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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 1, 1997
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration No. 333-03943
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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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STANDARD FEDERAL BANCORPORATION, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Michigan 38-2899274
(state or Other Jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization) Identification No.)
2600 West Big Beaver Road
Troy, Michigan 48084
(Address, Including Zip Code and Telephone Number, Including
Area Code, of Registrants Principal Executive Offices)
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Joseph Krul
Senior Vice President
Standard Federal Bancorporation, Inc.
2600 West Big Beaver Road
Troy, Michigan 48044
(810) 637-2530
(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,
Including Area Code of Agent for Service)
Copy to
Steven J. Gray, Esq.
Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz
222 North LaSalle Street, Suite 2600
Chicago, Illinois 60601
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. /_/
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
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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On May 17, 1996, Standard Federal Bancorporation, Inc. (the
"Registrant") filed a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-03943),
which was amended by Amendments No. 1 and 2 thereto (the "Registration
Statement"), to register $200,000,000 Senior/Subordinated debt securities (the
"Debt Securities"). On July 12, 1996, the Registrant filed a pricing
supplement to prospectus dated July 10, 1996 and prospectus supplement dated
July 10, 1996 relating to the offer and sale of $100,000,000 7 3/4% Fixed Rate
Subordinated Notes due July 17, 2006. Pursuant to this Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1, the Registrant hereby deregisters the $100,000,000 remaining
unsold Debt Securities which were to be issued pursuant to the Registration
Statement.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant,
Standard Federal Bancorporation, Inc., a corporation duly organized and
existing under the laws of Michigan, has duly caused this Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on their behalf by
the undersigned, thereto duly authorized, in the City of Troy, and the State
of Michigan, 48084, on the 1st day of May, 1997.
STANDARD FEDERAL BANCORPORATION, INC.
By: /s/GARRY G. CARLEY
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Garry G. Carley, Executive Vice
President and Secretary
Pursuant to Rule 478 of the Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has
been signed below by the Agent for Service named in this amendment to the
Registration Statement.
Signature Title Date
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/s/ JOSEPH KRUL Senior Vice President May 1, 1997
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Joseph Krul
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