Registration Nos. 33-15663
33-67242
333-10716
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
British Airways Plc
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
England and Wales | None | |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) |
(IRS Employer Identification Number) |
Waterside, PO Box 365, Harmondsworth, UB7 0GB England
(Address, including zip code, of registrants principal executive offices)
The British Airways US Employee Share Purchase Plan
The British Airways US Executive Share Option Plan
Savings Related Share Option Scheme 1987
The British Airways Share Option Plan
(Full Title of the Plans)
Paul C. Jasinski
General Counsel Americas
British Airways Plc
75-20 Astoria Boulevard
Jackson Heights, NY 11370
(347) 418-4250
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy of Communications to:
Jay Clayton
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
125 Broad Street
New York, NY 10004
EXPLANATORY NOTE/DEREGISTRATION OF UNSOLD SECURITIES
This post-effective amendment relates to the following Registration Statements filed on Form S-8 (collectively, the Registration Statements):
1. | Registration Statement 33-15663, filed July 8, 1987, registering 20,000,000 ordinary shares for The British Airways US Employee Share Purchase Plan and The British Airways US Executive Share Option Plan; |
2. | Registration Statement 33-67242, filed August 10, 1993, registering 250,000 ordinary shares for the Savings Related Share Option Scheme 1987; and |
3. | Registration Statement 333-62886, filed August 25, 1999, registering ordinary shares for The British Airways Share Option Plan. |
British Airways Plc (BA) intends to file a Form 15F to terminate the registration of its ordinary shares under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. In accordance with an undertaking made by BA in each of the Registration Statements to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any securities which remain unsold at the termination of the offering, BA hereby amends the Registration Statements to withdraw from registration the securities registered but unsold under the Registration Statements.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that is has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statements to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunder duly authorized, in the city of London, England on June 5, 2007.
British Airways Plc | ||
By: | /s/ Alan Buchanan | |
Name: | Alan Buchanan | |
Title: | Company Secretary |
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment has been signed by or on behalf of the following persons in the capacities indicated as of June 5, 2007:
Signature |
Title | |||
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Chairman | |||
Martin Broughton | ||||
/s/ William Walsh |
Chief Executive/Executive Director (Principal Executive Officer) | |||
William Walsh | ||||
/s/ Keith Williams |
Chief Financial Officer/Executive Director (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | |||
Keith Williams | ||||
/s/ Maarten van den Bergh |
Senior Independent Non-executive Director | |||
Maarten van den Bergh | ||||
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Non-executive Director | |||
Baroness Kingmill | ||||
/s/ James Lawrence |
Non-executive Director | |||
James Lawrence | ||||
/s/ Chumpol NaLamlieng |
Non-executive Director | |||
Chumpol NaLamlieng | ||||
/s/ Martin Read |
Non-executive Director | |||
Martin Read | ||||
|
Non-executive Director | |||
Alison Reed | ||||
/s/ Ken Smart |
Non-executive Director | |||
Ken Smart |
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Signature |
Title | |||
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Non-executive Director | |||
Baroness Symons | ||||
Authorized Representative in the U.S. | General Counsel Americas | |||
/s/ Paul Jasinski |
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Paul Jasinski |
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