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Registration No. 33-85480
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
FORM S-4
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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R. H. MACY & CO., INC.
(Former name of registrant under which Registration Statement was filed)
FEDERATED DEPARTMENT STORES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 5311 13-3324058
(State or other (Primary Standard (I.R.S. Employer
jurisdiction of Industrial Identification
incorporation Classification Code Number)
or organization) Number)
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151 WEST 34TH STREET
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10001
(201) 438-1400
-and-
7 WEST SEVENTH STREET
CINCINNATI, OHIO 45202
(513) 579-7000
(Address, including ZIP Code, and telephone number, including area
code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
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RONALD W. TYSOE
VICE CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
FEDERATED DEPARTMENT STORES, INC.
7 WEST SEVENTH STREET
CINCINNATI, OHIO 45202
(513) 579-7000
(Name, address, including ZIP Code, and telephone number,
includ ing area code, of agent for service)
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Please send a copy of all communications to:
ROBERT A. PROFUSEK, ESQ.
JONES DAY, REAVIS & POGUE
599 LEXINGTON AVENUE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10022
(212) 326-3939
If the Securities being registered on this Form are
being offered in connection with the formation of a holding
company and there is compliance with General Instruction G,
check the following box. /__/
Pursuant to the undertaking contained in Item 22 of
this Registration Statement, the Registrant hereby
deregisters all of the shares of Common Stock, par value
$.01 per share, of the Registrant originally registered by
this Registration Statement that were not issued in
connection with the Federated/Macy's Merger which was the
subject of this Registration Statement.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
has duly caused this post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the
City of Cincinnati, State of Ohio on June 20, 1995.
FEDERATED DEPARTMENT STORES, INC.
By /s/ Ronald W. Tysoe
Ronald W. Tysoe
Principal Financial Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this post-
effective amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the
following persons in the capacities indicated on June 20, 1995.
Signature Title
* Principal Executive Officer
Allen I. Questrom and Director
/s/ Ronald W. Tysoe Principal Financial Officer
Ronald W. Tysoe and Director
* Principal Accounting
John E. Brown Officer
* Director
Robert A. Charpie
* Director
Lyle Everingham
* Director
Meyer Feldberg
* Director
Earl G. Graves, Sr.
* Director
George V. Grune
* Director
G. William Miller
* Director
Joseph Neubauer
* Director
Karl M. von der Heyden
* Director
Marna C. Whittington
* Director
James M. Zimmerman
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* The undersigned, by signing his name hereto, does sign and
execute this post-effective amendment to the Registration
Statement pursuant to the Powers of Attorney executed by the
above-named persons.
/s/ Ronald W. Tysoe
Ronald W. Tysoe
Attorney-in-Fact
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