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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON FEBRUARY 21, 1995
REGISTRATION NO. 33-56935
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE
AMENDMENT NO. 2
TO
FORM S-4
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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BANKAMERICA CORPORATION
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
DELAWARE 6025 94-168731
(PRIMARY STANDARD (I.R.S. EMPLOYER
(STATE OR OTHER INDUSTRIAL IDENTIFICATION NO.)
JURISDICTION OF CLASSIFICATION CODE
INCORPORATION OR NUMBER)
ORGANIZATION)
555 CALIFORNIA STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94104, (415) 622-3530
(ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF
REGISTRANT'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
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CHERYL SOROKIN
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY
BANKAMERICA CORPORATION
BANK OF AMERICA CENTER
555 CALIFORNIA STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94104
(415) 622-3530
(NAME, ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE,
OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)
COPIES TO:
JEFFREY R. LAPIC TODD H. BAKER
BANK OF AMERICA NT & SA MORRISON & FOERSTER
LEGAL DEPARTMENT (3017) 345 CALIFORNIA ST.
555 CALIFORNIA STREET SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94104-2675
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94104 (415) 677-7000
(415) 622-2189
WALTER K. HORN FRED B. WHITE, III
ARBOR NATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC. SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM
333 EARLE OVINGTON BLVD. 919 THIRD AVENUE
UNIONDALE, NY 11553 NEW YORK, NY 10022
(516) 357-7400 (212) 735-3000
APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE OF THE SECURITIES TO THE
PUBLIC: As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes
effective.
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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BankAmerica Corporation (the "Registrant") hereby deregisters 859,124 of
the 3,750,000 shares of the Registrant's common stock, par value $1.5625 per
share (including the Preferred Share Purchase Rights associated with such shares
of common stock), registered pursuant to the Registrant's Registration Statement
on Form S-4 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
on December 19, 1994 and declared effective by the Commission on December 20,
1994.
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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. 2 TO THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT TO
BE SIGNED ON ITS BEHALF BY THE UNDERSIGNED, THEREUNTO DULY AUTHORIZED, IN THE
CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ON FEBRUARY 21, 1995.
BANKAMERICA CORPORATION
By: /s/ Terry Perucca
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TERRY PERUCCA
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, THIS POST-
EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT HAS BEEN SIGNED BY THE
FOLLOWING PERSONS IN THE CAPACITIES AND ON THE DATES INDICATED.
CAPACITY DATE
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Richard M. Rosenberg* Chairman of the
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RICHARD M. ROSENBERG Executive Officer
(Principal
Executive Officer)
and Director
Lewis W. Coleman* Vice Chairman of the
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LEWIS W. COLEMAN Financial Officer
(Principal
Financial Officer)
and Director
James H. Williams* Executive Vice
- ------------------------------------- President
JAMES H. WILLIAMS (Principal
Accounting Officer)
DIRECTORS:
JOSEPH F. ALIBRANDI* Director PHILIP M. HAWLEY* Director
JILL E. BARAD* Director FRANK L. HOPE, JR.* Director
PETER B. BEDFORD* Director IGNACIO E. LOZANO, JR.* Director
ANDREW F. BRIMMER* Director CORNELL C. MAIER* Director
RICHARD A. CLARKE* Director WALTER E. MASSEY* Director
TIMM F. CRULL* Director JOHN M. RICHMAN* Director
KATHLEEN FELDSTEIN* Director A. MICHAEL SPENCE* Director
DONALD E. GUINN* Director
A majority of the members of the Board of Directors
*By: /s/ Jeffrey R. Lapic
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JEFFREY R. LAPIC, Attorney-In-Fact
Dated: February 21, 1995.
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