-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Thcb2wliB03UebfXLy+9+Fhx6HvzF9naz357o4k7+VSRl5qrWZKRegGMsq3y/5jg 9c3xpP8y6Fhgag+V7JGuPA== 0000205700-01-500028.txt : 20010727 0000205700-01-500028.hdr.sgml : 20010727 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000205700-01-500028 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: POS AM PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20010726 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NEW ENGLAND BUSINESS SERVICE INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000205700 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MANIFOLD BUSINESS FORMS [2761] IRS NUMBER: 042942374 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0627 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: POS AM SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-87447 FILM NUMBER: 1689925 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 500 MAIN ST CITY: GROTON STATE: MA ZIP: 01471 BUSINESS PHONE: 5084486111 POS AM 1 posamjuly2001.txt NEW ENGLAND BUSINESS SERVICE, INC. Registration No. 333-87447 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 NEW ENGLAND BUSINESS SERVICE, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) 04-2942374 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) 500 Main Street Groton, Massachusetts 01471 (978) 448-6111 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices) Craig Barrows, Esq. Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary New England Business Service, Inc. 500 Main Street Groton, Massachusetts 01471 (978) 448-6111 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: September 20, 1999. 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.[X] 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. [ ] _______ If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434, please check the following box. [ ] 2 DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES The 20,000 shares (the "Shares") of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, of New England Business Service, Inc. (the "Company") registered on the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-87447) (the "Registration Statement") were issued to Richard H. Rhoads, then a member of the Company's Board of Directors, on May 25, 1999 in connection with his exercise of a stock option that was granted to him under a stock option agreement dated as of July 28, 1989. The Company agreed to register the Shares under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") and to use its best efforts to cause the registration statement covering the Shares to remain effective for a period of two years from the date of exercise of the stock option. That period has now expired, with none of the Shares having been sold pursuant to the Registration Statement. Therefore, the Company hereby amends the Registration Statement to remove from registration all 20,000 Shares covered by the Registration Statement. 3 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 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Town of Groton, Massachusetts, on this 26th day of July, 2001. NEW ENGLAND BUSINESS SERVICE, INC. -------------------------------- (Registrant) By: DANIEL M. JUNIUS ---------------------------- Daniel M. Junius Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated. Signature Title Date - --------- ----- ---- ROBERT J. MURRAY Chairman, President and July 26, 2001 - ----------------------- Chief Executive Officer Robert J. Murray (principal executive officer), Director DANIEL M. JUNIUS Senior Vice President and July 26, 2001 - ----------------------- Chief Financial Officer Daniel M. Junius (principal financial and accounting officer) Director - ----------------------- William T. End Neil S. Fox* Director July 26, 2001 - ----------------------- Neil S. Fox Robert L. Gable* Director July 26, 2001 - ----------------------- Robert L. Gable Benjamin H. Lacy* Director July 26, 2001 - ----------------------- Benjamin H. Lacy Director - ----------------------- Thomas J. May Herbert W. Moller* Director July 26, 2001 - ----------------------- Herbert W. Moller 4 Brian E. Stern* Director July 26, 2001 - ----------------------- Brian E. Stern M. Anne Szostak* Director July 26, 2001 - ----------------------- M. Anne Szostak *By: ROBERT J. MURRAY ----------------------- Robert J. Murray (Attorney-in-fact) -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----