POS AM 1 y44558p1posam.txt POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT #1 TO FORM S-3 1 AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JANUARY 24, 2001 POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-86385 POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-62921 POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-4136 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 --------------------------------- THE SEAGRAM COMPANY. LTD. -- LA COMPAGNIE SEAGRAM LTEE JOSEPH E. SEAGRAM & SONS, INC.
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANTS AS SPECIFIED IN THEIR CHARTERS) ---------------------------------- CANADA INDIANA (STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF (STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION) INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION NONE 13-1285240 (I.R.S. EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER) (I.R.S. EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER) 1430 PEEL STREET 375 PARK AVENUE MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA H3A 1S9 NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10152 (514) 987-5200 (212) 572-7000
(ADDRESSES, INCLUDING ZIP CODES, AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS, INCLUDING AREA CODES, OF REGISTRANTS' PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES) DANIEL R. PALADINO, ESQ. JOSEPH E. SEAGRAM & SONS, INC. 375 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10152 (212) 572-7000 (NAME, ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF REGISTRANTS' AGENT FOR SERVICE AND AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SEAGRAM COMPANY LTD. IN THE UNITED STATES) --------------- Copies to: SARAH E. COGAN, ESQ. JOHN D. LOBRANO, ESQ. SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT 425 LEXINGTON AVENUE NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10017 2 DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES A Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-86385, which also constituted Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 333-62921 and Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement No. 333-4136), was originally filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on September 2, 1999 by the Registrants (the "Registration Statement"). The offering of securities by the Registrants has been terminated. The total principal amount of debt securities registered by Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc. under the Registration Statement was $1.5 billion. The total amount of Class A Preferred Stock registered by Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc. under the Registration Statement was $10 million. The total amount of warrants registered by Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc. under the Registration Statement was $10 million. The total amount of guarantees registered by The Seagram Company Ltd. under the Registration Statement was $1.5 billion. None of the above securities registered under the Registration Statement have been issued. Pursuant to the undertaking of the Registrants contained in the section in Part II of the Registration Statement entitled "Undertakings", the Registrants hereby request that the unsold debt securities, Class A Preferred Stock, warrants and guarantees be removed from registration by means of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1. II-1 3 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned 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 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on January 24, 2001. JOSEPH E. SEAGRAM & SONS, INC. /s/ John R. Preston By: ---------------------- John R. Preston Director Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed on January 24, 2001 by the following persons in the capacities indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE --------- ----- /s/ Edgar Bronfman, Jr. ------------------------- Chief Executive Officer Edgar Bronfman, Jr. /s/ Frank Mergenthaler ------------------------- Chief Financial Officer, Chief Frank Mergenthaler Accounting Officer and Director /s/ Daniel R. Paladino ------------------------- Director Daniel R. Paladino /s/ John R. Preston ------------------------- Director John R. Preston
II-2 4 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned 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 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on January 24, 2001. THE SEAGRAM COMPANY LTD. /s/ Edgar Bronfman, Jr. By: ---------------------- Edgar Bronfman, Jr. Chief Executive Officer and Director Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed on January 24, 2001 by the following persons in the capacities indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE --------- ----- /s/ Edgar Bronfman, Jr. -------------------------- Chief Executive Officer and Edgar Bronfman, Jr. Director /s/ Jean-Marie Messier -------------------------- Director Jean-Marie Messier /s/ Eric Licoys -------------------------- Director Eric Licoys /s/ Alan Bell -------------------------- Director Alan Bell /s/ Craig Thorburn -------------------------- Director Craig Thorburn /s/ Frank Mergenthaler -------------------------- Chief Financial Officer and Frank Mergenthaler Chief Accounting Officer /s/ Daniel R. Paladino -------------------------- Authorized U.S. Representative Daniel R. Paladino
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