Registration No. 333-57657
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
NEW ENGLAND BUSINESS SERVICE, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
04-2942374
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
500 Main Street
Groton, Massachusetts 01471
(978) 448-6111
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
Craig Barrows, Esq.
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
New England Business Service, Inc.
500 Main Street
Groton, Massachusetts 01471
(978) 448-6111
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: June 29,
1998.
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered
pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the
following box.[ ]
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 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or
interest reinvestment plans, check the following box.[X]
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 effective registration statement
for the same offering. [ ] _______
If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule
434, please check the following box. [ ]
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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
The 382,352 shares (the "Shares") of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per
share, of New England Business Service, Inc. (the "Company") registered on the
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-57657) (the
"Registration Statement") were issued in a private transaction related to the
Company's acquisition of all of the outstanding capital stock of McBee
Systems, Inc. (the "Acquisition"). The Company agreed to register the Shares
under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") and to use its best
efforts to cause the registration statement covering the Shares to remain
effective for a period of two years from the closing of the Acquisition on
June 3, 1998. That period has now expired, with 310,241 of the Shares having
been sold pursuant to the Registration Statement. Therefore, the Company
hereby amends the Registration Statement to remove from registration all
72,111 remaining Shares covered by the Registration Statement.
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SIGNATURES
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-3 and has duly caused this Post-
Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Town of Groton,
Massachusetts, on this 12th day of September, 2000.
NEW ENGLAND BUSINESS SERVICE, INC.
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(Registrant)
By: /s/DANIEL M. JUNIUS
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Daniel M. Junius
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-
Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement has been signed by the
following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature Title Date
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/s/ROBERT J. MURRAY Chairman, President and September 12, 2000
----------------------- Chief Executive Officer
Robert J. Murray (principal executive
officer), Director
/s/DANIEL M. JUNIUS Senior Vice President and September 12, 2000
----------------------- Chief Financial Officer
Daniel M. Junius (principal financial and
accounting officer)
Director
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Neil S. Fox
Director
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Robert L. Gable
Benjamin H. Lacy* Director September 12, 2000
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Benjamin H. Lacy
Director
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Thomas J. May
Herbert W. Moller* Director September 12, 2000
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Herbert W. Moller
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Richard H. Rhoads* Director September 12, 2000
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Richard H. Rhoads
Brian E. Stern* Director September 12, 2000
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Brian E. Stern
M. Anne Szostak* Director September 12, 2000
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M. Anne Szostak
*By: /s/ROBERT J. MURRAY
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Robert J. Murray
(Attorney-in-fact)
