-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, QRN2+E6LRlSv4rbhclLYzYEgWJ2MZN3iL4cQ5MvftAP4r+om45Eq2vuohz3CF2wG JOFvp9zGzbh1Jn1pY76VXA== 0000912057-97-020667.txt : 19970619 0000912057-97-020667.hdr.sgml : 19970619 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000912057-97-020667 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-4/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 19970618 SROS: NYSE FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FIRST BANK SYSTEM INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000036104 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021] IRS NUMBER: 410255900 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-29409 FILM NUMBER: 97625905 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: FIRST BANK PL STREET 2: 601 SECOND AVE S CITY: MINNEAPOLIS STATE: MN ZIP: 55402-4302 BUSINESS PHONE: 6129731111 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FIRST BANK STOCK CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19720317 S-4/A 1 FORM S-4/A AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JUNE 18, 1997 REGISTRATION NO. 333-29409 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ------------------------ AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-4 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ------------------------ FIRST BANK SYSTEM, INC. (to be renamed "U.S. Bancorp" upon consummation of the merger described herein) (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER) DELAWARE 6712 41-0255900 (State or other jurisdiction (Primary standard industrial (IRS Employer of classification code number) Identification incorporation or organization) No.)
FIRST BANK PLACE 601 SECOND AVENUE SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55402-4302 (612) 973-1111 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices) ------------------------------ LEE R. MITAU, ESQ. EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL AND SECRETARY FIRST BANK SYSTEM, INC. FIRST BANK PLACE 601 SECOND AVENUE SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55402-4302 (612) 973-1111 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) ------------------------------ COPIES TO:
VICTOR I. LEWKOW, ESQ. H. RODGIN COHEN, ESQ. EDWARD D. HERLIHY, ESQ. Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton Sullivan & Cromwell Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz One Liberty Plaza 125 Broad Street 51 West 52nd Street New York, New York 10006 New York, New York 10004 New York, New York 10019 (212) 225-2000 (212) 558-4000 (212) 403-1000
------------------------ APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement. ------------------------ If the securities being registered on this form are being offered in connection with the formation of a holding company and there is compliance with General Instruction G, check the following box./ / ------------------------ 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 WHICH SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(A) OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR UNTIL THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION 8(A), MAY DETERMINE. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PART II INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS ITEM 21. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL DATA SCHEDULE
EXHIBIT NO. PAGE - --------- --------- 23.4 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP (relating to financial statements of First Bank System, Inc.).
II-1 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 the requirements for filing on Form S-4 and has duly caused this amendment no. 1 to the registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Minneapolis, State of Minnesota, on the 18th of June, 1997. FIRST BANK SYSTEM, INC. By: /s/ JOHN F. GRUNDHOFER ----------------------------------------- John F. Grundhofer CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this amendment no. 1 to the registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE DATE - ------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------- /s/ JOHN F. GRUNDHOFER Chairman, President, Chief ------------------------------------------- Executive Officer and Director June 18, 1997 John F. Grundhofer (principal executive officer) /s/ SUSAN E. LESTER Executive Vice President and ------------------------------------------- Chief Financial Officer June 18, 1997 Susan E. Lester (principal financial officer) /s/ DAVID J. PARRIN Senior Vice President and ------------------------------------------- Controller (principal June 18, 1997 David J. Parrin accounting officer) * ------------------------------------------- Director June 18, 1997 Linda L. Ahlers * ------------------------------------------- Director June 18, 1997 Arthur D. Collins, Jr. * ------------------------------------------- Director June 18, 1997 Peter H. Coors * ------------------------------------------- Director June 18, 1997 Roger L. Hale * ------------------------------------------- Director June 18, 1997 Delbert W. Johnson * ------------------------------------------- Director June 18, 1997 Norman M. Jones
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SIGNATURE DATE - ------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------- * ------------------------------------------- Director June 18, 1997 Richard L. Knowlton * ------------------------------------------- Director June 18, 1997 Jerry W. Levin * ------------------------------------------- Director June 18, 1997 Kenneth A. Macke * ------------------------------------------- Director June 18, 1997 Edward J. Phillips * ------------------------------------------- Director June 18, 1997 S. Walter Richey * ------------------------------------------- Director June 18, 1997 Richard L. Robinson * ------------------------------------------- Director June 18, 1997 Richard L. Schall * ------------------------------------------- Director June 18, 1997 Walter Scott, Jr.
*By /s/ DAVID J. PARRIN June 18, 1997 -------------------------------------- David J. Parrin PRO SE AND AS ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
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EXHIBIT NO. PAGE - --------- --------- 23.4 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP (relating to financial statements of First Bank System, Inc.).
II-4 EX-23.4 2 EXHIBIT 23.4 EXHIBIT 23.4 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the Registration Statement (Form S-4) and related Prospectus of First Bank System, Inc. (the Company) for the registration of 115,000,000 shares of its common stock and 6,000,000 shares of its 8 1/8% cumulative preferred stock and to the incorporation by reference therein of our report dated January 9, 1997, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of the Company included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 1996, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. ERNST & YOUNG LLP Minneapolis, Minnesota June 16, 1997 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----