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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 26, 1997
Registration No. 333-29479
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ACT MANUFACTURING, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
MASSACHUSETTS 04-2777507
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
108 FOREST AVENUE, HUDSON, MASSACHUSETTS 01749
(508) 562-1200
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of Registrant's principal executive offices)
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JOHN A. PINO
PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
108 FOREST AVENUE
Hudson, Massachusetts 01749
(Name and address of agent for service of process)
(508) 562-1200
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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Copy to:
JOHN A. MELTAUS, ESQ.
TESTA, HURWITZ & THIBEAULT, LLP
HIGH STREET TOWER, 125 HIGH STREET
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02110
(617) 248-7000
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The Registrant hereby removes from registration under this Registration
Statement (No. 333-29479) 11,500 shares of Common Stock, $.01 par value per
share (the "Common Stock"), registered hereunder (all shares originally
registered hereunder being referred to as the "Offered Shares"), that have not
been sold pursuant to this Registration Statement as of the date hereof. The
Offered Shares were originally registered in connection with the Registrant's
acquisition of substantially all of the assets and liabilities of Electronic
Systems Corporation, a division of ESI Acquisition Corporation. As of the date
hereof, 179,046 Offered Shares had been sold or otherwise transferred by selling
stockholders under this Registration Statement. Pursuant to the Registrant's
Undertaking in Item 17 of this Registration Statement, the Registrant hereby
removes from registration the 11,500 Offered Shares that have not been sold
pursuant to this Registration Statement prior to the date hereof.
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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 the
requirements for filing on Form S-3 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 Hudson, Massachusetts on September
26, 1997.
By: /s/ Douglass C. Greenlaw
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Douglass C. Greenlaw
Vice President of Finance and
Administration and Chief Financial Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange 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 and on the dates
indicated.
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* President, Chief Executive Officer September 26, 1997
- ----------------------------------- and Director (Principal Executive
John A. Pino Officer)
/s/ Douglass C. Greenlaw Vice President of Finance and September 26, 1997
- ----------------------------------- Administration and Chief Financial
Douglass C. Greenlaw Officer (Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
* Director September 26, 1997
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Edward T. Cuddy
* Director September 26, 1997
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Bruce R. Gardner
* Director September 26, 1997
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Donald G. Polich
* By: /s/ Douglass C. Greenlaw
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Douglass C. Greenlaw
Attorney-in-Fact
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