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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 13, 2015

 

Registration No. 333-195689



UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-3 (No. 333-195689)

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

Advanced Photonix, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

33-0325826

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

2925 Boardwalk Drive

Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104

 (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

Dale E. Messick

Chief Executive Officer

Advanced Photonix, Inc.

2925 Boardwalk Drive, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104

(Name and agent for service of process)

 

(734) 864-5600

(Telephone number, including are code, of agent for service)

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable. Removal from registration of securities that were not sold pursuant to the Registration Statement.


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EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

 

Advanced Photonix, Inc. (the “Registrant”) is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3, Registration No. 333-195689, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 5, 2014 (the “Registration Statement”) pertaining to the sale of an indeterminate amount of the Registrant’s Class A common stock, par value $0.001, to withdraw and remove from registration any and all securities that were previously registered and remain unissued and unsold under such Registration Statement.

 

On May 8, 2015, pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization, dated as of January 30, 2015, by and among the Registrant, Luna Innovations Incorporated (“Luna”) and API Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Luna (“Merger Sub”), Merger Sub merged with and into the Registrant (the “Merger”), and the Registrant, as the surviving corporation in the Merger, became a wholly owned subsidiary of Luna.

 

As a result of the Merger, the Registrant terminated all offers and sales of its securities pursuant to the Registration Statement. The Registrant is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to hereby remove from registration any and all securities registered but unsold under the Registration Statement as of the date hereof.

 

 
 

 

 

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 No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Ann Arbor, State of Michigan on this 13th day of May, 2015. No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 in reliance upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

ADVANCED PHOTONIX, INC. 

 

By: /s/ Dale E. Messick

Title: Sole Director and Chief Executive Officer