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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 9, 1999
Registration No. 333-71483-1
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2
ON
FORM S-8
TO
FORM S-4
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933*
DURA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 38-3185711
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification Number)
4508 IDS Center 55402
Minneapolis, Minnesota (Zip Code)
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
EXCEL INDUSTRIES, INC. 1994 STOCK COMPENSATION PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
Stephen E.K. Graham
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Dura Automotive Systems, Inc.
2791 Research Drive
Rochester Hills, Michigan 48309
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(248) 299-7500
(Telephone Number, including Area Code of Agent for Service)
COPY TO:
Dennis M. Myers
Kirkland & Ellis
200 East Randolph Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60601
(312) 861-2000
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed Maximum Proposed Maximum Amount of
Title of Securities to be Amount to be Offering Price Per Aggregate Registration
Registered Registered Share Offering Price Fee
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Class A Common Stock, 321,900 shares N/A** N/A** N/A**
par value $.01 per share
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* Filed as a Post-Effective Amendment on Form S-8 to such Registration
Statement pursuant to the procedures described herein. See "Explanatory
Note."
** Fee previously paid.
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Item 3 to the Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 on Form S-8 to Form S-4
Registration Statement, filed with the Commission on March 30, 1999, hereby is
amended by deleting such Item 3 in its entirety and replacing it as follows:
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
The following documents filed by Dura with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "COMMISSION") are incorporated herein by reference except to the
extent any statement or information therein is modified, superseded or replaced
by a statement or information contained in this document or in any other
subsequently filed document incorporated herein by reference:
(a) Dura's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 1998 (File No. 0-21139).
(b) Dura's Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on
January 22, 1999, February 3, 1999, February 16, 1999 and March 30, 1999.
(c) The description of Dura's Class A Common Stock, par value $.01 per
share, contained in Item 1 of Dura's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed
with the Commission pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "EXCHANGE ACT"), on August 5, 1996.
(d) All reports and other documents subsequently filed by Dura pursuant
to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing
of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall
be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from
the date of the filing of such reports and documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or
supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall
not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
Registration Statement.
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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 this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 on
Form S-8 to Registration Statement (Registration No. 333-71843-1) and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in City of Minneapolis, State of
Minnesota, on the 5th day of April, 1999.
DURA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INC.
By: /s/ S.A. Johnson
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S.A. Johnson
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 on Form S-8 to Form S-4 Registration Statement
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated on the 5th day of April, 1999.
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/s/ S.A. Johnson Chairman of the Board
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S.A. Johnson
* President, Chief Executive Officer
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Karl F. Storrie and Director
* Vice President and Director
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Robert R. Hibbs
* Director
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Robert E. Brooker, Jr.
* Director
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W.H. Clement
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SIGNATURE TITLE
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* Director
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Jack K. Edwards
* Director
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J. Richard Jones
* Director
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John C. Jorgensen
* Director
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James L. O'Loughlin
* Director
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Robert J. Orscheln
* Director
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William L. Orscheln
* Director
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Eric J. Rosen
* Vice President and Chief Financial
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Stephen E.K. Graham Accounting Officer)
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* The undersigned, by signing his name hereto, does hereby sign and
execute this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 on Form S-8 to Form S-4
Registration Statement on behalf of the above name officers and
directors of Dura pursuant to the Power of Attorney executed by such
officers and directors and previously filed with the Commission.
/s/ S.A. Johnson
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S.A. Johnson
ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
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