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As filed with Securities and Exchange Commission on October 10, 1997
Commission File No. 333-37677
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
RICHMAN GORDMAN 1/2 PRICE STORES, INC.
(Exact name of registration as specified in its charter)
Delaware 47-0771211
(State of Incorporation) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
12100 West Center Road
Omaha, Nebraska 68144
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
1997 STOCK OPTION PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Jeffrey J. Gordman
12100 West Center Road
Omaha, Nebraska 68144
(Name and address of agent for service)
(402) 691-4000
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-8
(Commission File No. 333-37677) is being filed by Richman Gordman 1/2 Price
Stores, Inc. (the "Registrant") to deregister all of the 900,000 shares of
Series A Common Stock subject to the 1997 Stock Option Plan. As of the date of
this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1, none of such shares have been sold. The
Registrant is terminating the registration of such shares in connection with its
filing of a Form 15 pursuant to Rules 12g-4(a)(1)(i) and 12h-3(b)(1)(i).
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SIGNATURES
The Registrant. 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-8 and has duly caused this
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Omaha, State of Nebraska, on January 27, 1999.
RICHMAN GORDMAN 1/2 PRICE STORES,
INC.
Date: January 27, 1999 By: /s/ Jeffrey J. Gordman
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Jeffrey J. Gordman, President and Chief
Executive Officer
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Name Positions Date
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/s/ Jeffrey J. Gordman President, Chief Executive Officer January 27, 1999
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Jeffrey J. Gordman
/s/ J. P. Gordman Director January 19, 1999
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Jerome P. Gordman
/s/ Nelson Gordman Director January 25, 1999
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Nelson T. Gordman
/s/ Stewart M. Kasen Director January 21, 1999
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Stewart M. Kasen
Director __________, 1999
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Seth J. Lehr
/s/ Thomas J. Noonan, Jr. Director January 27, 1999
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Thomas J. Noonan, Jr.
/s/ Janice D. Stoney Director January 25, 1999
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Janice D. Stoney
/s/ Michael M. Mallaro Vice President of Finance and January 18, 1999
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Michael A. Mallaro
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