As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 13, 2018
Registration No. 333-208190
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
WGL HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Virginia | 52-2210912 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
101 Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20080
(703) 750-2000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
Leslie T. Thornton
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
WGL Holdings, Inc.
101 Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20080
(202) 624-6720
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Scott Lesmes, Esq.
Emily K. Beers, Esq.
Morrison & Foerster LLP
2000 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Suite 6000
Washington, D.C. 20006
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:
Not applicable.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 relates to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-208190) (the “Registration Statement”) of WGL Holdings, Inc., a Virginia corporation (the “Company”), which was originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 24, 2015. The Registration Statement registered an unspecified aggregate amount of the Company’s common stock, no par value per share (the “Common Stock”), which may be offered from time to time at indeterminate prices by the Company.
Pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 24, 2017, by and among the Company, AltaGas Ltd. (“Parent”) and Wrangler, Inc., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), on July 6, 2018, Merger Sub merged with and into the Company, with the Company surviving the merger as an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (the “Merger”). As a result of the Merger, the Company has terminated its offering of the Common Stock pursuant to the Registration Statement. In accordance with an undertaking made by the Company in Part II of the Registration Statement to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the Common Stock that was registered for issuance that remains unsold at the termination of the offering, the Company hereby removes from registration all of such Common Stock of the Company registered but unsold or otherwise unissued under the Registration Statement, if any, 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 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized to sign, in the City of Washington, District of Columbia, on the 13th day of July, 2018.
| WGL HOLDINGS, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Vincent L. Ammann, Jr. | |
Vincent L. Ammann, Jr. Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||
No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement in reliance on Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
