As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 30, 2008
Registration No. 333-02513
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549


POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

FORM S–8
 
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

UNIVEST CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA
(Exact Name of Registrant As Specified In Its Charter)

Pennsylvania
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
23-18861
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
   
14 North Main Street
Souderton, Pennsylvania
(Address of principal executive offices)
   18964   
(Zip Code)
 
 
UNIVEST 1996 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

(Full title of the plan)
 

William S. Aichele
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
UNIVEST CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA
14 North Main Street
Souderton, Pennsylvania 18964
(215) 721-2400
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies To:
Jane G. Davis, Esquire
SHUMAKER WILLIAMS, P.C.
1 East Market Street
York, Pennsylvania 17401
(717) 848–5134
 
 
 
EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (this “Amendment”) relates to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-02513) (the “Registration Statement”) of Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania (the “Company”), which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 15, 1996. The Registration Statement registered 250,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $5.00 per share (“Common Stock”) for issuance under the Univest 1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “Plan”).

Pursuant to Rule 416(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment is being filed to register an additional 734,375 shares of Common Stock that can be issued under the anti-dilution provisions of the Plan as a result of a stock split and stock dividends.

In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment also covers an indeterminate number of shares of Common Stock as may become issuable under the Plan by reason of the anti-dilution provisions of the Plan.

PART II

Item 8.  Exhibits.

Exhibit No.

4.1
Univest 1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99(b) to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the SEC on April 15, 1996.)
   
5.1
Opinion of Shumaker Williams, P.C. re: legality of shares.
   
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP
   
23.2
Consent of Shumaker Williams, P.C.
 
(Included in Exhibit 5.1).
   
24
Power of Attorney of Directors and
 
Officers (Included on Signature Pages).
 
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-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Borough of Souderton, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on May 28, 2008.

UNIVEST CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA
(Registrant)
   
   
By:
/s/ Jeffrey M. Schweitzer
 
Jeffrey M. Schweitzer
 
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints William S. Aichele and Jeffrey M. Schweitzer, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact, as agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacity, to sign any or all amendments to this Post-Effective Amendment No.1 to Registration Statement on Form S-8 and to file the same, will all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as they might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-8 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
   
Capacity
  
Date
         
/s/ William S. Aichele
  
Chairman, President,
  
May 28, 2008
William S. Aichele
  
CEO and Director
    
         
/s/ Marvin A. Anders
  
Retired Chairman, Director
  
May 28, 2008
Marvin A. Anders
        
         
/s/ Charles H. Hoeflich.
  
Chairman Emeritus
  
May 28, 2008
Charles H. Hoeflich
        
         
/s/ William G. Morral
  
Director
  
May 28, 2008
William G. Morral
        
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Norman L. Keller
  
Director
  
May 28, 2008
Norman L. Keller
        
         
/s/ Thomas K. Leidy
  
Director
  
May 28, 2008
Thomas K. Leidy
        
         
/s/ H. Ray Mininger
  
Director
  
May 28, 2008
H. Ray Mininger
        
         
/s/ Merrill S. Moyer
  
Director
  
May 28, 2008
Merrill S. Moyer
        
         
/s/ Paul G. Shelly
  
Director
  
May 28, 2008
Paul G. Shelly
        
         
/s/ John U. Young
  
Director
  
May 28, 2008
John U. Young
        
         
/s/ Jeffrey M. Schweitzer
  
Executive Vice
  
May 28, 2008
Jeffrey M. Schweitzer
  
President and Chief
    
   
Financial Officer
    
         
/s/ K. Leon Moyer
  
Senior Executive Vice
  
May 28, 2008
K. Leon Moyer
  
President
   
 

INDEX TO EXHIBITS
 
Exhibit No.

4.1
Univest 1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99(b) to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the SEC on April 15, 1996.)
   
5.1
Opinion of Shumaker Williams, P.C. re: legality of shares.
   
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP
   
23.2
Consent of Shumaker Williams, P.C.
 
(Included in Exhibit 5.1).
   
24
Power of Attorney of Directors and
 
Officers (Included on Signature Pages).