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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on October 13, 1995
Registration No. 33-40339
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1
to
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Sequoia Systems, Inc.
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(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)
Delaware 04-2738973
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(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
400 Nickerson Road
Marlborough, Massachusetts 01752
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
1990 Outside Director's Stock Option Plan
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(Full title of the plan)
Jeremy F. Swett, Esq.
400 Nickerson Road
Marlborough, Massachusetts 01752
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(Name and address of agent for service)
(508) 480-0800
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(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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Pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 33-40339),
Sequoia Systems, Inc. (the "Company") registered under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Act"), 250,000 shares of common stock, $.40 par value per
share, of the Company, which shares were to be issued pursuant to the 1990
Outside Director's Stock Option Plan of the Company (the "Plan"). This Post-
Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement is being filed for the
purpose of deregistering 57,500 shares of common stock of the Company which were
to be issued under the Plan.
Pursuant to Rule 478 promulgated under the Securities Act, the registrant
has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized, in the town of Marlborough, the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on this 30th day of September, 1995.
SEQUOIA SYSTEMS, INC.
By:/s/Richard B. Goldman
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Richard B. Goldman
Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
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