EXPLANATORY NOTE
Reorganization and Deregistration of Securities
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (“Post-Effective Amendment No. 1”) to the Registration Statement onForm F-3, FileNo. 333-224288, as amended and supplemented (the “Registration Statement”), is being filed pursuant to Rule 414 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), by Atlas Corp., a Republic of the Marshall Islands corporation (“Atlas” or the “Registrant”), as the successor registrant to Seaspan Corporation, a Republic of the Marshall Islands corporation and the former publicly-traded parent of Atlas (“Seaspan” or the “Predecessor”) and to remove from registration certain securities registered but unsold under the Registration Statement, as set forth below.
On February 27, 2020, in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 20, 2019, as amended, by and among the Registrant, the Predecessor and Seaspan Holdco V Ltd., a Republic of the Marshall Islands corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Atlas (“Merger Sub”), the Predecessor effected a holding company reorganization, in which Atlas became the parent company of the Predecessor (the “Reorganization”). To effect the Reorganization, the Predecessor formed Atlas and in turn caused Atlas to form Merger Sub. The Reorganization was implemented by merging Merger Sub with and into the Predecessor, with the Predecessor surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of Atlas and, by virtue of the Reorganization, each issued and outstanding Class A common share, par value $0.01 per share (“Class A common share”), of the Predecessor was cancelled, and Atlas issued, in respect of each canceled Class A common share of the Predecessor, one common share, par value $0.01 per share (“common share”), of Atlas to the holder of such canceled Class A common share. In addition, each issued and outstanding 7.95% Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Share – Series D of Seaspan, par value $0.01 per share (“Seaspan Series D Preferred Share”), was canceled, and Atlas issued, in respect of each canceled Seaspan Series D Preferred Share, one 7.95% Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Share – Series D of Atlas, par value $0.01 per share (“Atlas Series D Preferred Share”), to the holder of such canceled Seaspan Series D Preferred Share.
The Registration Statement included two prospectuses:
| 1. | The first prospectus was for: (i) the offer and sale of up to $2,000,000,000 of Class A common shares, preferred shares, convertible preferred shares, debt securities, convertible debt securities, warrants and units by the Predecessor, in one or more series or issuances; and (ii) the offer and resale by selling security-holders named therein of 40,976,535 Class A common shares consisting of 2,514,996 shares issued on March 13, 2018 pursuant to a share subscription agreement and 38,461,539 shares issuable upon the exercise of the warrants (“Warrants”) issued on February 14, 2018. The Warrants were exercised in full in July 2018. |
| 2. | The second prospectus was for the offer and resale of 1,986,449 Seaspan Series D Preferred Shares by the selling security-holders identified in this prospectus, of which 1,923,585 Seaspan Series D Preferred Shares were repurchased by the Predecessor in September 2019. |
By filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1, Seaspan is seeking to remove from registration any and all securities registered but unsold under the Registration Statement, other than 40,976,535 Class A common shares and 62,864 Seaspan Series D Preferred Shares.
Legal Matters
In connection with the filing of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1, the validity of common shares and Atlas Series D Preferred Shares and certain other legal matters with respect to the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands will be passed upon for Atlas by Dennis J. Reeder, Reeder & Simpson, P.C. Certain other legal matters will be passed upon for Atlas by Blank Rome LLP, New York, New York, by Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Vancouver, British Columbia, and by Osborne Clarke LLP, London, United Kingdom, in connection with the filing of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1. Blank Rome LLP, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP and Osborne Clarke LLP may rely on the opinions of Dennis J. Reeder, Reeder & Simpson, P.C. for all matters of the Republic of the Marshall Islands law.
Experts
The consolidated financial statements of Seaspan Corporation as of December 31, 2018 and 2017 and for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2018, and management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018 have been incorporated by reference herein in reliance upon the reports of KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, incorporated by reference herein, and upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
The audit report covering the consolidated financial statements of Seaspan Corporation as of December 31, 2018 and 2017 and for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2018, refers to a change in the method of accounting for acquisitions in the year ended December 31, 2018 due to the adoption of Accounting Standards Update 2017-01, “Clarifying the Definition of a Business”.
The consolidated financial statements of Greater China Intermodal Investments LLC as of December 31, 2018 and 2017 and for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2018, have been incorporated by reference herein in reliance upon the report of KPMG LLP incorporated by reference herein, and upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing.