FOREST CITY ENTERPRISES, INC.
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 25, 2005

Registration No. 333-61925



UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2
TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933


FOREST CITY ENTERPRISES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
     
Ohio   34-0863886
(State or Other Jurisdiction of   (I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization)   Identification No.)


1100 Terminal Tower, 50 Public Square
Cleveland, Ohio 44113-2203

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

FOREST CITY ENTERPRISES, INC.
1994 STOCK PLAN (AS AMENDED, RESTATED AND RENAMED AS OF JUNE 8, 2004)

(Full Title of the Plan)


FCE Statutory Agent, Inc.
Forest City Enterprises, Inc.
1100 Terminal Tower, 50 Public Square
Cleveland, Ohio 44113-2203

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

(216) 621-6060

(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing
with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 464 under the Securities Act of 1933.



 


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Part II
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DESCRIPTION OF THE CORRECTION

The purpose of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 (this “Amendment”) to Registrant’s Form S-8 Registration Statement (File No. 333-61925), filed on August 20, 1998 (the “Registration Statement”), as amended by Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 filed on January 20, 2005 (“Amendment No. 1”), is solely to correct a typographical error on Amendment No. 1:

Amendment No. 1 is hereby amended to remove an asterisk so that the signature lines appear as set forth on this Amendment No. 2.

 


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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. 2 to Registration Statement No. 333-38912 on Form S-8 (“Post-Effective Amendment No. 2”) to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Cleveland, State of Ohio, on January 25, 2005.

         
  THE FOREST CITY ENTERPRISES, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Thomas G. Smith    
    Thomas G. Smith   
    Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Secretary   
 

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on January 25, 2005.

             
  Signature       Title  
 
   
*
  Co-Chairman of the Board and Director

   
Albert B. Ratner
   
 
   
*
  Co-Chairman of the Board, Treasurer and Director

   
Samuel H. Miller
   
 
   
*
  President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

Charles A. Ratner
  (Principal Executive Officer)
 
   
*
Thomas G. Smith
  Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary (Principal Financial Officer)
 
   
*
Linda M. Kane
  Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
 
   
*
  Executive Vice President and Director

   
James A. Ratner
   

 


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*
  Executive Vice President and Director

   
Ronald A. Ratner
   
 
   
*
  Executive Vice President and Director

   
Brian J. Ratner
   
 
   
*
  Director

   
Deborah Ratner Salzberg
   
 
   
*
  Director

   
Michael P. Esposito, Jr.
   
 
   
*
  Director

   
Scott S. Cowen
   
 
   
*
  Director

   
Jerry V. Jarrett
   
 
   
*
  Director

   
Joan K. Shafran
   
 
   
  Director

   
Louis Stokes
   
 
   
*
  Director

   
Stan Ross
   

     * Thomas G. Smith, the undersigned attorney-in-fact, by signing his name hereto, does hereby sign and execute this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 on behalf of the above indicated officers and directors thereof (constituting a majority of the directors) pursuant to the power of attorney filed as Exhibit 24 to Registration Statement No. 333-38912 on Form S-8 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

         
     
January 25, 2005  By:   /s/ Thomas G. Smith    
    Thomas G. Smith, Attorney-in-Fact