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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JULY 3, 1996.
REGISTRATION NO. 333-1784
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE
AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-4
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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PRIME RETAIL, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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MARYLAND 6798 52-1836258
(State or other jurisdiction of (Primary Standard Industrial (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Classification Code Number) Identification
Number)
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100 EAST PRATT STREET
NINETEENTH FLOOR
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 21202
(410) 234-0782
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
MICHAEL W. RESCHKE
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
PRIME RETAIL, INC.
100 EAST PRATT STREET
NINETEENTH FLOOR
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 21202
(410) 234-0782
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number
including area code, of agent for service)
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COPIES TO:
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Wayne D. Boberg, Esq.; J. Warren Gorrell, Jr., Esq.;
Steven J. Gavin, Esq. Bruce W. Gilchrist, Esq.
Winston & Strawn Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.
35 West Wacker Drive Columbia Square
Chicago, Illinois 60601 555 Thirteenth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004
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DEREGISTRATION
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BY THIS POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT, PRIME
RETAIL, INC. HEREBY DEREGISTERS 77 SHARES OF ITS COMMON STOCK, $.01 PAR VALUE
PER SHARE, WHICH SHARES WERE NOT ISSUED IN EXCHANGE FOR CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED
STOCK PURSUANT TO THE EXCHANGE OFFER TO WHICH THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT
RELATES. SUCH DEREGISTRATION IS BEING MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE UNDERTAKING
MADE BY PRIME RETAIL, INC. IN ITEM 22 OF THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO
ITEM 512(A)(3) OF REGULATION S-K UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1993, as amended, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-4 and has duly caused this
Post-Effective Amendment to Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Baltimore, State of
Maryland, on July 3, 1996.
PRIME RETAIL, INC.
By: /s/ C. ALAN SCHROEDER
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C. Alan Schroeder
Senior Vice President and
General Counsel
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
Amendment to Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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* Chairman of the Board and
- ----------------------------------------- Director July 3, 1996
Michael W. Reschke
* Chief Executive Officer
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Abraham Rosenthal Officer) and Director
* President, Chief
- ----------------------------------------- Operating Officer and July 3, 1996
William H. Carpenter, Jr. Director
Executive Vice President
- Chief Financial
/s/ ROBERT P. MULREANEY Officer and Treasurer
- ----------------------------------------- (Principal Financial July 3, 1996
Robert P. Mulreaney Officer and Principal
Accounting Officer)
*
- ----------------------------------------- Director July 3, 1996
Terence C. Golden
*
- ----------------------------------------- Director July 3, 1996
Kenneth A. Randall
*
- ----------------------------------------- Director July 3, 1996
James R. Thompson
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SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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*
- ----------------------------------------- Director July 3, 1996
Marvin S. Traub
*By: /s/ C. ALAN SCHROEDER
----------------------------------- as Attorney-in-Fact
C. Alan Schroeder
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