As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 12, 2009
Registration No. 33-87348
UNITED STATES
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
CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY LTD.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Singapore | Not Applicable | |
(Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
31 International Business Park
Creative Resource
Singapore 609921
(Address of Registrants Principal Executive Offices)
Creative Technology Ltd.
Employees Share Option Scheme
(Full title of the Plan)
Ng Keh Long
Chief Financial Officer
Creative Technology Ltd.
c/o Creative Labs, Inc.
1901 McCarthy Blvd.
Milpitas, California 95035
(408) 428-6600
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Agent for Service)
Copy to:
Donald M. Keller, Jr., Esq.
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
1000 Marsh Road
Menlo Park, CA 94025
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DEREGISTRATION OF UNSOLD SECURITIES
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 relates to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 33-87348) filed by Creative Technology Ltd. (the Company) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) on December 13, 1994 (the Registration Statement) pursuant to which the Company registered an aggregate of 4,400,000 of its Ordinary Shares (the Ordinary Shares). The Registration Statement registered the Ordinary Shares for issuance by the Company pursuant to the Creative Technology Ltd. Employees Share Option Scheme.
On August 22, 2007, in connection with the voluntary delisting by the Company of its Ordinary Shares on the NASDAQ Global Market (NASDAQ), the Company filed a notification of removal from listing on the NASDAQ on Form 25 with the Commission. August 31, 2007 was the last day of trading of the Companys Ordinary Shares on NASDAQ.
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 is being filed to terminate the Registration Statement and to deregister, as of the date hereof, all of the Ordinary Shares which remain unsold under the Registration Statement. Contemporaneously with the filing of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1, the Company is filing with the Commission a certification of a foreign private issuers termination of registration of a class of securities under section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, on Form 15F.
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-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunder duly authorized, in Singapore on this 12th day of February, 2009.
CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY LTD. | ||
By: | /s/ Ng Keh Long | |
Ng Keh Long Chief Financial Officer |
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 capacities indicated below on the 12th day of February, 2009.
Signature |
Title | |
/s/ Sim Wong Hoo Sim Wong Hoo |
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) | |
/s/ Ng Keh Long Ng Keh Long |
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) | |
/s/ Tang Chun Choy Tang Chun Choy |
Director | |
/s/ Lee Kheng Nam Lee Kheng Nam |
Director | |
/s/ Ng Kai Wa Ng Kai Wa |
Director |