TYCO INTERNATIONAL LTD /BER/
POS EX, 1998-03-24
GENERAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT, NEC
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 24, 1998
                                                              File No. 333-33779

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
                                 ---------------
                         POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
                                       TO
                                    FORM S-3
                             Registration Statement
                                      Under
                           the Securities Act of 1933
                                 ---------------
                             TYCO INTERNATIONAL LTD.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

             BERMUDA                                     NOT APPLICABLE
  (State or other jurisdiction                           (IRS Employer      
of incorporation or organization)                     Identification No.)   

                              THE GIBBONS BUILDING
                           10 QUEEN STREET, SUITE 301
                             HAMILTON HM11, BERMUDA
                                 (441) 292-8374

 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of 
                   registrant's principal executive offices)

                                 MARK H. SWARTZ
                        C/O TYCO INTERNATIONAL (US) INC.
                                  ONE TYCO PARK
                           EXETER, NEW HAMPSHIRE 03833
                                 (603) 778-9700
            (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
                   including area code, of agent for service)

                                   Copies to:
                             JOSHUA M. BERMAN, ESQ.
                        KRAMER, LEVIN, NAFTALIS & FRANKEL
                                919 THIRD AVENUE
                            NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10022

         APPROXIMATE  DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC:  From
time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement.

         If the only securities  being registered on this form are being offered
pursuant to dividend or interest  reinvestment plans, please check the following
box. [ ] 

         If any of the  securities  being  registered  on  this  form  are to be
offered  on a  delayed  or  continuous  basis  pursuant  to Rule 415  under  the
Securities Act of 1933,  other than  securities  offered only in connection with
dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. [X]


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         If this form is filed to register additional securities for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box
and list  the  Securities  Act  registration  statement  number  of the  earlier
effective registration statement for the same offering. [ ] 

         If this  form is a  post-effective  amendment  filed  pursuant  to Rule
462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities
Act  registration   statement  number  of  the  earlier  effective  registration
statement for the same offering. [ ]

         If delivery of the  prospectus  is expected to be made pursuant to Rule
434, please check the following box. [ ]


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                         POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1


                    Tyco International Ltd. (the "Registrant") hereby amends the
Registrant's  Registration  Statement on Form S-3, File No.  333-33779,  for the
sole purpose of filing  Exhibits 23.1,  23.2 and 23.3.  Pursuant to Rule 462(d),
this  Post-Effective  Amendment shall become  effective  immediately upon filing
with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


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<PAGE>



ITEM 16.  EXHIBITS

3.1   -   Memorandum  of  Association  of  Registrant  (previously  filed  as an
          Exhibit to Registrant's  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
          December 31, 1996)

3.2   -   Certificate of Incorporation on Change of Name (previously filed as an
          Exhibit to the Registrant's  Current Report on Form 8-K filed July 10,
          1997 ("July 10, 1997 8-K")

3.3   -   Bye-Laws of Registrant (previously filed as an Exhibit to the July 10,
          1997 Form 8-K)

4.1   -   Rights  Agreement  between  Registrant and Citibank,  N.A. dated as of
          November 6, 1996 (previously  filed as an Exhibit to Registrant's Form
          8-A dated November 12, 1996)

4.2   -   First  Amendment  between  Registrant  and Citibank,  N.A. dated as of
          March 3, 1997 to Rights  Agreement  between  Registrant  and Citibank,
          N.A. dated as of November 6, 1996  (previously  filed as an Exhibit to
          Registrant's Form 8-A/A dated March 3, 1997)

4.3.  -   Second  Amendment  between  Registrant and Citibank,  N.A. dated as of
          July 2,1997 to Rights Agreement between Registrant and Citibank,  N.A.
          dated as of  November  6,  1996  (previously  filed as an  Exhibit  to
          Registrant's Form 8-A/A dated July 2, 1997)

5     -   Opinion of Appleby,  Spurling & Kempe  regarding  the  validity of the
          securities registered

10.1  -   Settlement  Agreement,  dated as of July 16, 1997,  between Registrant
          and Western Resources, Inc.

