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As Of Filer Filing For·On·As Docs:Size Issuer Agent 3/26/18 Snyder’s-Lance, Inc. POS AM 1:23K Computershare C… Svcs/FA |
Document/Exhibit Description Pages Size 1: POS AM Post-Effective Amendment HTML 15K
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 26, 2018
Registration No. 333-179727
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-179727
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
SNYDER’S-LANCE, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| North Carolina | 56-0292920 | |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | |
|
13515 Ballantyne Corporate Place Charlotte, North Carolina (704) 554-1421 |
28277 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
Adam G. Ciongoli
Senior Vice President and
General Counsel
Campbell Soup Company
One Campbell Place
(856) 342-4800
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
Copies to:
Michael J. Aiello, Esq.
Eoghan P. Keenan, Esq.
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
767 Fifth Avenue
(212) 310-8000
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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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
| Large accelerated filer ý | Accelerated filer ¨ | ||
| Non-accelerated filer ¨ | Smaller reporting company ¨ | ||
| (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) |
DEREGISTRATION OF UNSOLD SECURITIES
This Post-Effective Amendment is being filed to deregister unsold Securities (as defined below) of Snyder’s-Lance, Inc. (the “Company”) that were registered on the following Registration Statement on Form S-3 (a “Registration Statement,”), filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”):
| · | Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-179727), pertaining to the registration of $250,000,000 of unsold debt securities, preferred stock, common stock, depositary shares, warrants, stock purchase contracts and stock purchase units (together, the “Securities”), filed with the Commission on February 27, 2012. |
On March 26, 2018, pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 18, 2017, by and among Campbell Soup Company, a New Jersey corporation (“Campbell”), Twist Merger Sub, Inc., a North Carolina corporation and an indirect wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Campbell (“Merger Sub”) and the Company, Merger Sub merged with and into the Company, with the Company surviving as a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Campbell (the “Merger”). As a result of the Merger, the offerings pursuant to the Registration Statement have been terminated. In accordance with an undertaking made by the Company in the Registration Statement to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the Securities registered under the Registration Statement that remain unsold at the termination of the offerings, the Company hereby removes from registration the Securities registered but unsold under the Registration Statement.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant, Snyder’s-Lance, Inc., 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 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Camden, State of New Jersey, on the 26th day of March, 2018.
| Snyder’s-Lance, Inc. | |||
| By: | /s/ Tara L. Smith | ||
| Name: | Tara L. Smith | ||
| Title: | Secretary | ||
No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment in reliance upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
| This ‘POS AM’ Filing | Date | Other Filings | ||
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| Filed on: | 3/26/18 | 25-NSE, 8-K, S-8 POS, SC 13D/A | ||
| 12/18/17 | 3, 8-K, DEFA14A | |||
| 2/27/12 | 10-K, 4, S-3ASR | |||
| List all Filings | ||||