the
information contained in or incorporated by reference in this prospectus or in
any prospectus supplement is accurate as of any date other than the date on the
front of the document.
SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
Any statements in this prospectus and in our filings with the Commission
incorporated by reference in this prospectus that are not statements of
historical information are forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe
harbor provisions of the Private Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These
forward-looking statements, as well as other oral and written forward-looking
statements made by or on behalf of us from time to time, including statements
contained in our other filings with the Commission and our reports to
shareowners, involve known and unknown risks and assumptions about our business
and other factors which may cause our actual results in future periods to differ
materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. Any such
statement is qualified by reference to the risks and factors discussed in our
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2000, as
amended, under the headings "Overview," "Liquidity and Capital Resources," and
"Risk Factors" in Item 7 - Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations and in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
the period ended March 31, 2001, under the headings "Liquidity and Capital
Resources" and "Risk Factors," in Item 2 - Management's Discussion and Analysis
of Financial Condition and Results of Operations as well as in any of our
subsequent filings with the Commission. These reports and filings are available
from the Commission or may be obtained upon request from us. We caution that the
risks and factors discussed in these filings are not exclusive. We have no
obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether
as a result of new information, future events or risks. New information, future
events or risks may cause the forward-looking events we discuss in this
prospectus and in the filings with the Commission we incorporate by reference in
this prospectus not to occur.
E*TRADE GROUP, INC.
We, through our wholly-owned subsidiaries, including E*TRADE
Securities, Inc., TIR (Holdings) Limited and E*TRADE Bank, provide online
financial services and have established a popular, branded destination Web site
for self-directed investors. We offer financial products and services in the
following three primary categories:
o Domestic retail brokerage - our domestic retail brokerage products and
services include fully-automated stock, option, fixed income and
mutual fund order processing, online investment portfolio tracking,
and access to financial market news and information. Revenues from
these products and services were 71% of our net revenues in the fiscal
year ended September 30, 2000
o Banking - through our banking operations, we provide a wide range of
FDIC-insured and other banking products and services through the
Internet, telephones and ATMs. Revenues from these products and
services were 10% of our net revenues in the fiscal year ended
September 30, 2000.
o Global and institutional brokerage - our global brokerage products and
services are similar to those of our domestic retail brokerage
operations except that they are provided to foreign investors through
our international subsidiaries. Our institutional brokerage products
and services are provided to institutional investors as opposed to
retail investors, and revenues from these products and services were
13% of our net revenues in the fiscal year ended September 30, 2000.
In addition, we provide asset gathering and other services consisting
primarily of our mutual fund operations and stock option and stock purchase plan
services provided to corporations. Revenues from these asset gathering and other
services, together with certain corporate investing activities, were 6% of our
net revenues in the fiscal year ended September 30, 2000.
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We provide our services 24 hours a day, seven days a week by means of the
Internet, touch-tone telephone (including interactive voice recognition) and
direct modem access. Our proprietary transaction-enabling system includes a wide
variety of functions and services that allow customers to open and monitor
investment accounts and to place orders for equity, option, mutual fund and
fixed income transactions. The primary components of our transaction-enabling
system include a graphical user interface, the session manager, the transaction
process monitor, the data manager, and the transaction processor. As our
proprietary transaction-enabling system is designed and proven to be a flexible,
"front-end" system, we are able to integrate it with a wide range of computing
platforms used throughout the financial services industry in executing
electronic commerce transactions. We believe that our proprietary technology can
be adapted to provide transaction-enabling services in the financial services
industry, including, but not limited to, investment banking, insurance, and
correspondent clearing operations.
Our principal executive office is located at 4500 Bohannon Drive, Menlo
Park, California 94025. Our telephone number is (650) 331-6000. The address of
our web site is www.etrade.com. The information on our web site does not form
part of this prospectus. References to E*TRADE, "we", "us" and "our" in this
prospectus refer to E*TRADE Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries unless the context
requires otherwise.
MARKET FOR OUR COMMON EQUITY
The following table shows the high and low sale prices of our common
stock as reported by the Nasdaq National Market or the New York Stock Exchange,
as applicable (we relisted from the Nasdaq National Market to the New York Stock
Exchange in January 2001), for the periods indicated.
