As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 13, 2003 Registration No. 333-78915 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------- United Road Services, Inc. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) --------------- Delaware 94-3278455 (State or other Jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Incorporation or Organization) Identification Number) --------------- 17 Computer Drive West Albany, New York, 12205 (518) 446-0140 (Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices) --------------- Michael Wysocki Chief Executive Officer 17 Computer Drive West Albany, New York, 12205 (518) 446-0140 (Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service) with a copy to: Karen A. Dewis, Esq. McDermott, Will & Emery 600 Thirteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20005-3096 Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not Applicable ================================================================================ If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. o 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. o If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. o If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. o If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434, please check the following box. o --------------- DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (the "Amendment") to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (SEC File No. 333-78915) (the "Registration Statement") is being filed by United Road Services, Inc. (the "Company") in order to deregister all of the shares of the Company's common stock, par value $.001, which remain unsold under the Registration Statement. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Romulus, State of Michigan, on the 9th day of May, 2003. United Road Services, Inc. (Registrant) By: /s/ Michael Wysocki ----------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Michael Wysocki Title: Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-effective Amendment No. 4 to the Registration Statement (SEC File No. 333-78915) has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on this 9th day of May, 2003. (Signature) (Title) - ------------------------------------------------------------------- /s/ Michael Wysocki Chief Executive Officer and Director - ----------------------------------- (Principal Executive Officer and Michael Wysocki Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) /s/ Ed Morawski Director - ----------------------------------- Ed Morawski /s/ Joe Rhodes Director - ----------------------------------- Joe Rhodes /s/ Larry Fagan Director - ----------------------------------- Larry Fagan /s/ Michael Psaros Director - ----------------------------------- Michael Psaros /s/ David Shapiro Director - ----------------------------------- David Shapiro /s/ Eugene Keilin Director - ----------------------------------- Eugene Keilin /s/ Raquel Palmer Director - ----------------------------------- Raquel Palmer Director - ----------------------------------- Brian Riley /s/ Stephen Presser Director - ----------------------------------- Stephen Presser /s/ Kenneth Fisher Director - ----------------------------------- Kenneth Fisher