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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 25, 2000
REGISTRATION NO. 333-61431
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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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TANISYS TECHNOLOGY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
WYOMING 74-2675493
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
12201 TECHNOLOGY BOULEVARD, SUITE 125
AUSTIN, TEXAS 78727
(512) 335-4440
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of registrant's principal executive offices)
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CHARLES T. COMISO
PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
TANISYS TECHNOLOGY, INC.
12201 TECHNOLOGY BOULEVARD, SUITE 125
AUSTIN, TEXAS 78727
(512) 335-4440
(Name, address, including zip code and telephone number, including area code,
of agent for service)
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COPY TO:
PHILLIP M. RENFRO
FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI L.L.P.
300 CONVENT STREET, SUITE 2200
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78205
(210) 224-5575
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APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC: From
time to time after this Registration Statement becomes effective.
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being
offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the
following box. / /
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be
offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the
Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with
dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. /X/
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an
offering pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, please
check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement
number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same
offering. / /
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule
462(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box and list the
Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective
registration for the same offering. / /
If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule
434, please check the following box. / /
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This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 is being filed to amend the
Registration Statement (the "Registration Statement") on Form S-3 (No.
333-61431), pursuant to which Tanisys Technology, Inc., a Wyoming corporation
(the "Registrant"), registered 5,353,374 shares of its common stock, no par
value (the "Common Stock").
The Registrant hereby withdraws from registration those shares of
Common Stock previously registered pursuant to the Registration Statement that
remained unsold due to the delisting from trading of the Registrant's shares
of Common Stock by The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., effective July 27, 1999. The
Registration Statement is hereby amended, as appropriate, to reflect the
deregistration of such shares.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act"), the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the requirements for filing on
Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Austin
and State of Texas the 25 day of February, 2000.
TANISYS TECHNOLOGY, INC.
By: /s/ Charles T. Comiso
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Charles T. Comiso, President and
Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each individual whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Charles T. Comiso or Terry W. Reynolds,
or either of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the
same and all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting said attorney-in-fact and
agent, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and
agent or either of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this 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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/s/ Charles T. Comiso President, Chief Executive February 25, 2000
- --------------------------------- Officer and Director
Charles T. Comiso (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Terry W. Reynolds Vice President of Finance and February 25, 2000
- --------------------------------- Chief Accounting Officer
Terry W. Reynolds (Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Parris H. Holmes, Jr. Chairman of the Board February 25, 2000
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Parris H. Holmes, Jr.
/s/ Gordon H. Mathews Director February 25, 2000
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Gordon H. Mathews
/s/ Theodore W. Van Duyn Director February 25, 2000
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Theodore W. Van Duyn
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