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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 17, 1999
Registration No. 33-59693
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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Boston Edison Company
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(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
MASSACHUSETTS 04-1278810
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(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
800 Boylston Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02199
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code (617) 424-2000
Michael P. Sullivan
800 Boylston Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02199
(617) 424-2000
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(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
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Please send copies of all communications to:
David A. Fine, Esq.
Ropes & Gray
One International Place
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
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Pursuant to Registrant's undertaking in paragraph (3) of Item 17 of this
Registration Statement (No. 33-59693), Registrant hereby amends this
Registration Statement to remove from registration 363,860 shares of
Registrant's Common Stock ($1.00 par value) that were registered pursuant to
this Registration Statement but which remained unsold at the termination of the
offering.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
Registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Form S-3
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Boston, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the
10th day of November 1999.
BEC Energy
By: /s/ Thomas J. May
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Name: Thomas J. May
Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Form S-3 Registration Statement has been
signed below by the following persons in the capacities stated below on the 10th
day of November 1999.
/s/ James J. Judge
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James J. Judge
Trustee, Senior Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer
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Russell D. Wright
Trustee and President
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Robert J. Weafer, Jr.
Vice President
Controller and
Chief Accounting Officer
* By: /s/ Thomas J. May
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Thomas J. May, as Trustee
and Attorney in Fact
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