PC ETCETERA INC
S-2/A, 1996-06-17
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 17, 1996
    
                                         Registration No. 33-93842

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                 AMENDMENT NO. 4
    
                                       TO
                                    FORM S-2
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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                                PC ETCETERA, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                DELAWARE                               13-3260705
     (State or other jurisdiction                   (I.R.S. Employer
           of incorporation)                      Identification Number)

                               462 SEVENTH AVENUE
                            NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10018
                                 (212) 736-5870
          (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
             area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)

                               TERRY I. STEINBERG
                                    PRESIDENT
                                PC ETCETERA, INC.
                               462 SEVENTH AVENUE
                            NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10018
                                 (212) 736-5870
            (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
                   including area code, of agent for service)

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                  Copies of all communications and notices to:

                              FRED S. SKOLNIK, ESQ.
                       CERTILMAN BALIN ADLER & HYMAN, LLP
                                90 MERRICK AVENUE
                          EAST MEADOW, NEW YORK  11554
                                 (516) 296-7000

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APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC: As soon as
practicable after the effective date of this registration statement.

                       (Cover continued on following page)


If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be offered on a
delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933,
check the following box. [x]

If the registrant elects to deliver its latest annual report to security-
holders, or a complete and legible facsimile thereof, pursuant to Item 11(a)(1)
of this form, check the following box.  [ ]

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     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 this registration statement shall become
effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a),
may determine.

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                                     PART II

                     INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

ITEM 14.  OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION.

          The following table sets forth the expenses (estimated except for the
Registration Fee) in connection with the offering described in the Registration
Statement:

Registration Fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    $ 2,070.65
Accountants' Fees and Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     10,000.00
Legal Fees and Expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     30,000.00
Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      3,000.00
Miscellaneous. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       929.35
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  Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   $46,000.00
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ITEM 15.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

          Pursuant to Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the
Registrant has the power, under certain circumstances, to indemnify any person
who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened,
pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the
Registrant), by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer,
employee or agent of the Registrant, or is or was serving at the request of the
Registrant as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses
(including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement
actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or
proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to
be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Registrant, and, with respect
to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his
conduct was unlawful.

          Pursuant to such Section 145, the Registrant has the power, under
certain circumstances, to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or
suit by or in the right of the Registrant to procure a judgment in its favor by
reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of
the Registrant or was serving at the request of the Registrant as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually
and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of
such action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably
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of the Registrant, except that no indemnification generally shall be made in
respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been
adjudged to be liable to the Registrant.

          Pursuant to Section 145, to the extent that a director, officer,
employee or agent of the Registrant has been successful on the merits or
otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to above, or in
defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against
expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in
connection therewith.

          Article IX of the Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation and
Article VI of the Registrant's By-Laws provide generally that the Registrant
shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, indemnify all its officers and
directors.

         The Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation contains provisions
relating to the elimination of directors' liability for damages for breach of
duty in such capacity.

ITEM 16.  EXHIBITS.

EXHIBIT
NUMBER    DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT
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 2(a)     Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of August 12, 1994 among the
          Company, PC Etcetera Israel Ltd., Elron Electronic Industries Ltd.,
          Adar International, Inc. and Elron Technologies Inc.(1)

  (b)     Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of January 31, 1996 by and between
          Training Holdings L.L.C. and PC Etcetera, Inc.(2)

 4(a)     Certificate of Incorporation, as amended.(3)

  (b)     Certificate of Designation with regard to Series A Preferred
          Shares.(4)

 5        Opinion of Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP regarding the legality
          of the securities being registered.**

10(a)     Lease for premises situated at 462 Seventh Avenue, 4th Floor, New
          York, New York, as amended.*

  (b)     Lease for premises situated at 462 Seventh Avenue, 18th Floor,  New
          York, New York.(5)

  (c)     Lease for premises situated at 19 Fulton Street, New York, New
          York.(6)


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  (d)     Lease for premises situated at 120 Wood Avenue South, Iselin, New
          Jersey.(6)

  (e)     Lease Amendment for premises situated at 120 Wood Avenue South,
          Iselin, New Jersey.*

  (f)     Amended and Restated 1987 Stock Option Plan.(7)

  (g)     Agreement dated as of May 30, 1989 among Terry I. Steinberg, Joseph
          Sabrin and the Registrant, as amended.(5)

  (h)     Financing Agreement - Receivables dated November 20, 1990 between the
          Registrant and Rosenthal & Rosenthal, Inc.*

  (i)     Stockholders' Agreement dated as of August 12, 1994 among the
          Registrant, Elron Electronic Industries Ltd.("Elron"), Adar
          International, Inc, Elron Technologies Inc., Terry I. Steinberg,
          Joseph Sabrin and Gilbert H. Steinberg.(1)

