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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October&nbsp;25, 2004



<div align="right" style="font-size: 10pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-__________
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></DIV>


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>TALX CORPORATION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><U>Missouri</U><BR>
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><U>43-0988805</U><BR>
(I.R.S. Identification No.)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">1850 Borman Court<BR>
<U>St. Louis, Missouri 63146</U><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>TALX CORPORATION</B><BR>
<U><B>OUTSIDE DIRECTORS&#146; STOCK OPTION PLAN, AS AMENDED</B></U><BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">L. Keith Graves<BR>
Chief Financial Officer<BR>
TALX Corporation<BR>
1850 Borman Court<BR>
St. Louis, Missouri 63146<BR>
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(314)&nbsp;214-7000<BR>
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)



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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of Each Class</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>of Securities</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>to be</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Offering Price</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Aggregate Offering</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Registration</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>to be Registered</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Registered</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Per Share</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Price (1)</B></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Common Stock, $.01 par value (2)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right">50,000</TD>
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    <TD align="right">(3</TD>
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    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">1,243,000</TD>
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    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">157.49</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <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 October&nbsp;21, 2004, as quoted
in the Nasdaq National Market, for the shares reserved for issuance as
restricted shares under the Plan.</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">(2)</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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    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
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    <TD>Omitted pursuant to Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act of 1933.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement registers additional securities of the same
class as other securities for which a registration statement filed on this form
relating to the same stock option plan is effective. Consequently, pursuant to
General Instruction E
of Form S-8, the contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed by
TALX Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) with respect to the TALX Corporation Outside
Directors&#146; Stock Option Plan, as amended (the &#147;Plan&#148;) on March&nbsp;9, 1998
(Registration No.&nbsp;333-47569) are incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement.


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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<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">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="c88973exv4w2.txt">Amendment #1 to Outside Directors' Stock Option Plan</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="c88973exv4w3.txt">Amendment #2 to Outside Directors' Stock Option Plan</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="c88973exv5w1.htm">Opinion of Bryan Cave LLP</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="c88973exv23w2.htm">Consent of KPMG LLP</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">PART II



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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 width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
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    <TD>Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
March&nbsp;31, 2004 (File No.&nbsp;000-21465);</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
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    <TD>Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended June&nbsp;30, 2004 (File No.&nbsp;000-21465);</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
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    <TD>Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K/A furnished on June
10, 2004 (File No.&nbsp;000-21465);</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(d)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K furnished on August
13, 2004 (File No.&nbsp;000-21465);</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(e)</TD>
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    <TD>Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September&nbsp;9,
2004 (File No.&nbsp;000-21465); and</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(f)</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.
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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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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
(&#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.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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
202 of Regulation&nbsp;S-K is not required.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As of October&nbsp;25, 2004, certain partners and other lawyers at Bryan Cave
LLP beneficially owned 262,967 shares of Common Stock.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;351.355(1) of the Revised Statutes of Missouri provides that a
corporation may indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation in any action, suit or proceeding other than an action by or in the
right of the corporation, against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees),
judgments, fines and settlement amounts 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 and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;351.355(2) provides that the corporation may indemnify any such
person in any action or suit by or in the right of the corporation against
expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) and settlement amounts actually and
reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of the
action or suit 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, except that
he may not be indemnified in respect of any matter in which he has been
adjudged liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duty to
the corporation, unless authorized by the court.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;351.355(3) provides that a corporation may indemnify any such
person against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably
incurred by him in connection with the action, suit or proceeding if he has
been successful in defense of such action, suit or proceeding and if such
action, suit or proceeding is one for which the corporation may indemnify him
under Section&nbsp;351.355(1) or (2). Section&nbsp;351.355(7) provides that a corporation
shall have the power to give any further indemnity to any such person, in
addition to the indemnity otherwise authorized under Section&nbsp;351.355, provided
such further indemnity is either (i)&nbsp;authorized, directed or provided for in
the articles of incorporation of the corporation or any duly adopted amendment
thereof or (ii)&nbsp;is authorized, directed or provided for in any by-law or
agreement of the corporation which has been adopted by a vote of the
shareholders of the corporation, provided that no such indemnity shall
indemnify any person from or on account of such person&#146;s conduct which was
finally adjudged to have been knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest or
willful misconduct.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company contain provisions
indemnifying its directors and officers to the extent authorized specifically
by Sections&nbsp;351.355(1), (2), (3)&nbsp;and (7).

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Reference is made to the Exhibit&nbsp;Index.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>


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


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&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:


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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;


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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;


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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;


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>provided, 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


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">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.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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 25<sup>th</sup>day of October, 2004.

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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">TALX CORPORATION</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ L. Keith Graves</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">L. Keith Graves<br>
Chief Financial Officer</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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.

