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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September&nbsp;19, 2005
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>TALX CORPORATION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>



<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><FONT style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Missouri</FONT><BR>
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><FONT style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">43-0988805</FONT><BR>
(I.R.S. Identification No.)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">1850 Borman Court<BR>
<FONT style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">St. Louis, Missouri 63146</FONT><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>TALX CORPORATION<BR>
<FONT style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">2005 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN</FONT></B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Full Title of the Plan)</DIV>



<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">L. Keith Graves<BR>
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer<BR>
TALX Corporation<BR>
1850 Borman Court<BR>
St. Louis, Missouri 63146<BR>
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">(314)&nbsp;214-7000<BR>
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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    <TD nowrap align="center">of Securities</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">3,000,000</TD>
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    <TD align="center" colspan="2" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$35.76</TD>
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    <TD align="center" colspan="2" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$107,280,000</TD>
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    <TD align="center" colspan="2" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$12,627</TD>
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    <TD>Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933. The proposed maximum
offering price per share represents the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock
as of September&nbsp;16, 2005, as quoted in the Nasdaq National Market, for the shares of Common
Stock reserved for issuance pursuant to equity awards under the Plan.</TD>
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    <TD>This Registration Statement also covers such additional shares of Common Stock as may be
issuable pursuant to antidilution provisions.</TD>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001"> Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002"> Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003"> Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004"> Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005"> Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006"> Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007"> Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#008"><U>SIGNATURES</U></A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009">POWER OF ATTORNEY</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#010">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="c98483exv5w1.htm">Opinion and Consent of Bryan Cave LLP</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;),
are incorporated herein by reference as of their respective dates of filing, except for the
portions thereof that are &#147;furnished&#148; rather than filed with the Commission:
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    <TD>Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March&nbsp;31, 2005 (File
No.&nbsp;000-21465);</TD>
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    <TD>Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2005
(File No.&nbsp;000-21465);</TD>
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    <TD>Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on April&nbsp;19, 2005 (other than
the portion furnished under Item&nbsp;2.02), filed on April&nbsp;22, 2005 (only with respect to
the portion filed under Item&nbsp;2.03), filed on May&nbsp;17, 2005 and filed on September&nbsp;14,
2005 (File No.&nbsp;000-21465);</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock which is contained in the
Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No.&nbsp;000-21465) dated and filed on October&nbsp;2,
1996, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such
description.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (&#147;Exchange Act&#148;), prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all Common Stock offered hereunder has been sold or
which deregisters all Common Stock then remaining unsold hereunder, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such
documents, except for the documents, or portions thereof, that are &#147;furnished&#148; rather than filed
with the Commission.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or suspended for purposes of this Registration
Statement to the extent that a statement contained in any other subsequently filed document which
also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The class of securities to be offered is registered under Section&nbsp;12 of the Exchange Act.
Therefore, a description of the Common Stock required by Item&nbsp;202 of Regulation&nbsp;S-K is not
required.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As of September&nbsp;16, 2005, certain partners and other lawyers at Bryan Cave LLP beneficially
owned 303,657 shares of Common Stock.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant is a Missouri corporation. Sections&nbsp;351.355(1) and (2)&nbsp;of The General and
Business Corporation Law of the State of Missouri (&#147;GBCL&#148;) provide that a corporation may indemnify
any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer,
employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid
in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or
proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed
to the best interests of the corporation
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his
conduct was unlawful, except that, in the case of an action or suit by or in the right of the
corporation, no person shall be indemnified as to any claim, issue or matter as to which such
person shall have been adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his
duty to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court in which the action or suit
was brought determines upon application that such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to
indemnity for proper expenses.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;351.355(3) of the GBCL provides that, except as otherwise provided in the
corporation&#146;s articles of incorporation or the bylaws, to the extent a director, officer, employee
or agent of the corporation has been successful in the defense of any such action, suit or
proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses,
including attorney&#146;s fees, actually and reasonably incurred in connection with such action, suit or
proceeding.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;351.355(7) of the GBCL provides that a corporation may provide additional
indemnification to any person indemnifiable under subsection (1)&nbsp;or (2), provided such additional
indemnification is authorized by the corporation&#146;s articles of incorporation or an amendment
thereto or by a shareholder-approved bylaw or agreement, provided further that no person shall
thereby be indemnified against conduct which was finally adjudged to have been knowingly
fraudulent, deliberately dishonest or willful misconduct.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section of 351.355(8) of the GBCL provides that a corporation may purchase and maintain
insurance or another arrangement on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer,
employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise against any liability asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in
any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation
would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of that section.
