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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 2, 1999
Registration No. 333-22139
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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Post-Effective Amendment No. 1
To
Form S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
of
Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation
under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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RGS ENERGY GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter)
NEW YORK 16-1558410
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation) Identification No.)
89 EAST AVENUE
ROCHESTER, NY 14649
(716) 546-2700
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area
code, of Registrant's principal executive offices)
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DAVID C. HEILIGMAN
Secretary
RGS ENERGY GROUP, INC.
89 East Avenue
Rochester, New York 14649
(716) 546-2700
JOSEPH H. REYNOLDS, ESQ.
Nixon Peabody LLP
One Thomas Circle, Suite 700
Washington, D.C. 20005
(202) 457-5300
(Names, addresses, including zip codes, and telephone numbers,
including area codes, of agents for service)
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RGS Energy Group, Inc., as successor issuer of Rochester Gas and Electric
Corporation pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Share Exchange, hereby
expressly adopts Registration Statement No. 333-22139 as its own registration
statement for all purposes of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities and
Exchange Act of 1934. The shares of common stock to be issued under the 1996
Performance Stock Option Plan shall be shares of RGS Energy Group, Inc. and all
other provisions of the Plan shall remain the same.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant has duly caused this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of
Rochester, State of New York on the 2nd day of August, 1999.
RGS ENERGY GROUP, INC.
By /s/ Thomas S. Richards
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(Thomas S. Richards)
(Chairman of the Board,
President and Chief
Executive Officer)
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-
Effective Amendment No.1 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by
the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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Signature Title Date
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Principal Executive Officer
and Director:
/s/ Thomas S. Richards Chairman of the Board, August 2, 1999
- ---------------------------- President and Chief
(Thomas S. Richards) Executive Officer
and Director
Principal Financial Officer:
/s/ J. Burt Stokes Senior Vice President August 2, 1999
- ---------------------------- and Chief Financial
(J. Burt Stokes ) Officer
Principal Accounting Officer:
/s/ William J. Reddy Controller August 2, 1999
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(William J. Reddy)
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Signature Title Date
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Directors:
/s/ Angelo J. Chiarella Director August 2, 1999
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(Angelo J. Chiarella)
Director August , 1999
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(Allan E. Dugan)
/s/ Mark B. Grier Director August 2, 1999
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(Mark B . Grier)
/s/ Susan R. Holliday Director August 2, 1999
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(Susan R. Holliday)
/s/ Jay T. Holmes Director August 2, 1999
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(Jay T. Holmes)
/s/ G. Jean Howard Director August 2, 1999
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(G. Jean Howard)
/s/ Samuel T. Hubbard, Jr. Director August 2, 1999
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(Samuel T. Hubbard, Jr.)
/s/ Cleve L. Killingsworth Director August 2, 1999
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(Cleve L. Killingsworth)
/s/ Roger W. Kober Director August 2, 1999
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(Roger W. Kober)
/s/ Cornelius J. Murphy Director August 2, 1999
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(Cornelius J. Murphy)
Director August , 1999
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(Charles I. Plosser)
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