As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 22, 1997 Registration No. 333-03423 ================================================================================ 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 ------------------- ST. JUDE MEDICAL, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) MINNESOTA 41-1276891 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification No.) ONE LILLEHEI PLAZA ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA 55117 (612) 483-2000 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive office) KEVIN T. O'MALLEY VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL ST. JUDE MEDICAL, INC. ONE LILLEHEI PLAZA ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA 55117 (612) 483-2000 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) COPIES TO: MARTIN R. ROSENBAUM, ESQ. LINDQUIST & VENNUM P.L.L.P. 4200 IDS CENTER 80 SOUTH 8TH STREET MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55402 TELEPHONE: (612) 371-3211 ================================================================================ EXPLANATORY STATEMENT Pursuant to this Amendment No. 1 to its Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-03423), St. Jude Medical, Inc. (the "Registrant") hereby deregisters 130,404 shares of its Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, previously registered in connection with the initial registration on Form S-3 of 149,153 shares to be offered by certain selling shareholders of the Company who were the shareholders of Hancock Jaffe Laboratories (the "Selling Shareholders"). The shares being deregistered were not sold in connection with the offering by the Selling Shareholders which has terminated. The Selling Shareholders sold 18,749 shares in the transaction. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant has duly caused this Amendment No. 1 to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of St. Paul, State of Minnesota, on December 18, 1997. ST. JUDE MEDICAL, INC. By /s/ Kevin T. O'Malley ----------------------------------- Kevin T. O'Malley Vice President and General Counsel POWER OF ATTORNEY Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed below on the 18th day of December, 1997, by the following persons on the date and in the capacities indicated. Signature * - ------------------------------------------------ Ronald A. Matricaria, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors and Director (Principal Executive Officer) /s/ Robert E. Munzenrider - ------------------------------------------------ Robert E. Munzenrider, Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) * - ------------------------------------------------ Thomas H. Garrett III, Director * - ------------------------------------------------ Roger G. Stoll, Director * - ------------------------------------------------ Paul J. Chiapparone, Director * - ------------------------------------------------ William R. Miller, Director * - ------------------------------------------------ Kenneth G. Langone, Director * - ------------------------------------------------ Gail R. Wilensky, Director /s/ Walter F. Mondale - ------------------------------------------------ Walter F. Mondale, Director * - ------------------------------------------------ Daniel J. Starks, Director * - ------------------------------------------------ Walter L. Sembrowich, Director /s/ Fred B. Parks - ------------------------------------------------ Fred B. Parks, Director *By: /s/ Kevin T. O'Malley ------------------------------------------- Kevin T. O'Malley Attorney-in-fact