As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 25, 2021
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC.
SINCLAIR TELEVISION GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Maryland Maryland | | 52-1494660 52-0829972 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
10706 Beaver Dam Road
Hunt Valley, Maryland 21030
Telephone: (410) 568-1500
(Address, including zip code and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
David D. Smith
Executive Chairman
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.
10706 Beaver Dam Road
Hunt Valley, Maryland 21030
Telephone: (410) 568-1500
(Name, address, including zip code and telephone number, including area code of agent for service)
Copies to:
Jeffrey B. Grill, Esq.
Justin J. Bintrim, Esq.
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
1200 Seventeenth St., NW
Washington, D.C. 20036
(202) 663-8000
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale of the securities to the public:
From time to time following the effective date of this registration statement.
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. ☐
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. ☒
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐
If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box. ☒
If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check One):
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Large accelerated filer | | ☒ | | Accelerated filer | | ☐ |
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Non-accelerated filer | | ☐ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) | | Smaller reporting company | | ☐ |
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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of Securities Act. ☐
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered(2) | | Amount to be Registered(1) | | Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Unit(1) | | Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price(1) | | Amount of Registration Fee(1) |
Debt Securities | | | | | | | | |
Guarantees of Subsidiary Registrants(4) | | | | | | | | |
Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value | | | | | | | | |
Depositary Shares(3) | | | | | | | | |
Class A Common Stock, $0.01 par value | | | | | | | | |
Warrants | | | | | | | | |
Total | | | | | | | | |
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(1) | An indeterminate number of securities of each identified class is being registered as may from time to time be offered at indeterminate prices. Separate consideration may or may not be received for securities that are issuable on exercise, conversion or exchange of other securities. Registration fee deferred in reliance upon Rule 456(b) and Rule 457(r). In connection with the securities offered hereby, the registrant will pay “pay-as-you-go registration fees” in accordance with Rule 456(b |
(2) | Offered securities registered hereunder may be sold separately, together or as units with other offered securities registered hereunder. The proposed maximum initial offering price per unit will be determined, from time to time, by the registrant in connection with the issuance by the registrant of the securities registered thereunder. |
(3) | Each depositary share will be issued under a deposit agreement and will be evidenced by a depositary receipt. |
(4) | No separate consideration will be received for guarantees, and pursuant to Rule 457(n), no fee is payable with respect to the guarantees registered. |