As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 17, 1995.
Registration No. 33-51229
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
CHIQUITA BRANDS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
New Jersey 04-1923360
(State or other jurisdiction of (IRS Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)
250 East Fifth Street
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
(513) 784-8011
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
CHARLES R. MORGAN, ESQ.
Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary
Chiquita Brands International, Inc.
250 East Fifth Street
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
(513) 784-8332
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Peter M. Sommerhauser, Esq.
Godfrey & Kahn, S.C.
780 North Water Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202
(414) 273-3500
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EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Pursuant to this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to its Registration
Statement on Form S-3 (Registration Number 33-51229), Chiquita Brands
International, Inc. deregisters 1,614,480 shares of its Capital Stock,
$.33 par value, heretofore registered. The reason for deregistration
is that all shares which were registered became tradeable pursuant to Rule
144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on April 1, 1994. 2,000
shares were sold pursuant to the Registration Statement. All other shares
are now being deregistered.<PAGE>
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this
Amendment to Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Cincinnati, Ohio, as of the 15th
day of February, 1995.
CHIQUITA BRANDS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
BY: /s/William A. Tsacalis
William A. Tsacalis
Vice President and Controller
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Amendment to Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons
in the capacities indicated as of the 15th day of February, 1995.
Signature Title
* Chairman of the Board and
Carl H. Lindner Chief Executive Officer
* Director; President and Chief
Keith E. Lindner Operating Officer
* Director
S. Craig Lindner
/s/Fred J. Runk Director and Vice President
Fred J. Runk
Director
Jean H. Sisco
Director
William W. Verity
Director
Oliver W. Waddell
* Director
Ronald F. Walker
/s/Steven G. Warshaw Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative
Steven G. Warshaw Officer and Chief Financial Officer
/s/William A. Tsacalis Vice President and Controller
William A. Tsacalis (Chief Accounting Officer)
*Pursuant to Power of Attorney
/s/William A. Tsacalis
William A. Tsacalis
Attorney-in-Fact
