As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 30, 2008
Registration No. 333-141151
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT
TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
41-1672694
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
7480 Flying Cloud Drive
Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55344-3720
(952) 351-3000
(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code,
of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)
SEE TABLE OF ADDITIONAL REGISTRANTS
John L. Shroyer
Chief Financial Officer
7480 Flying Cloud Drive
Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55344-3720
(952) 351-3000
(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,
Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Copies to:
Alan Bannister, Esq.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
200 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10166
(212) 351-4000
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement.
If the only securities being registered on this form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. o
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, check the following box. x
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. o
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. o
If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box. x
If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box. o
TABLE OF ADDITIONAL REGISTRANTS
The address of the principal executive offices of each of the additional registrants listed below, and the name and address of their agent for service, is the same as is set forth for Alliant Techsystems Inc. on the facing page of this registration statement.
Name |
| Jurisdiction of |
| I.R.S. Employee |
ATK Commercial Ammunition Company Inc. |
| Delaware |
| 41-2022465 |
ATK Commercial Ammunition Holdings Company Inc. |
| Delaware |
| 20-4048077 |
ATK Space Systems Inc. |
| Delaware |
| 33-0517898 |
ATK Launch Systems Inc. |
| Delaware |
| 36-2678716 |
Ammunition Accessories Inc. |
| Delaware |
| 63-1287464 |
Federal Cartridge Company |
| Minnesota |
| 41-0252320 |
Micro Craft Inc. |
| Minnesota |
| 62-0601440 |
2
Deregistration of Securities
On March 8, 2007, Alliant Techsystems Inc. (“ATK”) filed a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-141151) (the “Registration Statement”) with the Commission registering the resale of $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of ATK’s 2.75% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2011 (the “Notes”). The Registration Statement was filed in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of September 12, 2006, filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the registrant’s current report on Form 8-K filed September 12, 2006 (the “Registration Rights Agreement”). Under the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, ATK is no longer required to provide or maintain the Registration Statement.
In compliance with the registrant’s undertaking in Part II, Item 17(3) of the Registration Statement, ATK is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to remove from registration any Notes remaining unsold. As of the date hereof, Notes in an aggregate principal amount of $171,664,000 remain unsold under the Registration Statement.
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 registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Minneapolis, State of Minnesota on the 30th day of October, 2008.
| ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC. | |
|
| |
| By: | /s/ Keith D. Ross |
|
| Keith D. Ross |
|
| Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary |
Name and Signature |
| Title |
| Date |
|
|
|
|
|
* |
| Chairman, Chief Executive Officer |
| October 30, 2008 |
Daniel J. Murphy Jr. |
| and Director (Principal Executive |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* |
| Senior Vice President and Chief |
| October 30, 2008 |
John L. Shroyer |
| Financial Officer (Principal |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* |
| Director |
| October 30, 2008 |
Frances D. Cook |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* |
| Director |
| October 30, 2008 |
Martin C. Faga |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* |
| Director |
| October 30, 2008 |
Ronald R. Fogleman |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* |
| Director |
| October 30, 2008 |
Cynthia L. Lesher |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* |
| Director |
| October 30, 2008 |
Douglas L. Maine |
|
|
|
|
4
* |
| Director |
| October 30, 2008 |
Roman Martinez IV |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* |
| Director |
| October 30, 2008 |
Mark H. Ronald |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* |
| Director |
| October 30, 2008 |
Michael T. Smith |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* |
| Director |
| October 30, 2008 |
William G. Van Dyke |
|
|
|
|
| *By: | /s/ Keith D. Ross |
|
| Keith D. Ross |
|
| Attorney-in-Fact Pursuant to Powers of Attorney |
5
