1 As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May ___, 1997 Registration No. 333-16697 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------- YELLOW CORPORATION (Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter) Delaware 48-0948788 (State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) of incorporation or organization) 10990 Roe Avenue Overland Park, Kansas 66210 (913) 696-6100 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) ---------------------- Yellow Corporation 1996 Stock Option Plan (Full title of the plan) ---------------------- William F. Martin, Esq. Senior Vice President/Secretary Yellow Corporation 10990 Roe Avenue Overland Park, Kansas 66210 (913) 696-6106 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service ---------------------- Copy to: W. Leslie Duffy, Esq. Cahill Gordon & Reindel 80 Pine Street New York, New York 10005 ---------------------- (Cover page continued on next page) 2 SUPPLEMENTAL NOTE Of the 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock of the Registrant registered on this registration statement, the Registrant hereby deregisters 100,000 shares of its Common Stock. 3 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 the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Overland Park, State of Kansas on the 7th day of May 1996. YELLOW CORPORATION By: /s/William F. Martin, Jr. ------------------------------ William F. Martin, Jr. Senior Vice President 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 and on the dates indicated. Signature Capacity in Which Signed Date --------- ------------------------ ---- /s/A. Maurice Myers President, Chief Executive, May 7, 1997 - -------------------------- Officer and Chairman of A. Maurice Myers the Board /s/Klaus E. Agthe Director May 7, 1997 - -------------------------- Klaus E. Agthe /s/Cassanova C. Carr Director May 7, 1997 - -------------------------- Cassanova C. Carr /s/Howard M. Dean Director May 7, 1997 - -------------------------- Howard M. Dean /s/David H. Hughes Director May 7, 1997 - -------------------------- David H. Hughes 4 /s/Ronald T. LeMay Director May 7, 1997 - ------------------------------ Ronald T. LeMay /s/John C. McKelvey Director May 7, 1997 - ------------------------------ John C. McKelvey /s/Carl W. Vogt Director May 7, 1997 - ------------------------------ Carl W. Vogt /s/William L. Trabeck Director May 7, 1997 - ------------------------------ William L. Trabeck