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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Comission on November 19, 1996
REGISTRATION NO. 333-05693
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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PHOENIX LEASING AMERICAN BUSINESS FUND II, L.P.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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On June 11, 1996, Phoenix Leasing American Business Fund II, L.P., a
California limited partnership, (the "Registrant"), filed a Registration
Statement on Form S-1 (the "Registration Statement") with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "SEC") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
to register 2,500,000 units of limited partnership interest ("Units"). On
September 18, 1996, the Registrant filed pre-effective Amendment No. 1 to the
Registration Statement; said Registration Statement was declared effective by
the SEC on October 7, 1996.
The Registrant terminated its offering of Units on November 12, 1996, at
which date no Units had been sold. 2,500,000 Units remained unsold at the
termination date.
Pursuant to an undertaking in the Registration Statement, the Registrant
by this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 is removing from registration the
2,500,000 Units which remained unsold at the termination of the offering.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
the Registrant has duly caused this Amendment to Registration Statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the
City of San Rafael, the State of California, on this 15th day of November,
1996.
PHOENIX LEASING AMERICAN BUSINESS FUND II, L.P.,
a California limited partnership
By: Phoenix Leasing Associates IV, L.P., a California
limited partnership
By: Phoenix Leasing Associates IV, Inc., a
Nevada corporation, its general partner
By: /s/ Gus Constantin
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Gus Constantin, President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Amendment to Registration Statement has been signed below by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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/s/ Gus Constantin President and Director of November 15, 1996
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Gus Constantin
/s/ Paritosh K. Choksi Senior Vice President, Treasurer November 15, 1996
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Paritosh K. Choksi Leasing Associates IV, Inc.
/s/ Gary W. Martinez Senior Vice President and Director November 15, 1996
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Gary W. Martinez
