As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 14, 1998. Registration No. 333-29407 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 ACCENT COLOR SCIENCES, INC. (Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter) Connecticut 06-1380314 (State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer of Identification Number) incorporation or organization) 06108 800 Connecticut Boulevard (Zip Code) East Hartford, CT 06108 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) ACCENT COLOR SCIENCES, INC. 1995 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN (Full title of the plan) Charles E. Buchheit President and Chief Executive Officer Accent Color Sciences, Inc. 800 Connecticut Boulevard East Hartford, CT 06108 (860) 610-4000 (Name, address and telephone number of agent for service) CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE Proposed Proposed Title of Maximum Maximum Securities Amount Offering Aggregate Amount of to be to be Price Offering Registration Registered Registered Per Share Price Fee (1) (2) (2) (2) Common Stock, No par value per share 500,000 shares $ 2.2815 $ 1,140,750.00 $ 336.52 (1) The registration statement also includes an indeterminable number of additional shares that may become issuable as a result of terminated, expired, forfeited or surrendered awards respecting Common Stock, or pursuant to the antidilution adjustment provisions of the plan. (2) In accordance with Rule 457, calculated on the basis of the average of the high and low prices for the Common Stock on the Nasdaq National Market on May 11, 1998. The Exhibit Index is located at page 4. Page 1 of 4 pages. INCORPORATION OF CONTENTS OF EARLIER REGISTRATION STATEMENT BY REFERENCE The purpose of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 is to register 500,000 additional shares of the Registrant's Common Stock, no par value per share, in connection with the Registrant's 1995 Stock Incentive Plan. Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8 the contents of the Registrant's Registration Statement (Registration No. 333-29407) on Form S-8 filed with the Commission on June 17, 1997, are incorporated herein by reference. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of 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 Town of East Hartford, Connecticut, on May 14, 1998. ACCENT COLOR SCIENCES, INC. By:/s/ PatrickJ.Pedonti Patrick J. Pedonti Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. Signature Title Date /s/ Charles E. Buchheit President, and May 14, 1998 Charles E. Buchheit Chief Executive Officer /s/ Patrick J. Pedonti Vice President, May 14, 1998 Patrick J. Pedonti Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) /s/ Norman L. Milliard May 14, 1998 Norman L. Milliard Director and Attorney-in-fact for: Richard J. Coburn Director Willard F. Pinney, Jr. Director (Constituting a majority Robert H. Steele Director of the Board of Directors) Richard Hodgson Director EXHIBIT INDEX No. Description 4.1 Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the 4.2 Company* 4.3 By-laws of the Company* 5 Accent Color Sciences, Inc. 1995 Stock Incentive Plan 23.1 Opinion of Murtha, Cullina, Richter and 23.2 Pinney, LLP Consent of Price Waterhouse, LLP 24 Consent of Murtha, Cullina, Richter and Pinney, LLP contained in their opinion filed as Exhibit 5 Power of Attorney* *Previously filed.