- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ------------- POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 to FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ------------- ELSAG BAILEY PROCESS AUTOMATION N.V. (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) The Netherlands Not Applicable (State or Other Jurisdiction of (IRS Employer Incorporation or Organization) Identification No.) Schiphol Boulevard 157, 1118 BG Luchthaven Schiphol The Netherlands Not Applicable (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) ELSAG BAILEY GLOBAL EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN (Full Title of the Plan) Mark V. Santo, Esq. Group Vice President and General Counsel Elsag Bailey Process Automation N.V. c/o Elsag Bailey, Inc. 29801 Euclid Avenue Wickliffe, Ohio 44092-1898 (Name and Address of Agent for Service) 440-585-8500 (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- REMOVAL OF SHARES FROM REGISTRATION Elsag Bailey Process Automation N.V., a corporation organized under the laws of The Netherlands with its statutory seat in Amsterdam (the "Company") hereby amends this Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-4730 (the "Registration Statement"), filed in connection with the Elsag Bailey Global Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan") to withdraw from registration all the shares of common stock, par value NLG1.00 per share, of the Company registered under the Registration Statement with respect to which options have not been granted or have been granted but not exercised under the Plan. Page 2 of 4 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of Rule 478 under 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-8 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 Genova, Italy on this 25 day of January 1999. Elsag Bailey Process Automation N.V. By: /s/ Vincenzo Cannatelli January 25, 1999 ---------------------------------- Name: Vincenzo Cannatelli Title: Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Page 3 of 4 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons, in the capacities indicated and on the dates indicated. January ______, 1999 - --------------------------------------------------- Vincenzo Cannatelli, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) January ______, 1999 - --------------------------------------------------- Carlo Ferro, Vice President, Planning and Control (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) January ______, 1999 - --------------------------------------------------- Nils Leffler, Member of Supervisory Board January ______, 1999 - --------------------------------------------------- Alfred Storck, Member of Supervisory Board January ______, 1999 - --------------------------------------------------- Brian Norman van Reijn, Member of Supervisory Board January ______, 1999 - --------------------------------------------------- Juho Lipsanen, Member of Supervisory Board Authorized Representative in the U.S.: Elsag Bailey, Inc. By: ------------------------------------------------ January ______, 1999 Name: Mark V. Santo Title: Group Vice President and General Counsel Page 4 of 4