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As filed with the Securities and Exchange on July 2, 1997
Registration No. 33-24147
Post-Effective Amendment No.2 Registration No. 33-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2
TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
KCS ENERGY, INC.
(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 22-2889587
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
379 THORNALL STREET, EDISON, NEW JERSEY 08837
(908) 632-1770
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
1988 KCS ENERGY, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PROGRAM
(Full title of the plan)
HENRY A. JURAND, SR. VICE PRESIDENT, CFO AND SECRETARY
KCS ENERGY, INC., 379 THORNALL STREET, EDISON, NEW JERSEY 08837
(Name and address, including zip code, of agent for service)
Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service:
(908) 632-1770
The Commission is requested to mail signed copies of all orders, notes and
communications to:
RALPH M. LOWENBACH, ESQ.
ORLOFF, LOWENBACH, STIFELMAN & SIEGEL, P.A.
101 EISENHOWER PARKWAY, ROSELAND, NEW JERSEY 07068
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KCS ENERGY, INC.
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2
TO
FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT
FOR
1988 KCS ENERGY, INC.
EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PROGRAM
KCS ENERGY, INC. is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2
to amend its Registration Statement (Registration No. 33-24147), the contents of
which are incorporated herein by reference, pursuant to Rule 416 of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to reflect an increase in the common stock,
par value $0.01 ("COMMON STOCK"), covered by such Registration Statement from
450,000 shares of Common Stock to 900,000 shares of Common Stock as a result of
a subsequent 2 for 1 stock split.
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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-8 and has duly caused this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the registration statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Township of Edison,
the State of New Jersey, on this 23rd day of June, 1997.
KCS ENERGY, INC.
(REGISTRANT)
By /s/Henry A. Jurand
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Henry A. Jurand,
Sr. Vice President,
CFO and Secretary
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the registration statement has been
signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.
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/s/James W. Christmas President, Chief 6/23/97
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James W. Christmas and Director
(Principal Executive
Officer)
/s/Stewart B. Kean Chairman of the
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Stewart B. Kean 6/21/97
/s/G. Stanton Geary Director 6/20/97
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G. Stanton Geary
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Signature Title Date
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/s/James E. Murphy, Jr. Director 6/20/97
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James E. Murphy, Jr.
/s/Joel D. Siegel Director 6/23/97
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Joel D. Siegel
/s/Christopher A. Viggiano Director 6/20/97
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Christopher A. Viggiano
/s/Robert G. Raynolds Director 6/25/97
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Robert G. Raynolds
/s/Henry A. Jurand Sr. Vice 6/23/97
- ----------------------------- President,
CFO and
Secretary
(Principal Financial
Officer)
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