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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 22, 1997
Registration No. 333-_____
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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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./ /
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and
list the Securities Act registration statement number of earlier effective
registration statement for the same offering./X/ 333-14439
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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(3)
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Common Stock, $.01 par value......... 5,844 shares Not Applicable Not Applicable $100
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(1) Represents additional shares issued upon consummation of the Merger
described in Registration Statement No. 333-14439.
(2) Pursuant to Rule 457(f)(1), the fee is calculated based on the market value
of the additional 4,584 shares of Mountain Parks Common Stock 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 approximately
$140,000.
(3) Pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Securities Act, the minimum filing fee is
$100.
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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 17th 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 17th day of January, 1997, by the following persons
in the capacities indicated.
Signature Title
* President, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman
- ------------------------------ of the Board of Directors and Director
Donald R. Mengedoth (principal executive officer)
/s/ Mark A. Anderson Executive Vice President, Chief Financial
- ------------------------------ Officer, Secretary and Treasurer (principal
Mark A. Anderson financial and accounting officer)
*
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Patricia A. Adam
*
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James T. Anderson
*
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Patrick E. Benedict
*
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Patrick Delaney
*
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John H. Flittie
*
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Cargill MacMillan, Jr.
*
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Dean E. Smith
*
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Thomas C. Wold
*
- ------------------------------ Director
Harvey L. Wollman
*By: /s/ Mark A. Anderson
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Mark A. Anderson
Attorney-In-Fact
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