As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 23, 2006
Registration No. 333-123586
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
ACTIVE POWER, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 4911 | 74-2961657 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
2128 W. Braker Lane, BK12
Austin, Texas 78758
(512) 836-6464
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
James A. Clishem
Chief Executive Officer
Active Power, Inc.
2128 W. Braker Lane, BK12
Austin, Texas 78758
(512) 836-6464
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
J. Matthew Lyons
Andrews Kurth LLP
111 Congress Avenue, Suite 1700
Austin, Texas 78701
(512) 320-9200
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable.
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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
On March 25, 2005, Active Power, Inc. (“Active Power”) filed a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-123586) (the “Registration Statement”), as amended on May 9, 2005 with the Securities and Exchange Commission, registering up to 7,090,863 shares of Active Power’s common stock (the “Common Stock”) of which 5,454,510 shares of Common Stock were issued to certain selling stockholders in a private placement on February 4, 2005 and the additional 1,636,353 shares of Common Stock were to be issued to the selling stockholders only if and when they exercised their additional investment rights to acquire these shares within 180 days following the effective date of the Registration Statement.
The stockholders’ additional investment rights expired without exercise and no such shares were issued. Pursuant to the undertaking made by Active Power as required by Item 512(a)(3) of Regulation S-K, Active Power files this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to deregister all 1,636,353 of such shares of Common Stock registered under the Registration Statement which have not been issued as of the date of this post-effective amendment.
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-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 333-123586 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Austin, State of Texas, on the 23rd day of August, 2006.
| ACTIVE POWER, INC. | ||||||||
| Dated: August 23, 2006 |
By: |
/s/ James A. Clishem | ||||||
| James A. Clishem, President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant in the capacities set forth below on August 23, 2006.
| Name |
Title |
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| /s/ James A. Clishem | President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (principal executive officer) | |||
| James A. Clishem | ||||
| /s/ John K. Penver | Vice President - Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary (principal financial and accounting officer) | |||
| John K. Penver | ||||
| * | Chairman of the Board |
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| Joseph F. Pinkerton, III | ||||
| * | Director | |||
| Ake Almgren | ||||
| * | Director | |||
| Richard E. Anderson | ||||
| * | Director | |||
| Rodney S. Bond | ||||
| * | Director | |||
| Brad Boston | ||||
| * | Director | |||
| Jan H. Lindelow | ||||
| * | Director | |||
| Terrence L. Rock | ||||
| * | Director | |||
| Benjamin L. Scott | ||||
| * By: | /s/ John K. Penver | Attorney-in-Fact |
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| John K. Penver | ||||||