As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 25, 2003
Registration No. 333-73364
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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Thor Industries, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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Delaware 93-0768752
(State or Other Jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization) Identification No.)
419 West Pike Street
Jackson Center, Ohio 45334
(937) 596-6849
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code, of Registrant's principal executive office)
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Wade F.B. Thompson
President, Chairman of the Board
and Chief Executive Officer
Thor Industries, Inc.
419 West Pike Street
Jackson Center, Ohio 45334
(937) 596-6849
(Name, Address and Telephone Number,
including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
Copies to:
Alan Siegel, Esq.
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
590 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10022
(212) 872-1000
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time
to time as determined by the selling stockholders.
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered
pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following
box. [__]
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on
a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend
or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. [X]
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box
and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier
effective registration statement for the same offering. [__]
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c)
under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement
for the same offering. [__]
If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434,
please check the following box. [__]
The Registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or
dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall
file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration
statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or until this registration statement
shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to
Section 8(a), may determine.
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THOR INDUSTRIES, INC.
DE-REGISTRATION
This Registration Statement, effective December 5, 2001, registered such number
of securities described in Registration Statement No. 333-73364 in offerings
made from time to time by the selling stockholders, up to a total of 1,905,568
shares of common stock, par value $0.10 per share, of Thor Industries, Inc. Of
the 1,905,568 shares originally registered, 1,894,316 shares have been sold by
the selling stockholders. Pursuant to this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to
Form S-3 Registration Statement No. 333-73364, we are now de-registering the
remaining 11,252 shares, which have either been sold or are eligible for sale
pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
Thor Industries, Inc. 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 Form S-3 Registration Statement No. 333-73364
to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the
City of New York, New York on July 25, 2003.
THOR INDUSTRIES, INC.
By: /s/ Wade F.B. Thompson
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Name: Wade F.B. Thompson
Title: President, Chairman of the Board
and Chief Executive Officer