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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 15, 1996
Registration No. 33-57719 &
33-57719-01
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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Post-Effective Amendment No. 4
To
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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CMS ENERGY CORPORATION CMS ENERGY MICHIGAN LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
(Exact name of registrant as (Exact name of co-registrant as
specified in its charter) specified in its charter)
Michigan Michigan
(State or other jurisdiction (State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization) incorporation or organization)
38-2726431 38-3220537
(I.R.S. Employer (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.) Identification No.)
Fairlane Plaza South, Suite 1100
330 Town Center Drive
Dearborn, Michigan 48126
(313) 436-9200
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
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Alan M. Wright
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Fairlane Plaza South, Suite 1100
330 Town Center Drive
Dearborn, Michigan 48126
313-436-9560
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
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It is respectfully requested that the Commission send copies
of all notices, orders and communications to:
David J. Boyd, Esq. Thomas J. Igoe, Jr., Esq.
Sidley & Austin Reid & Priest LLP
One First National Plaza 40 West 57th Street
Chicago, Illinois 60603 New York, New York 10019
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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
Pursuant to the undertaking set forth in CMS Energy Corporation's (the
"Company") Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration Nos. 33-57719
& 33-57719-01), as amended (the "Registration Statement"), the Company
hereby amends the Registration Statement to deregister $107,500 in Senior
Debt Securities, Subordinated Debt Securities, CMS Energy Common Stock
(par value $.01 per share), Class G Common Stock (no par value), Preferred
Stock (par value $.01 per share), Guarantee with respect to CMS Energy
Michigan Limited Partnership Preferred Securities and CMS Energy Michigan
Limited Partnership Preferred Securities remaining unsold and unissued
under the Registration Statement.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and Rule 478
thereunder, 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 Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 to Form S-3
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dearborn and State of Michigan,
on the 15th day of November, 1996.
CMS ENERGY CORPORATION
By: /s/ Alan M. Wright
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Alan M. Wright
Senior Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer
and Treasurer
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