As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 6, 1998
File No. 333-46239
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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Post-Effective Amendment No. 1
to
Form S-3
Registration Statement
Under
The Securities Act of 1933
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UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
13-2518270
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
150 Glover Avenue
Norwalk, Connecticut 06856
(603) 778-9700
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
Mark H. Swartz
Vice President
c/o Tyco International (US) Inc.
One Tyco Park
Exeter, New Hampshire 03833
(603) 778-9700
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Joshua M. Berman, Esq.
Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel
919 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10022
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
United States Surgical Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("USSC")
hereby deregisters debt securities in the amount of $200,000,000, representing
the securities remaining unsold under the Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form S-3, File No. 333-46239. The securities are being deregistered as a result
of the merger on October 1, 1998 of the Registrant with Tyco International Ltd.,
a Bermuda company ("Tyco") as a result of which the Registrant became a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Tyco.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant has duly caused this Amendment to the Registration Statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city
of New York , state of New York, on the 6th day of November, 1998.
UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORPORATION
By: /s/ Mark H. Swartz
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Mark H. Swartz
Vice President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons
in the capacaties indicated and on the 6th day of November, 1998.
Signature Title
/s/ Irving Gutin Director
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Irving Gutin
/s/ M. Brian Moroze Director
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M. Brian Moroze
/s/ Richard J. Meelia Director
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Richard J. Meelia
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