As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 11, 2001 Registration No 333-59244 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES 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 CENDANT CORPORATION (exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) 06-0918165 DELAWARE (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) (State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) 9 WEST 57TH STREET NEW YORK, NY 10019 (212) 413-1800 FAX: (212) 413-1922 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices) JAMES E. BUCKMAN, ESQ. VICE CHAIRMAN AND GENERAL COUNSEL CENDANT CORPORATION 9 WEST 57TH STREET NEW YORK, NY 10019 (212) 413-1800 FAX: (212) 413-1923 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number including area code, of agent for service) ---------------- Copies to: ERIC J. BOCK, ESQ. VINCENT J. PISANO, ESQ. SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP LAW AND SECRETARY 4 TIMES SQUARE CENDANT CORPORATION NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10036 9 WEST 57TH STREET (212) 735-3000 NEW YORK, NY 10019 FAX: (212) 735-2000 (212) 413-1800 FAX: (212) 413-1922 This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Reg. No. 333-59244) shall hereafter become effective in accordance with the provisions of Section 8(c) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES This Registration Statement was originally filed to register shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Registrant (the "Shares") to be sold from time to time by Chatham Street Holdings, LLC (the "Selling Stockholder"). Pursuant to the undertaking contained in Part II, Item 17 of the Registration Statement pursuant to Item 512(a)(3) of Regulation S-K, the Registrant hereby requests that the 603,865 unsold Shares be removed from registration by means of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Cendant Corporation 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 July 11, 2001. CENDANT CORPORATION By: /s/ Eric J. Bock --------------------------------------- Eric J. Bock Senior Vice President - Law 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 - ------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ ---------------------- Chairman of the Board, July 11, 2001 - ---------------------------------------- President, Chief Executive (Henry R. Silverman) Officer and Director * Vice Chairman, General July 11, 2001 - --------------------------------------- Counsel and Director (James E. Buckman) * Vice Chairman and Director July 11, 2001 - --------------------------------------- (Stephen P. Holmes) * Senior Executive Vice July 11, 2001 - ---------------------------------------- President and Chief (Kevin M. Sheehan) Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) * Senior Vice President and July 11, 2001 - ---------------------------------------- Controller (Principal (John McClain) Accounting Officer) Director July 11, 2001 - --------------------------------------- (Myra J. Biblowit) Director July 11, 2001 - ---------------------------------------- (The Honorable William S. Cohen) * Director July 11, 2001 - ---------------------------------------- (Dr. John C. Malone) * Director July 11, 2001 - ---------------------------------------- (Cheryl D. Mills) * Director July 11, 2001 - ---------------------------------------- (Leonard S. Coleman) * Director July 11, 2001 - ---------------------------------------- (Martin L. Edelman) * Director July 11, 2001 - ---------------------------------------- (Sheli Z. Rosenberg) * Director July 11, 2001 - ---------------------------------------- (The Rt. Hon. Brian Mulroney, P.C., LL.D.) * Director July 11, 2001 - ----------------------------------------- (Robert W. Pittman) * Director July 11, 2001 - ----------------------------------------- (Robert F. Smith) * Director July 11, 2001 - ----------------------------------------- (Robert E. Nederlander) *By: /s/ Eric J. Bock ---------------------------- (Attorney-in-fact)