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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON DECEMBER 23, 1997
REGISTRATION NO. 333-34975
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
AMERICAN BUSINESS INFORMATION, INC.
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
DELAWARE 47-0751545
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(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF (I.R.S. EMPLOYER
INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION) IDENTIFICATION NUMBER)
5711 SOUTH 86TH CIRCLE,
OMAHA, NEBRASKA 68127
(402) 593-4500
(ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF
REGISTRANT'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
JON H. WELLMAN
PRESIDENT
AMERICAN BUSINESS
INFORMATION, INC.
5711 SOUTH 86TH CIRCLE,
OMAHA, NEBRASKA 68127
(402) 593-4500
(NAME, ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE,
OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)
COPIES TO:
FRANCIS S. CURRIE, ESQ.
MARTIN A. WELLINGTON, ESQ.
WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
650 PAGE MILL ROAD
PALO ALTO, CA 94304
(650) 493-9300
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The Registrant hereby withdraws from registration 517,000 shares of its
Class B Common Stock registered for sale by the Selling Stockholders, which
shares were not sold on or before November 4, 1997. The Registration Statement
is hereby amended, as appropriate, to reflect that these shares were not sold.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant
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 Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Omaha, State of Nebraska, on the 22nd day of
December, 1997.
AMERICAN BUSINESS INFORMATION, INC.
By: /s/ Jon H. Wellman
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Jon H. Wellman
President and Chief Operating Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS that each individual whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Jon H. Wellman and Steven Purcell, and each of
them, his attorneys-in-fact, and agents, each with the power of substitution,
for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign
any and all amendments (including post- effective amendments) to this
Registration Statement, and to sign any registration statement for the same
offering covered by this Registration Statement that is to be effective upon
filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933,
and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to
all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or
his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
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NAME POSITION DATE
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/s/ VINOD GUPTA* Chairman of the Board and December 22, 1997
- ---------------------------------- Chief Executive Officer
Vinod Gupta (principal executive officer)
/s/ SCOTT DAHNKE Chief Executive Officer December 22, 1997
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Scott Dahnke
/s/ JON H. WELLMAN President, Chief Operating December 22, 1997
- ---------------------------------- Officer and Director
Jon H. Wellman
/s/ STEVEN PURCELL* Chief Financial Officer (principal December 22, 1997
- ---------------------------------- accounting officer)
Steven Purcell
/s/ JON D. HOFFMASTER* Director December 22, 1997
- ----------------------------------
Jon. D. Hoffmaster
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/s/ GAUTAM GUPTA* Director December 22, 1997
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Gautam Gupta
/s/ ELLIOT S. KAPLAN* Director December 22, 1997
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Elliot S. Kaplan
/s/ HAROLD ANDERSEN* Director December 22, 1997
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Harold Andersen
/s/ GEORGE F. HADDIX* Director December 22, 1997
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George F. Haddix
/s/ GEORGE J. KUBAT* Director December 22, 1997
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George J. Kubat
/s/ PAUL A. GOLDNER* Director December 22, 1997
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Paul A. Goldner
* By: /s/ Jon H. Wellman
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Jon H. Wellman
Attorney-In-Fact
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