As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 27, 2016
Registration No. 333-79073
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE
AMENDMENT NO. 3
TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
OUTERWALL INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 94-3156448 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
1800 114th Avenue S.E.
Bellevue, Washington 98004
(425) 943-8000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
Galen C. Smith
Chief Financial Officer
Outerwall Inc.
1800 114th Avenue S.E.
Bellevue, Washington 98004
(425) 943-8000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Jens M. Fischer
Perkins Coie LLP
1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900
Seattle, Washington 98101-3099
(206) 359-8000
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not Applicable.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
Outerwall Inc. (the “Registrant”) is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed by the Registrant on May 21, 1999 (File No. 333-79073), as amended (the “Registration Statement”), to deregister certain securities originally registered by the Registrant pursuant to the Registration Statement.
Effective as of September 27, 2016, as contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger, by and among Aspen Parent, Inc., Aspen Merger Sub, Inc., Redwood Merger Sub, Inc., the Registrant and Redbox Automated Retail, LLC, dated July 24, 2016, Aspen Merger Sub, Inc. merged with and into the Registrant, with the Registrant surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of Aspen Parent, Inc. (such transaction, the “Merger”).
As part of the Merger, the Registrant has terminated any and all offerings of the Registrant’s securities pursuant to existing registration statements, including the Registration Statement. The Registrant hereby removes from registration, by means of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement, any and all securities registered under the Registration Statement that remain unsold as of the effectiveness of the Merger.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Bellevue, State of Washington, on the 27th day of September, 2016.
| OUTERWALL INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Donald R. Rench | |
| Name: Donald R. Rench | ||
Title: Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | ||
NOTE: No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement in reliance upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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