LDSH Ladish Co., Inc. (MM)

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 9, 2011

Registration No. 333-129386

 

 

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

LADISH CO., INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Wisconsin (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		31-1145953 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

5481 S. Packard Avenue
Cudahy, Wisconsin 53110
(414) 747-2611
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

Wayne E. Larsen
Vice President Law/Finance & Secretary
5481 S. Packard Avenue
Cudahy, Wisconsin 53110
(414) 747-2611
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

with a copy to:
Mark T. Plichta
Foley & Lardner LLP
777 East Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202-5306
(414) 271-2400

      Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after this registration statement becomes effective.

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Termination of Registration

     This post-effective amendment filed by Ladish Co., Inc., a Wisconsin corporation (the “Company”), deregisters all shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company that had been registered for issuance on the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-129386) (the “Registration Statement”) that remain unsold upon the termination of the sales of securities covered by the Registration Statement.

     Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 16, 2010 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Allegheny Technologies Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), LPAD Co., a Wisconsin corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), PADL LLC, a Wisconsin limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub 2”) and the Company, Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company continuing as the surviving entity and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. Immediately after the effectiveness of the Merger, the Company will merge with and into PADL LLC, a Wisconsin limited liability company and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub 2”), with Merger Sub 2 continuing as the surviving entity and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent.

     As a result of the expected completion of the Merger and other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement on May 9, 2011, the Company has terminated all offerings of securities pursuant to the Registration Statement. In accordance with an undertaking made by the Company in the Registration Statement to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any securities which remain unsold at the termination of the offering thereunder, the Company hereby removes from registration all securities under the Registration Statement which remained unsold as of the effective time of the Merger.

SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 Cudahy, State of Wisconsin, on May 9, 2011.

     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 indicated capacities on May 9, 2011.

Signature		Title
/s/ Gary J. Vroman		Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
Gary J. Vroman		(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Wayne E. Larsen		Director, Vice President Law/Finance & Secretary
Wayne E. Larsen		(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ Lawrence W. Bianchi		Director
Lawrence W. Bianchi
/s/ James C. Hill		Director
James C. Hill
/s/ Leon A. Kranz		Director
Leon A. Kranz
/s/ J. Robert Peart		Director
J. Robert Peart
/s/ John W. Splude   John W. Splude		Director

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