As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 24, 2001 Registration No. 333- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Post-Effective Date Amendment No. 1 To FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 Triton PCS Holdings, Inc. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 23-2974475 (State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) of incorporation or organization) 1100 Cassatt Road 19312 Berwyn, Pennsylvania (Zip Code) (Address of Principal Executive Offices) TRITON PCS HOLDINGS, INC. 1999 STOCK AND INCENTIVE PLAN (Full title of plan) DOW, LOHNES & ALBERTSON, PLLC Counsel 1200 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. Suite 800 Washington, D.C. 20036 (Name and address of agent for service) Telephone number of agent for service: (202) 776-2000 CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE -------------------- ---------------- --------------------- ---------------------- -------------------- Title of security Amount being Proposed Maximum Proposed Maximum Amount of being registered Registered (*) offering Price per Aggregate offering Registration fee Share(**) Price -------------------- ---------------- --------------------- ---------------------- -------------------- -------------------- ---------------- --------------------- ---------------------- -------------------- Class A Common Stock, $0.01 par value Per Share....... 1,500,000 $35.12 $52,680,000.00 $13,170.00 -------------------- ---------------- --------------------- ---------------------- -------------------- (*) In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional shares which may be offered and issued in accordance with the Plan terms to prevent dilution from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions. (**) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(f)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933. STATEMENT UNDER GENERAL INSTRUCTION E REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 To Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") is being filed pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") to register additional shares of the Registrant's common stock issuable pursuant to the Triton PCS Holdings, Inc. 1999 Stock and Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). Unless otherwise noted herein, this Registration Statement incorporates by reference the contents of the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-93625), and all exhibits thereto, relating to the Plan, which was previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 27, 1999. PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT Item 8. Exhibits EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit No. Exhibit Page No. ----------- ------- -------- 5 Opinion of Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, PLLC 5 23.1 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 7 23.2 Consent of Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, PLLC 5 (contained in their opinion in Exhibit 5) -2- 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 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Berwyn, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on the 22nd day of May, 2001. TRITON PCS HOLDINGS, INC. By: /s/ Michael E. Kalogris ---------------------------- Michael E. Kalogris Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors Triton PCS Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Michael Kalogris, with full power to act without others, such person's true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 To Registration Statement, and any and all amendments thereto (including, without limitation, post-effective amendments and any subsequent registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) or Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended), and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary or desirable to be done in and about the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact, or his 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 Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. Signature Capacity Date --------- -------- ---- /s/ Michael E. Kalogris Chief Executive Officer and May 22, 2001 ---------------------------- Chairman of the Board of Michael E. Kalogris Directors (Principal (Executive Officer) /s/ Steven R. Skinner President, Chief Operating May 22, 2001 ---------------------------- Officer and Director Steven R. Skinner /s/ David D. Clark Executive Vice President, May 22, 2001 --------------------------- Chief Financial Officer David D. Clark and Secretary (Principal Financial Officer) Vice President and May 22, 2001 /s/ Andrew Davies Controller --------------------------- (Principal Accounting Andrew Davies Officer) -3- /s/ Scott I. Anderson Director May 22, 2001 --------------------------- Scott I. Anderson /s/ John D. Beletic Director May 22, 2001 --------------------------- John D. Beletic /s/ Arnold L. Chavkin Director May __, 2001 --------------------------- Arnold L. Chavkin /s/ William W. Hague Director May __, 2001 --------------------------- William W. Hague /s/ John W. Watkins Director May 22, 2001 --------------------------- John W. Watkins -4-