High Low
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Fiscal 1999:
First Quarter................................................. $ 16.25 $ 2.50
Second Quarter................................................ $ 33.22 $12.74
Third Quarter................................................. $ 72.25 $29.38
Fourth Quarter................................................ $ 42.63 $21.31
Fiscal 2000:
First Quarter................................................. $ 40.00 $21.63
Second Quarter................................................ $ 34.25 $19.19
Third Quarter................................................. $ 31.19 $13.13
Fourth Quarter................................................ $ 20.19 $13.19
Quarter ended December 31, 2000............................... $ 16.50 $ 6.66
Quarter ended March 31, 2001.................................. $ 15.38 $ 6.35
Quarter ended June 30, 2001 (through June 12)................. $ 10.20 $ 5.32
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
We are registering for resale all 1,416,586 shares of common stock, par
value of $0.01 per share, on behalf of current stockholders, a list of whom is
set forth in this prospectus under "Selling Stockholders," or pledgees, donees,
transferees or other successors in interest that receive those shares as a gift,
partnership distribution or other non-sale related transfer, referred to in this
prospectus as the selling stockholders. We will receive no proceeds from this
offering. All of the shares were originally issued by us in connection with our
acquisition of all of the outstanding shares of E*TRADE Germany AG, a German
corporation.
The selling stockholders may distribute shares of common stock from time to
time as follows (if at all):
o to or through underwriters, brokers or dealers;
o directly to one or more other purchasers;
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o through agents on a best-efforts basis; or
o otherwise through a combination of any such methods of sale.
If a selling stockholder sells shares of common stock through underwriters,
dealers, brokers or agents, those underwriters, dealers, brokers or agents may
receive compensation in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from
the selling stockholder and/or the purchasers of the notes or shares of common
stock.
The shares of common stock may be sold from time to time:
o in one or more transactions at a fixed price or prices, which may
be changed;
o at market prices prevailing at the time of sale;
o at prices related to such prevailing market prices;
o at varying prices determined at the time of sale; or
o at negotiated prices.
These sales may be effected in transactions:
o on any national securities exchange or quotation service on which
our common stock may be listed or quoted at the time of sale;
o in the over-the-counter market;
o in block transactions in which the broker or dealer so engaged
will attempt to sell the shares of common stock as agent but may
position and resell a portion of the block as principal to
facilitate the transaction, or in crosses, in which the same
broker acts as an agent on both sides of the trade;
o in transactions otherwise than on such exchanges or services or
in the over-the-counter market;
o through the writing of options; or
o through other types of transactions.
In connection with sales of the common stock or otherwise, the selling
stockholder may enter into hedging transactions with brokers-dealers or others,
who may in turn engage in short sales of the common stock in the course of
hedging the positions they assume. The selling stockholder may pledge or grant a
security interest in some or all of the common stock and, if it defaults in the
performance of its secured obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may
offer and sell the common stock from time to time pursuant to this prospectus.
The selling stockholder also may transfer and donate shares of common stock in
other circumstances in which case the transferees, donees, pledgees or other
successors in interest will be the selling stockholders for purposes of this
prospectus. The selling stockholder may sell short the common stock and may
deliver this prospectus in connection with such short sales and use the shares
of common stock covered by the prospectus to cover such short sales. In
addition, any shares of common stock covered by this prospectus that qualify for
sale pursuant to Rule 144 or any other available exemption from registration
under the Securities Act may be sold under Rule 144 or another available
exemption.
At the time a particular offering of shares of common stock is made, a
prospectus supplement, if required, will be distributed which will set forth the
aggregate amount of shares of common stock being offered and the terms of the
offering, including the name or names of any underwriters, dealers, brokers or
agents, if any, and any
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discounts, commissions or concessions allowed or reallowed to be paid to brokers
or dealers. There are currently no agreements, arrangements or understandings
with respect to the sale of any of the shares offered hereby.
Selling stockholders and any underwriters, dealers, brokers or agents who
participate in the distribution of the shares of common stock may be deemed to
be "underwriters" within the meaning of the Securities Act and any profits on
the sale of the shares of common stock by them and any discounts commissions or
concessions received by any such underwriters, dealers, brokers or agents may be
deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act.
The selling stockholders and any other person participating in a
distribution of the shares of common stock will be subject to applicable
provisions of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, referred to in this
prospectus as the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations under the Exchange
Act, including, without limitation, Regulation M which may limit the timing of
purchases and sales of shares of common stock by the selling stockholders and
any other person participating in the distribution. Furthermore, Regulation M
under the Exchange Act may restrict the ability of any person engaged in a
distribution of the shares of common stock to engage in market-making activities
with respect to the shares of common stock being distributed for a period of up
to five business days prior to the commencement of the distribution. All of the
foregoing may affect the marketability of the shares of common stock and the
ability of any person or entity to engage in market-making activities with
respect to the shares of common stock.
