As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 30, 2000
Registration No. 333-89525
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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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VITESSE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware 77-0138960
(State or other jurisdiction (Primary Standard Industrial (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or Classification Code Number) Identification
organization) Number)
741 Calle Plano
Camarillo, CA 93012
(805) 388-3700
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area
code, of Registrant's principal executive offices)
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Eugene F. Hovanec
Chief Financial Officer
Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation
741 Calle Plano
Camarillo, CA 93012
(805) 388-3700
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(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area
code, of agent for service)
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Copies to:
Francis S. Currie
Davis Polk & Wardwell
1600 El Camino Real
Menlo Park, CA 94025
(650) 752-2000
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to
time after the original effective date of this Registration Statement.
If the only securities being registered on this Form are to be offered
pursuant to dividend or reinvestment plans, check the following box. [ ]
If the only 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, please check the following box. [X]
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,
please check the following box. [ ]
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Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation hereby withdraws from registration
253,886 shares of our common stock registered for resale hereon which have not
been sold during the time we have agreed to keep this Registration Statement
Effective.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly
authorized, in the city of Camarillo, State of California on June 30, 2000.
SIGNATURES
VITESSE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
By: /s/ Eugene F. Hovanec
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Name: Eugene F. Hovanec
Title: Chief Financial Officer
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Louis R. Tomasetta and Eugene F.
Hovanec, jointly and severally, his attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of
substitution, for him in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this
Registration Statement on Form S-3, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto
and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-
fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.
Signature Title Date
/s/ Louis R. Tamasetta* Chief Executive Officer June 30, 2000
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Louis R. Tamasetta
/s/ Eugene F. Hovanec Chief Financial Officer June 30, 2000
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Eugene F. Hovanec
/s/ James A. Cole* Director June 30, 2000
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James A. Cole
/s/ Pierre R. Lamond* Chairman of The Board June 30, 2000
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Pierre R. Lamond
/s/ John C. Lewis* Director June 30, 2000
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John C. Lewis
/s/ Alex Daly* Director June 30, 2000
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Alex Daly
Director June 30, 2000
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Vincent Chan
*By: /s/ Eugene F. Hovanec
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Eugene F. Hovanec
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