As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 11, 2020
Registration Statement No. 333-231793
Registration Statement No. 333-228738
Registration Statement No. 333-213386
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO:
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-231793
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-228738
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-213386
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
SAEXPLORATION HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 27-4867100 | |
(State of Incorporation) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
13645 N. Promenade Blvd.
Stafford, Texas 77477
(281) 258-4400
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
John Simmons
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
SAExploration Holdings, Inc.
13645 N. Promenade Blvd.
Stafford, Texas 77477
(281) 258-4400
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
E. James Cowen
Porter Hedges LLP
1000 Main Street, 36th Floor
Houston, Texas 77002
(713) 226-6649
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable.
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DEREGISTRATION OF UNSOLD SECURITIES
These Post-Effective Amendments relate to the following Registration Statements on Form S-3 (collectively, the “Registration Statements”), originally filed by SAExploration Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”):
• | Registration Statement on Form S-3, File No. 333-231793, registering 242,795 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Company; |
• | Registration Statement on Form S-3, File No. 333-228738, registering 794,182 shares of Common Stock, 14,625,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Company’s 6.00% Senior Secured Convertible Notes due 2023 and 4,197,649 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of certain warrants issued by the Company; and |
• | Registration Statement on Form S-3, File No. 333-213386, registering 3,083,359 shares of Common Stock. |
As previously disclosed, on August 27, 2020, the Company and certain of its wholly-owned direct and indirect subsidiaries filed voluntary petitions for reorganization under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division, which cases are being jointly administered under the caption “In re: SAExploration Holdings, Inc., et. al. (Case No. 20–34306)” (the “Chapter 11 Cases”).
As a result of the Chapter 11 Cases, the Company has terminated all offerings of securities pursuant to the Registration Statements. In accordance with any undertaking made by the Company in the Registration Statements to remove from registration, by the means of post-effective amendments, any of the securities that had been registered for issuance that remain unsold at the termination of such offering, the Company hereby removes from registration all of such securities registered but unsold under the Registration Statements.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant has duly caused these Post-Effective Amendments to the Registration Statements to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Stafford, State of Texas on this 11th day of December 2020.
SAEXPLORATION HOLDINGS, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Michael Faust | |
Michael Faust | ||
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President |
Note: No other person is required to sign this post-effective amendment in reliance on Rule 478 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.