The selling stockholders will be responsible for any fees, disbursements
and expenses of any counsel for the selling stockholders. All other expenses
incurred in connection with the registration of the shares, including printer's
and accounting fees and the fees, disbursements and expenses of our counsel will
be borne by us. Commissions and discounts, if any, attributable to the sales of
the shares will be borne by the selling stockholders. The selling stockholders
may agree to indemnify any broker-dealer or agent that participates in
transactions involving sales of the shares against certain liabilities,
including liabilities arising under the Securities Act.
We have undertaken to keep the registration statement of which this
prospectus constitutes a part effective until the earlier of the disposition of
the securities offered by this prospectus or December 31, 2001. After this
period, if we choose not to maintain the effectiveness of the registration
statement of which this prospectus constitutes a part, the securities offered
hereby may not be sold, pledged, transferred or assigned, except in a
transaction which is exempt under the provisions of the Securities Act.
SELLING STOCKHOLDERS
None of the selling stockholders has had a material relationship with us
within the past three years other than as a result of the ownership of the
shares or other of our securities. No selling stockholder beneficially owns 1%
or more of the outstanding shares of our common stock. The following table sets
forth the number of shares of common stock owned by the selling stockholders and
the number of shares of common stock that will be owned assuming the sale of all
the shares offered hereby:
Number of Shares
Number of Shares Registered for Number of Shares
Name of Selling Stockholder Beneficially Owned Sale Hereby Owned After Offering
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Consors Capital Bank AG 1,106,392 1,106,392 -
New York Broker 310,194 310,194 -
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Total 1,416,586 1,416,586 -
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AVAILABLE INFORMATION
We are subject to the informational requirements of the Exchange Act, and
in accordance with the Exchange Act file reports, proxy statements, information
statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
referred to in this prospectus as the Commission. Reports, proxy statements and
other information filed by us may be inspected and copied at the public
reference facilities maintained by the Commission at 450 Fifth Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20549, and you may obtain information about the operation of
these public reference facilities by calling the Commission at 1-800-SEC-0330.
The Commission maintains an Internet web site that contains reports, proxy and
information statements and other information regarding registrants that file
electronically with the Commission. The address of the Commission's web site is
http://www.sec.gov.
We have filed with the Commission a registration statement on Form S-3
under the Securities Act with respect to the shares of common stock offered by
this prospectus, referred to in this prospectus, together with all amendments
and exhibits thereto, as the registration statement. This prospectus does not
contain all of the information set forth in the registration statement, certain
parts of which are omitted in accordance with the rules and regulations of the
Commission. For further information regarding us and the shares of common stock
offered by this prospectus, reference is hereby made to the registration
statement and to the exhibits and schedules filed with the registration
statement. The registration statement, including the exhibits and schedules
filed with the registration statement, may be inspected at the public reference
facilities maintained by the Commission at Room 450, Fifth Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20549 and copies of all or any part may be obtained from that
office upon payment of the prescribed fees.
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents filed with the Commission (File No. 1-11921)
pursuant to the Exchange Act are incorporated herein by reference:
1. Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2000,
filed on November 9, 2000, as amended;
2. Our Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-Q/A for the period ended June 30, 2000;
3. Our Transition Report on Form 10-QT for the period ended December 31,
2000;
4. Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2001;
5. Our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on January 19, 2001, as amended;
6. Our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on January 25, 2001;
7. Our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on May 21, 2001;
8. Our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on May 22, 2001;
9. The description of our common stock, $0.01 par value per share, and
associated rights, contained in our registration statement on Form 8-A, filed on
July 12, 1996, as amended by Amendment No. 1 on Form 8-A12B/A filed on February
12, 2001, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating
such description; and
10. All reports and other documents filed by us pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this prospectus
and prior to the termination of the offering.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference in this
prospectus shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus
and to be part of this prospectus from the date of filing of such document. Any
statement modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
superseded, to
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constitute a part of this prospectus. We will provide upon written or oral
request without charge to each person to whom this prospectus is delivered a
copy of any or all of the documents which are incorporated in this prospectus by
reference (other than exhibits to those documents unless those exhibits are
specifically incorporated by reference into the documents that this prospectus
incorporates). Written requests for copies should be directed to E*TRADE Group,
Inc., Investor Relations, 4500 Bohannon Drive, Menlo Park, California 94025. Our
telephone number is (650) 331-6000.
LEGAL MATTERS
The validity of the securities offered by this prospectus will be passed
upon for us by Davis Polk & Wardwell, Menlo Park, California.
EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements of E*TRADE Group, Inc. and its
consolidated subsidiaries (the "Company"), except for E*TRADE Financial
Corporation and subsidiaries, as of September 30, 2000 and 1999, and for each of
the three years in the period ended September 30, 2000, incorporated by
reference in this prospectus have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP,
independent auditors, as stated in their report which is incorporated herein by
reference and have been so incorporated by reference in reliance upon the report
of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.
