AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JUNE ___, 2003 REGISTRATION NO. 333-69453 ================================================================================ 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 ----------------- WILMINGTON TRUST CORPORATION (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER) Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) 51-0328154 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, DE 19890 (302-651-1000) (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices) Gerard A. Chamberlain Vice President and Assistant Secretary Wilmington Trust Corporation Rodney Square North 1100 North Market Street Wilmington, Delaware 19890 (302) 651-1268 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) 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 interest 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 interest 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. [ ] This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 shall become effective in accordance with Section 8(c) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to Section 8(c), may determine. DEREGISTRATION OF UNISSUED SECURITIES The Registrant is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 that it filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 1998 (File No. 333-69453) to deregister $100,000,000 in unsecured debt securities registered on that Registration Statement which the Registrant has not sold. 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-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized in the City of Wilmington, Delaware on June 12, 2003. WILMINGTON TRUST CORPORATION BY: /s/ David R. Gibson -------------------------------------------- Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer 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 date indicated. SIGNATURE TITLE DATE --------- ----- ---- /s/ Gerard A. Chamberlain, Attorney-in-Fact for Ted T. Cecala Chairman of the Board, June 12, 2003 ------------------------------------ Chief Executive Officer Ted T. Cecala and Director (Principal Executive Officer) /s/ David R. Gibson Executive Vice President June 12, 2003 ------------------------------------ and Chief Operating Officer David R. Gibson (Principal Financial Officer) /s/ Gerard A. Chamberlain, Attorney-in-Fact for Robert V.A. Harra, Jr. President, Chief Operating June 12, 2003 ------------------------------------ Officer and Director Robert V.A. Harra, Jr. /s/ Gerald F. Sopp Controller June 12, 2003 ------------------------------------ Gerald F. Sopp 2 /s/ Gerard A. Chamberlain, Attorney-in-Fact for Carolyn S. Burger Director June 12, 2003 --------------------------- Carolyn S. Burger /s/ Gerard A. Chamberlain, Attorney-in-Fact for Richard R. Collins Director June 12, 2003 ------------------------------------ Richard R. Collins /s/ Gerard A. Chamberlain, Attorney-in-Fact for Charles S. Crompton, Jr. Director June 12, 2003 --------------------------- Charles S. Crompton, Jr. /s/ Gerard A. Chamberlain, Attorney-in-Fact for Edward B. duPont Director June 12, 2003 --------------------------- Edward B. duPont /s/ Gerard A. Chamberlain, Attorney-in-Fact for R. Keith Elliott Director June 12, 2003 --------------------------- R. Keith Elliott /s/ Gerard A. Chamberlain, Attorney-in-Fact for Rex L. Mears Director June 12, 2003 ------------------------------------ Rex L. Mears /s/ Gerard A. Chamberlain, Attorney-in-Fact for Hugh E. Miller Director June 12, 2003 --------------------------- Hugh E. Miller /s/ Gerard A. Chamberlain, Attorney-in-Fact for Stacey J. Mobley Director June 12, 2003 --------------------------- Stacey J. Mobley /s/ Gerard A. Chamberlain, Attorney-in-Fact for David P. Roselle Director June 12, 2003 --------------------------- David P. Roselle 3 /s/ Gerard A. Chamberlain, Attorney-in-Fact for H. Rodney Sharp, III Director June 12, 2003 ------------------------------------ H. Rodney Sharp, III /s/ Gerard A. Chamberlain, Attorney-in-Fact for Thomas P. Sweeney Director June 12, 2003 --------------------------- Thomas P. Sweeney /s/ Gerard A. Chamberlain, Attorney-in-Fact for Robert W. Tunnell, Jr. Director June 12, 2003 --------------------------- Robert W. Tunnell, Jr. 4