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Registration Statement No. 33-37970
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 3
TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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TANDY CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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DELAWARE 75-10477101
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation of Organization)
100 THROCKMORTON STREET, SUITE 1800
FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76102
(817) 390-3700
(Address, including zip code, and telephone
number, including area code, of registrant's
principal executive offices)
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H.C. WINN, ESQ
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY
TANDY CORPORATION
100 THROCKMORTON STREET, SUITE 1800
FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76102
(817) 390-3752
(Name, address, including zip code, and
telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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May 16, 1997
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This Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement on
Form S-3 (File No. 33-37970) is being filed to deregister $312,800,000 in
aggregate principal amount of the Registrant's Debt Securities which remain
unsold at the termination of the offering.
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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 of the
requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Amendment to the
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Fort Worth, Texas, on the 15th of May, 1997.
TANDY CORPORATION
(Registrant)
By:
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Dwain H. Hughes
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, this Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by
the following persons in the capacities and on the 15th day of May 1997.
SIGNATURE TITLE
Chairman of the Board,
- ------------------------ Chief Executive Officer and Director
John V. Roach (Principal Executive Officer)
Senior Vice President and
- ------------------------ Chief Financial Officer
Dwain H. Hughes (Principal Financial Officer)
Vice President and
- ------------------------ Controller (Principal
Richard L. Ramsey Accounting Officer)
Director
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James I. Cash, Jr.
Director
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Lewis F. Kornfeld, Jr.
Director
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Jack L. Messman
Director
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William G. Morton, Jr.
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Director
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Thomas G. Plaskett
Director
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Leonard H. Roberts
Director
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Alfred J. Stein
Director
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William E. Tucker
Director
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John A. Wilson
