As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 1996
REGISTRATION NO. 33- 64957
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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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THOMAS & BETTS CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
NEW JERSEY 22-1326940
(State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization) Identification Number)
1555 LYNNFIELD ROAD
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE 38119
(901) 682-7766
(Address, of principal executive offices, including zip code)
JERRY KRONENBERG, ESQUIRE
Vice President - General Counsel
Thomas & Betts Corporation
1555 Lynnfield Road
Memphis, Tennessee 38119
(901) 682-7766
(Name and address, including zip code, and telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service)
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Please send copies of all communications to:
WINTHROP G. MINOT, ESQUIRE
Ropes & Gray
One International Place
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
(617) 951-7000
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From
time to time after the effectiveness of the Registration Statement.
If the only securities being registered on this form are being offered
pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following
box.[GRAPHIC OMITTED]
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The Registrant hereby amends this 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 Registration
Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of
the Securities Act of 1933 or until this Registration Statement shall become
effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting
pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
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THOMAS & BETTS CORPORATION
Thomas & Betts Corporation hereby removes 314,860 shares of its Common
Stock, par value $.50 per share, from registration under this Registration
Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 33-64957).
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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 its
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunder
duly authorized, in the City of Memphis, State of Tennessee, on the 29th day of
April, 1996.
THOMAS & BETTS CORPORATION
By: /s/ Fred R. Jones
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Name: Fred R. Jones
Title: Vice President - Finance and
Treasurer (Chief Financial
Officer and Principal Accounting
Officer)
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed
below by the following persons in the capacities list below on April 29, 1996.
SIGNATURE
TITLE
* Chairman of the Board, Chief
- ----------------------------------- Executive Officer and Director
(T. Kevin Dunnigan)
* President, Chief Operating
- ----------------------------------- Officer and Director
(Clyde R. Moore)
/s/ Fred R. Jones Vice President - Finance and
- ----------------------------------- Treasurer (Chief Financial Officer
(Fred R. Jones) and Principal Accounting Officer)
* Vice President - General Counsel
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(Jerry Kronenberg)
* Director
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(Raymond B. Carey, Jr.)
* Director
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(Ernest H. Drew)
* Director
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(Jeananne K. Hauswald)
* Director
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(Thomas W. Jones)
* Director
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(Robert A. Kenkel)
* Director
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(Kenneth R. Masterson)
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* Director
- -----------------------------------
(J. David Parkinson)
* Director
- -----------------------------------
(Ian M. Ross)
* Director
- -----------------------------------
(William H. Waltrip)
*By: /s/ Fred R. Jones
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Fred R. Jones
Attorney-in-fact
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