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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 23, 1998
Registration No. 333-33837
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
FORM S-4
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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AIRTRAN HOLDINGS, INC.
(formerly ValuJet, Inc.)
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Nevada 4512 58-2189551
(State or other Jurisdiction (Primary Standard (IRS Employer
of incorporation or Industrial Classification Identification No.)
organization) Code Number)
6280 HAZELTINE NATIONAL DRIVE
ORLANDO, FLORIDA 32822
(407) 857-1579
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number
including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
Copies to:
DAVID LANCELOT ROBERT B. GOLDBERG, ESQ.
6280 HAZELTINE NATIONAL DRIVE ELLIS, FUNK, GOLDBERG, LABOVITZ &
ORLANDO, FLORIDA 32822 DOKSON, P.C.
(407) 857-1579 3490 PIEDMONT RD., SUITE 400
(Name, address, including zip code, ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30305
and telephone number including area (404) 233-2800
code, of agent for service)
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APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC: November
17, 1997, the date of the merger (the "Merger") of Airways Corporation with and
into the Registrant pursuant to the Plan of Reorganization and Agreement of
Merger described in the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus constituting a part of
this Registration Statement.
If the securities being registered on this form are being offered in
connection with the formation of a holding company and there is compliance with
General Instruction G, check the following box. [ ]
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THE REGISTRANT HEREBY AMENDS THIS POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS
EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT SHALL FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH
SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO REGISTRATION
STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(A) OF
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR UNTIL THE POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION,
ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION 8(A), MAY DETERMINE.
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The Registrant hereby deregisters 532,700 shares which were not issued
in connection with the Merger referenced above.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the
City of Atlanta, State of Georgia on the 15th day of January, 1998.
AIRTRAN HOLDINGS, INC.
By: /s/ D. Joseph Corr
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D. Joseph Corr, President
and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-
Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement has been signed by the
following persons on January 15, 1998, in the capacities indicated below.
/s/ D. Joseph Corr President (principal executive
- --------------------------------- officer) and Director
D. Joseph Corr
/s/ David Lancelot Controller (principal
- --------------------------------- accounting officer)
David Lancelot
/s/ Don L. Chapman Director
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Don L. Chapman
/s/ John K. Ellingboe Director
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John K. Ellingboe
/s/ Lewis H. Jordan Director
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Lewis H. Jordan
/s/ Robert C. Pohlad Director
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Robert C. Pohlad
/s/ Robert L. Priddy Director
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Robert L. Priddy
/s/ Robert D. Swenson Director
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Robert D. Swenson
