As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 19, 1996
Registration No. 333-08469
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
Thomas & Betts Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specirfied in its charter)
Copies to:
ANNE HAMBLIN SCHIAVE, Esq.
McBride Baker & Coles
500 West Madison Street, 40th Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60661
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to
time after the effective date 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. ____
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. ___
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. ___
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If delivery of the Prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434,
please check the following box. ___
This Registration Statement shall become effective in accordance with Section
8(a) of theSecurities Act of 1933 or the Registration Statement shall become
effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section
8(a), may determine.
THOMAS & BETTS CORPORATION
COMMON STOCK
357,326 Shares
Thomas & Betts Corporation hereby removes 357,326 shares of its Common Stock
from registration under this Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No.
333-08469).
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 Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 333-08469 to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Memphis,
State of Tennessee, on October 24, 1996.
THOMAS & BETTS CORPORATION
By: /S/ JERRY KRONENBERG
Vice-President-General Counsel
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Signature Title Date
/S/ T. KEVIN DUNNIGAN* Chairman of the Board, October 24, 1996
(T. Kevin Dunnigan) Chief Executive Officer and
Director
/S/ CLYDE R.. MOORE* President, Chief Operating October 24, 1996
(Clyde R. Moore) Officer and Director
/S/FRED R. JONES Vice President - Finance October 24, 1996
(Fred R. Jones) and Treasurer (Chief Financial
Officer and Principal
Accounting Officer)
/S/ JERRY KRONENBERG Vice President - General October 24, 1996
(Jerry Kronenberg) Counsel
/S/ RAYMOND B. CAREY, JR.* Director October 24, 1996
(Raymond B. Carey, Jr.)
Director
(Ernest H. Drew)
/S/JEANANNE K. HAUSWALD* Director October 24, 1996
(Jeananne K. Hauswald)
/S/THOMAS W. JONES* Director October 24, 1996
(Thomas W. Jones)
/S/ROBERT A. KENKEL* Director October 24, 1996
(Robert A. Kenkel)
/S/KENNETH R. MASTERSON* Director October 24, 1996
(Kenneth R. Masterson)
/S/J. DAVID PARKINSON* Director October 24, 1996
(J. David Parkinson)
/S/JEAN-PAUL RICHARD* Director October 24, 1996
(Jean-Paul Richard)
/S/IAN M. ROSS* Director October 24, 1996
(Ian M. Ross)
/S/WILLIAM H. WALTRIP* Director October 24, 1996
(William H. Waltrip)
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*BY:/S/JERRY KRONENBERG As attorney-in-fact for the above-named
Jerry Kronenberg officers and directors pursuant to powers
of attorney duly executed by such persons