The consolidated financial statements of E*TRADE Financial Corporation and
its subsidiaries (consolidated with those of the Company) not presented
separately herein have been audited by Arthur Andersen LLP, independent public
accountants, as stated in their report incorporated herein by reference. Such
consolidated financial statements of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries are incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon the report of
such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution
The following table sets forth the costs and expenses, other than
underwriting discounts and commissions, payable by E*TRADE Group in connection
with the sale of common stock being registered. All amounts are estimates except
the SEC registration fee.
SEC Registration Fee $ 2,674
Legal Fees and Expenses 45,000
Accounting Fees and Expenses 30,000
Transfer Agent Fees 5,000
Miscellaneous 5,000
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Total $ 87,674
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Item 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Article Tenth of the registrant's Certificate of Incorporation, as amended,
provides that, to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General
Corporation Law (the "DGCL"), as the same exists or as it may hereafter be
amended, as described below, no director of the registrant shall be personally
liable to the registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of
fiduciary duty as a director.
Article 5 of the registrant's Bylaws further provides that the registrant
shall, to the maximum extent and in the manner permitted by the DGCL, as
described below, indemnify each of its directors and officers against expenses
(including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts
actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any proceeding, arising by
reason of the fact that such person is or was an agent of the registrant.
In addition, the registrant has entered into indemnification agreements
with each of its directors and executive officers, and maintains officers' and
directors' liability insurance.
Subsection (a) of Section 145 of the DGCL empowers a corporation to
indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party
to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding whether
civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in
the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that he is or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at
the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise,
against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid
in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such
action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.
Subsection (b) of Section 145 of the DGCL empowers a corporation to
indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party
to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by right of the
corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such
person acted in any of the capacities set forth above, against expenses
(including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in
connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he acted in
good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification may be made in
respect to any claim issue or matter as to which such person shall have been
adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the
Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall
determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in
view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably
entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such
other court shall deem proper.
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Section 145 of the DGCL further provides that to the extent a director or
officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in the
defense of any such action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (a)
and (b) of Section 145 or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter therein,
he shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually
and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith; that the indemnification
provided for by Section 145 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights
which the indemnified party may be entitled; that indemnification provided by
Section 145 shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified,
continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or
agent and shall inure to the benefit of such person's heirs, executors and
administrators; and empowers the corporation to purchase and maintain insurance
on behalf of a director or officer of the corporation against any liability
asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of
his status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to
indemnify him against such liabilities under Section 145.
Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL provides that a certificate of incorporation
may contain a provision eliminating or limiting the personal liability of a
director to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach
of fiduciary duty as a director, provided that such provision shall not
eliminate or limit the liability of the director (i) for any breach of the
director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts
or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a
knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL or (iv) for any
transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
Item 16. Exhibits
5.1 Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell.*
23.1 Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent auditors.
23.2 Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP, independent public accountants.
23.3 Consent of Davis Polk & Wardwell.*
24.1 Power of Attorney.*
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*Previously filed with the initial filing of this Registration Statement.
Item 17. Undertakings
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement to include any material
information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in
the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the
Registration Statement;
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof; and
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act
and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
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indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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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-3, and has duly caused this
Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Menlo Park,
State of California on June 12, 2001.
E*TRADE GROUP, INC.
By: /s/ Leonard C. Purkis
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Leonard C. Purkis
Chief Financial Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed
below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature Title Date
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Christos M. Cotsakos Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Leonard C. Purkis
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Leonard C. Purkis Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and June 12, 2001
Accounting Officer)
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William A. Porter Chairman Emeritus
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Peter Chernin Director
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Ronald D. Fisher Director
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William E. Ford Director
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David C. Hayden Director
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George Hayter Director
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Lewis E. Randall Director
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Lester C. Thurow Director
* hereby signs this Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement
on Form S-3 on June 12, 2001 on behalf of each of the indicated persons for whom
he is attorney-in-fact pursuant to a power of attorney previously filed.
By: /s/ Leonard C. Purkis
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Name: Leonard C. Purkis
Title: Chief Financial Officer
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Index to Exhibits
Exhibit
Number Exhibit Title
5.1 Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell.*
23.1 Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent auditors.
23.2 Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP, independent public accountants.
23.3 Consent of Davis Polk & Wardwell.*
24.1 Power of Attorney.*
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*Previously filed with the initial filing of this Registration Statement.