UNITED STATES FILTER CORP
S-8 POS, 1999-06-25
REFRIGERATION & SERVICE INDUSTRY MACHINERY
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              As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
                                on June 25, 1999

                           Registration No. 333-16083
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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
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                        ---------------------------------

                        UNITED STATES FILTER CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

            DELAWARE                                   33-0266015
(State or other jurisdiction of             (I.R.S. Employer Idnetification No.)
 incorportaion or organization)

           40-004 COOK STREET
         PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA                           92211
(Address of principal executive offices)                 (Zip Code)

                         1991 EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION PLAN
                        1991 DIRECTORS STOCK OPTION PLAN
                            (Full title of the plan)

                               STEPHEN P. STANCZAK
                            EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT,
                     GENERAL COUNSEL AND CORPORATE SECRETARY
                        UNITED STATES FILTER CORPORATION
                               40-004 COOK STREET
                          PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA 92211
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (760) 340-0098
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                               -------------------

                                    Copy to:
                                JANICE C. HARTMAN
                           KIRKPATRICK & LOCKHART LLP
                              1500 OLIVER BUILDING
                         PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA 15222
                                 (412) 355-6500



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                                EXPLANATORY NOTE

      Pursuant  to a  Registration  Statement  on  Form  S-8  (Registration  No.
333-16083) (the "Registration  Statement"),  United States Filter Corporation, a
Delaware  corporation (the  "Registrant"),  offered for sale 1,125,000 shares of
its common stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Common Stock").  The Registrant
hereby amends the Registration Statement by filing this Post-Effective Amendment
No. 1.

      Pursuant to Rule 429 under the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as amended,  the
Prospectus  contained  in  the  Registration   Statement  also  relates  to  the
Registration  Statement  Nos. (1)  33-49382;  (2) 33-56744;  (3)  33-73542;  (4)
33-89662;  (5)  33-63285,  previously  filed by the  Registrant  on Form S-8 and
declared  effective  on July 8, 1992,  December  31,  1992,  December  27, 1993,
February 22, 1995 and October 10, 1995, respectively.

      On April 29, 1999,  pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger,  dated as
of  March  22,  1999,  EAU  Acquisition  Corp.,  a  Delaware  corporation  and a
subsidiary of Vivendi, a societe anonyme organized under the laws of France (the
"Parent"),  merged  (the  "Merger")  with  and  into  the  Registrant,  with the
Registrant surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Parent.

      As a result of the Merger,  the  offering  described  in the  Registration
Statement  has been  terminated.  This  Post-Effective  Amendment is being filed
solely to remove from registration  963,000 shares of Common Stock offered under
the  Registration  Statement  which  remained  unsold at the  termination of the
offering.



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                                     PART II
               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.

EXHIBIT
NUMBER            EXHIBIT DESCRIPTION
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24.1              Power of Attorney (filed herewith)












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                                                              Reg. No. 333-16083

                                    SIGNATURE

      Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 the Registrant
has duly caused this post-effective  amendment to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned,  thereunto duly  authorized,  in the City of Palm Desert,  State of
California, on June 24, 1999.

                                  UNITED STATES FILTER CORPORATION

                                  By: /s/ Richard J. Heckmann
                                      ---------------------------
                                      Richard J. Heckmann
                                      Chairman of the Board and
                                      Chief Executive Officer


      Pursuant  to  the  requirements  of  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  this
post-effective  amendment  has  been  signed  by the  following  persons  in the
capacities and on the date indicated.

            SIGNATURE                        CAPACITY                 DATE

                              Chairman of the Board and
/s/ Richard J. Heckmann       Chief Executive Officer              June 24, 1999
- -----------------------       (Principal Executive Officer)
Richard J. Heckmann           and a Director

                              Executive Vice President and
/s/ Kevin L. Spence           Chief Financial Officer              June 24, 1999
- -----------------------       (Principal Financial Officer)
Kevin L. Spence

                              Vice President,
/s/ James W. Dierker          Controller and Treasurer             June 24, 1999
- -----------------------       (Principal Accounting Officer)
James W. Dierker

                                  Director

- -----------------------
Daniel Caille

                                  Director
       *                                                           June 24, 1999
- ----------------------
Arthur B. Laffer




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                                                              Reg. No. 333-16083


                                  Director

- -----------------------
Eric Licoys

                                  Director
      *                                                            June 24, 1999
- -----------------------
Jean Marie Messier

                                  Director
       *                                                           June 24, 1999
- -----------------------
Alfred E. Osborne, Jr.

                                  Director

- -----------------------
Henri Proglio


* By: /s/ Richard J. Heckmann                                      June 24, 1999
      -----------------------
      Richard J. Heckmann
      Attorney in Fact









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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT
NUMBER            EXHIBIT DESCRIPTION
- -------           -------------------

24.1              Power of Attorney (filed herewith)












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                                                                    Exhibit 24.1

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

      Know  all  persons  by  these  presents,   that  the  undersigned   hereby
constitutes  and appoints  Richard J. Heckmann and Kevin L. Spence,  and each of
them, the undersigned's true and lawful  attorney-in-fact  and agents, with full
power of substitution  and  resubstitution,  for him and in his name,  place and
stead,  in any  and all  capacities,  to sign  any  and  all  amendments  to the
following Registration Statements,  including post-effective  amendments, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto,  and other documentation in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission:

          o     Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 33-49382)
          o     Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 33-56744)
          o     Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 33-63285)
          o     Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 33-63287)
          o     Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 33-73542)
          o     Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 33-82424)
          o     Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 33-89662)
          o     Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-16069)
          o     Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-16083)
          o     Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-30783)
          o     Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-45955)
          o     Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-67423)
          o     Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-67283)
          o     Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-67285)
          o     Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-67289)

          o     Registration Statement on Form S-4 (No. 333-39711)
          o     Registration Statement on Form S-4 (No. 333-52717)

          o     Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 33-58141)
          o     Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 33-63263)
          o     Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 33-63325)
          o     Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 33-85026)
          o     Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-07757)
          o     Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-18889)
          o     Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-19489)
          o     Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-20753)
          o     Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-22395)
          o     Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-24465)
          o     Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-45981)


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     The undersigned hereby grants unto said  attorneys-in-fact  and agents full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary  to be done in or about  the  premises,  as fully to all  intents  and
purposes as he might or could do in person,  hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes,  may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     This  Power of  Attorney  may be  revoked  by the  undersigned  in a signed
writing delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 17th day of June, 1999.



                                                /s/ Jean-Marie Messier
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                                                Jean-Marie Messier







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