As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 7, 2018

Registration No. 333-214604

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

Amplify Snack Brands, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware		47-1254894
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. employer identification no.)

500 West 5th Street, Suite 900

Austin, TX 78701

(512) 600-9893

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

Thomas C. Ennis

President and Chief Executive Officer

500 West 5th Street, Suite 900

Austin, TX 78701

(512) 600-9893

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

 

 

Copies of all communications, including all communications sent to the agent for service, should be sent to:

Martha E. McGarry

Thomas W. Greenberg

Maxim O. Mayer-Cesiano

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Four Times Square

New York, NY 10036

(212) 735-3000

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable

If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box:  ☐

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box:  ☐

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DEREGISTRATION OF UNSOLD SECURITIES

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (this “Post-Effective Amendment”), filed by Amplify Snack Brands, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), relates to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration Number 333-214604) filed by the Company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on November 14, 2016 (the “Registration Statement”) pertaining to the registration of the securities described in the Registration Statement.

On December 17, 2017, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with The Hershey Company, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), and Alphabet Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Purchaser”), providing for, among other things, the merger of Purchaser with and into the Company, with the Company surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (the “Merger”). The Merger became effective on January 31, 2018 (the “Effective Time”), pursuant to a Certificate of Merger filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

As of the Effective Time, any issued and outstanding shares of Company common stock (the “Shares”) (other than any (i) Shares held in the treasury of the Company, (ii) Shares owned by Parent or Purchaser or their subsidiaries, (iii) Shares irrevocably accepted for purchase in the tender offer and (iv) Shares held by Company stockholders who properly demanded and perfected appraisal rights under Delaware law) were converted into the right to receive an amount in cash equal to $12.00 per Share, net to the seller in cash, without any interest, but subject to and reduced by any required withholding of taxes.

As a result of the Merger, the Company has terminated any and all offerings of its securities pursuant to its existing registration statements, including the Registration Statement. In accordance with an undertaking in the Registration Statement to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any and all securities that were registered for issuance but remain unsold at the termination of the offering, the Company hereby removes from registration all securities registered but unsold under the Registration Statement.

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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-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Austin, State of Texas, on February 7, 2018.

 

No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment in reliance upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.