Registration No. 333-4937 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 --------- KINARK CORPORATION (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) --------- DELAWARE 71-0268502 (State or Other Jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer of Incorporation or Organization) Identification Number) --------- 7060 SOUTH YALE AVENUE TULSA, OKLAHOMA 74136 (918) 494-0964 (Address, Including Zip Code and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices) PAUL R. CHASTAIN CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 7060 SOUTH YALE AVENUE TULSA, OKLAHOMA 74136 (918) 494-0964 (Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service) --------- COPY TO: Paul A. Quiros, Esq. Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, L.L.P. 1201 Peachtree Street, Suite 2200 Atlanta, Georgia 30361 (404) 817-6000 (404) 817-6050 (Fax) --------- DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES Kinark Corporation (the "Registrant") previously filed Registration Statement No. 333-4937 on Form S-3, as amended (the "Registration Statement"), covering 6,066,536 shares of its common stock, $.10 par value per share (the "Common Stock"). The offering contemplated by the Registration Statement terminated on November 8, 1996. Pursuant to the undertakings contained in Item 17 of the Registration Statement, the Registrant hereby files the Post- Effective Amendment No. 1 to deregister a total of 5,373,686 shares of its Common Stock originally registered by the Registration Statement, which remained unsold as of the termination of the offering. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of Rule 478(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has duly caused this Post- Effective Amendment No. 1 to this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Tulsa, State of Oklahoma, on February 7, 1997. KINARK CORPORATION By: /s/ Paul R. Chastain Paul R. Chastain, Vice-President, Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer and principal accounting officer), Director and Agent for Service of Process