As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 20, 2006

Registration No. 333-57031

 

 

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

SkillSoft Public Limited Company

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Republic of Ireland (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)		Not Applicable (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
107 Northeastern Boulevard Nashua, New Hampshire (Address of Principal Executive Offices)		03062 (Zip Code)

THE FOREFRONT GROUP, INC. AMENDED AND
RESTATED 1996 STOCK OPTION PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)

Charles E. Moran
President and Chief Executive Officer
SkillSoft Public Limited Company
107 Northeastern Boulevard
Nashua, New Hampshire 03062
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
(603) 324-3000
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)

Copies to:

Patrick J. Rondeau, Esq.
WilmerHale
60 State Street
Boston, MA 02109

 

 

Explanatory Note:

     This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-57031 (the “Registration Statement”) is being filed to deregister certain Ordinary Shares of SkillSoft Public Limited Company (the “Company”) that were registered pursuant to the Company’s Forefront Group, Inc. Amended And Restated 1996 Stock Option Plan (the “Plan”).

     The Registration Statement registered 798,780 (as adjusted for stock splits occurring subsequent to the filing of the Registration Statement) Ordinary Shares issuable under the Plan. An aggregate of 456,101 Ordinary Shares were issued to participants under the Plan. The Plan has been terminated, and no additional shares will be issued thereunder. The Registration Statement is hereby amended to deregister the remaining 342,679 Ordinary Shares reserved for issuance under the Plan that remain unsold.

SIGNATURE

     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 of filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Nashua, State of New Hampshire on April 20, 2006.