As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 23, 2019
RegistrationNo. 333-203907
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE
AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORMS-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Papa Murphy’s Holdings, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
27-349094
(IRS Employer Identification Number)
8000 NE Parkway Drive, Suite 350
Vancouver, WA 98662
(360)260-7272
(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)
Victoria J. Tullett, Esq.
Papa Murphy’s Holdings, Inc.
8000 NE Parkway Drive, Suite 350
Vancouver, WA 98662
(360)260-7272 (Phone)
(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
With a copy to:
John Thomas
Joe Bailey
Perkins Coie LLP
1120 NW Couch Street, Tenth Floor
Portland, OR, 97209
(503) 727-2000 (Telephone)
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to public:Not Applicable.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
Papa Murphy’s Holdings, Inc. (the “Registrant”) is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on FormS-3 (the “Registration Statement”) filed by the Registrant on May 6, 2015 (FileNo. 333-203907) registering 7,917,353 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, in order to deregister certain securities originally registered by the Registrant pursuant to the Registration Statement.
Effective as of May 23, 2019, as contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger, by and among the Registrant, MTY Franchising USA, Inc. and MTY Columbia Merger Sub, Inc., dated as of April 10, 2019, MTY Columbia Merger Sub, Inc. merged with and into the Registrant, with the Registrant surviving as anon-publicly traded, wholly owned subsidiary of MTY Franchising USA, Inc. (such transaction, the “Merger”).
As part of the Merger, the Registrant has terminated any and all offerings of the Registrant’s common stock pursuant to existing registration statements, including the Registration Statement. In accordance with the undertakings made by the Registrant in the Registration Statement to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any shares of the Registrant’s common stock that remain unsold at the termination of the offering, the Registrant hereby removes from registration, by means of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement, all shares of the Registrant’s common stock registered under the Registration Statement that were registered for issuance but remain unsold as of the effectiveness of the Merger.
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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 the City of Vancouver, State of Washington, on May 23, 2019.
| PAPA MURPHY’S HOLDINGS, INC. | ||||
| By: | /s/ Nik Rupp | |||
| Name: | Nik Rupp | |||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
NOTE: 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, as amended.
