As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 4, 2012
Registration No. 333-165371
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION NO. 333-165371
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Kenexa Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Pennsylvania | 23-3024013 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S employer Identification No.) | |
650 East Swedesford Road Wayne, Pennsylvania | 19087 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |
Nooruddin S. Karsan
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
650 East Swedesford Road
Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087
(Name and address of agent for service)
(610) 971-9171
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable.
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TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 relates to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-165371) of Kenexa Corporation (the “Company”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2010 (the “Registration Statement”). The Registration Statement registered $200,000,000 in common stock, preferred stock, debt securities, depositary shares, warrants and units (“Securities”), to be offered and sold by the Company (the “Offering”).
On December 3, 2012, pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 25, 2012, by and among the Company, International Business Machines Corporation (“Parent”), and Jasmine Acquisition Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), Merger Sub merged with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company continuing as the surviving corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent.
In connection with the Merger, the Company has terminated the Offering and no additional Securities will be issued thereunder. In accordance with an undertaking made by the Company to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any shares of its Securities which remain unsold at the termination of the Offering, the Company hereby removes from registration all shares of its Securities under the Registration Statement that remained unsold as of the effective time of the Merger.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Kenexa Corporation 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 (Registration No. 333-165371) to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Wayne, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on the 4th day of December, 2012.
| KENEXA CORPORATION | ||
| By: | /s/ Nooruddin S. Karsan | |
| Nooruddin S. Karsan | ||
| Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer | ||
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 333-165371 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
Signature | Title | Date | ||
/s/ Nooruddin S. Karsan Nooruddin S. Karsan | Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) | December 4, 2012 | ||
/s/ Donald F. Volk Donald F. Volk | Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | December 4, 2012 | ||