As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 1, 2017
Registration No. 333-198108
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO:
FORM S-3ASR REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-198108
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
FELCOR LODGING TRUST INCORPORATED
(Rangers Sub I, LLC, as successor by merger to FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated)
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland |
| 75-2541756 |
(State or other jurisdiction of |
| (I.R.S. Employer |
incorporation or organization) |
| Identification No.) |
c/o RLJ Lodging Trust
3 Bethesda Metro Center
Suite 1000
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 280-7777
(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)
Ross H. Bierkan
President and Chief Executive Officer
RLJ Lodging Trust
3 Bethesda Metro Center
Suite 1000
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
(301) 280-7777
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service of process for
Rangers Sub I, LLC as successor by merger to FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated)
Copy to:
David W. Bonser
Leslie B. Reese, III
Hogan Lovells US LLP
555 Thirteenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20004
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable
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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (this “Post-Effective Amendment”) relates to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-198108) filed by the Registrant with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on August 13, 2014 registering an indeterminate amount of shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share, depositary shares representing preferred stock and common stock warrants of the Registrant (the “Registration Statement”).
Effective August 31, 2017, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of dated April 23, 2017 (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Registrant, RLJ Lodging Trust (“RLJ”), RLJ Lodging Trust, L.P., Rangers Sub I, LLC., a wholly owned subsidiary of RLJ (“REIT Merger Sub”), Rangers Sub II, LP and FelCor Lodging Limited Partnership, the Registrant merged with and into REIT Merger Sub, with REIT Merger Sub continuing as the surviving limited liability company and a subsidiary of RLJ.
As a result of the Merger, the Registrant has terminated any and all offerings of its securities pursuant to the Registration Statement. Accordingly, the Registrant hereby terminates the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and, in accordance with an undertaking made by the Registrant in Part II of the Registration Statement to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any securities that had been registered for issuance but remain unsold at the termination of the offering, removes from registration any and all securities of the Registrant registered but unsold under the Registration Statement as of the date hereof.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and 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 Bethesda, State of Maryland, on this 1st day of September, 2017.
| RANGERS SUB I, LLC, | |
| as successor by merger to FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated | |
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| By: | /s/ Ross H. Bierkan |
| Name: Ross H. Bierkan | |
| Title: President and Treasurer | |
Note: Pursuant to Rule 478 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, no other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement.