As filed with the Securities and Exchange Registration No. 2-81753
Commission on March 1, 2000
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE
To
Form S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
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RALSTON PURINA COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Missouri 43-0470580
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
Checkerboard Square, St. Louis Missouri 63164
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
PURINA STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
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J. M. Neville, Vice President and General Counsel
RALSTON PURINA COMPANY
Checkerboard Square
St. Louis, Missouri 63164
(Name and address of agent for service)
Telephone number of agent for service: 314-982-1266
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DE-REGISTRATION OF SHARES
On February 9, 1983, Ralston Purina Company registered on its Form S-8
Registration Statement (No. 2-81753), the offering of up to 1,000,000 shares of
Ralston Purina Company $.41 2/3 par value Common Stock ("Common Stock") pursuant
to the terms of the Purina Stock Purchase Plan.
On December 6, 1999, Ralston Purina Company registered on its Form S-8
Registration Statement (No. 333-92141), the offering of up to 100,000 shares of
Ralston Purina Company $.10 par value Common Stock pursuant to the terms of the
Ralston Purina Company Stock Purchase Plan (formerly known as the Purina Stock
Purchase Plan). Registrant believes that several hundred thousand shares of
Common Stock registered on Registration Statement No. 2-81753 for
offering under the Purina Stock Purchase Plan remain unsold. Ralston
Purina Company is hereby de-registering any shares remaining filed
pursuant to the 1983 Registration Statement. All other shares of Common Stock
registered pursuant to Registration No. 2-81753 which have been sold remain
registered.
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,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of St. Louis, State of Missouri, on
March 1, 2000.
RALSTON PURINA COMPANY
By: \s\ W. P. McGinnis
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W. P. McGinnis
Chief Executive Officer and President