  (j)     Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of March 15, 1995 among the
          Registrant, Special Situations Fund III, L.P., Special Situations
          Cayman Fund, L.P., Gibraltar Trust ("Gibraltar"), Justy Ltd.
          ("Justy"), Yozma Venture Capital Ltd. ("Yozma"), SVE STAR Ventures
          Enterprises No. II GbR ("SVE II"), SVE STAR Ventures Enterprises No.
          III GbR ("SVE III") and SVE STAR Ventures Enterprises No. IIIA GbR
          ("SVE IIIA")(collectively, the "Series B Purchasers").(4)

  (k)     Form of Warrant dated March 15, 1995 issued to the Series B Purchasers
          for the purchase of an aggregate of 500,000 Common Shares of the
          Registrant.(4)

  (l)     Loan and Registration Rights Agreement dated December 5, 1995 among
          the Registrant, Gibraltar, Justy, Yozma, SVE II, SVE III, SVE IIIA,
          Elron and Gilbert H. Steinberg (collectively, the "Lenders").*

  (m)     Form of Promissory Note dated December 5, 1995 issued to the Lenders
          with regard to $500,000 aggregate principal amount of indebtedness.*

  (n)     Form of Warrant dated December 5, 1995 issued to the Lenders for the
          purchase of an aggregate of 75,000 Common Shares of the Registrant.*

13        Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the quarter ended March 31,
          1996.(8)
   
23(a)     Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.**

  (b)     Consent of Norman Stumacher.**
    

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  (c)     Consent of Luboshitz, Kasierer & Co.**

  (d)     Consent of Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP (included in its opinion
          filed as Exhibit 5).

24        Powers of Attorney (included in signature page forming a part hereof).

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*Denotes document previously filed as an exhibit to this Registration Statement.

**Denotes document filed herewith.

(1) Denotes document filed as an exhibit to the Registrant's Current Report on
Form 8-K for an event dated August 12, 1994 (File No. 0-17419) and incorporated
herein by reference.

(2) Denotes document filed as an exhibit to the Registrant's Current Report on
Form 8-K for an event dated January 31, 1996 (File No. 0-17419) and incorporated
herein by reference.

(3) Denotes document filed as an exhibit to the Registrant's Annual Report on
Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995 (File No. 0-17419) and
incorporated herein by reference.

(4) Denotes document filed as an exhibit to the Registrant's Annual Report on
Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994 (File No. 0-17419) and
incorporated herein by reference.

(5) Denotes document filed as an exhibit to the Registrant's Annual Report on
Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1993 (File No. 0-17419) and
incorporated herein by reference.

(6) Denotes document filed as an exhibit to the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form S-18 (File No. 33-19521) and incorporated herein by reference.

(7) Denotes document filed as an exhibit to the Company's Annual Report on Form
10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1992 (File No. 0-17419) and
incorporated herein by reference.

(8) Denotes document filed with the Commission (File No. 0-17419) and
incorporated herein by reference.


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ITEM 17.  UNDERTAKINGS.

          The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that it will:

          (1)  File, during any period in which it offers or sells securities, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement to:

               (i)  Include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act;

               (ii)  Reflect in the prospectus any facts or events which,
individually or together, represent a fundamental change in the information in
the Registration Statement; notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of the
securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation
from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be
reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more
than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in
the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration
Statement; and

               (iii)  Include any additional or changed material information on
the plan of distribution.

          (2)  For determining liability under the Securities Act, treat each
post-effective amendment as a new registration statement of the securities
offered, and the offering of the securities at that time to be the initial bona
fide offering.

          (3)  File a post-effective amendment to remove from registration any
of the securities that remain unsold at the end of the offering.

          Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
of the Registrant pursuant to the provisions described under Item 15 above, or
otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act
and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public


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policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.


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                                   SIGNATURES
   
          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-2 and has duly caused this Amendment to
the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on the
13th day of June, 1996.
    
                                        PC ETCETERA, INC.


                                        By:  /s/Terry I. Steinberg
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             Terry I. Steinberg,
                                             President


          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

   
         *                    Chairman and Director              June 13, 1996
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Martin F. Kahn
                              President, Treasurer
                              and Director
                              (Principal Executive
         *                    and Financial Officer)             June 13, 1996
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Terry I. Steinberg
                              Executive Vice President,
                              Secretary and
         *                    Director                           June 13, 1996
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Joseph Sabrin

                              Controller (Principal
         *                    Accounting Officer)                June 13, 1996
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Adrienne Haber


         *                    Director                           June 13, 1996
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Avshalom Aderet


         *                    Director                           June 13, 1996
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Abraham Peri

                              Director
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Jacov Ben-Zvi
    

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  *Terry I. Steinberg, pursuant to Powers of Attorney (executed by each of the
persons listed above and indicated as signed above, and filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission), by signing his name hereto does hereby sign
and execute this Amendment to the Registration Statement on behalf of each of
the persons named above and indicated as signing above in the capacities in
which the names of each appear above, and does hereby sign and execute this
Amendment to the Registration Statement in his own behalf in the capacity of
President, Treasurer, Director and Principal Executive and Financial Officer.



