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REGISTRATION NO. 33-59109
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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PHILIP MORRIS COMPANIES INC.
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
VIRGINIA 13-326-245
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF (I.R.S. EMPLOYER
INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION) IDENTIFICATION NUMBER)
120 PARK AVENUE 10017
NEW YORK, NEW YORK (ZIP CODE)
(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
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PHILIP MORRIS INCORPORATED CORRDINATED CRAFT EMPLOYEES
LONG TERM AGREEMENT BONUS PROGRAM
(FULL TITLE OF THE PLAN)
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G. PENN HOLSENBECK
Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Secretary
PHILIP MORRIS COMPANIES INC.
120 PARK AVENUE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10017
(NAME AND ADDRESS OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)
(212) 880-5000
(TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)
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Pursuant to Registration Statement No. 33-59109 on Form S-8 (the
"Registration Statement"), Philip Morris Companies Inc., a Virginia corporation
(the "Company"), registered 125,000 shares of its Common Stock, $1 par value,
and an indeterminate amount of plan interests issuable under the Philip Morris
Incorporated Coordinated Craft Employees Long Term Agreement Bonus Program (the
"Plan"). The Company hereby removes from registration all such plan interests.
This amendment to the Registration Statement shall not affect the registration
of any shares of the Company's Common Stock previously registered.
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SIGNATURES
The Registrant. 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-8 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 New York, State of New
York, on the 24th day of April, 1996.
Philip Morris Companies Inc.
By: /s/ Geoffrey C. Bible
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GEOFFREY C. BIBLE, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this amendment
to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
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/s/ Geoffrey C. Bible Director, Chairman of the April 24, 1996
- -------------------------------------------------- Board and Chief
(Geoffrey C. Bible) Executive Officer
/s/ Hans G. Storr Director, Executive Vice April 24, 1996
- -------------------------------------------------- President and Chief
(Hans G. Storr) Financial Officer
/s/ Katherine P. Clark Vice President and April 24, 1996
- -------------------------------------------------- Controller
(Katherine P. Clark)
Elizabeth E. Bailey, Murray H. Bring, Harold
Brown, William H. Donaldson, Jane Evans, Robert
E. R. Huntley, Rupert Murdoch, Richard D.
Parsons, Roger S. Penske, John S. Reed Directors
By: /s/ Hans G. Storr April 24, 1996
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(Hans G. Storr, Attorney-in-fact)
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The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
the Human Resources Department of Philip Morris Incorporated, a subsidiary of
the Company, administrator of the Plan, has duly caused this amendment to the
Registration Statement to be signed by the undersigned thereunto duly
authorized, in The City of New York, State of New York, on the 24th day of
April, 1996.
PHILIP MORRIS INCORPORATED
COORDINATED CRAFT EMPLOYEES
LONG TERM AGREEMENT
BONUS PROGRAM
By: /s/ Eric A. Taussig
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ERIC A. TAUSSIG, ASSISTANT SECRETARY,
PHILIP MORRIS INCORPORATED
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