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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 28, 1996
Registration No. 33-33188-3
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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GANTOS, INC.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Michigan 38-1414122
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(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
3260 Patterson, S.E., Grand Rapids, Michigan 49512
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
GANTOS, INC. STOCK OPTION PLAN
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(Full title of the plan)
Arlene H. Stern, President
Gantos, Inc.
3260 Patterson, S.E.
Grand Rapids, Michigan 49512
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(Name and address of agent for service)
(616) 949-7000
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(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed
Proposed maximum
Title of securities Amount to be maximum offering aggregate offering Amount of
to be registered registered price per share price registration fee
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Common Shares (1) 0 shares (2) $0.00 $1,556.25 (3)
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(1) $0.01 par value per share (the "Common Shares").
(2) Reflects the deregistration of 150,000 Common Shares no longer issuable
under the Stock Option Plan as a result of the termination of that plan.
(3) Paid with the original filing of this Registration Statement.
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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-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective
Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Grand Rapids, State of
Michigan, on October 28, 1996.
GANTOS, INC.
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(Registrant)
By: /s/ J.E. BUNKA
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J.E. Bunka, Senior Vice
President - Finance, Chief
Financial Officer and Treasurer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement has been signed by the
following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature Title Date
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/s/ ARLENE H. STERN President, Chief Executive Officer October 28, 1996
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Arlene H. Stern (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ J.E. BUNKA Senior Vice President - Finance, October 28, 1996
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J.E. Bunka Officer and Treasurer
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ JEFFREY C. TUORI Assistant Treasurer and Assistant October 28, 1996
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Jeffrey C. Tuori (Principal Accounting Officer and
Controller)
* Chairperson of the Board October 28, 1996
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L. Douglas Gantos
* Director October 28, 1996
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Elizabeth M. Eveillard
/s/ FRED K. SCHOMER Director October 28, 1996
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Fred K. Schomer
* Director October 28, 1996
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Hannah H. Strasser
* Director October 28, 1996
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Mary Elizabeth Burton
* Director October 28, 1996
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Erwin A. Marks
* Director October 28, 1996
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S. Amanda Putnam
*By: /s/ J.E. BUNKA October 28, 1996
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J.E. Bunka, Attorney-in-Fact
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