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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 28, 2008
 
Registration No. 2-82186


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

Post-Effective Amendment  No. 2
to
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

WMS INDUSTRIES INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
  
36-2814522
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

800 South Northpoint Boulevard, Waukegan, Illinois 60085  (847) 785-3000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of Registrant’s principal executive offices)
_________________

WMS INDUSTRIES INC.
1982 EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION PLAN
_____________________

Kathleen J. McJohn, Esq.
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
WMS Industries Inc.
800 South Northpoint Boulevard, Waukegan, Illinois 60085
(847) 785-3000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copies to:
 
Jeffrey N. Siegel, Esq.
Blank Rome, LLP
The Chrysler Building, 405 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10174
(212) 885-5000








 
 
 

DEREGISTRATION OF CERTAIN SECURITIES

WMS Industries Inc. (the “Company”) hereby files this Post-Effective Amendment to its Registration Statement on Form S-8, No. 2-82186 (the “Registration Statement”), to deregister all unsold securities registered for sale through the 1982 Employee Stock Option Plan (the “1982 Plan”).  The Company no longer offers its Common Stock through the 1982 Plan and is filing this Post-Effective Amendment in accordance with the undertaking included in the Registration Statement to remove from registration all securities that remain unsold at the termination of the offering through the 1982 Plan.
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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 Post Effective Amendment to Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Waukegan, State of Illinois on this 23rd day of August, 2008.
     
 
WMS INDUSTRIES INC.
     
 
By:  
 /s/ Brian R. Gamache 
 
Brian R. Gamache, Chief Executive Officer
   

Power of Attorney
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
  
Signature
  
Date
  
Title
         
/s/ Brian R. Gamache   
August 23, 2008
  
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Brian R. Gamache
      
(Principal Executive Officer)
         
/s/ Scott D. Schweinfurth   
August 25, 2008
  
Executive Vice President, Chief
Scott D. Schweinfurth
 
      
Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ John P. McNicholas, Jr.   
August 25, 2008
  
Vice President, Controller and
John P. McNicholas, Jr.
      
Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)
 
/s/ Louis J. Nicastro   
August 25, 2008
  
Founding Director
Louis J. Nicastro
 
        
/s/ Edward W. Rabin, Jr.   
August 27, 2008
  
Lead Director
Edward W. Rabin, Jr.
 
        
/s/ Harold H. Bach, Jr.   
August 25, 2008
  
Director
Harold H. Bach, Jr.
 
        
/s/ Robert J. Bahash   
August 25, 2008
  
Director
Robert J. Bahash
 
        
/s/ Neil D. Nicastro   
August 27, 2008
  
Director
Neil D. Nicastro
 
        
/s/ Patricia M. Nazemetz   
August 25, 2008
  
Director
Patricia M. Nazemetz
 
        
/s/ Ira S. Sheinfeld   
August 25, 2008
  
Director
Ira S. Sheinfeld
 
        
/s/ Bobby L. Siller   
August 25, 2008
  
Director
Bobby L. Siller
 
        
/s/ William J. Vareschi, Jr.
  
August 25, 2008
  
Director
William J. Vareschi, Jr.