The insurance or other arrangement, including self-insurance, may be procured within the
corporation or with any insurer or other person deemed appropriate by the board of directors. That
section also provides that in the absence of fraud the judgment of the board of directors as to the
terms and conditions of the insurance or other arrangement and the identity of the insurer or other
person participating in an arrangement shall be conclusive and the insurance or arrangement shall
not be voidable and shall not subject the directors approving the insurance or arrangement to
liability on any ground regardless of whether directors participating in the approval are
beneficiaries of the insurance arrangement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s restated articles of incorporation, as amended (&#147;articles of incorporation&#148;),
generally provide that each person who was or is a director or officer of the corporation (other
than a party plaintiff suing on his or her own behalf or in the right of the Registrant) shall be
indemnified by the Registrant against any claim, liability or expense incurred as a result of such
service, or as a result of any other service on behalf of the Registrant, or service at the request
of the Registrant as a director, officer, employee, member or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust, trade or industry association or other enterprise (whether
incorporated or unincorporated, for-profit or not-for-profit), to the maximum extent permitted by
applicable law. This mandatory indemnification includes, but is not limited to, expenses (including
without limitation, attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of such
service. This mandatory indemnification obligation will not apply (unless ordered by a court) if a
determination is made reasonably and promptly as evidenced by a majority vote of the directors who
were not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, or by an opinion of legal counsel or by a
majority vote of the shareholders, that indemnification of the director or officer is not proper
under the circumstances because such officer or director has not met the applicable standard of
conduct; provided that no such determination shall preclude an action brought in an appropriate
court to challenge such determination.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s articles of incorporation also provide that each person who was or is an
employee or agent of the corporation, or who was or is serving at the request of the corporation as
a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust,
trade or industry association or other enterprise (whether incorporated or unincorporated,
for-profit or not-for-profit), may, at the discretion of the board of directors, be indemnified by
the corporation to the same extent or to such lesser extent as the board of directors deems
appropriate, unless such person has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any
action, suit or proceeding, or in defense of any such claim, issue or matter, in which case the
Registrant shall indemnify such
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">person against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him or her
in connection with such action, suit or proceeding. If otherwise applicable, this mandatory
indemnification obligation will not apply (unless ordered by a court) if a determination is made
reasonably and promptly as evidenced by a majority vote of the directors who were not parties to
such action, suit or proceeding, or by an opinion of legal counsel or by a majority vote of the
shareholders, that indemnification of the employee or agent is not proper under the circumstances
because such employee or agent has not met the applicable standard of conduct; provided that no
such determination shall preclude an action brought in an appropriate court to challenge such
determination.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s articles of incorporation also provide that the indemnification and other
rights provided by the articles of incorporation will not be deemed exclusive of any other rights
to which a director or officer may be entitled under any by-law, agreement, vote of shareholders or
disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person&#146;s official capacity and as
to action in any other capacity while holding such office, and the corporation is specifically
authorized to provide such indemnification and other rights by agreement, up to the maximum extent
permitted by law.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s articles of incorporation provide that the Registrant may purchase and
maintain insurance on behalf of any person who was or is a director, officer, employee or agent of
the Registrant, or was or is serving on behalf or at the request of the Registrant in any capacity
against any claim, liability or expense asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in
any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the Registrant would
have the power to indemnify such person against such liability. The Registrant insures its
directors and officers against certain liabilities and has insurance against certain payments which
it may be obliged to make to such persons under the indemnification provisions of its articles of
incorporation. This insurance may provide broader coverage for such individuals than may be
required by the provisions of the articles of incorporation.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The foregoing represents a summary of the general effect of the indemnification provisions of
the GBCL, the articles of incorporation, the restated bylaws and such agreements and insurance.
