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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 29, 1997
Registration No. 333-17503
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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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THE TIMKEN COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Ohio 34-0577130
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) identification No.)
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1835 Dueber Avenue, S.W.
Canton, Ohio 44706-2798
(216) 438-3000
(Address, including zip code, telephone number,
including area code of Registrant's principal executive office)
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Larry R. Brown
Vice President and General Counsel
1835 Dueber Avenue, S.W.
Canton, Ohio 44706-2798
(330) 438-3000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement of The
Timken Company (the "Company") (File No. 333-17503) is filed in accordance with
the undertaking of the Company pursuant to Item 512(a)(3) of Regulation S-K for
the sole purpose of de-registering 500,000 shares of Common Stock, without par
value, of the Company that were registered thereunder but remain unissued at the
terminatioin 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 THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-3 AND HAS
DULY CAUSED THIS POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT TO ITS REGISTRATION STATEMENT TO BE
SIGNED ON ITS BEHALF BY THE UNDERSIGNED, THEREUNTO DULY AUTHORIZED, IN THE CITY
OF CANTON, STATE OF OHIO, ON THIS 28TH DAY OF JULY, 1997.
THE TIMKEN COMPANY
By: /s/ Gene E. Little
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G. E. Little
Vice President - Finance
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PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, THIS
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT HAS BEEN SIGNED BY THE
FOLLOWING PERSONS IN THE CAPACITIES INDICATED ON JULY 28, 1997.
Signature Title
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* Chairman - Board of
- ------------------------------ Directors; Director
W. R. Timken, Jr.
* President and Chief Executive
- ------------------------------ Officer; Director (Principal
Joseph F. Toot, Jr. Executive Officer)
* Vice President - Finance
- ------------------------------ (Principal Financial Officer
Gene E. Little and Principal Accounting
Officer)
* Director
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J. Clayburn LaForce, Jr.
* Director
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Stanley C. Gault
* Director
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Jay A. Precourt
* Director
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Robert Anderson
* Director
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Robert W. Mahoney
* Director
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Martin D. Walker
* Director
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John M. Timken, Jr.
* Director
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Ward J. Timken
* Director
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Charles H. West
* Director
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Alton W. Whitehouse
* This Post-Effective Amendment to Registration Statement has been signed on
behalf of the above-named directors and officers of the Company by Gene E.
Little, Vice President - Finance of the Company, as attorney-in-fact pursuant
to a power of attorney previously filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission as Exhibit 24 to the Registration Statement.
DATED: July 28, 1997
By: /s/ Gene E. Little
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Gene E. Little, Attorney-in-Fact
