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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 29, 2004
Registration No. 333-                



SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549


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


The Toronto-Dominion Bank
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Canada
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
  13-5640479
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

P.O. Box 1
Toronto-Dominion Centre
King Street West and Bay Street
Toronto, Ontario M5K1A2
Canada
(416) 982-8222
(Address, including zip code, of Registrant's principal executive office)

The Toronto-Dominion Bank 2000 Stock Incentive Plan
The Toronto-Dominion Bank 1993 Stock Option Plan

(Full title of the Plans)

Brendan O'Halloran
The Toronto-Dominion Bank
31 West 52nd Street
New York, New York 10019-6101
(212) 827-7503

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant's agent for service)

Copies to:
Lee Meyerson
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017-3954
(212) 827-7503


CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE


Title of Securities to be Registered
  Amount to be Registered(a)(b)
  Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share(c)
  Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price
  Amount of Registration Fee

Common Shares, without par value   4,000,000   $40.045   $160,180,000   $20,295

(a)
The number of Common Shares being registered hereby shall be adjusted to include any additional shares which may become issuable as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions in accordance with the provisions of the plans described herein.

(b)
The shares are issuable pursuant to the respective Plans as follows: The Toronto-Dominion Bank 2000 Stock Incentive Plan — 3,000,000 Shares and The Toronto-Dominion Bank 1993 Stock Option Plan — 1,000,000 Shares.

(c)
Pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the proposed maximum offering price per share, the proposed maximum aggregate offering price and the amount of registration fee have been computed on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape on November 23, 2004.





PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

        The contents of the earlier registration statements, numbers 333-12948 and 333-06598 are hereby incorporated by reference.

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Item 8.    Exhibits.

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SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on the 29th day of November, 2004.

    THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK

 

 

By:

/s/  
CHRISTOPHER A. MONTAGUE      
     
Name: Christopher A. Montague
Title:
Executive Vice President and General Counsel

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated

Signature

  Title
  Date

 

 

 

 

 
                     
*

W. Edmund Clark
  President, Chief Executive Officer and Director   November 29, 2004

                      
*

Daniel A. Marinangeli

 

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

November 29, 2004

                      
*

Damian J. McNamee

 

Senior Vice President and Chief Accountant

 

November 29, 2004

                     
*

Brendan O'Halloran

 

Authorized Representative in the United States

 

November 29, 2004

                     
*

John M. Thompson

 

Chairman of the Board

 

November 29, 2004

                      
*

William E. Bennett

 

Director

 

November 29, 2004

                      
*

Hugh J. Bolton

 

Director

 

November 29, 2004

                      
*

John L. Bragg

 

Director

 

November 29, 2004

                     
*

Marshall A. Cohen

 

Director

 

November 29, 2004

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*

Wendy K. Dobson

 

Director

 

November 29, 2004

                     
*

Darren Entwistle

 

Director

 

November 29, 2004

                     
*

Donna M. Hayes

 

Director

 

November 29, 2004

                        
Henry H. Ketcham

 

Director

 

 

                      
*

Pierre H. Lessard

 

Director

 

November 29, 2004

                     
*

Harold H. MacKay

 

Director

 

November 29, 2004

                      
*

Brian F. MacNeill

 

Director

 

November 29, 2004

                      
*

Roger Phillips

 

Director

 

November 29, 2004

                        
Wilbur J. Prezzano

 

Director

 

 

                      
*

Helen K. Sinclair

 

Director

 

November 29, 2004

                      
*

Donald R. Sobey

 

Director

 

November 29, 2004

                     
*

Michael D. Sopko

 

Director

 

November 29, 2004

                      
/s/  
CHRISTOPHER A. MONTAGUE*      
Christopher A. Montague

 

 

 

November 29, 2004

*Attorney-in-fact

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit Number

  Description
5.1   Opinion of Christopher A. Montague

23.1

 

Consent of Ernst & Young LLP and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

24.1

 

Power of Attorney.



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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
SIGNATURES
INDEX TO EXHIBITS