Registration No. 33-46071
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 3, 1996
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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OTTER TAIL POWER COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Minnesota 41-0462685
(State or other (I.R.S. Employer
jurisdiction of incorporation) Identification No.)
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215 South Cascade Street
P.O. Box 496
Fergus Falls, Minnesota 56538-0496
(218) 739-8200
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code of registrant's principal executive offices)
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A. E. ANDERSON
Vice President, Finance
215 South Cascade Street
P.O. Box 496
Fergus Falls, Minnesota 56538-0496
(218) 739-8200
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
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Deregistration of Unsold Cumulative Preferred Shares
Pursuant to this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1, Otter Tail Power Company
(the "Company") hereby deregisters the remaining $7,000,000 aggregate initial
offering price of the Company's Cumulative Preferred Shares which were
registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to this
Registration Statement (File No. 33-46071) and which were not sold.
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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-3 and has duly caused this amendment to the
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized in the City of Fergus Falls, State of Minnesota,
on July 3, 1996.
OTTER TAIL POWER COMPANY
By John C. MacFarlane
John C. MacFarlane
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this amendment to
the registration statement has been signed on July 3, 1996, by the following
persons in the capacities indicated:
Signature Title
Chairman, President and Chief
John C. MacFarlane Executive Officer
John C. MacFarlane (principal executive officer)
and Director
Andrew E. Anderson Vice President, Finance and Treasurer
Andrew E. Anderson (principal financial officer)
Jeffrey J. Legge Controller
Jeffrey J. Legge (principal accounting officer)
* Director
Thomas M. Brown
* Director
Dayle Dietz
* Director
Dennis R. Emmen
* Director
Maynard D. Helgaas
Director
Arvid R. Liebe
* Director
Kenneth L. Nelson
Director
Nathan I. Partain
* Director
Robert N. Spolum
*By John C. MacFarlane
John C. MacFarlane
Pro Se and
Attorney-in-Fact
