As Filed With The Securities and Exchange Commission On July 31, 2003 Registration No. 333-______ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ----------------- FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ---------------- VECTREN CORPORATION (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter) Indiana 35-2086905 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation (I.R.S. Employer or Organization) Identification Number) ---------------- 20 N.W. Fourth Street Evansville, Indiana 47708 (812) 491-4000 (Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices) ---------------- Ronald E. Christian Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary 20 N.W. Fourth Street Evansville, Indiana 47708 (812) 491-4000 (Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service) COPIES TO: Catherine L. Bridge Edward F. Petrosky Barnes & Thornburg Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP 11 South Meridian Street 787 Seventh Avenue Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 New York, New York 10019 (317) 236-1313 (212) 839-5300 APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement. 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, please 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, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. /x/ 333-104186 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. / / ------------------------- CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE Proposed maximum Proposed maximum Title of each class of Amount to be offering price per aggregate offering Amount of securities to be registered registered (1) unit (2) price registration fee ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common stock, no par value, and common stock purchase rights (3) $30,000,000 100% $30,000,000 $2,427.00 -------------------------- (1) Pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the amount of securities being registered hereunder represents no more than 20% of the $150,000,000 of registered securities not previously sold by Vectren Corporation under Registration Statement No. 333-104186. (2) We have estimated the proposed maximum aggregate offering price solely to calculate the amount of registration fee under Rule 457(o) of the Securities Act. In no event will the aggregate initial offering price of all securities issued from time to time hereunder exceed $30,000,000. (3) No additional consideration will be paid for the common stock purchase rights. ------------------------ EXPLANATORY NOTE AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE This Registration Statement is being filed with respect to the registration of an additional $30,000,000 aggregate maximum principal amount of common stock of Vectren Corporation, an Indiana corporation (the "Company"), pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Company hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement on Form S-3 in its entirety the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-104186) declared effective on June 27, 2003 by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), including each of the documents filed by the Company with the Commission and incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein and all exhibits thereto. The required opinions and consents are listed on an Exhibit Index attached hereto and filed herewith. 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 registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Evansville, State of Indiana, on July 31, 2003. VECTREN CORPORATION By: /s/ Ronald E. Christian -------------------------------------------- Ronald E. Christian, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary 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 dates indicated. Signature Title Date (1) Principal Executive Officer /s/ Niel C. Ellerbrook Chairman, President and July 31, 2003 ------------------------------------------------ Niel C. Ellerbrook Chief Executive Officer (2) Principal Financial Officer /s/ Jerome A. Benkert Executive Vice President July 31, 2003 ------------------------------------------------ Jerome A. Benkert and Chief Financial Officer (3) Principal Accounting Officer /s/ M. Susan Hardwick Vice President and July 31, 2003 ------------------------------------------------ M. Susan Hardwick Controller (4) A Majority of the Board of Directors /s/ John M. Dunn Director ------------------------------------------------ John M. Dunn /s/ Niel C. Ellerbrook Director ------------------------------------------------ Niel C. Ellerbrook /s/ John D. Engelbrecht Director ------------------------------------------------ John D. Engelbrecht /s/ Lawrence A. Ferger Director ------------------------------------------------ Lawrence A. Ferger /s/ Anton H. George Director ------------------------------------------------ Anton H. George /s/ Andrew E. Goebel Director July 31, 2003 ------------------------------------------------ Andrew E. Goebel /s/ Robert L. Koch II Director ------------------------------------------------ Robert L. Koch II /s/ William G. Mays Director ------------------------------------------------ William G. Mays ------------------------------------------------ Director J. Timothy McGinley /s/ Donald A. Rausch Director ------------------------------------------------ Donald A. Rausch /s/ Richard P. Rechter Director ------------------------------------------------ Richard P. Rechter /s/ Ronald G. Reherman Director ------------------------------------------------ Ronald G. Reherman /s/ James C. Shook Director ------------------------------------------------ James C. Shook /s/ Richard W. Shymanski Director ------------------------------------------------ Richard W. Shymanski /s/ James S. Vinson Director ------------------------------------------------ James S. Vinson /s/ Jean L. Wojtowicz Director ------------------------------------------------ Jean L. Wojtowicz EXHIBIT INDEX Number Description ------ ----------- 5 Opinion of Barnes and Thornburg 23.1 Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP 23.2 Consent of Barnes and Thornburg (included in Exhibit 5.1) 24 Power of Attorney