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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 18, 2000
Registration No. 333-58961
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
KERAVISION, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 77-0328942
(State of incorporation) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
48630 Milmont Drive
Fremont, California 94538
(510) 353-3000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of Registrant's principal executive offices)
Thomas M. Loarie
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
KeraVision, Inc.
48630 Milmont Drive
Fremont, California 94538
(510) 353-3000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Michael W. Hall
Latham & Watkins
135 Commonwealth Drive
Menlo Park, California 94025
(650) 463-2655
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:
As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.
If the only securities being registered on this Form are to be 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(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. [_]
The Registrant hereby withdraws from registration under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, 2,299,908 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share
("Common Stock"), registered under this Registration Statement. Such shares
constitute all of the unsold shares of Common Stock registered hereunder for the
account of certain stockholders of the Registrant.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Amendment
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Fremont, State of California, on the 18th day of
August 2000.
KERAVISION, INC.
By:/s/ THOMAS M. LOARIE
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Thomas M. Loarie
President, Chief Executive
Officer and Chairman of the
Board of Directors
(Principal Executive Officer)
Signature Title Date
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/s/ THOMAS M. LOARIE President, Chief Executive August 18, 2000
---------------------- Officer and Chairman of the
Thomas M. Loarie Board of Directors (Principal
Executive Officer)
/s/ * Vice President, Finance and August 18, 2000
---------------------- Administration, Chief Financial
Mark Fischer-Colbrie Officer and Assistant Secretary
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
/s/ * Director August 18, 2000
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Charles Crocker
/s/ * Director August 18, 2000
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Kshitij Mohan
/s/ * Director August 18, 2000
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Arthur M. Pappas
/s/ * Director August 18, 2000
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Steven N. Weiss
*By:/s/ THOMAS M. LOARIE August 18, 2000
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Thomas M. Loarie,
Attorney-In-Fact
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