As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 13, 2002 Registration No. 333-31450 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 ____________________ PMC-SIERRA, INC. (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) ____________________ Delaware 94-2925073 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification Number) 3975 Freedom Circle Santa Clara, California 95054 (408) 239-8000 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant's principal executive offices) ____________________ Robert L. Bailey President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors 3975 Freedom Circle Santa Clara, California 95054 (408) 239-8000 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) ____________________ Copy to: Neil Wolff Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Professional Corporation 650 Page Mill Road Palo Alto, California 94304 (650) 493-9300 ____________________ 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. [ ] 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. [ ] 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. [ ] If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) 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. [ ] If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434, please check the following box. [ ] On March 1, 2000, PMC-Sierra, Inc. (the "Company") filed its Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-31450), covering 296,676 shares of the Company's Common Stock to be sold by certain stockholders of the Company. On March 31, 2000, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the ("Commission") declared the Registration Statement effective. The Registration Statement was filed in order to register shares of the Company's Common Stock issued to the former stockholders of Toucan Technology, Inc. ("Toucan"), which was acquired by the Company on January 27, 2000. Pursuant to Rule 477 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Company respectfully requests that the Commission withdraw the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3. The Company is requesting the withdrawal of the Registration Statement because, pursuant to the terms of the Declaration of Registration Rights under the Acquisition Agreement between the Company and Toucan, the Company's obligations to maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement expired on January 27, 2001. Accordingly, the Company hereby de-registers the 74,953 shares of its Common Stock registered pursuant to the Registration Statement remaining unsold thereunder. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement (333-31450) to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Santa Clara, California, on August 13, 2002. PMC-SIERRA, INC. By: /s/ John Sullivan ---------------------------------------- John Sullivan Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Accounting Officer) Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. Signature Title Date President, Chief Executive Officer August 13, 2002 * (Principal Executive Officer) and - --------------------------------- Chairman of the Board of Directors Robert L. Bailey /s/ John Sullivan Vice President, Finance (Principal August 13, 2002 - --------------------------------- Financial and Accounting Officer John Sullivan * August 13, 2002 - --------------------------------- James Diller Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors * August 13, 2002 - --------------------------------- Alexandre Balkanski Director * August 13, 2002 - --------------------------------- Colin Beaumont Director * August 13, 2002 - --------------------------------- Frank J. Marshall Director August 13, 2002 - --------------------------------- Lewis O. Wilks Director *By /s/ John Sullivan - --------------------------------- John Sullivan Attorney-in-Fact