As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 28, 2022
Registration No. 333-220990
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
HOUSTON AMERICAN ENERGY CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 76-0675953 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
801 Travis, Suite 1425
Houston, TX 77002
(713) 222-6966
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
John Terwilliger Chief Executive Officer and President Houston American Energy Corp. 801 Travis, Suite 1425 Houston, TX 77002 Telephone: (713) 222-6966 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) |
With a Copy to:
Michael W. Sanders, Esq. 20701 Hamilton Pool Rd. Dripping Springs, TX 78620 Telephone: (512) 264-2062 Facsimile: (281) 310-8263 |
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable. Removal from registration of securities that were not sold pursuant to the above referenced registration statement.
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DEREGISTRATION OF UNSOLD SECURITIES
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (the “Post-Effective Amendment”) relates to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-220990) filed by Houston American Energy Corp. (the “Company”) on October 17, 2017 (the “Registration Statement”). The Company has terminated the offering of any securities under the Registration Statement and is filing this Post-Effective Amendment to withdraw and remove from registration any and all securities registered but unsold or otherwise unissued by the Company pursuant to the Registration Statement.
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 its securities that remain unsold at the termination of the offering, the Company hereby removes from registration all such securities registered under the Registration Statement that remain unsold as of the date hereof.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement 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 on January 28, 2022 in Houston, Texas. No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement in reliance upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act.
| HOUSTON AMERICAN ENERGY CORP. | ||
| By: | /s/ John Terwilliger | |
| John Terwilliger | ||
| Chief Executive Officer and President | ||
