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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 30, 1997
Registration No. 33-86158
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Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 41-1672694
(State of Incorporation) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
600 Second Street N.E., Hopkins, Minnesota 55343
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
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ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC. 1994 STOCK VALUE GUARANTEE PLAN
(Full title of plan)
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Daryl L. Zimmer, General Counsel
600 Second Street N.E.
Hopkins, Minnesota 55343
(612) 931-6140
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
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Explanatory Note
This amendment deregisters 194,158 Alliant Techsystems Inc. Common Stock
Value Guarantees ("SVG's") that were previously registered under this
Registration Statement. These SVG's were unsold when the SVG's expired on June
30, 1997, as of which date the offering was terminated.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act of 1933, 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
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Hopkins, State of Minnesota, on July 30, 1997.
ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC.
By: /s/Charles H. Gauck
Charles H. Gauck
Secretary
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this amendment
to registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on July 30, 1997.
Signature Title
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Richard Schwartz* Director, Chairman of the Board,
Richard Schwartz President and Chief Executive
Officer (Principal Executive
Officer)
Scott S. Meyers* Vice President and Chief
Scott S. Meyers Financial Officer (Principal
Financial Officer)
Paula J. Patineau* Vice President and Controller
Paula J. Patineau (Principal Accounting Officer)
R. Keith Elliott* Director
R. Keith Elliott
Thomas L. Gossage* Director
Thomas L. Gossage
Joel M. Greenblatt* Director
Joel M. Greenblatt
Jonathan G. Guss* Director
Jonathan G. Guss
David E. Jeremiah* Director
David E. Jeremiah
Gaynor N. Kelley* Director
Gaynor N. Kelley
Joseph F. Mazzella* Director
Joseph F. Mazzella
Daniel L. Nir* Director
Daniel L. Nir
*By: /s/Charles H. Gauck
Charles H. Gauck
Attorney-in-Fact
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number Description Method of Filing
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24 Powers of Attorney Filed herewith electronically
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Exhibit 24
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ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
OF DIRECTOR AND/OR OFFICER
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned officer and/or director
of Alliant Techsystems Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), (a)
hereby constitutes and appoints Richard Schwartz, Scott S. Meyers, Daryl L.
Zimmer and Charles H. Gauck, and each of them (with full power to each of them
to act alone), the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution for the undersigned in the
undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, (i) to sign a
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration
No. 33-86158) necessary to deregister unsold Common Stock Value Guarantees of
the Corporation offered under the Alliant Techsystems Inc. 1994 Stock Value
Guarantee Plan, and any and all documents in connection therewith, (ii) to file
the same, together with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and (iii) to perform each and every act and do each and
every thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same
as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if
personally present; and (b) hereby ratifies, approves and confirms all that each
of the above-named attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 16th day of July, 1997.
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R. Keith Elliott
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ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
OF DIRECTOR AND/OR OFFICER
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned officer and/or director
of Alliant Techsystems Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), (a)
hereby constitutes and appoints Richard Schwartz, Scott S. Meyers, Daryl L.
Zimmer and Charles H. Gauck, and each of them (with full power to each of them
to act alone), the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution for the undersigned in the
undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, (i) to sign a
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration
No. 33-86158) necessary to deregister unsold Common Stock Value Guarantees of
the Corporation offered under the Alliant Techsystems Inc. 1994 Stock Value
Guarantee Plan, and any and all documents in connection therewith, (ii) to file
the same, together with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and (iii) to perform each and every act and do each and
every thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same
as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if
personally present; and (b) hereby ratifies, approves and confirms all that each
of the above-named attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 14 day of July, 1997.
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T. L. Gossage
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ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
OF DIRECTOR AND/OR OFFICER
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned officer and/or director
of Alliant Techsystems Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), (a)
hereby constitutes and appoints Richard Schwartz, Scott S. Meyers, Daryl L.
Zimmer and Charles H. Gauck, and each of them (with full power to each of them
to act alone), the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution for the undersigned in the
undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, (i) to sign a
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration
No. 33-86158) necessary to deregister unsold Common Stock Value Guarantees of
the Corporation offered under the Alliant Techsystems Inc. 1994 Stock Value
Guarantee Plan, and any and all documents in connection therewith, (ii) to file
the same, together with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and (iii) to perform each and every act and do each and
every thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same
as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if
personally present; and (b) hereby ratifies, approves and confirms all that each
of the above-named attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 14 day of July, 1997.
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Joel M. Greenblatt
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ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
OF DIRECTOR AND/OR OFFICER
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned officer and/or director
of Alliant Techsystems Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), (a)
hereby constitutes and appoints Richard Schwartz, Scott S. Meyers, Daryl L.
Zimmer and Charles H. Gauck, and each of them (with full power to each of them
to act alone), the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution for the undersigned in the
undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, (i) to sign a
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration
No. 33-86158) necessary to deregister unsold Common Stock Value Guarantees of
the Corporation offered under the Alliant Techsystems Inc. 1994 Stock Value
Guarantee Plan, and any and all documents in connection therewith, (ii) to file
the same, together with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and (iii) to perform each and every act and do each and
every thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same
as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if
personally present; and (b) hereby ratifies, approves and confirms all that each
of the above-named attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 18 day of July, 1997.
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Jonathan G. Guss
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ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
OF DIRECTOR AND/OR OFFICER
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned officer and/or director
of Alliant Techsystems Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), (a)
hereby constitutes and appoints Richard Schwartz, Scott S. Meyers, Daryl L.
