As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 14, 2020
No. 333-189402
No. 333-194781
No. 333-201242
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-4 Registration Statement No. 333-189402
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-4 Registration Statement No. 333-194781
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-4 Registration Statement No. 333-201242
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Allergan plc
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Ireland | 2834 | 98-1114402 | ||
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) |
(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
Clonshaugh Business and Technology Park
Coolock, Dublin, D17 E400, Ireland
+353 1 435 7700
(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrants Principal Executive Offices)
Clonshaugh Business and Technology Park
Coolock, Dublin, D17 E400, Ireland
+353 1 435 7700
(Name, Address and Telephone number, including area code, of Agent for Service)
With a copy to:
Sophia Hudson, P.C.
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
601 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10022
(212) 446-4800
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable. Removal from registration of securities that were not sold pursuant to the registration statement.
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DEREGISTRATION OF UNSOLD SECURITIES
This Post-Effective Amendment (the Post-Effective Amendment) relates to the following Registration Statements on Form S-4 (collectively, the Registration Statements) (note that the share numbers listed below do not take into account corporate actions, such as stock splits, taken in the interim):
| Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-189402), originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on June 18, 2013, registering 177,640,577.60 ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the Ordinary Shares), of Allergan plc (formerly known as Actavis plc and Actavis Limited) (Allergan) issuable in connection with the acquisition of Warner Chilcott Public Limited Company. |
| Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-194781), originally filed with the SEC on March 25, 2014, registering 98,702,886 Ordinary Shares issuable in connection with the acquisition of Forest Laboratories, Inc. |
| Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-201242), originally filed with the SEC on December 23, 2014, registering 128,077,929 Ordinary Shares issuable in connection with the acquisition of Allergan, Inc. |
On May 8, 2020, AbbVie Inc. (AbbVie) completed its acquisition of Allergan. Pursuant to the Transaction Agreement, dated June 25, 2019 (as amended on May 5, 2020), among AbbVie, Allergan and Venice Subsidiary LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of AbbVie (Acquirer Sub), Acquirer Sub acquired Allergan pursuant to a scheme of arrangement (Scheme) under Chapter 1 of Part 9 of the Irish Companies Act 2014 (the Act) and a capital reduction under Sections 84 to 86 of the Act (the Acquisition). As a result of the Scheme, Allergan became a wholly-owned subsidiary of AbbVie.
In connection with the Acquisition, Allergan has terminated any and all of the offerings of Allergans securities pursuant to the Registration Statements. In accordance with the undertakings made by Allergan to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the securities which remain unsold at the termination of the offerings, Allergan hereby amends the Registration Statements and removes from registration any and all of the securities of Allergan registered under the Registration Statements that remain unsold as of the date of this Post-Effective Amendment, and hereby terminates the effectiveness of each of the Registration Statements.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Allergan plc has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statements described above to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dublin, Ireland, on the 14th day of May, 2020.
Allergan plc | ||
By: | /s/ Robert A. Michael | |
Name: | Robert A. Michael | |
Title: | Director |
No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statements in reliance upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.