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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November&nbsp;29, 2005
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES 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: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>TECHNITROL, INC.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Pennsylvania</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>23-1292472</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>1210 Northbrook Drive<BR>
Suite&nbsp;470<BR>
Trevose, 19053<BR>
(215)&nbsp;355-2900</B><BR>
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,<BR>
including area code, of registrant&#146;s principal executive offices)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Technitrol, Inc. Board of Directors Stock Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the Plan)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Drew A. Moyer<BR>
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer<BR>
Technitrol, Inc.<BR>
1210 Northbrook Drive, Suite&nbsp;470<BR>
Trevose, PA 19053<BR>
(215)&nbsp;355-2900</B><BR>
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,<BR>
including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>offering price</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>registered</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>registered (1)</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>per share (2)</B></TD>
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                    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"><B>Common Stock, $.125
par value per share</B></DIV></TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="center" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><B>45,000</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" colspan="2" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><B>$16.77</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" colspan="2" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><B>$754,650</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" colspan="2" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><B>$80.75</B></TD>
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    <TD>Such additional, indeterminable number of shares that may be issuable by reason of the
anti-dilution provisions of the Technitrol, Inc. Board of Directors Stock Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;)
are hereby registered. In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;) this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate
amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the Plan.</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;under the Securities Act, the average of the high and low
prices per share of the Common Stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange on November&nbsp;25,
2005 has been used to determine the registration fee.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement relates to an amendment to the Technitrol, Inc. Board of Directors
Stock Plan to increase the number of common shares authorized to be issued under the Plan from
60,000 (adjusted for the stock dividend effective November&nbsp;27, 2000) to 105,000 shares. The
contents of Technitrol&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 with respect to the Plan, registration
no. 333-55751, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on June&nbsp;1,
1998, is hereby incorporated by reference pursuant to Instruction E of Form S-8. Also pursuant to
Instruction E of Form S-8, the filing fee is being paid only with respect to the 45,000 common
shares not previously registered.
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<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 Technitrol, Inc.
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 Trevose, Pennsylvania, on November&nbsp;29, 2005.
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">TECHNITROL, INC.</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ James M. Papada, III</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">James M. Papada, III</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman, President and</TD>
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<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 below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Drew A. Moyer and James M.
Papada, III, jointly and severally, his attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of substitution, for
him in any and all capacities to sign any amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8,
and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said
attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman, President and
</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;29, 2005</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Drew A. Moyer
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President and
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;29, 2005</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 10pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">Drew A. Moyer</DIV>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(Principal Financial and</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Accounting Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Alan E. Barton</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;29, 2005</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 10pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">Alan E. Barton</DIV>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 29, 2005
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
TECHNITROL, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Pennsylvania
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
23-1292472
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
1210 Northbrook Drive
Suite 470
Trevose, 19053
(215) 355-2900
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
Technitrol, Inc. Board of Directors Stock Plan
(Full title of the Plan)
Drew A. Moyer
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Technitrol, Inc.
1210 Northbrook Drive, Suite 470
Trevose, PA 19053
(215) 355-2900
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
securities to be
Amount to be
offering price
aggregate offering
Amount of
registered
registered (1)
per share (2)
price (3)
registration fee
Common Stock, $.125
par value per share
45,000
$16.77
$754,650
$80.75
(1)
Such additional, indeterminable number of shares that may be issuable by reason of the
anti-dilution provisions of the Technitrol, Inc. Board of Directors Stock Plan (the "Plan")
are hereby registered. In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the "Securities Act") this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate
amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the Plan.
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act, the average of the high and low
prices per share of the Common Stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange on November 25,
2005 has been used to determine the registration fee.
(3)
Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee.
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Item 8. Exhibits
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
Technitrol, Inc. Board of Directors Stock Plan, as amended
Opinion of Counsel
Consent of Indepedent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement relates to an amendment to the Technitrol, Inc. Board of Directors
Stock Plan to increase the number of common shares authorized to be issued under the Plan from
60,000 (adjusted for the stock dividend effective November 27, 2000) to 105,000 shares. The
contents of Technitrol's Registration Statement on Form S-8 with respect to the Plan, registration
no. 333-55751, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on June 1,
1998, is hereby incorporated by reference pursuant to Instruction E of Form S-8. Also pursuant to
Instruction E of Form S-8, the filing fee is being paid only with respect to the 45,000 common
shares not previously registered.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Technitrol, Inc. Board of Directors Stock Plan, as amended
5.1
Opinion of Counsel
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
24.1
Power of Attorney (included in signature page)
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant Technitrol, Inc.
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 Trevose, Pennsylvania, on November 29, 2005.
TECHNITROL, INC.
/s/ James M. Papada, III
James M. Papada, III
Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Drew A. Moyer and James M.
Papada, III, jointly and severally, his attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of substitution, for
him in any and all capacities to sign any amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8,
and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said
attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Name
Title
Date
/s/ James M. Papada, III
Chairman, President and
November 29, 2005
James M. Papada, III
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Drew A. Moyer
Senior Vice President and
November 29, 2005
Drew A. Moyer
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
/s/ Alan E. Barton
Director
November 29, 2005
Alan E. Barton
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Name
Title
Date
/s/ John E. Burrows, Jr.
Director
November 29, 2005
John E. Burrows, Jr.
/s/ David H. Hofmann
Director
November 29, 2005
David H. Hofmann
/s/ Dennis J. Horowitz
Director
November 29, 2005
Dennis J. Horowitz
/s/ Edward M. Mazze
Director
November 29, 2005
Edward M. Mazze
/s/ C. Mark Melliar-Smith
Director
November 29, 2005
C. Mark Melliar-Smith
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Technitrol, Inc. Board of Directors Stock Plan, as amended
5.1
Opinion of Counsel
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
24.1
Power of Attorney (included in signature page)