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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 1, 2011
No. 333-108011
 
 
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
Post-Effective Amendment to
Form S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 
APPLIED SIGNAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
California   77-0015491
(State or other jurisdiction of   (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)   Identification No.)
     
460 West California Ave.    
Sunnyvale, CA   94086
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)
Applied Signal Technology, Inc. 1993 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plan)
 
William B. Van Vleet III
Applied Signal Technology, Inc.
460 West California Ave.
Sunnyvale, CA 94086

(Name and address of agent for service)
(408) 749-1888
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer oAccelerated filer þ 
Non-accelerated filer o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company  o
 
 

 


 

EXPLANATORY NOTE
     Applied Signal Technology, Inc. (the “Company”) filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No 333-108011) (the “Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 15, 2003, and a Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement was filed on April 10, 2008. On January 31, 2011, pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 18, 2010 by and among Raytheon Company, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), RN Acquisition Company, a California corporation, and the Company, the Company became a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. As a result of the transactions contemplated thereby, the Company has terminated all offerings of the Company’s 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 that remain unsold at the termination of the offering, the Company hereby removes from registration all securities registered under the Registration Statement.

 


 

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 registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Sunnyvale, State of California, on February 1, 2011.
         
  APPLIED SIGNAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ James E. Doyle    
    Name:   James E. Doyle   
    Title:   Vice President   
 
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
         
Signature   Title   Date
 
       
/s/ William B. Van Vleet III
 
William B. Van Vleet III
  President
 (Principal Executive Officer)
  February 1, 2011
 
       
/s/ James E. Doyle
 
James E. Doyle
  Vice President
 (Principal Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer)
  February 1, 2011
 
       
/s/ Kathryn G. Simpson
 
Kathryn G. Simpson
  Director    February 1, 2011