As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 2, 2007
Registration No. 333-83019
UNITED STATES
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
PPG INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Pennsylvania | 25-0730780 | |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
PPG Industries, Inc.
One PPG Place
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15272
(412) 434-3131
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
James C. Diggs, Esq.
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
PPG Industries, Inc.
One PPG Place
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15272
(412) 434-3131
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
With a Copy to:
Michael C. McLean, Esq.
Kristen L. Stewart, Esq.
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP
Henry W. Oliver Building
535 Smithfield Street
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
(412) 355-6500
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement.
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. x
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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
The Registrant hereby deregisters the remaining $500,000,000 in initial aggregate offering price of debt securities of PPG Industries, Inc. (“PPG”) previously registered pursuant to this Registration Statement for sale by PPG. As a result of this deregistration, no securities remain registered for sale pursuant to this Registration Statement.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant 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 to registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Pittsburgh, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on August 2, 2007.
| PPG INDUSTRIES, INC. | ||
| By: | /S/ WILLIAM H. HERNANDEZ | |
| Name: | William H. Hernandez | |
| Title: | Senior Vice President, Finance, | |
| Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
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 dates indicated.
| SIGNATURE |
TITLE |
DATE | ||
| /S/ CHARLES E. BUNCH Charles E. Bunch |
Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) |
August 2, 2007 | ||
| /S/ WILLIAM H. HERNANDEZ William H. Hernandez |
Senior Vice President, Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
August 2, 2007 | ||
|
James G. Berges |
Director | |||
|
Hugh Grant |
Director | |||
|
Victoria F. Haynes |
Director | |||
| * Michele J. Hooper |
Director | |||
| * Robert Mehrabian |
Director | |||
|
Robert Ripp |
Director | |||
| * Thomas J. Usher |
Director | |||
| * David R. Whitwam |
Director | |||
| *By | /S/ WILLIAM H. HERNANDEZ | Attorney-in-Fact | August 2, 2007 | |||
| William H. Hernandez | ||||||