POS AM 1 l85250aposam.txt THE MEAD CORPORATION POS AM 1 Registration No. 33-43994 ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 20549 ------------ FORM S-3 POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ----------------------- THE MEAD CORPORATION (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) ----------------------- Ohio 31-0535759 (State or Other Jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Incorporation or Organization) Identification Number) Mead World Headquarters Courthouse Plaza Northeast Dayton, Ohio 45463 937-495-6323 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant's principal executive office) -------------------- David L. Santez, Esq. Assistant Secretary The Mead Corporation Mead World Headquarters Courthouse Plaza Northeast Dayton, Ohio 45463 937-495-6323 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) -------------------- ================================================================================ 2 This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 is being filed by The Mead Corporation, an Ohio corporation (the "Registrant"), for the purpose of removing from registration any debt securities registered on the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Reg. No. 33-43994) hereunder which remain unsold as of the date hereof. 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 Amendment to Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dayton, State of Ohio, as of November 30, 2000. THE MEAD CORPORATION By /s/ Peter H. Vogel, Jr. ------------------------------------- Peter H. Vogel, Jr. Vice President, Finance and Treasurer (Principal Accounting Officer) 2