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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 25, 2000
Registration No. 333-04964C
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
POST EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO FORM SB-2
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
BLUE RIDGE ENERGY FUND 1996/1997
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
KENTUCKY
(State jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
1381 61-1310934
(Primary Standard Industrial (I.R.S. Employer
Classification Code Number) Identification No.)
632 Adams Street, Suite 700
Bowling Green, Kentucky 42101
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
Registrants' principal executive offices)
J. THOMAS COOK, JR.
Senior Vice President - Finance and Chief Operating Officer
Blue Ridge Energy Fund
632 Adams Street, Suite 700
Bowling Green, Kentucky 42101
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of agent for service)
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. [ ]
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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. [ ]
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) 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. [ ]
If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434,
please check the following box. [ ]
DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 is being filed to deregister the
remaining unsold units ("Units") of partnership interests of Blue Ridge Energy
Fund 1996/1997 (the "Registrant") covered by the Registration Statement on Form
SB-2, No. 333-04964C (the "Registration Statement"), declared effective on
September 24, 1996 and amended effective November 12, 1997. The offering
contemplated by the Registration Statement was terminated by the Registrant in
the first quarter of 1998 after a total of 1,034 Units were sold. Accordingly,
the Registrant hereby files this Post- Effective Amendment No. 2 to the
Registration Statement to deregister a total of 8,966 Units, originally
registered by the Registration Statement, which remain unsold as of the
termination of the offering.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Securities Act"), the Registrant certifies that it has duly caused this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Bowling Green, Kentucky
on this 25th day of September, 2000.
BLUE RIDGE ENERGY FUND 1996/1997
By: BLUE RIDGE GROUP, INC.
Managing General Partner
/s/ J. Thomas Cook, Jr.
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J. Thomas Cook, Jr., Senior Vice President -
Finance, and Chief Financial Officer
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In accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act, this Post-Effective
Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates stated below:
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/s/ Robert D. Durr Chairman of the Board, September 25, 2000
------------------------------------------ President and Chief Executive
Robert D. Burr Officer
/s/ J. Thomas Cook, Jr. Director, Senior Vice September 25, 2000
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J. Thomas Cook, Jr. Financial Officer
/s/ Harry J. Peters Director September 25, 2000
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Harry J. Peters
/s/ Russell L. Vera Director September 25, 2000
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Russell L. Vera
/s/ Gregory B. Shea Director September 25, 2000
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Gregory B. Shea
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