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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 23, 1999.
Registration No. 333-19391
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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GALILEO CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 04-2526583
(State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization) Identification Number)
GALILEO PARK, P.O. BOX 550, STURBRIDGE, MA 01566, (508) 347-9191
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of registrant's principal executive offices)
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JOSEF W. ROKUS
Vice President and Secretary
Galileo Corporation
Galileo Park
P.O. Box 550
Sturbridge, Massachusetts 01566
(508) 347-9191
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
with copies to:
DAVID R. POKROSS, JR., ESQ.
Palmer & Dodge LLP
One Beacon Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02108
(617) 573-0100
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The Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-19391)
registered 269,913 shares (the "Shares") of Common Stock, $0.01 par value per
share, of Galileo Corporation held by certain shareholders (the "Selling
Shareholders") named in the Registration Statement. Of the 269,913 Shares, the
Selling Shareholders or their donees have sold 141,335; the remaining 128,578
are now eligible for sale pursuant to Rule 144. Accordingly, the offering
pursuant to the Prospectus which forms a part of the Registration Statement has
been terminated. This Post-Effective Amendment is filed to deregister the
128,578 unsold Shares.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
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 the Registration Statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Town of Sturbridge,
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on April 22, 1999.
GALILEO CORPORATION
By: /s/ Josef W. Rokus
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Josef W. Rokus
Vice President
