FREE Whole Earth Brands Inc

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 5, 2024

Registration No. 333-261030

Registration No. 333-262535

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-261030

UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Whole Earth Brands, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable. Removal from registration of  securities that were not sold pursuant to the above referenced registration statements.

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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

 

These Post-Effective Amendments relate to the following Registration Statements on Form S-3 (collectively, the “Registration Statements”) previously filed by Whole Earth Brands, Inc. (the “Registrant”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and are being filed to deregister any and all securities that remain unsold as of the date hereof under each such Registration Statement:

 

 

 

On August 5, 2024, pursuant to the terms of the Agreement of Merger, dated as of February 12, 2024, by and among the Registrant, Ozark Holdings, LLC (“Parent”) and Sweet Oak Merger Sub, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), Merger Sub merged with and into the Registrant, with the Registrant surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (the “Merger”).

As a result of the Merger, the Registrant has terminated any and all offerings of the Registrant’s securities pursuant to its existing registration statements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including the Registration Statements. In accordance with undertakings made by Registrant in the Registration Statements to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any securities that had been registered under the Registration Statements which remain unsold at the termination of the offerings, the Registrant hereby removes from registration all such securities of the Registrant registered pursuant to the Registration Statements that remain unsold as of the date hereof. The Registration Statements are hereby amended, as appropriate, to reflect the deregistration of such securities, and the Registrant hereby terminates the effectiveness of the Registration Statements.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 these Post-Effective Amendments to the Registration Statements on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Chicago, Illinois, on August 5, 2024.

Pursuant to Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, no other person is required to sign these Post-Effective Amendments.

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