1 As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 11, 1994 Registration No. 33-50835 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ________________ FORM S-3 POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 _______________ MEDITRUST (Exact name of registrant as specified in governing instruments) Massachusetts 04-6532031 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) incorporation or organization) 128 Technology Center Waltham, Massachusetts 02154 (617) 736-1500 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices) _______________ ABRAHAM D. GOSMAN Chairman and Chief Executive Officer MEDITRUST 128 Technology Center Waltham, MA 02154 (617) 736-1500 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) Copies of communications to: MICHAEL J. BOHNEN, ESQUIRE NUTTER, McCLENNEN & FISH One International Place Boston, MA 02110-2699 (617) 439-2000 Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to public: From time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement. 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 reinvestment plans, check the following box. [X] Pursuant to Rule 429 under the Securities Act of 1933, the Prospectus contained herein also relates to securities of the registrant previously registered on Form S-3 (Registration No. 33-55386). 2 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 to the registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Boston, Commonwealth of Massachusetts on February 10, 1994. MEDITRUST By: /s/Abraham D. Gosman* ----------------------------- Abraham D. Gosman, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this amendment to the registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated: Signature Title Date /s/Abraham D. Gosman* Chairman of the - --------------------------------- Board and Chief Abraham D. Gosman Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) February 10, 1994 /s/Lisa M. Pavelka* Treasurer and - --------------------------------- Vice President Lisa M. Pavelka (Principal February 10, 1994 Financial and Accounting Officer) /s/David F. Benson* - --------------------------------- David F. Benson President and Trustee February 10, 1994 /s/Edward W. Brooke* Trustee February 10, - --------------------------------- 1994 Edward W. Brooke /s/Hugh L. Carey* Trustee February 10, - --------------------------------- 1994 Hugh L. Carey -2- 3 /s/Robert Cataldo* Trustee February 10, - ---------------------------- 1994 Robert Cataldo /s/Philip L. Lowe* Trustee February 10, - ---------------------------- 1994 Philip L. Lowe /s/Thomas J. Magovern* Trustee February 10, - ---------------------------- 1994 Thomas J. Magovern /s/Gerald Tsai, Jr.* Trustee February 10, - ---------------------------- 1994 Gerald Tsai, Jr. /s/Frederick W. Zuckerman* Trustee February 10, - ---------------------------- 1994 Frederick W. Zuckerman /s/ Michael J. Bohnen - -------------------------------------------- Michael J. Bohnen, Attorney-in-Fact* * A Power of Attorney was previously filed with the registration statement. 11188 -3-