As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 10, 2003 Registration No. 333-66498 ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 -------------- POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 -------------- Neuberger Berman Inc. Delaware 06-1523639 (Exact Name of (State or Other (I.R.S. Employer Registrant as Specified Jurisdiction of Incorporation Identification in its Charter) or Organization) Number) -------------- 605 THIRD AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10158 (212) 476-9000 (Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, including Area Code, of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices) -------------- KEVIN HANDWERKER, ESQ. GENERAL COUNSEL 605 THIRD AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10158 (212) 476-9000 (Name, Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, including Area Code, of Agent for Service) -------------- Copies of all correspondence to: Jeffrey A. Welikson, Esq. Andrew Keller, Esq. Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP 399 Park Avenue, 11th Floor 425 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10022 New York, New York 10017-3954 Telephone: (212) 526-0858 Telephone: (212) 455-2000 -------------- Approximate Date of Commencement of Proposed Sale to the Public: Not applicable. If the only securities being registered on this form are being offered pursuant to dividend or reinvestment plans, please check the following box. [ ] If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933 other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or reinvestment plans, check the following box. [ ] If this form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. [ ] If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. [ ] If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434, please check the following box. [ ] ================================================================================ DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES A Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-66498) was originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on August 2, 2001 by the Registrant pursuant to the terms of a Registration Rights Agreement filed as Exhibit 4.5 thereto. The Registration Statement registered the resale by selling securityholders of up to $175,000,000 aggregate principal amount at maturity of its Liquid Yield Option Notes Due 2021 (Zero Coupon-Senior) ("LYONs") and the shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the LYONs. Pursuant to the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, the offering of the securities registered under the Registration Statement has been terminated. The Registrant is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to deregister all unsold LYONs and related common stock previously registered for resale under the Registration Statement. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in New York, State of New York, on December 10, 2003. NEUBERGER BERMAN INC. By: /S/ Matthew S. Stadler ------------------------------------ Matthew S. Stadler Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed on December 10, 2003 by the following persons in the capacities indicated. Signature Title --------- ----- * President and Chief Operating ------------------------------------- Officer Robert Matza /S/ Matthew S. Stadler Senior Vice President and ------------------------------------ Chief Financial Officer (Principal Matthew S. Stadler Financial and Accounting Officer) * Director ------------------------------------ Jeffrey B. Lane Matthew S. Stadler, by signing his name below, signs this document on behalf of each of the above named persons specified by an asterisk (*), pursuant to a power of attorney duly executed by such persons, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the registrant's Registration Statement on August 2, 2001. /S/ Matthew S. Stadler Attorney-in-fact -----------------------