NTCO Natura and Co Holding SA

 

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 23, 2024

 

Registration No. 333-249198

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

____________________

 

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

FORM F-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-249198
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

____________________

 

Natura &Co Holding S.A.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Natura &Co Holding Inc.

(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

 

Federative Republic of Brazil	2844	Not Applicable
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)	(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
Avenida Alexandre Colares, No. 1188, Sala A17-Bloco A Parque Anhanguera São Paulo, São Paulo 05106-000, Brazil Telephone: +55 11 4446-4200
(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

____________________

 

	Cogency Global Inc. 122 East 42nd Street, 18th Floor New York, NY 10168 (212) 947-7200
(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)

____________________

 

	Copy to:
	Manuel Garciadiaz Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP 450 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10017 (212) 450-4000

____________________

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not Applicable.

 

If 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, 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.C. 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.C. 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 an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933. Emerging growth company. ☐

 

If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, 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 the Securities Act. ☐

 

† The term “new or revised financial accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012.

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

DEREGISTRATION OF UNSOLD SECURITIES

 

Natura &Co Holding S.A., a corporation (sociedade anônima) incorporated under the laws of Brazil (“Natura &Co” or the “Company”), is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (the “Amendment”) to the Registration Statement on Form F-3 (No. 333-249198) (the “Registration Statement”), previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) to terminate all offerings and deregister:

 

·

any and all securities, registered but unsold or otherwise unissued as of the date hereof under the Registration Statement, filed with the SEC on October 1, 2020, registering the offer and sale, from time to time, by the Company and/or the selling shareholders identified in any prospectus supplement, of an indeterminate number of common shares of the Company, including common shares represented by American Depositary Shares, each representing two common shares.

 

On January 30, 2024, the Company filed a Form 25 notification of removal from listing with the SEC for removal of the Company’s securities from listing and registration under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). On February 9, 2024, the Company’s securities were delisted from the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). In connection therewith, the Company has terminated all offerings of its securities pursuant to the Registration Statement. In accordance with the undertaking made by the Company in Part II, Item 10(a)(3) of the Registration Statement to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the securities that had been registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering, the Company hereby removes from registration any and all securities registered but unsold or otherwise unissued under the Registration Statement as of the date hereof, and terminates the effectiveness of the Registration Statement. After giving effect to this Amendment, there will be no remaining securities registered by the Company pursuant to the Registration Statement.

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

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 F-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form F-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in São Paulo, Brazil, on this 23rd day of April, 2024.

 

	NATURA &CO HOLDING S.A.
	By:	/s/ Guilherme Strano Castellan
		Name:	Guilherme Strano Castellan
		Title:	Chief Financial Officer
	By:	/s/ Itamar Gaino Filho
		Name:	Itamar Gaino Filho
		Title:	Chief Legal and Compliance Officer

 

No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment in reliance upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933.

 

 

SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED U.S. REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REGISTRANT

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative in the United States of Natura &Co Holding S.A., has signed this registration statement in the city of New York, United States, on the 23rd day of April, 2024.

 

	COGENCY GLOBAL INC. — Authorized Representative in the United States
	By:	/s/ Colleen A. De Vries
		Name:	Colleen A. De Vries
		Title:	Sr. Vice President on behalf of Cogency Global Inc.

 

 

 

---