1 As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 28, 1995 Registration No. 33-56595 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ------- POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-1 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ------- GREAT DANE HOLDINGS INC. ------------------------------------------------------ (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 3715 54-0698116 - -------------------------------- ------------------------- ---------------- (State or other jurisdiction of (Primary SIC Code Number) (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or reorganization) ID No.) 2016 North Pitcher Street Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007 (616) 343-6121 ------------------------------------------------------------- (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant's principal executive offices) David R. Markin President and Chief Executive Officer Great Dane Holdings Inc. 2016 North Pitcher Street Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007 (616) 343-6121 -------------------------------------------------------------- (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) ------- The Commission is requested to send copies of all communications to: Paulette Kendler, Esq. Hutton Ingram Yuzek Gainen Carroll & Bertolotti 250 Park Avenue New York, New York 10177 (212) 907-9650 ------- <PAGE 2> Deregistering Unsold Securities Registrant by this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to its Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 33-56595) deregisters 4,000,000 shares of the Registrant's common stock, $.01 par value per share, which were unsold at the termination of the offering thereof. <PAGE 3> SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration State- ment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on une 22, 1995. GREAT DANE HOLDINGS INC. By: /s/ David R. Markin ------------------------------- David R. Markin President and Chief Executive Officer Executed in City of New York, State of New York Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registra- tion Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. ** Chairman of the Board June 22, 1995 - ---------------------------- Allan R. Tessler /s/ David R. Markin President, Chief Executive June 22, 1995 - ---------------------------- Officer and Director David R. Markin (Principal Executive Officer) ** Treasurer (Principal Financial June 22, 1995 - ---------------------------- Officer and Principal Marlan R. Smith Accounting Officer ** Vice Chairman of the Board June 22, 1995 - ---------------------------- and Secretary Martin L. Solomon ** Vice Chairman of the Board June 22, 1995 - ---------------------------- Wilmer J. Thomas, Jr. **By: /s/ David R. Markin --------------------------- David R. Markin Attorney-in-Fact