Additional information regarding indemnification of directors and officers can be found in Section
351.355 of the GBCL, the articles of incorporation, and any pertinent agreements, if any.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Reference is made to the Exhibit&nbsp;Index.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;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&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective
registration statement;
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;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;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;P<I>rovided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) 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 periodic reports filed with or
furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Provided further, however, </I>that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
registration statement is for an offering of asset-backed securities on Form S-1 (s. 239.11 of this
chapter) or Form S-3 (s. 239.13 of this chapter), and the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment is provided pursuant to Item 1100(c) of Regulation&nbsp;AB (s. 229.1100(c)).
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
such 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.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;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.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant
to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each
filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement 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 <I>bona fide </I>offering
thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 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
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the 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 Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
</DIV>


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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 Maryland Heights, state of Missouri, on the 19th day of
September, 2005.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">TALX CORPORATION<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ L. Keith Graves
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">L. Keith Graves&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby
constitutes and appoints William W. Canfield, L. Keith Graves and Thomas C. Werner, and each of
them (with full power to each of them to act alone) severally, his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or his
behalf and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) and supplements to this Registration Statement, and any
additional registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, for the same offering contemplated by this Registration Statement, and to file the
same, with exhibits and any and all other documents and instruments filed with respect thereto,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any other governmental or regulatory authority),
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority in the
name and on behalf of each of the undersigned to do and to perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary or advisable to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully as to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and/or any of them or their or his substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="14%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Name</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Date</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">/s/  William W. Canfield
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William W. Canfield</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chairman of the Board, President,
Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September 19, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/  Richard F. Ford
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Richard F. Ford</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September 19, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Tony G. Holcombe
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Tony G. Holcombe</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September 19, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Craig E. LaBarge
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Craig E. LaBarge</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September 19, 2005</TD>
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    <TD width="14%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Name</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Date</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Eugene M. Toombs
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Eugene M. Toombs</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September 19, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/  M. Stephen Yoakum
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
M. Stephen Yoakum</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September 19, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/  L. Keith Graves
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
L. Keith Graves</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer
and Principal Accounting
Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September 19, 2005</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Number</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Company&#146;s Current
Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on September&nbsp;14, 2005 (File No.&nbsp;000-21465))</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Bylaws of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.2 to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the period
ended December&nbsp;31, 2001 (File No.&nbsp;000-21465))</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">TALX Corporation 2005 Omnibus Incentive Plan
(incorporated by reference to Attachment B to the
Company&#146;s Proxy Statement dated July&nbsp;25, 2005 filed
on Schedule&nbsp;14A on July&nbsp;22, 2005 (File No.
000-21465))</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Bryan Cave LLP</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Bryan Cave LLP (Included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of KPMG LLP</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 19, 2005
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
TALX CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Missouri
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
43-0988805
(I.R.S. Identification No.)
1850 Borman Court
St. Louis, Missouri 63146
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
TALX CORPORATION
2005 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
L. Keith Graves
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
TALX Corporation
1850 Borman Court
St. Louis, Missouri 63146
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(314) 214-7000
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Each Class
Amount
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Amount of
of Securities
to be
Offering Price
Aggregate Offering
Registration
to be Registered
Registered
Per Share (1)
Price (1)
Fee
Common Stock, $.01 par value (2)
3,000,000
$35.76
$107,280,000
$12,627
(1)
Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933. The proposed maximum
offering price per share represents the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock
as of September 16, 2005, as quoted in the Nasdaq National Market, for the shares of Common
Stock reserved for issuance pursuant to equity awards under the Plan.
(2)
This Registration Statement also covers such additional shares of Common Stock as may be
issuable pursuant to antidilution provisions.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Item 9. Undertakings.
SIGNATURES
POWER OF ATTORNEY
EXHIBIT INDEX
Opinion and Consent of Bryan Cave LLP
Consent of KPMG LLP
Table of Contents
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"),
are incorporated herein by reference as of their respective dates of filing, except for the
portions thereof that are "furnished" rather than filed with the Commission:
(a)
Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2005 (File
No. 000-21465);
(b)
Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2005
(File No. 000-21465);
(c)
Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on April 19, 2005 (other than
the portion furnished under Item 2.02), filed on April 22, 2005 (only with respect to
the portion filed under Item 2.03), filed on May 17, 2005 and filed on September 14,
2005 (File No. 000-21465);
(d)
The description of the Registrant's Common Stock which is contained in the
Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 000-21465) dated and filed on October 2,
1996, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such
description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("Exchange Act"), prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all Common Stock offered hereunder has been sold or
which deregisters all Common Stock then remaining unsold hereunder, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such
documents, except for the documents, or portions thereof, that are "furnished" rather than filed
with the Commission.
Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or suspended for purposes of this Registration
Statement to the extent that a statement contained in any other subsequently filed document which
also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
The class of securities to be offered is registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act.
Therefore, a description of the Common Stock required by Item 202 of Regulation S-K is not
required.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
As of September 16, 2005, certain partners and other lawyers at Bryan Cave LLP beneficially
owned 303,657 shares of Common Stock.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
The Registrant is a Missouri corporation. Sections 351.355(1) and (2) of The General and
Business Corporation Law of the State of Missouri ("GBCL") provide that a corporation may indemnify
any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer,
employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid
in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or
proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed
to the best interests of the corporation
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and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his
conduct was unlawful, except that, in the case of an action or suit by or in the right of the
corporation, no person shall be indemnified as to any claim, issue or matter as to which such
person shall have been adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his
duty to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court in which the action or suit
was brought determines upon application that such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to
indemnity for proper expenses.
Section 351.355(3) of the GBCL provides that, except as otherwise provided in the
corporation's articles of incorporation or the bylaws, to the extent a director, officer, employee
or agent of the corporation has been successful in the defense of any such action, suit or
proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses,
including attorney's fees, actually and reasonably incurred in connection with such action, suit or
proceeding.
Section 351.355(7) of the GBCL provides that a corporation may provide additional
indemnification to any person indemnifiable under subsection (1) or (2), provided such additional
indemnification is authorized by the corporation's articles of incorporation or an amendment
thereto or by a shareholder-approved bylaw or agreement, provided further that no person shall
thereby be indemnified against conduct which was finally adjudged to have been knowingly
fraudulent, deliberately dishonest or willful misconduct.
Section of 351.355(8) of the GBCL provides that a corporation may purchase and maintain
insurance or another arrangement on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer,
employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise against any liability asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in
any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation
would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of that section.
The insurance or other arrangement, including self-insurance, may be procured within the
corporation or with any insurer or other person deemed appropriate by the board of directors. That
section also provides that in the absence of fraud the judgment of the board of directors as to the
terms and conditions of the insurance or other arrangement and the identity of the insurer or other
person participating in an arrangement shall be conclusive and the insurance or arrangement shall
not be voidable and shall not subject the directors approving the insurance or arrangement to
liability on any ground regardless of whether directors participating in the approval are
beneficiaries of the insurance arrangement.
The Registrant's restated articles of incorporation, as amended ("articles of incorporation"),
generally provide that each person who was or is a director or officer of the corporation (other
than a party plaintiff suing on his or her own behalf or in the right of the Registrant) shall be
indemnified by the Registrant against any claim, liability or expense incurred as a result of such
service, or as a result of any other service on behalf of the Registrant, or service at the request
of the Registrant as a director, officer, employee, member or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust, trade or industry association or other enterprise (whether
incorporated or unincorporated, for-profit or not-for-profit), to the maximum extent permitted by
applicable law. This mandatory indemnification includes, but is not limited to, expenses (including
without limitation, attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of such
service. This mandatory indemnification obligation will not apply (unless ordered by a court) if a
determination is made reasonably and promptly as evidenced by a majority vote of the directors who
were not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, or by an opinion of legal counsel or by a
majority vote of the shareholders, that indemnification of the director or officer is not proper
under the circumstances because such officer or director has not met the applicable standard of
conduct; provided that no such determination shall preclude an action brought in an appropriate
court to challenge such determination.
The Registrant's articles of incorporation also provide that each person who was or is an
employee or agent of the corporation, or who was or is serving at the request of the corporation as
a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust,
trade or industry association or other enterprise (whether incorporated or unincorporated,
for-profit or not-for-profit), may, at the discretion of the board of directors, be indemnified by
the corporation to the same extent or to such lesser extent as the board of directors deems
appropriate, unless such person has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any
action, suit or proceeding, or in defense of any such claim, issue or matter, in which case the
Registrant shall indemnify such
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person against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him or her
in connection with such action, suit or proceeding. If otherwise applicable, this mandatory
indemnification obligation will not apply (unless ordered by a court) if a determination is made
reasonably and promptly as evidenced by a majority vote of the directors who were not parties to
such action, suit or proceeding, or by an opinion of legal counsel or by a majority vote of the
shareholders, that indemnification of the employee or agent is not proper under the circumstances
because such employee or agent has not met the applicable standard of conduct; provided that no
such determination shall preclude an action brought in an appropriate court to challenge such
determination.
