As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 7, 2000.
Registration No. 333-69039
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
incorporation or organization) Industrial Class. Number) 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. 333-69039 to remove from registration
781,847 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/A and has duly caused this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the registration statement on Form
S-4/A to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Weston, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on this
7th day of June, 2000.
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.
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Name Title Date
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/s/ J. Atwood Ives * Chairman of the Board, June 7, 2000
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J. Atwood Ives Chief Executive Officer and Trustee
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Fred C. Raskin * President and Chief Operating June 7, 2000
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Fred C. Raskin Officer
/s/ Walter J. Flaherty * Executive Vice President June 7, 2000
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Walter J. Flaherty and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ James J. Harper * Vice President June 7, 2000
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James J. Harper and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ James R. Barker * Trustee June 7, 2000
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James R. Barker
/s/ Richard R. Clayton * Trustee June 7, 2000
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Richard R. Clayton
/s/ John D. Curtin, Jr. * Trustee June 7, 2000
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John D. Curtin, Jr.
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/s/ Samuel Frankenheim * Trustee June 7, 2000
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Samuel Frankenheim
/s/ Leonard R. Jaskol * Trustee June 7, 2000
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Leonard R. Jaskol
/s/ Wendell J. Knox * Trustee June 7, 2000
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Wendell J. Knox
Trustee June 7, 2000
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Frederic L. Putnam, Jr.
/s/ Rina K. Spence * Trustee June 7, 2000
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Rina K. Spence
/s/ David B. Stone * Trustee June 7, 2000
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David B. Stone
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* By: /s/ L. William Law, Jr. June 7, 2000
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L. William Law, Jr.
Attorney-in-Fact
