As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 20, 2003
Registration No. 333-54810
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
to
FORM S-4
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Washington | 7273 | 91-1144442 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction | (Primary Standard Industrial | (IRS Employer | ||
| of incorporation or organization) | Classification Code Number) | Identification No.) |
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, Washington 98052-6399
(425) 882-8080
(Address, including zip code, and telephone
number including area code, of registrant’s principal
executive office)
John Seethoff
Deputy General Counsel, Finance and Operations
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, Washington 98052-6399
(425) 882-8080
(Name, address, including zip code and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
Copies of all communications to:
Christopher H. Cunningham
Ryan R. Montecucco
Preston Gates & Ellis LLP
925 Fourth Avenue, Suite 2900
Seattle, Washington 98104-1158
(206) 623-7580
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable.
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, please check the following box: ¨
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ¨
The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said section 8(a), may determine.
On February 1, 2001, Microsoft Corporation (“Microsoft”) filed a Registration Statement on Form S-4, SEC 1933 Act Number 333-54810 (the “Registration Statement”), which was subsequently amended on February 22, 2001, covering the 25,792,235 Microsoft Common Shares (the “Common Shares”)1 issuable in the proposed merger (the “Merger”) of a Microsoft wholly-owned subsidiary with and into Great Plains Software, Inc. (“Great Plains”).
The Registration Statement was filed in connection with an acquisition transaction whereby Great Plains became a wholly owned subsidiary of Microsoft.
Microsoft’s obligation to maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been satisfied. Accordingly, Microsoft hereby de-registers all of its Common Stock registered pursuant to the Registration Statement and remaining unsold thereunder.
1 Represents 51,584,470 Common Shares after taking into account the two-for-one stock split effected by Microsoft on February 14, 2003.
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-4 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Redmond, State of Washington, on June 20, 2003.
| MICROSOFT CORPORATION | ||
| By: |
/s/ KEITH R. DOLLIVER | |
| Keith R. Dolliver Associate General Counsel | ||
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
| * Steven A. Ballmer |
Chief Executive Officer, Director (Principal Executive Officer) |
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| * William H. Gates III |
Chairman, Chief Software Architect, Director |
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| * John G. Connors |
Senior Vice President, Finance and Administration, Chief Financial Officer |
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| * James I. Cash |
Director |
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| * Raymond V. Gilmartin |
Director |
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| * David F. Marquardt |
Director |
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| * Ann McLaughlin Korologos |
Director |
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| * W. G. Reed, Jr. |
Director |
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| * Jon A. Shirley |
Director |
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| *By: |
/s/ KEITH R. DOLLIVER | |
| Keith R. Dolliver Attorney-in-Fact pursuant to a power of attorney attached as an Exhibit hereto. | ||
EXHIBIT INDEX
| 24. | Resolution of Board of Directors and Power of Attorney |