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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON APRIL 22, 1999
REGISTRATION NO. 33-55880
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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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SUNRISE MEDICAL INC.
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
DELAWARE 95-3836867
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF (I.R.S. EMPLOYER
INCORPORATION OF ORGANIZATION) IDENTIFICATION NUMBER)
2382 FARADAY AVENUE, SUITE 200
CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA 92008
(760) 930-1500
(Address, including Zip Code, Telephone Number,
including Area Code, of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)
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Agent For Service:
STEVEN A. JAYE
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL AND SECRETARY
2382 FARADAY AVENUE, SUITE 200
CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA 92008
(760) 930-1500
(Name, Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,
including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
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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. / /
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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This Post-Effective Amendment is solely for the purpose of removing
from registration 450,000 shares of the Common Stock, $1.00 par value, of
Sunrise Medical Inc., being the only securities to which this registration
statement relates which remain unsold.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, the Registrant 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 City of Carlsbad, State of California, on the
20th day of April, 1999.
SUNRISE MEDICAL INC., a Delaware corporation
By: /s/ R.H. Chandler
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Richard H. Chandler
Chairman of the Board
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this
Amendment No. 2 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and
on the dates indicated.
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SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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/s/ R.H. Chandler Chairman of the Board, and President and April 20, 1999
- ------------------------------------------ Chief Executive Officer (Chief Operating Officer)
Richard H. Chandler
* Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer April 20, 1999
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Ted N. Tarbet
/s/ John M. Radak Vice President and Controller April 20, 1999
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John M. Radak
* Director April 20, 1999
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Lee A. Ault III
Director
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Michael N. Hammes
* Director April 20, 1999
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Murray H. Hutchinson
* Director April 20, 1999
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William L. Pierpoint
* Director April 20, 1999
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Joseph Stemler
* Director April 20, 1999
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J. R. Woodhull
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*By: /s/ R.H. Chandler
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Richard H. Chandler
Attorney-in-Fact
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