Registration No. 33-50221 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 -------------------------- POST EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 -------------------------- THE UNITED ILLUMINATING COMPANY (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) CONNECTICUT 06-0571640 (State of other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification No.) 157 CHURCH STREET NEW HAVEN, CT 06506 (Address of Principal Executive Offices ) (Zip Code) AUTOMATIC DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT AND COMMON STOCK PURCHASE PLAN (Full title of the plan) -------------------------- SUSAN E. ALLEN CORPORATE SECRETARY 157 CHURCH STREET NEW HAVEN, CT 06506 (203) 499-2000 (Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) Copies to: WILLIAM C. BASKIN, JR., ESQ. WIGGIN & DANA LLP ONE CENTURY TOWER NEW HAVEN, CT 06508-1832 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT This Post-Effective Amendment is being filed to terminate the registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-3, Registration No. 33-50221, originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 1, 1993, and to deregister securities thereunder. Issuances under this registration statement have ceased. Accordingly the Registrant hereby deregisters all of the remaining shares of common stock of the Registrant that remain unsold under this registration statement. As there are no securities being registered herein, the sole purpose being to deregister, the disclosure requirements under the Securities Act of 1933 and the requirements for exhibits under Item 601 of Regulation S-K are inapplicable to this filing. 2 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 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 New Haven, State of Connecticut, on July 22, 2002. THE UNITED ILLUMINATING COMPANY BY: UIL HOLDINGS CORPORATION By: /s/ Nathaniel D. Woodson ----------------------------------------- Nathaniel D. Woodson Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. SIGNATURE TITLE DATE --------- ----- ---- Director, Chairman of the Board /s/ Nathaniel D. Woodson of Directors, President and Chief - ---------------------------- Executive Officer July 22, 2002 Nathaniel D. Woodson /s/ Louis J. Paglia Executive Vice President and - ---------------------------- Chief Financial Officer July 22, 2002 Louis J. Paglia /s/ Thelma R. Albright Director July 22, 2002 - ---------------------------- Thelma R. Albright /s/ John F. Croweak Director July 22, 2002 - ---------------------------- John F. Croweak /s/ Marc C. Breslawsky Director July 22, 2002 - ---------------------------- Marc C. Breslawsky /s/ Betsy Henley-Cohn Director July 22, 2002 - ----------------------------- Betsy Henley-Cohn Director July 22, 2002 - ----------------------------- David E. A. Carson /s/ Arnold L. Chase Director July 22, 2002 - ----------------------------- Arnold L. Chase 3 /s/ John L. Lahey Director July 22, 2002 - ----------------------------- John L. Lahey /s/ F. Patrick McFadden, Jr. Director July 22, 2002 - ----------------------------- F. Patrick McFadden, Jr. /s/ Daniel J. Miglio Director July 22, 2002 - ---------------------------- Daniel J. Miglio /s/ Willim F. Murdy Director July 22, 2002 - ---------------------------- William F. Murdy /s/ James A. Thomas Director July 22, 2002 - ---------------------------- James A. Thomas 4