10.2  -   Registration  Rights  Agreement,  dated August 14, 1997,  among Westar
          Capital, Inc., Western Resources, Inc. and Registrant

10.3  -   Registration  Rights Agreement,  dated as of July 7,1992 (the "Kendall
          Registration Rights  Agreement"),  among Kendall  International,  Inc.
          (formerly CDK Holding  Corporation;  "Kendall") and certain holders of
          Kendall  securities  (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.42 to the
          Registration Statement on Form 10 of Kendall, as amended (the "Kendall
          Form 10"))

10.4  -   Amendment No. 1 to the Kendall  Registration  Rights Agreement,  dated
          July 11, 1994  (incorporated  by  reference  to Exhibit 10 (b) to Tyco
          International (US) Inc. (formerly Tyco International Ltd., "Old Tyco")
          Registration Statement on Form S-3, File No. 33-57509)

10.5  -   Warrant  Agreement,  dated as of July 7,  1992,  between  Holding  and
          Norwest Bank Minnesota,  N.A., as warrant agent (the "Warrant  Agent")
          (including  the  form of A  Warrant)  (incorporated  by  reference  to
          Exhibit 10.46.1 to the Kendall Form 10)

10.6  -   Warrant  Agreement,  dated as of July 7, 1992, between Kendall and the
          Warrant  Agent  (including  the form of B  Warrant)  (incorporated  by
          reference to Exhibit 10.46.3 to the Kendall Form 10)

23.1  -   Consent of Coopers & Lybrand*

23.2  -   Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.*

23.3  -   Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP*

24    -   Power of Attorney

- ---------------
*     Filed herewith.


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                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  the
Registrant  has duly caused this  Post-Effective  Amendment to the  Registration
Statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized,  in the Town of Exeter,  State of New Hampshire,  on the 24th day of
March, 1998.

 
                                       TYCO INTERNATIONAL LTD.        
                                                                      
                                                                      
                                       By: /s/ MARK H. SWARTZ         
                                           ---------------------------
                                           Mark H. Swartz             
                                           Executive Vice President --
                                           Chief Financial Officer    
                                           (Principal Financial       
                                           and Accounting Officer)    
                                       

         Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of  1933,  this
Post-Effective  Amendment to the  Registration  Statement has been signed by the
following persons on March 24, 1998 in the capacities indicated below.

        Signature                                    Title
        ---------                                    -----

          *                            Chairman of the Board, President, Chief 
- --------------------------             Executive Officer and Director (Principal
L. Dennis Kozlowski                    Executive Officer)


          *
- --------------------------             Director
Michael A. Ashcroft                    


          *
- --------------------------             Director
Joshua M. Berman


          *
- --------------------------             Director
Richard S. Bodman


          *
- --------------------------             Director
John F. Fort


          *
- --------------------------             Director
Stephen W. Foss


          *
- --------------------------             Director
Richard A. Gilleland


          *
- --------------------------             Director
Philip M. Hampton


          *
- --------------------------             Director
James S. Pasman, Jr.


          *
- --------------------------             Director
W. Peter Slusser


/s/ MARK H. SWARTZ
- --------------------------             Executive Vice President and Chief  
Mark H. Swartz                         Financial Officer (Principal Financial
                                       and Accounting Officer)


          *
- --------------------------             Director
Frank E. Walsh, Jr.


By: /s/ MARK H. SWARTZ
    ----------------------
Mark H. Swartz
Attorney-in-Fact





                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

         We  consent  to the  incorporation  by  reference  in the  Registration
Statement  on Form S-3 (File No. 333-  33779) of Tyco  International  Ltd.  (the
"Company")  of  our  report  dated  November  21,  1997  on  our  audits  of the
Consolidated  Financial  Statements  and the  Consolidated  Financial  Statement
Schedule of the Company as of  September  30, 1997 and December 31, 1996 and for
the nine months  ended  September  30, 1997 and for each of the two years in the
period  ended  December  31,  1996,  which  report is included in the  Company's
Transition  Report on Form 10-K for the period ended September 30, 1997. We also
consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts."


                                                              COOPERS & LYBRAND

Hamilton, Bermuda
March 20, 1998


                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.2


                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

         We  consent  to the  incorporation  by  reference  in the  Registration
Statement  on Form S-3 (File No. 333-  33779) of Tyco  International  Ltd.  (the
"Company") of our report dated July 10, 1997, which is included in the Company's
Transition  Report on Form 10-K for the period ended  September 30, 1997, on our
audits of the Consolidated  Financial Statements and the Consolidated  Financial
Statement  Schedule  of  Tyco  International  Ltd.  (subsequently  renamed  Tyco
International  (US)  Inc.)  as of  December  31,  1996 and for the  years  ended
December 31, 1996 and June 30, 1995 (not presented separately therein).  We also
consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts."


                                                        COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.

Boston, Massachusetts
March 20, 1998



                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.3

                    CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

         As   independent   public   accountants,   we  hereby  consent  to  the
incorporation by reference in the  Registration  Statement on Form S-3 (File No.
333-33779)  of Tyco  International  Ltd.  (the  "Company")  of our report  dated
January  31,  1997 on our audits of the  consolidated  financial  statements  of
Keystone  International,  Inc. and  subsidiaries as of December 31, 1996 and for
each of the two  years in the  period  then  ended,  included  in the  Company's
Transition Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 1997, and to all
references to our Firm included in the Registration Statement.


                                                             ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP

March 20, 1998
Houston, Texas



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