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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 17, 1997
Registration No. 33-85532
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CASCADE COMMUNICATIONS CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 04-3099677
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
5 CARLISLE ROAD, WESTFORD, MASSACHUSETTS 01886-3600 (508) 692-2600
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of Registrant's principal executive offices)
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DANIEL E. SMITH
PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
5 CARLISLE ROAD
WESTFORD, MASSACHUSETTS 01866-3601
(Name and address of agent for service of process)
(508) 692-2600
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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Copy to:
THOMAS W. FURLONG, ESQ.
GRAY CARY WARE & FREIDENRICH
A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
400 HAMILTON AVENUE
PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA 94301
(650) 328-6561
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DEREGISTRATION OF SHARES
Pursuant to Registration Statement No. 33-85532 on Form S-8 (the
"Registration Statement"), Cascade Communications Corp., a Delaware corporation
(the "Company"), registered 2,978,588 shares of its Common Stock, $0.001 par
value per share ("Common Stock"), issuable under its Amended and Restated 1991
Stock Plan, 1994 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan and 1994 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan (the "Plans"). The Company hereby removes from registration
under the Registration Statement all of the shares of Common Stock which remain
unissued in connection with the Plans.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Alameda, California on September 16,
1997.
CASCADE COMMUNICATIONS CORP.
By: /s/ Robert K. Dahl
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Robert K. Dahl
Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been
signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on
September 16, 1997.
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Signature Title
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/s/ Daniel E. Smith President, Chief Executive Officer and
- ------------------------------------------- Director (Principal Executive Officer)
Daniel E. Smith
/s/ Robert K. Dahl Vice President, Chief Financial
- ------------------------------------------- Officer (Principal Financial and
Robert K. Dahl Accounting Officer) and Director
/s/ Michael J. Johnson Vice President, Assistant Secretary
- ------------------------------------------- and Director
Michael J. Johnson
Director
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Victoria A. Brown
Director
- -------------------------------------------
Richard M. Burnes, Jr.
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Signature Title
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/s/ Mory Ejabat Director
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Mory Ejabat
Director
- -------------------------------------------
Paul J. Ferri
/s/ Anthony Stagno Director
- -------------------------------------------
Anthony Stagno
/s/ Jeanette Symons Director
- -------------------------------------------
Jeanette Symons
Director
- -------------------------------------------
Steven C. Walske
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