As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 19, 1997
Registration No. 333-39239
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
RAYOVAC CORPORATION
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Wisconsin
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
22-2423556
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
601 Rayovac Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53711
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(Address of Principal Executive Officer) (Zip Code)
RAYOVAC PROFIT SHARING AND SAVINGS PLAN
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(Full Title of Plan)
James A. Broderick, Esq.
Vice President and General Counsel
Rayovac Corporation
601 Rayovac Drive
Madison, Wisconsin 53711-2497
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(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(608) 275-3340
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(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
Item 8 of Part II of the Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-39239) is hereby amended to include
the following Exhibit:
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number Description
23.2 Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
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 No. 1 to the Registration Statement
(Registration No. 333-39239) to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Madison, State of Wisconsin, on
December 19, 1997.
RAYOVAC CORPORATION
By: /s/ David A. Jones
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David A. Jones
Chairman of the Board,
President and Chief
Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
this Post-effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement
(Registration No. 333-39239) has been signed by the following
persons in the capacities indicated on December 19, 1997.
Signature Title
/s/ David A. Jones Chairman of the Board,
____________________ President and Chief Executive
David A. Jones Officer (Principal Executive
Offier)
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_____________________ Executive Vice Presi-
Kent Hussey dent of Finance and
Administration, Chief Financial
Officer and Director (Principal
Financial Officer)
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_____________________ Director
Roger F. Warren
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_____________________ Director
Trygve Lonnebotn
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______________________ Director
Scott A. Schoen
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______________________ Director
Thomas R. Shepherd
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______________________ Director
Warren C. Smith, Jr.
* By: /s/ David A. Jones
_____________________________
David A. Jones
Attorney-in-Fact
The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act
of 1933, the trustees (or other persons who administer the
employee benefit plan) have duly caused this Post-effective
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement (Registration No.
333-39239) to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Madison, State of
Wisconsin, on December 19, 1997.
RAYOVAC PROFIT SHARING AND
SAVINGS PLAN
By: RAYOVAC CORPORATION,
Plan Administrator
By:/s/ Russell E. Lefevre
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Russell E. Lefevre
Vice President,
Human Resources
EXHIBIT INDEX
RAYOVAC CORPORATION
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to
Registration Statement on Form S-8
for the Rayovac Profit Sharing and Savings Plan
Exhibit
Number Description
23.2 Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
Exhibit 23.2
CONSENT OF KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement on
Form S-8 (No. 333-39239) of Rayovac Corporation of our reports dated
October 28, 1997, relating to the consolidated balance sheet of Rayovac
Corporation and subsidiaries as of September 30, 1997, and the related
consolidated statements of operations, shareholders' equity and cash flows
for the year ended September 30, 1997, and related schedule, which reports
appear in the Form S-1 of Rayovac Corporation.
/s/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
December 15, 1997