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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON MARCH 31, 1997
REGISTRATION NO. 33-88232
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-1
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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GREAT BAY POWER CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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NEW HAMPSHIRE 4911 02-0396811
(State or other jurisdiction of (Primary Standard Industrial (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Classification Code Number) Identification No.)
COCHECO FALLS MILLWORKS, 100 MAIN STREET, DOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE 03820, (603) 742-3388
(Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)
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JOHN A. TILLINGHAST
President
GREAT BAY POWER CORPORATION
Cocheco Falls Millworks, 100 Main Street
Dover, New Hampshire 03820
(603) 742-3388
(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code,
of Agent for Service)
Copies to:
DAVID E. REDLICK, ESQ.
HALE AND DORR LLP
60 State Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02109
(617) 526-6000
The registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or
dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall
file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration
Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of
the Securities Act of 1933, or until the Registration Statement shall become
effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a),
may determine.
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Pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 33-88232),
Great Bay Power Corporation (the "Company") registered under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") an aggregate of 5,820,530 shares of
the Company's common stock, $.01 par value per share (the "Common Stock"), on
behalf of certain Stockholders of the Company. This Post-Effective Amendment No.
1 to the Registration Statement is being filed for the purpose of deregistering
the 4,697,708 of such shares of Common Stock of the Company that remain unsold
at the termination of the offering contemplated by the Registration Statement.
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Pursuant to Rule 478 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 city of Dover, State of New
Hampshire, on this 31st day of March, 1997.
GREAT BAY POWER CORPORATION
By: /s/ John A. Tillinghast
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John A. Tillinghast
President, Treasurer and
Chief Executive Officer
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