UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

FORM S-8

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

Retractable Technologies, Inc.

(Exact Name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Retractable Technologies, Inc. 1999 Stock Option Plan (the “99 Plan”);

1996 Incentive Stock Option Plan of Retractable Technologies, Inc. (the “96 ISO Plan”);

Retractable Technologies, Inc.’s 1996 Stock Option Plan for Directors and Other Individuals (the “96 Plan”); and

Retractable Technologies, Inc. NonQualified Stock Option Agreement between Retractable Technologies, Inc. and
Mr. Harry Watson (the “Watson Plan”)

(Full title of the plans)

 

Douglas W. Cowan

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

511 Lobo Lane

Little Elm, Texas 75068-009

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

(972) 294-1010

(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.

 

Large accelerated filer o		Accelerated filer o
Non-accelerated filer o (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)		Smaller reporting company x

 

 

 

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

 

Deregistration of Securities

 

Retractable Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 Registration Statement to withdraw and remove from registration the unissued and unsold securities under certain plans previously registered by the Company pursuant to its Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on December 1, 2005 (File No. 333-130041) (the “Registration Statement”).  The Registration Statement registered up to 5,025,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, issuable upon the exercise of options granted or to be granted under the 99 Plan, the  96 ISO Plan, the 96 Plan and the Watson Plan.

 

The Registration Statement is hereby amended to deregister all of the unissued and unsold shares of Common Stock registered under the 96 ISO Plan, the 96 Plan and the Watson Plan.  As a result of this deregistration, no securities remain registered for sale pursuant to those plans.  This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 is not meant to affect any of the shares registered under the 99 Plan.

 

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-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Little Elm, State of Texas, on November 11, 2008.

 

 

	RETRACTABLE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
	(Registrant)
	BY:	/s/ Thomas . Shaw
		Thomas J. Shaw
		Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer
	November 11, 2008

 

 

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.

 

 

	/s/ Steven R. Wisner
	Steven R. Wisner
	Executive Vice President, Engineering &
	Production and Director
	November 11, 2008
	/s/ Douglas W. Cowan
	Douglas W. Cowan
	Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, and
	Director
	November 11, 2008

 

 

	/s/ Clarence Zierhut
	Clarence Zierhut
	Director
	November 11, 2008
	/s/ Amy Mack
	Amy Mack
	Director
	November 11, 2008
	/s/ Marco Laterza
	Marco Laterza
	Director
	November 11, 2008
	/s/ Marwan Saker
	Marwan Saker
	Director
	November 11, 2008