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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON DECEMBER 20, 1999
REGISTRATION NO. 333-67629
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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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AVANT! CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 94-313 3226
State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
47871 BAYSIDE PARKWAY
FREMONT, CALIFORNIA 94538
(510) 413-8000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code, of Registrant's principal executive offices)
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GERALD C. HSU
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
AVANT! CORPORATION
47871 BAYSIDE PARKWAY
FREMONT, CALIFORNIA 94538
(510) 413-8000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agents for service)
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THE COMMISSION IS REQUESTED TO SEND COPIES OF ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO:
ALAN B. KALIN, ESQ.
MCCUTCHEN, DOYLE, BROWN, & ENERSEN, LLP
3150 PORTER DRIVE
PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA 94304-1212
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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 of interest reinvestment plans, check the following box.
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an
offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, 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, check the following box and list the
Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective
registration statement of 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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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 is being filed to deregister the
remaining unsold shares of common stock of the total 1,256,005 shares of
common stock of Avant! Corporation ("the Registrant") covered by the
Registration Statement on Form S-3, No. 333-67629 originally filed November
20, 1998. This is due to the expiration of the obligation of the Company to
maintain the effectiveness of the registration statement under the
Registration Rights Agreement (dated November 13, 1998) between the
Registrant and the selling shareholders identified in the prospectus, which
is a part of the registration statement. Accordingly, the Registrant hereby
files this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement to
deregister a total of 251,739 shares, originally registered by the
Registration Statement, which remain unsold.
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 this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to
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 Fremont,
California, on this 20th day of December, 1999.
Sincerely,
/s/ Gerald C. Hsu
Gerald C. Hsu
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD,
PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
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