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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON MARCH 11, 1997
REGISTRATION NO. 333-19349
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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
TARGET THERAPEUTICS, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 95-3962471
(State of Incorporation) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
47201 LAKEVIEW BLVD.
FREMONT, CA 94538
(Address of principal executive offices)
GARY R. BANG
PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
TARGET THERAPEUTICS, INC.
47201 LAKEVIEW BLVD.
FREMONT, CA 94538
(510) 440-7700
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
COPIES TO:
MICHAEL W. HALL
Venture Law Group
A Professional Corporation
2800 Sand Hill Road
Menlo Park, California 94025
(415) 854-4488
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The Registrant hereby withdraws from registration 194,093 shares of its
Common Stock out of a total of 216,211 shares of its Common Stock previously
registered pursuant to this Registration Statement. The Registration Statement
is hereby amended, as appropriate, to reflect the deregistration of those
shares not sold on or before the date of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to
the Registration Statement.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant, Target Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation, 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 Amendment to the Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Fremont, State of California, on March 11, 1997.
TARGET THERAPEUTICS, INC.
By /s/ ROBERT E. McNAMARA
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Robert E. McNamara, Vice President,
Finance and Administration,
Chief Financial Officer and
Assistant Secretary
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature Title Date
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/s/ GARY R. BANG* President, March 11, 1997
- ------------------------- Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Gary R. Bang) (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ ROBERT E. McNAMARA Vice President, Finance and March 11, 1997
- ------------------------- Administration, Chief Financial
Robert E. McNamara Officer and Assistant Secretary
(Principal Financial and Accounting
Officer)
/s/ CHARLES M. STROTHER* Chairman of the Board of Directors March 11, 1997
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(Charles M. Strother)
/s/ WILLIAM G. DAVIS* Director March 11, 1997
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(William G. Davis)
/s/ KATHLEEN MURRAY* Director March 11, 1997
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(Kathleen Murray, M.S.N.)
/s/ HOWARD D. PALEFSKY* Director March 11, 1997
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(Howard D. Palefsky)
/s/ RICHARD D. RANDALL* Director March 11, 1997
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(Richard D. Randall)
/s/ JOHN C. VILLFORTH* Director March 11, 1997
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(John C. Villforth)
*By:/s/ ROBERT E. McNAMARA March 11, 1997
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(Robert E. McNamara)
(Attorney-in-fact)
