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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 24, 2004
Registration No. 333-57158


SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
     Washington, D.C. 20549


Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

E*TRADE FINANCIAL CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware   94-2844166
(State of other jurisdiction of   (I.R.S. Employee
incorporation or organization)   Identification Number)


135 East 57th Street
New York, New York 10022
(212) 583-0604

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number including area code, of Registrant’s principal executive offices)

Russell S. Elmer
General Counsel and
Corporate Secretary
E*TRADE FINANCIAL CORPORATION

135 East 57th Street
New York, New York 10022
(212) 583-0604


(Name and address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)


Copy to:

Bruce K. Dallas, Esq.
1600 El Camino Real
Menlo Park, California 94025
(650) 752-2000

     Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale of the securities to the public: Not applicable.

     If any of the securities being registered on this form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. o

     If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be offered on a delayed on 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. o

     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.o

     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. o

     If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434, please check the following box. o


     This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3 shall become effective in accordance with Section 8(c) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on such a date as the Commission, acting pursuant to Section 8(c), may determine

 



DEREGISTRATION OF SHARES

     This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3, as amended (No. 333-57158), which was declared effective on June 15, 2001, is being filed to deregister unsold shares of common stock of the registrant, E*TRADE Financial Corporation. The registrant’s obligation to keep the Registration Statement effective has expired. Therefore, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement is being filed to deregister, as of the effectiveness of this post-effective amendment, all shares of common stock, the sale of which was registered under the Registration Statement, that were not sold under the Registration Statement.

 


SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on March 23, 2004.

E*TRADE FINANCIAL CORPORATION
   
By /s/ Robert J. Simmons
 
  Name:   Robert J. Simmons
Title:     Chief Financial Officer

 

    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature Title Date
     
/s/ Mitchell H. Caplan    

   
Mitchell H. Caplan Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
March 23, 2004
     
/s/ Robert J. Simmons    

   
Robert J. Simmons Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
March 23, 2004
     
/s/ George Hayter    

   
George Hayter Chairman of the Board March 23, 2004
     
/s/ William A. Porter    

   
William A. Porter Chairman Emeritus March 1, 2004
     
/s/ Ronald D. Fisher    

   
Ronald D. Fisher Director March 23, 2004
     
/s/ Michael K. Parks    

   
Michael K. Parks Director February 27, 2004
     




 

/s/ C. Cathleen Raffaeli    

   
C. Cathleen Raffaeli Director February 29, 2004
     
/s/ Lewis E. Randall    

   
Lewis E. Randall Director March 1, 2004
     
/s/ Lester C. Thurow    

   
Lester C. Thurow Director February 27, 2004
     
/s/ Donna L. Weaver    

   
Donna L. Weaver Director March 23, 2004