S-8 POS

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 29, 2010

Registration No. 333-37898

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Minnesota	41-0743912
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

13625 Technology Drive
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
(Address of principal executive offices,
including zip code)

ADC/ALTITUN
STOCK OPTION PLAN
(Full title of the plan)

Jeffrey D. Pflaum
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
13625 Technology Drive
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
(952) 938-8080
(Name, address and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)

Copy to:

Amy L. Schneider
Dorsey & Whitney LLP
50 South Sixth Street, Suite 1500
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
(612) 340-2600

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer þ	Accelerated filer o	Non-accelerated filer o	Smaller reporting company o
		(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

     This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 relates to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-37898) (the “Registration Statement”) of ADC Telecommunications, Inc. (the “Company”), which was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 25, 2000. The Registration Statement registered 601,200 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.20 per share (the “Securities”), to be offered or sold pursuant to the Company’s ADC/Altitun Stock Option Plan. The Company has terminated its offering of Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement, and, in accordance with the undertaking in Part II of the Registration Statement (pursuant to Item 512(a)(3) of Regulation S-K), is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to remove from registration all Securities registered under the Registration Statement that remain unsold as of the date hereof.

SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Eden Prairie, State of Minnesota, on the 29th day of November, 2010.

ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
By:	/s/ James G. Mathews
	James G. Mathews
	Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the indicated capacities on November 29, 2010.

Signature	Title
*	Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Robert E. Switz	(principal executive officer)
/s/ James G. Mathews	Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
James G. Mathews	(principal financial officer)
*	Vice President and Controller
Steven G. Nemitz	(principal accounting officer)
*	Independent Lead Director
William R. Spivey, PhD
*	Director
John J. Boyle, III
*	Director
Mickey P. Foret
*	Director
Lois M. Martin
*	Director
Krish A. Prabhu, Ph.D.
*	Director
John E. Rehfeld
*	Director
David A. Roberts
*	Director
Larry W. Wangberg
*	Director
John D. Wunsch

* By:	/s/ James G. Mathews
	James G. Mathews
	Attorney-in-Fact

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number	Description
24.1	Power of Attorney

EX-24.1

Exhibit 24.1

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Robert E. Switz, James G. Mathews and Steven G. Nemitz, and each of them, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, with the powers of substitution and revocation, for the undersigned and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to execute and/or file with the Securities and Exchange Commission any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to all of ADC Telecommunications, Inc.’s registration statements that are currently effective, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, including the following:

1.	Form S-8s (Nos. 033-40356, 033-52635, 033-58409, 333-25569, 333-80945 and 333-32416) registering shares under the 1991 Stock Incentive Plan;
2.	Form S-8s (Nos. 033-40357, 333-25623, 333-56808, 333-56806, 333-147002 and 333-83498) registering shares under the Global Stock Incentive Plan;
3.	Form S-8 (No. 033-52637) registering shares under the 1994 Employee Stock Purchase Plan;
4.	Form S-8 (No. 033-58407) registering shares under the Retirement Savings Plan;
5.	Form S-8 (No. 333-04481) registering shares under the Non-Incentive Stock Option And Indemnification Agreement;
6.	Form S-8 (No. 333-25311) registering shares under the Option Conversion Agreement;
7.	Form S-8 (No. 333-37619) registering shares under the 1997 Newnet Stock Option Plan;
8.	Form S-8 (No. 333-66169) registering shares under the ADC/Teledata Key Employee Stock Option Plan (1998), ADC/Teledata Key Employee Stock Option Plan (1994-1997) and ADC/Teledata Director Share Incentive Plan (1992);
9.	Form S-8 (No. 333-80943) registering shares under the ADC Telecommunications, Inc./Spectracom, Inc. 1997 Stock Option Plan;
10.	Form S-8 (No. 333-88669) registering shares under the ADC/ Saville Share Option Plan;
11.	Form S-8 (No. 333-94059) registering shares under the ADC/ NVISION Share Option Plan;
12.	Form S-8 (No. 333-37898) registering shares under the ADC/Altitun Stock Option Plan;
13.	Form S-8 (No. 333-40354) registering shares under the ADC/PairGain 1993 Stock Option Plan, the ADC/PairGain 1996 Stock Option Plan and the ADC/PairGain Directors Stock Option Plan;
14.	Form S-8 (No. 333-42642) registering shares under the ADC/Centigram 1997 Stock Plan and the ADC/Centigram 1995 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan;
15.	Form S-8 (No. 333-47656) registering shares under the ADC/BAS Stock Plan;
16.	Form S-8 (No. 333-56356) registering shares under the ADC Telecommunications, Inc./CommTech Corporation 1997 Equity Incentive Plan and a nonqualified option agreement;
17.	Form S-8 (No. 333-61488), as amended, registering shares under the 401(k) Excess Plan (2001 Restatement);
18.	Form S-8 (No. 333-61490) registering shares under the Retirement Savings Plan and the 401(k) Supplemental Retirement Plan;
19.	Form S-8 (No. 333-83418) registering shares under the 2001 Special Stock Option Plan;

20.	Form S-8 (No. 333-83420) registering shares under the Global Employee Stock Purchase Plan;
21.	Form S-8 (No. 333-148176) registering shares under the ADC/LGC Wireless, Inc. 2007 Stock Plan;
22.	Form S-8 (No. 333-150214) registering shares under the 2008 Global Stock Incentive Plan;
23.	Form S-8 (No. 333-164819) registering shares under the 2010 Global Stock Incentive Plan;
24.	Form S-3 (No. 033-59445) pertaining to the offering by ADC Telecommunications, Inc. of 5,500,000 shares;
25.	Form S-3s (Nos. 333-02133, as amended, 333-07309, as amended, 333-15283, as amended, 333-25241, 333-37419, as amended, 333-37900, 333-47590, 333-56418, as amended, and 333-108245, as amended) registering shares to be sold by certain selling shareholders;
26.	Form S-3 (No. 333-32023) registering shares to be issued upon exercise of options initially granted under the 1991 Stock Incentive Plan and the Nonemployee Director Stock Option Plan and thereafter transferred to unaffiliated third parties;
27.	Form S-3s (Nos. 333-94977 and 333-91972, as amended) registering shares under the Direct Stock Purchase Plan;
28.	Form S-3 (No. 333-108247), as amended, registering 1.00% Convertible Subordinated Notes Due 2008, Floating Rate Convertible Subordinated Notes Due 2013 and shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the notes; and
29.	Form S-3 (No. 333-148137) registering 3.50% Convertible Subordinated Notes Due 2015, 3.50% Convertible Subordinated Notes Due 2017 and shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the notes.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney has been signed as of this 8th day of November, 2010, by the following persons:

Signature	Title
/s/ Robert E. Switz	Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Robert E. Switz	(principal executive officer)
/s/ James G. Mathews	Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
James G. Mathews	(principal financial officer)
/s/ Steven G. Nemitz	Vice President and Controller
Steven G. Nemitz	(principal accounting officer)
/s/ William R. Spivey, PhD	Independent Lead Director
William R. Spivey, PhD
/s/ John J. Boyle, III John J. Boyle, III	Director
/s/ Mickey P. Floret Mickey P. Floret	Director
/s/ Lois M. Martin Lois M. Martin	Director
/s/ Krish A. Prabhu, PhD Krish A. Prabhu, PhD	Director
/s/ John E. Rehfeld John E. Rehfeld	Director
/s/ David A. Roberts David A. Roberts	Director
/s/ Larry W. Wangberg Larry W. Wangberg	Director
/s/ John D. Wunsch John D. Wunsch	Director