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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 18, 1996
Registration No. 333-6239
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-4
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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COMMUNITY FIRST BANKSHARES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 6022 46-0391436
(State or other (Primary Standard Industrial (I.R.S. Employer
jurisdiction of Classification Code Number) Identification No.)
incorporation or
organization)
520 Main Avenue
Fargo, North Dakota 58124-0001
(701) 298-5600
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of registrant's principal executive office)
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Donald R. Mengedoth
President
Community First Bankshares, Inc.
520 Main Avenue
Fargo, North Dakota 58124-0001
(701) 298-5600
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
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Copies to:
Patrick Delaney, Esq. Patrick B. Augustine, Esq.
Martin R. Rosenbaum, Esq. McKenna & Cuneo, L.L.P.
Lindquist & Vennum P.L.L.P. 370 Seventeenth Street
4200 IDS Center Suite 4800
80 South 8th Street Denver, Colorado 80202
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402 Telephone: (303) 634-4000
Telephone: (612) 371-3211
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Community First Bankshares, Inc. hereby removes from registration under
this Registration Statement (No. 333-6239) 103,901 shares of Common Stock, $.01
par value, out of the 642,704 shares registered pursuant to this Registration
Statement.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
has duly caused this Amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Fargo and the State of North Dakota,
on this 18th day of October, 1996.
COMMUNITY FIRST BANKSHARES, INC.
By: /s/ Mark A. Anderson
Mark A. Anderson
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer, Secretary and Treasurer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment
has been signed below on the 18th day of October, 1996, by the following persons
in the capacities indicated.
Signature Title
* President, Chief Executive Officer,
- ----------------------------------- Chairman of the Board of Directors and
Donald R. Mengedoth Director (principal executive officer)
/s/ Mark A. Anderson Executive Vice President, Chief
- ----------------------------------- Financial Officer, Secretary and
Mark A. Anderson Treasurer (principal financial and
accounting officer)
* Director
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Patricia A. Adam
* Director
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James T. Anderson
* Director
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Patrick E. Benedict
* Director
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Patrick Delaney
* Director
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John H. Flittie
* Director
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Cargill MacMillan, Jr.
* Director
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Dean E. Smith
* Director
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Thomas C. Wold
* Director
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Harvey L. Wollman
*By: /s/ Mark A. Anderson
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Mark A. Anderson
Attorney-In-Fact
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