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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 1,1998
Registration No. 33-52043
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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Boston Edison Company
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Massachusetts 04-1278810
(State of Incorporation) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
800 Boylston Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02199
(617) 424-2000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code, of Registrant's principal executive offices)
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Theodora S. Convisser
800 Boylston Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02199
(617) 424-2000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
Pursuant to Registrant's undertaking in paragraph (a)(3) of Item 9 of this
Registration Statement (No. 33-52043), Registrant hereby amends this
Registration Statement to remove from registration 157,538 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, the registrant
has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Form S-8 registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Boston, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the first
day of July, 1998.
BEC ENERGY
BY: /s/ James J.Judge
Senior Vice President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-
Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Form S-8 Registration Statement has been signed
below by the following persons in the capacities stated below on the first day
of July, 1998.
* Chairman of the Board,
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THOMAS J. MAY Chief Executive Officer,
President and Director
/s/ James J. Judge Senior Vice President
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JAMES J. JUDGE and Treasurer
(principal accounting officer)
/s/ Theodora S. Convisser Clerk
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THEODORA S. CONVISSER
* Director
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GARY L. COUNTRYMAN
* Director
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THOMAS G. DIGNAN, JR.
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* Director
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NELSON S. GIFFORD
* Director
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MATINA S. HORNER
* Director
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SHERRY H. PENNEY
* Director
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HERBERT ROTH, JR.
* Director
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STEPHEN J. SWEENEY
* By: /s/ Douglas S. Horan
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Douglas S. Horan, as
attorney-in-fact
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