As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 29, 2011

Registration No. 333-160911

 

 

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

 

Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada		87-0543688
(State or other jurisdiction of		(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)		Identification Number)

2100 Roosevelt Avenue
Springfield, Massachusetts 01104
(800) 331-0852
of registrant’s principal executive offices)

Michael F. Golden
President and Chief Executive Officer
2100 Roosevelt Avenue
Springfield, Massachusetts 01104
(800) 331-0852
including area code, of agent for service)

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable.

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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (the “Post-Effective Amendment”) to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 of Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation (333-160911), as amended (the “Registration Statement”), is being filed to remove from registration all securities registered under the Registration Statement.

On September 11, 2009, the Securities and Exchange Commission declared effective the Registration Statement relating to the resale, from time to time, of up to 9,493,808 shares of our common stock by the selling stockholders named in the Registration Statement pursuant to the plan of distribution set forth therein. Our obligation to keep the Registration Statement effective has terminated under the terms of the registration agreement with the selling stockholders. We hereby remove from registration all securities registered under the Registration Statement that remain unsold as of the date of this Post-Effective Amendment.

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 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Springfield, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on June 28, 2011.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature		Position		Date
*		Chairman of the Board		June 28, 2011
Barry M. Monheit
/s/ Michael F. Golden   Michael F. Golden		President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director (Principal Executive Officer)		June 28, 2011
/s/ Jeffrey D. Buchanan   Jeffrey D. Buchanan		Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer (Principal Accounting and Financial Officer)		June 28, 2011
*		Director		June 28, 2011
John B. Furman
*		Director		June 28, 2011
Mitchell A. Saltz
*		Vice Chairman of the Board		June 28, 2011
Robert L. Scott
*		Director		June 28, 2011
I. Marie Wadecki

*By:		/s/ Michael F. Golden
		Michael F. Golden
		Attorney-in-Fact