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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 26, 1999
Registration No. 333-16861
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE
AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
SAVILLE SYSTEMS PLC
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND NONE
(State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
of incorporation or organization)
IDA Business Park
Dangan
Galaway, Ireland
011-353-9-152-6611
(Address, including zip code, and
telephone number, including area code,
of registrant's principal
executive offices)
John J. Boyle, III
President, Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Saville Systems PLC
One Van de Graaff Drive
Burlington, Massachusetts 01803
(781) 270-6500
(Name, address, including zip code, and
telephone number, including area code,
of agent for service)
with a copy to:
Thomas L. Barrette, Jr., Esq.
Hale and Dorr LLP
60 State Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02109
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to public: Not Applicable
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered
pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following
box. |_|
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be
offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the
Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with
dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. |_|
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box
and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier
effective registration statement for the same offering. 333-_______. |_|
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule
462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities
Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration
statement for the same offering.
333-__________. |_|
If delivery of the Prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule
434,please check the following box. |_|
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Explanatory Note
Pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-16861)
(the "Registration Statement"), Saville Systems PLC (the "Company") registered
an aggregate of 5,414,000 American Depository Shares ("ADS"), as adjusted to
reflect a two for one share dividend issued in November 1997. Each ADS
represents the right to receive one ordinary share, $0.0025 nominal value per
share, of the Company. The Registration Statement was declared effective on
December 8, 1996.
The offering terminated on November 26, 1997. Accordingly, this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement is being filed for
the purpose of removing from registration all ADSs that were not sold in the
offering. The Registration Statement is hereby termintated.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to Rule 478 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, the
Company duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Town of Burlington,
Commonwealth of Massachusetts on the 26th day of January, 1999.
SAVILLE SYSTEMS PLC
By:/s/ John J. Boyle, III
John J. Boyle, III
President, Chief Executive
Officer and Chairman of the
Board of Directors
