As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 15, 2003 Registration No. 333-102229 ================================================================================ UNITED STATES 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 ---------------------------------- ADEPT TECHNOLOGY, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) California (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) 94-2900635 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) 3011 Triad Drive Livermore, California 94550 (925) 245-3400 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices) ---------------------------------- Brian R. Carlisle Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Adept Technology, Inc. 3011 Triad Drive Livermore, California 94550 (925) 245-3400 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) Copies to: Lisa A. Fontenot Michael W. Overby Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Vice-President and Chief Financial One Montgomery Street, 31st Floor Officer San Francisco California 94104 3011 Triad Drive (415) 393-8200 Livermore, California 94550 (925) 245-3400 Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after this registration statement becomes effective. If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. |_| 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. |_| If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. |_| 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. |_| If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434, please check the following box. |_| DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES The purpose of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (this "Amendment") to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-102229) (the "Registration Statement") of Adept Technology Inc, a California corporation, is to deregister all securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement but unsold as of the date this Amendment is filed. 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-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Livermore, California on the 14th day of April, 2003. ADEPT TECHNOLOGY, INC. by /s/ Brian R. Carlisle --------------------------------------------- (Brian R. Carlisle, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer) SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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: Signatures Title Date /s/ Brian R. Carlisle Chairman of the Board and April 14, 2003 - ----------------------- Chief Executive officer Brian R. Carlisle (Principal Executive Officer) /s/ Michael W. Overby Vice President, Finance and April 14, 2003 - ----------------------- Chief Financial Officer Michael W. Overby (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) /s/ Bruce E. Shimano* Vice President, Research April 14, 2003 - ----------------------- and Development, Bruce E. Shimano Secretary and Director /s/ Ronald E. F. Codd* Director April 14, 2003 - ----------------------- Ronald E. F. Codd /s/ Michael P. Kelly* Director April 14, 2003 - ----------------------- Michael P. Kelly /s/ Cary R. Mock* Director April 14, 2003 - ----------------------- Cary R. Mock *By:/s/ Michael W. Overby - --------------------------- Attorney-in-Fact