AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JUNE 25, 1996 REGISTRATION NO. 333-3691 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ------------------- AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO FORM S-4 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ------------------- K-III COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) ------------------- DELAWARE 2721 13-3647573 (State or other jurisdiction of (Primary Standard Industrial (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Classification Code Number) Identification No.) ------------------- 745 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10151 (212) 745-0100 (Address, including ZIP Code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant's principal executive office) ------------------- SEE TABLE OF ADDITIONAL REGISTRANTS ------------------- ANN M. RIPOSANU, ESQ. K-III COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 745 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10151 (212) 745-0100 (Name, address, including ZIP Code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) ------------------- COPY TO: GARY I. HOROWITZ, ESQ. SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT 425 LEXINGTON AVENUE NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10017 (212) 455-2000 ------------------- APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE OF THE SECURITIES TO THE PUBLIC: As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective. If the securities being registered on this form are being offered in connection with the formation of a holding company and there is compliance with General Instruction G, check the following box. / / ------------------- THE REGISTRANTS HEREBY AMEND THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANTS SHALL FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(A) OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION 8(A), MAY DETERMINE. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TABLE OF ADDITIONAL REGISTRANTS STATE OR OTHER PRIMARY STANDARD I.R.S. EXACT NAME OF JURISDICTION OF INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYER REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED INCORPORATION OR CLASSIFICATION IDENTIFICATION IN ITS CHARTER ORGANIZATION CODE NUMBER NUMBER - --------------------------------------------------- ---------------- ---------------- -------------- Argus Publishers Corporation ...................... California 2721 95-2219151 Bacon's Information, Inc. ......................... Delaware 7389 36-4011543 Channel One Communications Corporation............. Delaware 4833 13-3783276 Daily Racing Form, Inc. ........................... Delaware 2721 13-3616342 DRF Finance, Inc. ................................. Delaware 2721 13-3616341 The Electronics Source Book, Inc. ................. Delaware 2741 36-0645610 Funk & Wagnalls Yearbook Corp. .................... Delaware 2731 13-3603787 Haas Publishing Companies, Inc. ................... Delaware 2741 58-1858150 Intermodal Publishing Company, Ltd. ............... New York 2721 13-2633752 Intertec Market Reports, Inc....................... Delaware 2721 36-1534790 Intertec Presentations, Inc. ...................... Colorado 2721 84-0840004 Intertec Publishing Corporation.................... Delaware 2721 48-1071277 Krames Communications Incorporated................. Delaware 2731 94-3151780 K-III Directory Corporation........................ Delaware 2721 13-3555670 K-III Holdings Corporation III..................... Delaware 6719 13-3617238 K-III HPC, Inc..................................... Delaware 6719 58-2105885 K-III KG Corporation--Massachusetts................ Massachusetts 8222 04-3218659 K-III KG Corporation--New York I................... New York 8222 11-3193464 K-III KG Corporation--New York II.................. New York 8222 13-3751139 K-III Magazine Corporation......................... Delaware 2721 13-3616344 K-III Magazine Finance Corporation................. Delaware 2721 13-3616343 K-III Prime Corporation............................ Delaware 6719 13-3631019 K-III Reference Corporation........................ Delaware 2731 13-3603781 The Katharine Gibbs Schools, Inc. ................. Delaware 6719 13-3755180 The Katharine Gibbs Schools of Montclair, Inc. .... New Jersey 8222 22-3275485 The Katharine Gibbs Schools of Norwalk, Inc. ...... Connecticut 8222 06-1388463 The Katharine Gibbs Schools of Piscataway, Inc. ... New Jersey 8222 22-3275484 The Katharine Gibbs Schools of Providence, Inc. ... Rhode Island 8222 05-0475713 Lifetime Learning Systems, Inc. ................... Delaware 2741 13-3763276 McMullen Argus Publishing, Inc. ................... California 2721 95-2663753 MH West, Inc. ..................................... California 2721 95-4190756 Musical America Publishing, Inc. .................. Delaware 2721 13-2782528 Nelson Publications, Inc. ......................... Delaware 2741 13-3740812 Newbridge Communications, Inc...................... Delaware 2735 13-1932571 Paramount Publishing Inc. ......................... California 2741 33-0087025 PJS Publications, Inc. ............................ Delaware 2721 52-1654079 R.E.R. Publishing Corporation...................... New York 2721 13-3090623 Stagebill, Inc. ................................... Delaware 2721 36-2693071 Symbol of Excellence Publishers, Inc. ............. Alabama 2721 63-0845698 Weekly Reader Corporation.......................... Delaware 2721 13-3603780 The address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of each additional registrant's principal executive office is 745 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10151 (212-745-0100). The financial statements of the guarantor subsidiaries are omitted because K-III believes the separate financial statements would not be material to the shareholders and potential investors. The total assets, revenues, income or equity of non-guarantor subsidiaries, both individually and on a combined basis are inconsequential in relation to the total assets, revenues, income or equity of K-III. All of the equity securities of each of the additional registrants set forth in the table above are owned, either directly or indirectly, by K-III, and there has been no default during the preceding 36 calendar months with respect to any indebtedness or material long-term leases of K-III or any of the additional registrants. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on June 25, 1996. K-III COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION By /s/ BEVERLY C. CHELL ................................... (Beverly C. Chell) Secretary Argus Publishers Corporation K-III Directory Corporation Bacon's Information, Inc. K-III Holdings Corporation III Channel One Communications K-III HPC, Inc. Corporation K-III KG Corporation--Massachusetts Daily Racing Form, Inc. K-III KG Corporation--New York I DRF Finance, Inc. K-III KG Corporation--New York II The Electronics Source Book, Inc. K-III Magazine Corporation Funk & Wagnalls Yearbook Corp. K-III Magazine Finance Corporation Haas Publishing Companies, Inc. K-III Prime Corporation Intermodal Publishing Company, K-III Reference Corporation Ltd. Krames Communications Incorporated Intertec Market Reports, Inc. Lifetime Learning Systems, Inc. Intertec Presentations, Inc. McMullen Argus Publishing, Inc. Intertec Publishing Corporation MH West, Inc. The Katharine Gibbs Schools, Inc. Musical America Publishing, Inc. The Katharine Gibbs Schools of Nelson Publications, Inc. Montclair, Inc. Newbridge Communications, Inc. The Katharine Gibbs Schools of Paramount Publishing, Inc. Norwalk, Inc. PJS Publications, Inc. The Katharine Gibbs Schools of R.E.R. Publishing Corporation Piscataway, Inc. Stagebill, Inc. The Katharine Gibbs Schools of Symbol of Excellence Publishers, Providence, Inc. Inc. Weekly Reader Corporation By /s/ BEVERLY C. CHELL ................................... (Beverly C. Chell) Secretary II-3 Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on June 25, 1996. SIGNATURES TITLE - --------------------------------------- ----------------------------- * Principal Executive Officer ....................................... and Director (William F. Reilly) * Principal Financial Officer ....................................... and Director (Charles G. McCurdy) * Director ....................................... (Beverly C. Chell) * Principal Accounting Officer ....................................... (Curtis A. Thompson) ....................................... Director (Henry R. Kravis) ....................................... Director (George R. Roberts) ....................................... Director (Michael T. Tokarz) * Director ....................................... (Perry Golkin) * By /s/ BEVERLY C. CHELL ................................... (Beverly C. Chell) Attorney-in-Fact II-4 EXHIBIT INDEX EXHIBITS DESCRIPTION - -------- ----------- 4.1 -- Note Indenture (including form of note and form of guarantee).* 4.2 -- Form of 10% Subordinated Debenture Indenture (including form of note).* 4.3 -- Form of Certificate of Designations for the New Preferred Stock.* 5 -- Opinion of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett regarding the legality of the securities being registered.* 8 -- Opinion of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett regarding the material United States Federal income tax consequences to holders of the securities being registered.* 11 -- Statement regarding computation of per share earnings.* 12 -- Statement regarding computation of ratios of earnings to fixed charges.* 23.1 -- Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.* 23.2 -- Consent of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett (included in their opinion filed as Exhibit 5).* 23.3 -- Consent of Ernst & Young LLP. 24 -- Powers of Attorney (included on signature pages hereto).* 25.1 -- Form T-1, Statement of Eligibility and Qualification under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, of The Bank of New York, as Trustee for the Notes.* 25.2 -- Form T-1, Statement of Eligibility and Qualification under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, of The Bank of New York, as Trustee for the 10% Subordinated Debentures.* 99.1 -- Forms of Letters of Transmittal and related documents to be used in connection with the Exchange Offers.* 99.2 -- Forms of Notices of Guaranteed Delivery.* 99.3 -- Form of Exchange Agent Agreement between The Bank of New York and K-III.* ____________________ * Previously filed.