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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JUNE 20, 2000
Registration No. 333-84951
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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POWERTEL, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
DELAWARE 58-1944750
(State or Other (I.R.S. Employer
Jurisdiction of Identification
Incorporation or Number)
Organization)
1239 O.G. SKINNER DRIVE
WEST POINT, GEORGIA 31833
(706) 645-2000
(706) 645-9523 (FACSIMILE)
(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code,
of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)
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JILL F. DORSEY
VICE PRESIDENT/GENERAL COUNSEL
POWERTEL, INC.
1239 O.G. SKINNER DRIVE
WEST POINT, GEORGIA 31833
(706) 645-2000
(706) 645-9523 (FACSIMILE)
(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code,
of Agent for Service)
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Copy to:
James Walker IV, Esq.
Terresa R. Tarpley, Esq.
Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP.
1600 Atlanta Financial Center
3343 Peachtree Road, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30326
(404) 233-7000
(404) 365-9532 (facsimile)
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Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From
time to time after this Registration Statement becomes effective.
If the only securities being registered on this form are being offered
pursuant to dividend interest reinvestment plans, please check the following
box. [ ]
If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be
offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the
Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with
dividend or interest reinvestment plans, 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, please check the following box
and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier
effective registration statement for the same offering. [ ] ___________________
If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule
462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities
Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration
statement for the same offering. [ ] ___________________
If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule
434, check the following box. [ ]
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Powertel, Inc. hereby amends this Registration Statement to withdraw
from registration, and to deregister, 742,406 shares of common stock of
Powertel, Inc. that were previously registered pursuant to this Registration
Statement.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Powertel,
Inc. 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 Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of West Point, State of Georgia, on this 19th day of
June, 2000.
POWERTEL, INC.
By: /s/ Allen E. Smith
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Allen E. Smith
President and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities listed below and on the 19th day of June, 2000.
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* Chairman of the Board of Directors
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Campbell B. Lanier, III
/s/ Allen E. Smith Chief Executive Officer, President
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Allen E. Smith (Principal Executive Officer)
* Chief Financial Officer and
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Fred G. Astor, Jr. (Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
* Director
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Donald W. Burton
* Director
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O. Gene Gabbard
* Director
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Ann Milligan
* Director
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William H. Scott, III
* Director
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William B. Timmerman
* Director
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Donald W. Weber
*By /s/ Allen E. Smith
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Allen E. Smith
Attorney-in-Fact
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