Zimmer and Charles H. Gauck, and each of them (with full power to each of them
to act alone), the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution for the undersigned in the
undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, (i) to sign a
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration
No. 33-86158) necessary to deregister unsold Common Stock Value Guarantees of
the Corporation offered under the Alliant Techsystems Inc. 1994 Stock Value
Guarantee Plan, and any and all documents in connection therewith, (ii) to file
the same, together with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and (iii) to perform each and every act and do each and
every thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same
as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if
personally present; and (b) hereby ratifies, approves and confirms all that each
of the above-named attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 14th day of July, 1997.
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David E. Jeremiah
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ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
OF DIRECTOR AND/OR OFFICER
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned officer and/or director
of Alliant Techsystems Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), (a)
hereby constitutes and appoints Richard Schwartz, Scott S. Meyers, Daryl L.
Zimmer and Charles H. Gauck, and each of them (with full power to each of them
to act alone), the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution for the undersigned in the
undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, (i) to sign a
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration
No. 33-86158) necessary to deregister unsold Common Stock Value Guarantees of
the Corporation offered under the Alliant Techsystems Inc. 1994 Stock Value
Guarantee Plan, and any and all documents in connection therewith, (ii) to file
the same, together with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and (iii) to perform each and every act and do each and
every thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same
as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if
personally present; and (b) hereby ratifies, approves and confirms all that each
of the above-named attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 12th day of July, 1997.
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Gaynor N. Kelley
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ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
OF DIRECTOR AND/OR OFFICER
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned officer and/or director
of Alliant Techsystems Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), (a)
hereby constitutes and appoints Richard Schwartz, Scott S. Meyers, Daryl L.
Zimmer and Charles H. Gauck, and each of them (with full power to each of them
to act alone), the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution for the undersigned in the
undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, (i) to sign a
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration
No. 33-86158) necessary to deregister unsold Common Stock Value Guarantees of
the Corporation offered under the Alliant Techsystems Inc. 1994 Stock Value
Guarantee Plan, and any and all documents in connection therewith, (ii) to file
the same, together with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and (iii) to perform each and every act and do each and
every thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same
as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if
personally present; and (b) hereby ratifies, approves and confirms all that each
of the above-named attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 14 day of July, 1997.
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Joseph F. Mazzella
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ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
OF DIRECTOR AND/OR OFFICER
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned officer and/or director
of Alliant Techsystems Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), (a)
hereby constitutes and appoints Richard Schwartz, Scott S. Meyers, Daryl L.
Zimmer and Charles H. Gauck, and each of them (with full power to each of them
to act alone), the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution for the undersigned in the
undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, (i) to sign a
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration
No. 33-86158) necessary to deregister unsold Common Stock Value Guarantees of
the Corporation offered under the Alliant Techsystems Inc. 1994 Stock Value
Guarantee Plan, and any and all documents in connection therewith, (ii) to file
the same, together with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and (iii) to perform each and every act and do each and
every thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same
as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if
personally present; and (b) hereby ratifies, approves and confirms all that each
of the above-named attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 23rd day of July, 1997.
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Daniel L. Nir
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ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
OF DIRECTOR AND/OR OFFICER
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned officer and/or director
of Alliant Techsystems Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), (a)
hereby constitutes and appoints Richard Schwartz, Scott S. Meyers, Daryl L.
Zimmer and Charles H. Gauck, and each of them (with full power to each of them
to act alone), the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution for the undersigned in the
undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, (i) to sign a
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration
No. 33-86158) necessary to deregister unsold Common Stock Value Guarantees of
the Corporation offered under the Alliant Techsystems Inc. 1994 Stock Value
Guarantee Plan, and any and all documents in connection therewith, (ii) to file
the same, together with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and (iii) to perform each and every act and do each and
every thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same
as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if
personally present; and (b) hereby ratifies, approves and confirms all that each
of the above-named attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 13 day of July, 1997.
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Richard Schwartz
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ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
OF DIRECTOR AND/OR OFFICER
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned officer and/or director
of Alliant Techsystems Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), (a)
hereby constitutes and appoints Richard Schwartz, Scott S. Meyers, Daryl L.
Zimmer and Charles H. Gauck, and each of them (with full power to each of them
to act alone), the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution for the undersigned in the
undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, (i) to sign a
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration
No. 33-86158) necessary to deregister unsold Common Stock Value Guarantees of
the Corporation offered under the Alliant Techsystems Inc. 1994 Stock Value
Guarantee Plan, and any and all documents in connection therewith, (ii) to file
the same, together with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and (iii) to perform each and every act and do each and
every thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same
as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if
personally present; and (b) hereby ratifies, approves and confirms all that each
of the above-named attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 10 day of July, 1997.
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Scott S. Meyers
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ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
OF DIRECTOR AND/OR OFFICER
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned officer and/or director
of Alliant Techsystems Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), (a)
hereby constitutes and appoints Richard Schwartz, Scott S. Meyers, Daryl L.
Zimmer and Charles H. Gauck, and each of them (with full power to each of them
to act alone), the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution for the undersigned in the
undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, (i) to sign a
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration
No. 33-86158) necessary to deregister unsold Common Stock Value Guarantees of
the Corporation offered under the Alliant Techsystems Inc. 1994 Stock Value
Guarantee Plan, and any and all documents in connection therewith, (ii) to file
the same, together with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and (iii) to perform each and every act and do each and
every thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same
as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if
personally present; and (b) hereby ratifies, approves and confirms all that each
of the above-named attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 9 day of July, 1997.
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Paula J. Patineau
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