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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 2, 1997
Registration No. 333-14439
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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 jurisdiction of (Primary Standard Industrial (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Classification Code Number) Identification No.)
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. John W. Low
Martin R. Rosenbaum, Esq. Sherman & Howard L.L.C.
Lindquist & Vennum P.L.L.P. 633 Seventeenth Street
4200 IDS Center Suite 3000
80 South 8th Street Denver, Colorado 80202
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402 Telephone: (303) 297-2900
Telephone: (612) 371-3211
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to public: As soon as
practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.
If the securities being registered on this Form are being offered in
connection with the formation of a holding company and there is compliance with
General Instruction G, check the following box./ /
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed Proposed
Maximum Maximum
Title of Each Class of Amount to be Offering Price Aggregate Amount of
Securities to be Registered Registered(1) Per Share(2) Offering Price(2) Registration Fee
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Common Stock, $.01 par value 5,172,103 shares Not Applicable Not Applicable $35,717(2)(3)
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(1) Represents the maximum number of shares issuable upon consummation of the
Merger described in the Registration Statement, based upon the maximum
number of outstanding shares of Mountain Parks Financial Corp. ("Mountain
Parks") as of the Effective Time of the Merger and a conversion ratio of
1.275 shares of Common Stock of Community First Bankshares, Inc. to be
exchanged for each share of Mountain Parks common stock.
(2) Pursuant to Rule 457(f)(1), the fee was calculated based on the market
value of the shares of Mountain Parks Common Stock to be cancelled in the
Merger, based upon the average of the high and low sale prices of Mountain
Parks Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on October 14,
1996, resulting in an aggregate market value of $117,864,450.
(3) Previously paid.
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Community First Bankshares, Inc. hereby amends this Registration Statement
(No. 333-14439) by increasing the number of shares of Common Stock, $.01 par
value, to be included by 1,275 shares. No additional filing fee is required.
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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 2nd day of January, 1997.
COMMUNITY FIRST BANKSHARES, INC.
By:/s/ Mark A. Anderson
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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 2nd day of January, 1997, by the following persons
in the capacities indicated.
Signature Title
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* President, Chief Executive Officer,
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Donald R. Mengedoth Chairman of the Board of Directors and
Director (principal executive officer)
/s/ Mark A. Anderson Executive Vice President, Chief
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Mark A. Anderson Financial Officer, Secretary and
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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