Form S-8

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 24, 2004

Registration No. 333-_________
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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NAVISTAR  INTERNATIONAL  CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
36-3359573
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number


4201 Winfield Road
Warrenville, Illinois 60555
Telephone: (630) 753-5000
(Address of principal executive offices)
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NAVISTAR INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 2004 PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of plans)
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Robert A. Boardman
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Navistar International Corporation
4201 Winfield Road
Warrenville, Illinois 60555
Telephone: (630) 753-5000
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)


Calculation of Registration Fee
 
Title of Securities
to be registered
Amount to be registered (1)
Proposed maximum offering price per share (2)
Proposed maximum aggregate offering price
Amount of registration fee
         





 
Common Stock, par value $0.10, and associated rights
 
3,250,000 shares(3)
 
$43.305
 
$140,741,250.00
 
$17,831.92






(1)     Pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement also covers such additional shares of Common Stock as may become issuable pursuant to     anti-dilution provisions of the plan described herein.

(2)     Pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, the proposed maximum offering price per share is estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and is based on the average of the high and low prices of shares of Common Stock of the Registrant as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on March 23, 2004, a date that is within five business days of which this Registration Statement is being filed.

(3)     Shares reserved for issuance under the Navistar International Corporation 2004 Performance Incentive Plan.



PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.


PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference.

The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") are incorporated herein by reference:

(a)     The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended October 31, 2003 filed on December 19, 2003.

(b)     The Registrant’s Proxy Statement, dated January 15, 2004 filed on January 15, 2004.

(c)     The Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended January 31, 2004 filed on March 8, 2004.

(d)    The Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 2, 2003, December 15, 2003, January 15, 2004 and February 23, 2004; all filed on such    respective dates.

(e)     The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 9, 2003 and filed on June 9, 2003.

(f)     All reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), and 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such reports and documents.

Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or any other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

Item 4. Description of Securities.

    Not applicable.

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

    Robert A. Boardman, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the Registrant, has delivered an opinion to the effect that the shares of Common Stock covered by this Registration Statement will be legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable. Mr. Boardman beneficially owns 41,284 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock and has options to acquire an additional 179,228 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock.

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

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    The Registrant is incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware. Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware provides that a Delaware corporation may indemnify any persons who are, or are threatened to be made, parties to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of such corporation), by reason of the fact that such person is or was an officer, director, employee or agent of such corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceedings, provided such person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation's best interests and, with respect to any criminal action or proceedings, had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was illegal. A Delaware corporation may also indemnify any persons who are, or are threatened to be made, a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation by reason of the fact that such person was a director, officer, employee or agent of such corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit, provided such person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation's best interests except that no indemnification is permitted without judicial approval if the officer or director is adjudged to be liable to the corporation. To the extent that an officer or director is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action referred to above, the corporation must indemnify him against the expenses which such officer or director has actually and reasonably incurred in connection with such defense.

    Under Article Ninth of the Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Article XII of its Amended and Restated By-Laws, the Registrant shall indemnify any person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made party to or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of the Registrant (including any predecessor corporation of the Registrant), or is or was serving at the request of the Registrant as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against all expenses, liability and loss (including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith to the fullest extent authorized by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. Such right of indemnification shall be a contract right and shall not be exclusive of any other right which such directors, officers or representatives may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, the Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the Registrant's Amended and Restated By-Laws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

    In addition, Section 102 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware allows a corporation to eliminate the personal liability of a director of a corporation to the corporation or to any of its stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except in the case where the director (i) breaches his duty of loyalty, (ii) fails to act in good faith, engages in intentional misconduct or knowingly violates a law, (iii) authorized the payment of a dividend or approves a stock repurchase in violation of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or (iv) obtains an improper personal benefit. Article Eighth of the Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation includes a provision which eliminates directors' personal liability to the full extent permitted under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

    The Registrant maintains a policy of directors and officers liability insurance covering certain liabilities incurred by its directors and officers in connection with the performance of their duties.

Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.

    Not applicable.

Item 8. Exhibits.

    Reference is made to the Exhibit Index that immediately precedes the exhibits filed with this Registration Statement.

Item 9. Undertakings.
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(a)      The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

(1)      To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

(i)      To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

(ii)      To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement;

(iii)   To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material  change to such information in the Registration Statement;

provided , however , that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (i) and (ii) above do not apply if the Registration Statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in the periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.

(2)   That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(3)   To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

(b)      The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for the purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of any employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(c)      Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.





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SIGNATURES

The Registrant

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 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Warrenville, State of Illinois, on March 24, 2004.


NAVISTAR INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION


By: /s/ Robert C. Lannert        
Name: Robert C. Lannert
Title: Vice Chairman and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)








































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POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below does hereby make, constitute and appoint Daniel C. Ustian, Robert C. Lannert, Robert A. Boardman, and Mark T. Schwetschenau and each of them acting individually, true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with power to act without the other and with full power of substitution, to execute, deliver and file, for and on such person's behalf, and in such person's name and capacity or capacities as stated below, any amendment, exhibit or supplement to this Registration Statement, making such changes in the Registration Statement as such attorney-in-fact deems appropriate.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement and Power of Attorney have been signed on March 24, 2004 by the following persons in the capacities indicated.
 

Signature
 
Capacity
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Daniel C. Ustian
      Daniel C. Ustian
 
 
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
 
/s/ Robert C. Lannert
      Robert C. Lannert
 
 
Vice Chairman, Chief Financial Officer and Director
(Principal Financial Officer)
 
/s/ Mark T. Schwetschenau
      Mark T. Schwetschenau
 
 
Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
 
 
/s/ Y. Marc Belton
      Y. Marc Belton
 
Director
/s/ Eugenio Clariond
      Eugenio Clariond
 
 
Director
 
/s/ John D. Correnti
      John D. Correnti
 
 
Director
 
/s/ Abbie J. Griffin
Dr. Abbie J. Griffin
 
 
Director
 
/s/ Michael N. Hammes
      Michael N. Hammes
 
 
Director
 
/s/ James H. Keyes
     James H. Keyes
 
Director
 
/s/ David McAllister
      David McAllister
 
 
Director
 
/s/ Southwood J. Morcott
      Southwood J. Morcott
 
 
Director
 
/s/ William F. Patient
      William F. Patient
 
 
Director






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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit Number
Description
Sequentially Numbered Page



 
 
 
5.1
Opinion of Robert A. Boardman with respect to the legality of the shares of the Common Stock being registered.
Filed herewith electronically
10.1
Navistar International Corporation 2004 Performance Incentive Plan.
 
 
Incorporated by reference to Appendix A of the Registrant’s Proxy Statement dated January 15, 2004 and filed on January 15, 2004
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
Filed herewith electronically
23.2
Consent of Robert A. Boardman (included in opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)
 
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement)
 































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