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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ William W. Canfield<BR>
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William W. Canfield</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chairman, President,<BR>
Chief Executive Officer and Director<BR>
(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">October 25, 2004</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Richard F. Ford<BR>
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Richard F. Ford</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">October 25, 2004</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Tony G. Holcombe<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Tony G. Holcombe</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">October 25, 2004</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Craig E. LaBarge<BR>
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Craig E. LaBarge</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">October 25, 2004</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Eugene M. Toombs<BR>
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Eugene M. Toombs</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">October 25, 2004</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ M. Steve Yoakum<BR>
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M. Steve Yoakum</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">October 25, 2004</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ L. Keith Graves<BR>
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L. Keith Graves</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chief Financial Officer<BR>
(Principal Financial Officer and<BR>
Principal Accounting Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">October 25, 2004</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended
March&nbsp;31, 1997 (No.&nbsp;000-21465))</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Restated Bylaws of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;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))</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.1</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">TALX Corporation Outside Directors&#146; Stock Option Plan (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.6 to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on
Form&nbsp;S-1, as amended (No.&nbsp;333-10969))</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to TALX Corporation Outside Directors&#146; Stock Option Plan</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.3</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amendment No.&nbsp;2 to TALX Corporation Outside Directors&#146; Stock Option Plan</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">5.1</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Bryan Cave LLP</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Bryan Cave LLP (Included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of KPMG LLP</DIV></TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 25, 2004
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
OUTSIDE DIRECTORS' STOCK OPTION PLAN, AS AMENDED
(Full Title of the Plan)
L. Keith Graves
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
Price (1)
Fee
Common Stock, $.01 par value (2)
50,000
(3
)
$
1,243,000
$
157.49
(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 October 21, 2004, as quoted
in the Nasdaq National Market, for the shares reserved for issuance as
restricted shares under the Plan.
(2)
This Registration Statement also covers such additional shares of Common
Stock as may be issuable pursuant to antidilution provisions.
(3)
Omitted pursuant to Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act of 1933.
This Registration Statement registers additional securities of the same
class as other securities for which a registration statement filed on this form
relating to the same stock option plan is effective. Consequently, pursuant to
General Instruction E
of Form S-8, the contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed by
TALX Corporation (the "Company") with respect to the TALX Corporation Outside
Directors' Stock Option Plan, as amended (the "Plan") on March 9, 1998
(Registration No. 333-47569) are incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement.
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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
EXHIBIT INDEX
Amendment #1 to Outside Directors' Stock Option Plan
Amendment #2 to Outside Directors' Stock Option Plan
Opinion of Bryan Cave LLP
Consent of KPMG LLP
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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, 2004 (File No. 000-21465);
(b)
Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended June 30, 2004 (File No. 000-21465);
(c)
Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K/A furnished on June
10, 2004 (File No. 000-21465);
(d)
Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K furnished on August
13, 2004 (File No. 000-21465);
(e)
Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 9,
2004 (File No. 000-21465); and
(f)
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 October 25, 2004, certain partners and other lawyers at Bryan Cave
LLP beneficially owned 262,967 shares of Common Stock.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Section 351.355(1) of the Revised Statutes of Missouri provides that a
corporation may indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation in any action, suit or proceeding other than an action by or in the
right of the corporation, against expenses (including attorneys' fees),
judgments, fines and settlement amounts 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 and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.
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Section 351.355(2) provides that the corporation may indemnify any such
person in any action or suit by or in the right of the corporation against
expenses (including attorneys' fees) and settlement amounts actually and
reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of the
action or suit 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, except that
he may not be indemnified in respect of any matter in which he has been
adjudged liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duty to
the corporation, unless authorized by the court.
Section 351.355(3) provides that a corporation may indemnify any such
person against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably
incurred by him in connection with the action, suit or proceeding if he has
been successful in defense of such action, suit or proceeding and if such
action, suit or proceeding is one for which the corporation may indemnify him
under Section 351.355(1) or (2). Section 351.355(7) provides that a corporation
shall have the power to give any further indemnity to any such person, in
addition to the indemnity otherwise authorized under Section 351.355, provided
such further indemnity is either (i) authorized, directed or provided for in
the articles of incorporation of the corporation or any duly adopted amendment
thereof or (ii) is authorized, directed or provided for in any by-law or
agreement of the corporation which has been adopted by a vote of the
shareholders of the corporation, provided that no such indemnity shall
indemnify any person from or on account of such person's conduct which was
finally adjudged to have been knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest or
willful misconduct.
The Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company contain provisions
indemnifying its directors and officers to the extent authorized specifically
by Sections 351.355(1), (2), (3) and (7).
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;
(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 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
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pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(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 25
th
day of October, 2004.
TALX CORPORATION
By
/s/ L. Keith Graves
L. Keith Graves
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 dates indicated.
Name
Title
Date
/s/ William W. Canfield
William W. Canfield
Chairman, President,
Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
October 25, 2004
/s/ Richard F. Ford
Richard F. Ford
Director
October 25, 2004
/s/ Tony G. Holcombe
Tony G. Holcombe
Director
October 25, 2004
/s/ Craig E. LaBarge
Craig E. LaBarge
Director
October 25, 2004
/s/ Eugene M. Toombs
Eugene M. Toombs
Director
October 25, 2004
/s/ M. Steve Yoakum
M. Steve Yoakum
Director
October 25, 2004
/s/ L. Keith Graves
L. Keith Graves
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer
October 25, 2004
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Table of Contents
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 Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
March 31, 1997 (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 Outside Directors' Stock Option Plan (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Company's Registration Statement on
Form S-1, as amended (No. 333-10969))
4.2
Amendment No. 1 to TALX Corporation Outside Directors' Stock Option Plan
4.3
Amendment No. 2 to TALX Corporation Outside Directors' Stock Option Plan
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
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