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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
March 28, 1997
Registration No. 333-09971
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
AUGAT INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
MASSACHUSETTS 04-2022285
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization Identification No.)
1555 LYNNFIELD ROAD
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE 38119
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
1996 STOCK RETAINER PLAN FOR NONEMPLOYEE DIRECTORS
(Full title of the plan)
JERRY KRONENBERG
VICE PRESIDENT - GENERAL COUNSEL
AUGAT INC.
1555 LYNNFIELD ROAD
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE 38119
(Name and address of agent for service)
(901) 682-7766
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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On August 12, 1996, Augat Inc. (the "Registrant") filed a Registration
Statement on Form S-8, Registration No. 333-09971 (the "Registration
Statement"), to register 50,000 shares of common stock, par value $.10 per share
of the Registrant ("Shares"), to be issued pursuant to the Registrant's 1996
Stock Retainer Plan for Nonemployee Directors (the "Plan"). Between August 12,
1996 and the date hereof 2,952 Shares have been issued pursuant to the Plan. On
December 11, 1996 pursuant to a merger (the "Merger") of a wholly owned
subsidiary of Thomas & Betts Corporation, a Tennessee corporation ("T&B") merger
with and into the Registrant. As a result of the Merger, the Registrant became a
wholly owned subsidiary of T&B. The Plan has been terminated and as a result no
additional Shares will be issued pursuant to the Plan. The Registration
Statement is hereby amended to remove from registration the remaining 47,048
Shares which remain unissued thereunder.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
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
Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Memphis, State of
Tennessee on the 28th day of March, 1997.
AUGAT INC.
By: /s/ Clyde R. Moore
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Clyde R. Moore
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
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 indicated and on the dates indicated.
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Signature Title Date
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/s/ Clyde R. Moore Chairman of the Board March 28, 1997
- -------------------------------- Chief Executive Officer
Clyde R. Moore and Director (Principal
Executive Officer)
/s/ Fred R. Jones Vice President - Finance March 28, 1997
- -------------------------------- and Treasurer and Director
Fred R. Jones (Principal Financial Officer
and Accounting Officer)
/s/ T. Kevin Dunnigan Director March 28, 1997
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T. Kevin Dunnigan
/s/ Jerry Kronenberg Director March 28, 1997
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Jerry Kronenberg
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