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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 21, 1999.
Registration No. 333-49577
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UNITED STATES
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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AETRIUM INCORPORATED
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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MINNESOTA 41-1439182
(State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
2350 HELEN STREET
NORTH ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA 55109
(651) 704-1800
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
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DOUGLAS HEMER
Aetrium Incorporated
2350 Helen Street
North St. Paul, Minnesota 55109
(651) 704-1800
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service)
COPIES TO:
THOMAS C. THOMAS, ESQ.
Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP
101 Park Center Plaza, Suite 300
San Jose, California 95113-2237
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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
Aetrium Incorporated ("Aetrium" or the "Registrant") registered the resale
of up to 930,000 shares (the "Offered Shares") of the common stock, par value
$.001 per share (the "Common Stock"), of Aetrium on behalf of certain selling
stockholders pursuant to its Registration Statement on Form S-3, File No.
333-49577 (including all amendments and supplements thereto, the "Registration
Statement"), as originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
April 7, 1998, as amended on April 28, 1998 and supplemented on September 18,
1998. The SEC declared the Registration Statement effective on April 30, 1998.
Pursuant to this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement,
Aetrium hereby amends the Registration Statement to deregister the remaining
Offered Shares that were not sold under the Registration Statement.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Saint Paul
and State of Minnesota, on May 18, 1999.
AETRIUM INCORPORATED
By: /s/ Joseph C. Levesque
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Joseph C. Levesque
Chief Executive Officer and President
(principal executive officer)
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed on
May 18, 1999 by the following persons in the capacities indicated.
/s/ Joseph C. Levesque Chief Executive Officer, President and
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Joseph C. Levesque
/s/ Darnell L. Boehm Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Director
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Darnell L. Boehm
/s/ Terrence W. Glarner Director
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Terrence W. Glarner
/s/ Andrew J. Greenshields Director
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Andrew J. Greenshields
/s/ Douglas L. Hemer Director
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Douglas L. Hemer
/s/ Terrance J. Nagel Director
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Terrance J. Nagel
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