S-8 POS 1 ban_s8.txt As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 26, 2002 Registration No. 333-49437 ====================================================================== 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 ------------------------------ BANYAN STRATEGIC REALTY TRUST ---------------------------------------------------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in governing instruments) 2625 Butterfield Road, Suite 101N Oak Brook, Illinois 60523 ---------------------------------------- (Address of principal executive offices) Robert G. Higgins Banyan Strategic Realty Trust 2625 Butterfield Road, Suite 101N Oak Brook, Illinois 60523 --------------------------------------- (Name and address of agent for service) With a copy to: Michael J. Choate, Esq. Shefsky & Froelich Ltd. 444 North Michigan Avenue Suite 2500 Chicago, Illinois 60611 ====================================================================== 1 BANYAN STRATEGIC REALTY TRUST POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 DEREGISTRATION OF SHARES On April 3, 1998, we filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 which became effective upon filing. Under this Registration Statement, we registered 1,000,000 common shares of our beneficial interest issuable pursuant to the exercise of options granted to eligible Employees and Trustees under our 1997 Omnibus Stock and Incentive Plan. As of January 30, 2002, we had sold 601,998 shares in connection with this offering. On January 30, 2002, we terminated the offering of shares evidenced by this Registration Statement and we hereby deregister the remaining 398,002 shares which were registered thereunder. 2 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 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Village of Oak Brook, State of Illinois, on the 26th day of March, 2002. BANYAN STRATEGIC REALTY TRUST By: /s/ L.G. Schafran ----------------------------------- Title: Chairman, Interim President and Chief Executive Officer 3 Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated: Name Title Date ---- ----- ---- /s/ L.G. Schafran ----------------------- Chairman, Interim President, March 26, 2002 L.G. Schafran Chief Executive Officer and Trustee /s/ Walter E. Auch, Sr. ----------------------- Trustee March 26, 2002 Walter E. Auch, Sr. /s/ Stephen M. Peck ----------------------- Trustee March 26, 2002 Stephen M. Peck /s/ Daniel M. Levinson ----------------------- Trustee March 26, 2002 Daniel M. Levinson /s/ Robert G. Higgins ----------------------- First Vice President and March 26, 2002 Robert G. Higgins General Counsel /s/ Joel L. Teglia ----------------------- Chief Financial Officer March 26, 2002 Joel L. Teglia and Executive Vice President