As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 15, 2003.
Registration No. 33-49259
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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
OHIO EDISON COMPANY
(Exact name of the registrant as specified in its charter)
OHIO 34-0437786
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. employer identification number)
76 South Main Street
Akron, Ohio 44308-1890
(330) 384-5100
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area
code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
Leila L. Vespoli, Esq.
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
FirstEnergy Corp.
76 South Main Street
Akron, Ohio 44308-1890
(330) 384-5800
(name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
With copies to:
Lucas F. Torres, Esq.
Pillsbury Winthrop LLP
One Battery Park Plaza
New York, NY 10004-1490
(212) 858-1000
Fax: (212) 858-1500
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Completed.
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, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or
interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. /__/
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, please 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. /__/
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form
S-3 (File No. 33-49259) shall hereafter become effective in accordance with the
provisions of Section 8(c) of the Securities Act of 1933.
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PURPOSE OF AMENDMENT
Termination of Offering and Removal of Securities from Registration
Pursuant to this Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No.
33-49259), declared effective as of December 30, 1992 (the "Registration
Statement"), Ohio Edison Company (the "Company") registered $2,211,000 principal
amount of its collateralized lease bonds under the Securities Act of 1933. As of
the date hereof, $400,000 aggregate principal amount of such bonds remains
outstanding under the Registration Statement (the "Outstanding Securities"). The
Company does not intend to sell any of the Outstanding Securities, and the
offering contemplated by the Registration Statement has terminated. Therefore,
in accordance with the applicable undertaking of the Company set forth in the
Registration Statement, the Company is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No.
1 to remove the Outstanding Securities from registration.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company
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 Akron, State of Ohio, on
the 15th day of May, 2003.
OHIO EDISON COMPANY
(Registrant)
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H. Peter Burg
President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.
- ------------------------------------- President and Director May 15, 2003
H. Peter Burg (Principal Executive Officer)
- ------------------------------------- Senior Vice President and May 15, 2003
Richard H. Marsh Chief Financial Officer and Director
(Principal Financial Officer)
- ------------------------------------- Vice President and Controller May 15, 2003
Harvey L. Wagner (Principal Accounting Officer)
- ------------------------------------- Director May 15, 2003
Anthony J. Alexander