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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 30, 1998
Registration No. 333-27619
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2
TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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CAERE CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 7372 94-2250509
(State of Incorporation) (Primary Standard Industrial (I.R.S. Employer
Classification Code Number) Identification No.)
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100 COOPER COURT
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA 95032
(408)395-7000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code of
Registrant's principal executive offices)
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ROBERT G. TERESI
CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
100 COOPER COURT
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA 95032
(408) 395-7000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of agent for service)
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Copies to:
LEE F. BENTON, ESQ.
COOLEY GODWARD LLP
FIVE PALO ALTO SQUARE
3000 EL CAMINO REAL
PALO ALTO, CA 94306-2155
(650) 843-5000
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TERMINATION OF OFFERING AND REMOVAL
OF SECURITIES FROM REGISTRATION
Pursuant to an undertaking made in Item 17 of the Registration
Statement as filed with the Commission on May 22, 1997, the Registrant hereby
removes from registration 248,000 shares of Common Stock of the Registrant.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Los Gatos, State of California on June 30, 1998.
CAERE CORPORATION
By: /s/ Blanche M. Sutter
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Blanche M. Sutter
Executive Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer
and Secretary
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Post-Effective
Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the
following persons in the capabilities and on the date indicated.
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/s/ Robert G. Teresi Chairman of the Board, President and June 30, 1998
------------------------------------ Chief Executive Officer (Principal
Robert G. Teresi Executive Officer)
/s/ Blanche M. Sutter Executive Vice President, Chief Financial June 30, 1998
------------------------------------ Officer and Secretary
Blanche M. Sutter (Principal Financial and Accounting
Officer)
Director June __, 1998
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Betsy S. Atkins
/s/ James K. Dutton* Director June 30, 1998
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James K. Dutton
Director June __, 1998
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Joseph J. Francesconi
/s/ Robert J. Frankenberg* Director June 30, 1998
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Robert J. Frankenberg
*By: /s/ Blanche M. Sutter
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Blanche M. Sutter
Attorney-in-Fact
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