As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 21, 2017

Registration No. 333-170501

Registration No. 333-181561

 

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO:

FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-170501

FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-181561

Under

The Securities Act of 1933

 

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LANXESS Solutions US Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

1818 Market Street, Suite 3700, Philadelphia , PA 19103
199 Benson Road Middlebury, CT 06749

 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)

 

Chemtura Corporation 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan
Chemtura Corporation 2012 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

(Full title of the plan)

 

Lee H. Sjoberg

Secretary

LANXESS Solutions US Inc.

199 Benson Road Middlebury, CT 06749

(203) 573-2000

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copy to:

 

Peter Allan Atkins

Neil P. Stronski

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Four Times Square

New York, NY 10036-6522

(212) 735-3000

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DEREGISTRATION OF UNSOLD SECURITIES

 

This Post-Effective Amendment relates to the following Registration Statements on Form S-8 of LANXESS Solutions US Inc., formerly known as Chemtura Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company") (collectively, the "Registration Statements"), filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"):

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Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration File No. 333-170501), originally filed with the SEC on November 9, 2010, registering 11,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company ("Common Stock") under the Chemtura Corporation 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan; and

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Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration File No. 333-181561), originally filed with the SEC on May 21, 2012, registering 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock under the Chemtura Corporation 2012 Employee Stock Purchase Plan,

On April 21, 2017, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated September 25, 2016, among the Company, a Delaware corporation, Lanxess Deutschland GmbH, a limited liability company formed under the laws of Germany ("Parent"), and LANXESS Solutions US Inc. (f/k/a LANXESS Additives Inc.), a Delaware corporation ("Merger Sub"), Merger Sub was merged with and into the Company (the "Merger"), with the Company surviving the Merger as an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent.

In connection with, and as a result of, the Merger, the Company has terminated all offerings of the Company's securities pursuant to its existing registration statements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including the Registration Statements. In accordance with an undertaking made by the Company in each of the Registration Statements to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the securities that had been registered for issuance that remain unsold at the termination of the offering, the Company hereby removes and withdraws from registration all of such securities of the Company registered but that remain unsold under the Registration Statements, if any. Each Registration Statement is hereby amended, as appropriate, to reflect the deregistration of such securities.

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 and has duly caused these Post-Effective Amendments to the Registration Statements on Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on April 21, 2017.