As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 2, 2002 Registration No. 333-11329 ================================================================================ UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ------------------------- POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 4 ON FORM S-8 TO FORM S-4 REGISTRATION STATEMENT Under THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ------------------------- RELIANT ENERGY, INCORPORATED (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) ------------------------- TEXAS (State or other jurisdiction of 74-0694415 incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification 1111 LOUISIANA No.) HOUSTON, TEXAS (Address of principal executive 77002 offices) (Zip Code) ------------------------- RELIANT ENERGY, INCORPORATED STOCK BENEFIT PLAN (Full title of the plan) ------------------------- Hugh Rice Kelly Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary 1111 Louisiana Houston, Texas 77002 (Name and address of agent for service) Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service: (713) 207-3000 -------------------------
Reliant Energy, Incorporated (the "Registrant" or the "Company") has terminated the Reliant Energy, Incorporated Stock Benefit Plan. Pursuant to the undertakings contained in Item 9 of the Registration Statement, the Registrant files this Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 on Form S-8 to Form S-4 Registration Statement to deregister 177,607 shares originally registered by the Registration Statement that remained unissued at the termination of the offering.
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 this Post-Effective Amendment on Form S-8 to Form S-4 Registration Statement and has duly caused this Amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, the State of Texas, on July 2, 2002. RELIANT ENERGY, INCORPORATED (Registrant) By: /s/ R. STEVE LETBETTER ------------------------------------- R. Steve Letbetter, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment on Form S-8 to Form S-4 Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.