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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 3, 1999.
Registration No. 333-52235
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1
to
FORM S-4/A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
EASTERN ENTERPRISES
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Massachusetts 4924 04-1270730
(State or other jurisdiction (Primary Standard (I.R.S. Employer
incorp. or organization) Industrial Classification No.)Identification No.)
9 Riverside Road, Westen, Massachusetts 02493, (781) 647-2300
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
Registrant's principal executive offices)
L. William Law, Jr.
Eastern Enterprises,
9 Riverside Road,
Weston, Massachusetts 02493
(781) 647-2300
(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:
As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement.
If the securities being registered on this Form are being offered in
connection with the formation of a holding company and there is compliance
with General Instruction G, 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, 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(d) 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.
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Eastern Enterprises, a Massachusetts business trust ("Eastern" or the
"Registrant"), hereby files this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the
Registrant's Registration Statement No. 333-52235 to remove from registration
653,448 shares of Eastern Common Stock, $1.00 par value per share under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which remain unsold pursuant to such
Registration Statement on the date of this filing. No further offering of such
securities will be made.
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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-4 and has duly caused this Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1 to the registration statement on Form S-4 to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Weston,
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on this 3rd day of February, 1999.
Eastern Enterprises
By: /s/ L. William Law, Jr.
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Name: L. William Law, Jr.
Title: Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1 to the registration statement has been signed by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Name Title Date
/s/ J. Atwood Ives * Chairman of the Board, February 3, 1999
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J. Atwood Ives Chief Executive Officer and Trustee
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Fred C. Raskin President and Chief Operating February 3, 1999
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Fred C. Raskin Officer
/s/ Walter J. Flaherty * Senior Vice President February 3,1999
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Walter J. Flaherty and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ James J. Harper * Vice President February 3, 1999
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James J. Harper and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ James R. Barker * Trustee February 3,1999
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James R. Barker
/s/ Richard R. Clayton * Trustee February 3, 1999
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Richard R. Clayton
/s/ John D. Curtin, Jr. * Trustee February 3, 1999
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John D. Curtin, Jr.
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/s/ Samuel Frankenheim * Trustee February 3, 1999
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Samuel Frankenheim
/s/ Leonard R. Jaskol * Trustee February 3, 1999
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Leonard R. Jaskol
/s/ Wendell J. Knox * Trustee February 3, 1999
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Wendell J. Knox
/s/ Rina K. Spence * Trustee February 3, 1999
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Rina K. Spence
/s/ David B. Stone * Trustee February 3, 1999
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David B. Stone
* By: /s/ L. William Law, Jr. February 3, 1999
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L. William Law, Jr.
Attorney-in-Fact