                                        /s/Terry I. Steinberg
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                                        Terry I. Steinberg
   
June 13, 1996
    

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                                                                       EXHIBIT 5



   

                                             June 14, 1996
    



PC Etcetera, Inc.
462 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY  10018

   
     RE:  REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-2
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Gentlemen:

   
     In our capacity as counsel to PC Etcetera, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the "Company"), we have been asked to render this opinion in connection with
Amendment No. 4 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-2 (the
"Registration Statement") being filed contemporaneously by the Company with the
Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
which Registration Statement covers 2,405,744 shares of Common Stock, $.01 par
value, of the Company (the "Shares") comprised of 1,660,000 outstanding shares
of Common Stock (the "Outstanding Shares") and 745,744 shares of Common Stock
issuable upon the exercise of warrants or the conversion of Series A Preferred
Stock (the "Issuable Shares").  The Shares are being registered for resale by
certain selling stockholders.

    

     In connection with our opinion, we have examined the Certificate of
Incorporation and By-Laws of the Company, each as amended, and the Registration
Statement.  We are also familiar with proceedings of the Board of Directors of
the Company relating to the authorization of the issuance of the Shares.  We
have examined such other instruments and documents as we deemed relevant under
the circumstances.

     For purposes of the opinions expressed below, we have assumed (i) the
authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, (ii) the conformity
to the originals of all documents submitted as certified, photostatic or
facsimile copies and the authenticity of the originals, (iii) the legal capacity
of natural persons and (iv) the due authorization, execution and delivery of all
documents by all parties and the validity and binding effect thereof.

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PC Etcetera, Inc.
June 14, 1996
Page 2
    

     Based upon and subject to the foregoing, including the assumptions made, we
are of the opinion that (i) the Outstanding Shares have been duly and validly
authorized and issued, and are fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common
Stock, $.01 par value, of the Company and (ii) the Issuable Shares have been
duly and validly authorized and, when issued in accordance with the terms of the
respective warrants and Series A Preferred Stock, will be duly and validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock, $.01 par value, of
the Company.

     We hereby consent to the use of our opinion as herein set forth as an
exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the use of our name under the
caption "Legal Matters" in the Prospectus forming a part of the Registration
Statement.

     This opinion is as of the date hereof, and we do not undertake, and hereby
disclaim, any obligation to advise you of any changes in any of the matters set
forth herein.

     We are rendering this opinion only as to the matters expressly set forth
herein, and no opinion should be inferred as to any other matters.

     This opinion is for your exclusive use only and is to be utilized and
relied upon only in connection with the matters expressly set forth herein.

                                        Very truly yours,


                                        CERTILMAN, BALIN, ADLER & HYMAN, LLP

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                                                                   EXHIBIT 23(a)


                    CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


     As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation
by reference in this registration statement (File No. 33-93842) of our report
dated March 8, 1996 included in PC Etcetera, Inc.'s Form 10-KSB for the year
ended December 31, 1995 and to all references to our Firm in this registration
statement.


                                             Arthur Andersen LLP
   
New York, New York
June 14, 1996
    

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                                                                   EXHIBIT 23(b)


               CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT

          I consent to the incorporation by reference in Amendment No. 4 to this
Registration Statement on Form S-2 (Registration No. 33-93842) of my report on
the consolidated financial statements included in the Annual Report on Form 10-
KSB of PC Etcetera, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 1994, as amended, and
to all references to my firm included in the foregoing Registration Statement.



                                             NORMAN STUMACHER
                                        Certified Public Accountant


Garden City, NY
June 14, 1996
    

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                                                                   EXHIBIT 23(c)

                CONSENT OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS (ISRAEL)


          As independent public accountants of PC Etcetera Israel Ltd., we 
hereby consent to the incorporation in this registration statement (File No. 
33-93842) of our report dated February 28, 1995, in respect of the financial 
statements of PC Etcetera Israel Ltd. as of December 31, 1994, included in PC 
Etcetera, Inc.'s Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 1995 and to all
references to our Firm included in this registration statement.

           We draw attention to Note 16 of the financial statements of PC 
Etcetera Inc as of December 31, 1995, included in Form 10-KSB, wherein it is 
stated that PC Etcetera, Inc decided to cease operations of PC Etcetera 
Israel Ltd. effective March 31, 1996.


                                        LUBOSHITZ KASIERER & CO.
                                        Certified Public Accountants (Israel)

Tel Aviv, Israel
June 14, 1996

    


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