Registration No. 333-17865
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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
HARVEST STATES COOPERATIVES
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
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Minnesota 5150 41-0251095
(State or other jurisdiction (Primary Standard Industrial (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Classification Code Number) Identification No.)
P.O. Box 64594
St. Paul, Minnesota 55164
(612) 646-9433
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of registrant's
principal executive offices)
Thomas F. Baker
Group Vice President--Finance
Harvest States Cooperatives
1667 North Snelling
St. Paul, Minnesota 55108
(612) 641-3736
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code, of agent for service)
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Copy To
William B. Payne
Dorsey & Whitney LLP
220 South Sixth Street
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402-1498
(612) 340-2722
DEREGISTRATION OF EQUITY PARTICIPATION UNITS
Harvest States Cooperatives (the "Company"), an agricultural cooperative,
registered the public offer and sale of an aggregate of 26,800,000 Equity
Participation Units in its Wheat Milling Defined Business Unit ("Milling Units")
and 15,300,000 Equity Participation Units in its Oilseed Processing and Refining
Defined Business Unit ("Processing and Refining Units") under a Registration
Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-17865 (which was declared effective on
February 14, 1997). The Board of Directors of the Company has terminated the
offering and agreed to accept all subscriptions received as of June 12, 1997. A
total of 4,784,000 Milling Units and 1,072,500 Processing and Refining Units
were sold. The Company hereby deregisters the remaining 22,016,000 Milling Units
and 14,227,500 Processing and Refining Units.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration
Statement on Form S-1 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Falcon Heights, State of Minnesota, on June 30,
1997.
HARVEST STATES COOPERATIVES
By: /s/John D. Johnson
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John D. Johnson
President and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on June 30, 1997.
Signature Title
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/s/John D. Johnson President and Chief Executive Officer
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John D. Johnson
/s/T. F. Baker Group Vice President--Finance
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T. F. Baker
/s/John Schmitz Vice President--Corporate Accounting
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John Schmitz
Steven Burnet* Chairman of the Board of Directors
Steve Carney* Director
Sheldon Haaland* Director
Jerry C. Hasnedl* Director
Edward Hereford* Director
Gerald Kuster* Director
Tyrone A. Moos* Director
Duane G. Risan* Director
William J. Zarak, Jr.* Director
Edward Ellison* Director
Leonard D. Larsen* Director
Duane Stenzel* Director
Russell W. Twedt* Director
Merlin Van Walleghen* Director
*By /s/John D. Johnson
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John D. Johnson
Attorney-in-fact