The Registrant's articles of incorporation also provide that the indemnification and other
rights provided by the articles of incorporation will not be deemed exclusive of any other rights
to which a director or officer may be entitled under any by-law, agreement, vote of shareholders or
disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person's official capacity and as
to action in any other capacity while holding such office, and the corporation is specifically
authorized to provide such indemnification and other rights by agreement, up to the maximum extent
permitted by law.
The Registrant's articles of incorporation provide that the Registrant may purchase and
maintain insurance on behalf of any person who was or is a director, officer, employee or agent of
the Registrant, or was or is serving on behalf or at the request of the Registrant in any capacity
against any claim, liability or expense asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in
any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the Registrant would
have the power to indemnify such person against such liability. The Registrant insures its
directors and officers against certain liabilities and has insurance against certain payments which
it may be obliged to make to such persons under the indemnification provisions of its articles of
incorporation. This insurance may provide broader coverage for such individuals than may be
required by the provisions of the articles of incorporation.
The foregoing represents a summary of the general effect of the indemnification provisions of
the GBCL, the articles of incorporation, the restated bylaws and such agreements and insurance.
Additional information regarding indemnification of directors and officers can be found in Section
351.355 of the GBCL, the articles of incorporation, and any pertinent agreements, if any.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Reference is made to the Exhibit Index.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(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 of 1933;
(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 percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
registration statement;
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(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;
P
rovided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) 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 periodic reports filed with or
furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
Provided further, however,
that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
registration statement is for an offering of asset-backed securities on Form S-1 (s. 239.11 of this
chapter) or Form S-3 (s. 239.13 of this chapter), and the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment is provided pursuant to Item 1100(c) of Regulation AB (s. 229.1100(c)).
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
such 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 purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant
to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each
filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement 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.
(h) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 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
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the 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 Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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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-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Maryland Heights, state of Missouri, on the 19th day of
September, 2005.
TALX CORPORATION
By:
/s/ L. Keith Graves
L. Keith Graves
Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby
constitutes and appoints William W. Canfield, L. Keith Graves and Thomas C. Werner, and each of
them (with full power to each of them to act alone) severally, his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or his
behalf and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) and supplements to this Registration Statement, and any
additional registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, for the same offering contemplated by this Registration Statement, and to file the
same, with exhibits and any and all other documents and instruments filed with respect thereto,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any other governmental or regulatory authority),
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority in the
name and on behalf of each of the undersigned to do and to perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary or advisable to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully as to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and/or any of them or their or his substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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.
Name
Title
Date
/s/  William W. Canfield
William W. Canfield
Chairman of the Board, President,
Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
September 19, 2005
/s/  Richard F. Ford
Richard F. Ford
Director
September 19, 2005
/s/ Tony G. Holcombe
Tony G. Holcombe
Director
September 19, 2005
/s/ Craig E. LaBarge
Craig E. LaBarge
Director
September 19, 2005
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Name
Title
Date
/s/ Eugene M. Toombs
Eugene M. Toombs
Director
September 19, 2005
/s/  M. Stephen Yoakum
M. Stephen Yoakum
Director
September 19, 2005
/s/  L. Keith Graves
L. Keith Graves
Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer
and Principal Accounting
Officer)
September 19, 2005
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
3.1
Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current
Report on Form 8-K filed on September 14, 2005 (File No. 000-21465))
3.2
Restated Bylaws of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.2 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period
ended December 31, 2001 (File No. 000-21465))
4.1
TALX Corporation 2005 Omnibus Incentive Plan
(incorporated by reference to Attachment B to the
Company's Proxy Statement dated July 25, 2005 filed
on Schedule 14A on July 22, 2005 (File No.
000-21465))
5.1
Opinion of Bryan Cave LLP
23.1
Consent of Bryan Cave LLP (Included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of KPMG LLP