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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 22, 1999
Registration No. 333-56805
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE
AMENDMENT NO. 2
To
FORM F-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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Barbeques Galore Limited
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Australian Capital Territory, Australia 5722 Not Applicable
(State or other jurisdiction of (Primary Standard Industrial (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Classification Code Number) Identification Number)
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327 Chisholm Road, Sydney, NSW 2144, Australia
(61-2-9704-4177)
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code, of the registrant's principal executive offices)
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Sydney Selati
Barbeques Galore Limited
15041 Bake Parkway, #A
Irvine, California 92718
(949) 597-2400
(Name address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
agent for service)
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Copies to:
CURTIS L. MO, ESQ.
VALERIE RUSSELL, ESQ.
TAYLOR L. STEVENS, ESQ.
BROBECK, PHLEGER & HARRISON LLP
Two Embarcadero Place
2200 Geng Road
Palo Alto, California 94303-0913
(650) 424-0160
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:
From time to time after this Registration Statement is declared effective.
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If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on
a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of
1993, please check the following box. [_]
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. [_]
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 registration statement for the same
offering. [_]
If the delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule
434, please check the following box. [_]
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The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or
dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall
file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration
Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of
the Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement shall become
effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting
pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
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BARBEQUES GALORE LIMITED
Pursuant to Registration Statement No. 333-56805 on Form F-1 (the
"Registration Statement"), originally filed with the Commission on June 12, 1998
and amended on September 21, 1998, Barbeques Galore Limited (the "Company")
registered 1,044,845 American Depository Shares (the "Shares"), each
representing one Ordinary Share of the Company. The Company hereby removes from
registration the 979,731 Shares that remained unsold as of December 15, 1998,
the date at which the shareholders of the Company became entitled to resell
their Shares pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
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 Sydney, Australia on this 22 day of April, 1999.
BARBEQUES GALORE LIMITED
By /s/ ROBERT GAVSHON
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Name: Robert Gavshon
Title: Deputy Chairman of the Board
and Director
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints jointly and severally, Robert Gavshon and
Sydney Selati and each one of them, his attorneys-in-fact, each with the power
of substitution, for him any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
to this Registration Statement ( including post-effective amendments and any
related registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act
of 1933), and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his
substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-
Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by
the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
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- ------------------------------------------ Chairman of the Board and Director (Principal April 22, 1999
Sam Linz Executive Officer)
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- ------------------------------------------ (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) April 22, 1999
David James
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- ------------------------------------------ Deputy Chairman of the Board and Director April 22, 1999
Robert Gavshon
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- ------------------------------------------ Director April 22, 1999
John Price
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- ------------------------------------------ Director April 22, 1999
Edgar Berner
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- ------------------------------------------ Director April 22, 1999
Gordon Howlett
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- ------------------------------------------ Director and Authorized U.S. Representative April 22, 1999
Sydney Selati
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* Pursuant to Power of Attorney previously filed with the Commission.
