As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 12, 2010
Registration No. 333-156769
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-3
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 |
ATS MEDICAL, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Minnesota
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization) | | 41-1595629
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.) |
3905 Annapolis Lane, Suite 105
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55447
(763) 553-7736
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of registrant’s principal executive offices)
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Michael D. Dale
Chief Executive Officer | | Copy to: |
ATS Medical, Inc.
3905 Annapolis Lane, Suite 105
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55447
(763) 553-7736
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service) | | Timothy S. Hearn, Esq.
Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Suite 1500
50 South Sixth Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402
(612) 340-2600 |
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not Applicable.
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TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 relates to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-156769) (the “Registration Statement”) of ATS Medical, Inc. (the “Company”), which was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on January 16, 2009. The Registration Statement registered 11,063,831 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), including (a) 8,510,639 shares of Common Stock sold to the selling shareholders described in the prospectus forming part of the Registration Statement, and (b) 2,553,192 shares of Common Stock issuable to the selling shareholders upon the exercise of warrants.
On August 12, 2010, pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), dated as of April 28, 2010, by and among the Company, Medtronic, Inc. (“Medtronic”) and Pilgrim Merger Corporation (“Merger Sub”), Merger Sub was merged with and into the Company with the Company continuing as the surviving corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Medtronic (the “Merger”). As a result of the Merger, the Common Stock is held of record by fewer than 300 persons. Accordingly, the Company intends to file a Certification and Notice of Termination of Registration on Form 15 with the SEC with respect to its Common Stock.
As a result of the Merger, no additional shares of Common Stock will be issued by the Company. The Company is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to remove and withdraw from registration all shares of Common Stock registered pursuant to the Registration Statement that remain unissued.
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 the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Minneapolis, State of Minnesota, on the 12th day of August, 2010.
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| | ATS MEDICAL, INC.
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| | By: | /s/ Michael D. Dale | |
| | | Michael D. Dale | |
| | | Chief Executive Officer | |
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 12th day of August, 2010.
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| /s/ Michael D. Dale | | Chief Executive Officer, President and |
| | Chairman of the Board of Directors
(principal executive officer) |
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| /s/ Michael R. Kramer | | Chief Financial Officer |
| | (principal financial and accounting officer) |
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| *By: | /s/ Michael R. Kramer | | |
| | Michael R. Kramer | | |
| | Attorney-in-Fact | | |
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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| Exhibit No. |
| Exhibit 24.1 | | Power of Attorney (previously filed with the Registration Statement) |
