REGISTRATION NO. 333-31169
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT
TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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Newport News Shipbuilding Inc.
(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 74-1541566
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)
4101 Washington Avenue
Newport News, Virginia 23607
(Address of principal executive offices)
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Newport News Shipbuilding Inc.
Hourly Employee Stock Plan
(Full title of the plan)
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STEPHEN B. CLARKSON
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Newport News Shipbuilding Inc.
4101 Washington Avenue
Newport News, Virginia 23607
(757) 380-3600
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
With a copy to:
C. Porter Vaughan, III, Esquire
Hunton & Williams
Riverfront Plaza, East Tower
951 East Byrd Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219
(804) 788-8285
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NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING INC.
Newport News Shipbuilding Inc. (the "Company") registered 1,100,000
shares of Common Stock (including the associated rights) (the "Common Stock") of
the Company on Form S-8 (File No. 333-31169) (the "Registration Statement") to
be issued under the Company's Hourly Employee Stock Plan on the 14th day of
July, 1997.
The purpose of this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration
Statement is to deregister 1,000,000 of the shares of Common Stock (including
the associated rights) registered pursuant to the Registration Statement. The
registration of those 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock (including the associated
rights) is no longer necessary as their purpose has been encompassed into a
broad based option plan recently approved by the Company.
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SIGNATURES
THE REGISTRANT
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-8 and has duly caused this
Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Newport
News, State of Virginia, on the 19th day of October 1998.
NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING INC.
/s/ Stephen B. Clarkson
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Stephen B. Clarkson
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed by the
following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
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SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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/s/ William P. Fricks* Chairman of the Board and Chief October 19, 1998
- ------------------------------------ Executive Officer
William P. Fricks
/s/ David J. Anderson* Senior Vice President and Chief October 19, 1998
- ------------------------------------ Financial Officer
David J. Anderson
/s/ Charles P. Wingfield Vice President and Corporate October 19, 1998
- ------------------------------------ Controller
Charles P. Wingfield, Jr.
/s/ Gerald L. Baliles* Director October 19, 1998
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Hon. Gerald L. Baliles
/s/ Leon A. Edney* Director October 19, 1998
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Leon A. Edney, Admiral (Ret.)
Director ______________
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Dr. William R. Harvey
/s/ Dana G. Mead* Director October 19, 1998
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Dana G. Mead
/s/ Joseph J. Sisco* Director October 19, 1998
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Dr. Joseph J. Sisco
/s/ Stephen R. Wilson* Director October 19, 1998
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Stephen R. Wilson
*By: /s/ Stephen B. Clarkson
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Stephen B. Clarkson
(Attorney-in-Fact for persons
indicated)
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The Plan
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Committee appointed under Newport News Shipbuilding Inc. Hourly Employee
Stock Plan has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Newport News, State of Virginia on this 19th day of
October, 1998.
NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING INC.
HOURLY EMPLOYEE STOCK PLAN
By: /s/ Alfred Little, Jr.
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Alfred Little, Jr.
Vice-President, Human Resources
of Newport News Shipbuilding Inc.
