As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 20, 2007

Registration No. 333-88448

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
ON FORM S-1
TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

CTS CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Indiana		3670		35-0225010
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

905 West Boulevard North
Elkhart, Indiana 46514
(574) 293-7511
(Address, including Zip Code and Telephone Number, including area code, of Registrant’s Principal
Executive Offices)

Richard G. Cutter, III
Vice President, Secretary
and General Counsel
905 West Boulevard North
Elkhart, Indiana 46514
(574) 293-7511
(Name, Address, including Zip Code and Telephone Number, including Area Code for Agent for Service)

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, check the following box: o

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Termination of Registration Statement and Deregistration of Securities

     CTS Corporation (the “Company”) previously filed a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-88448) (the “Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on May 16, 2002, which the Commission declared effective on June 5, 2002.

     The Registration Statement registered resales of up to 1,246,697 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Common Shares”) issuable upon conversion of the Company’s 6.5% Convertible Subordinated Debentures (the “Debentures”). The Company repurchased all of the Debentures. Accordingly, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 is being filed in order to deregister the 1,246,697 Common Shares that were previously issuable upon conversion of the Debentures.

SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, CTS Corporation certifies that it has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Elkhart, State of Indiana, on this 19th day of July, 2007.

     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 on July 19, 2007 by the following persons in the capacities indicated.

		/s/ Vinod M. Khilnani
Date: July 19, 2007		Vinod M. Khilnani
		President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
		(Principal Executive Officer)
		/s/ Matthew W. Long
Date: July 19, 2007		Matthew W. Long
		Interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
		(Principal Financial Officer)
		/s/ Thomas A. Kroll
Date: July 19, 2007		Thomas A. Kroll
		Vice President and Controller
		(Principal Accounting Officer)
		/s/ Walter S. Catlow
Date: July 19, 2007		Walter S. Catlow, Director
		/s/ Lawrence J. Ciancia
Date: July 19, 2007		Lawrence J. Ciancia, Director
		/s/ Thomas G. Cody
Date: July 19, 2007		Thomas G. Cody, Director
		/s/ Gerald H. Frieling, Jr.
Date: July 19, 2007		Gerald H. Frieling, Jr., Director
Date: July ___, 2007		Roger R. Hemminghaus, Director

		/s/ Michael A. Henning
Date: July 19, 2007		Michael A. Henning, Director
		/s/ Robert A. Profusek
Date: July 19, 2007		Robert A. Profusek, Director
		/s/ Donald K. Schwanz
Date: July 19, 2007		Donald K. Schwanz, Director
		/s/ Patricia K. Vincent
Date: July 19, 2007		Patricia K. Vincent, Director