As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 12, 1996
Registration No. 33-19911
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE
To
Form S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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RALSTON PURINA COMPANY
(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)
Missouri 43-0470580
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer I.D. No.)
incorporation or organization)
Checkerboard Square, St. Louis, Missouri 63164
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
RALSTON PURINA COMPANY 1988 INCENTIVE STOCK PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
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James M. Neville, General Counsel, Vice President and Secretary
RALSTON PURINA COMPANY
1
Checkerboard Square
St. Louis, Missouri
(Name and address of agent for service)
Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service: 314-982-1266
AMENDMENT TO REGISTRATION NO. 33-19911
Effective as of March 28, 1996, Ralston Purina Company hereby amends Form
S-8 Registration Statement No. 33-19911 to provide that the shares of Common
Stock registered thereunder may also be awarded pursuant to the terms of the
Ralston Purina Company 1996 Incentive Stock Plan.
Exhibits.
Ralston Purina Company 1996 Incentive Stock Plan incorporated by reference
from the Ralston Purina Company Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement
dated December 15, 1995.
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
Post-Effective Amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned and
hereto duly authorized, in the City of St. Louis, State of Missouri, on March
12, 1996.
RALSTON PURINA COMPANY
By: /s/JAMES M. NEVILLE
James M. Neville, Attorney in fact
for Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
William P. Stiritz
