American Realty Capital - Retail Centers Of America Inactive
Filed: 17 Feb 17, 12:00am
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 17, 2017.
Registration No. 333-198864
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
AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL – RETAIL CENTERS OF
AMERICA, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Maryland | 27-3279039 | |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
405 Park Avenue, 14th Floor
New York, New York 10022
(212) 415-6500
(Address, Including Zip Code and Telephone Number,
Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)
Edward M. Weil, Jr.
AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL – RETAIL CENTERS OF AMERICA, INC.
405 Park Avenue, 14th Floor
New York, New York 10022
(212) 415-6500
(Name and Address, Including Zip Code and Telephone Number,
Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
With Copies to:
| Peter M. Fass, Esq. PROSKAUER ROSE LLP Eleven Times Square New York, New York 10036-8299 Tel: (212) 969-3000 Fax: (212) 969-2900 | Michael J. Choate, Esq. PROSKAUER ROSE LLP 70 West Madison, Suite 3800 Chicago, Illinois 60602-4342 Tel: (312) 962-3567 Fax: (312) 962-3551 |
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable. Removal from registration of securities that were not sold pursuant to this registration statement.
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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3, which was originally filed September 19, 2014 (file no. 333-198864) (the “Registration Statement”) to register shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”), of American Realty Capital – Retail Centers of America, Inc. (the “Company”) having an aggregate offering price of up to $25 million, is being filed to deregister all of the Common Stock not yet sold.
On February 15, 2017, the Board of Directors of the Company approved the termination of the Distribution Reinvestment Plan in connection with the merger of the Company with and into a subsidiary of American Finance Trust, Inc. Accordingly, pursuant to the undertaking contained in the Registration Statement to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities that remain unsold at the termination of the offering, the Company hereby amends the Registration Statement by deregistering all of the Common Stock that was registered but unsold under the Registration Statement.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant 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 New York, State of New York, on this 17thday of February, 2017. 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 of 1933.
GENIE Acquisition, LLC (successor to American Realty Capital – Retail Centers of America, Inc.) | ||
| By: | AMERICAN FINANCE TRUST, INC., its sole member | |
| Date: February 17, 2017 | By: | /s/ Edward M. Weil, Jr. |
| Edward M. Weil, Jr. | ||
| Chief Executive Officer and President | ||