As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 3, 2023
Registration No. 333-262722
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CRESTWOOD EQUITY PARTNERS LP
(Pachyderm Merger Sub LLC as successor by merger to Crestwood Equity Partners LP)
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 43-1918951 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
8111 Westchester Drive, Suite 600
Dallas, Texas 75225
(214) 981-0700
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrants principal executive offices)
Thomas E. Long
Co-Chief Executive Officer
Energy Transfer LP
8111 Westchester Drive, Suite 600
Dallas, Texas 75225
(214) 981-0700
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
James M. Wright Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer Energy Transfer LP 8111 Westchester Drive, Suite 600 Dallas, Texas 75225 (214) 981-0700 |
Julian Seiguer, P.C. Sean T. Wheeler, P.C. Debbie P. Yee, P.C. Atma J. Kabad Kirkland & Ellis LLP 609 Main Street Houston, Texas 77002 (713) 836-3600 |
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable.
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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
This post-effective amendment (this Post-Effective Amendment) relates to the following Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR (the Registration Statement), filed by Crestwood Equity Partners LP, a Delaware limited partnership (Crestwood), with the Securities and Exchange Commission:
| Registration Statement No. 333-262722 on Form S-3ASR, filed on February 14, 2022, registering 20,985,668 common units representing limited partner interests in Crestwood. |
Reference is made to the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of August 16, 2023, by and among Crestwood, Energy Transfer LP, a Delaware limited partnership (Energy Transfer), Pachyderm Merger Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Energy Transfer (Merger Sub), and, solely for the purposes set forth therein, LE GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the sole general partner of Energy Transfer, pursuant to which Crestwood merged with and into Merger Sub (the Merger), with Merger Sub continuing as the surviving entity.
On November 3, 2023, in connection with the consummation of the Merger, Crestwood has terminated all offerings of securities pursuant to the Registration Statement. In accordance with the undertakings made by Crestwood in the Registration Statement to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the securities that had been registered for issuance that remain unsold at the termination of such offerings, Merger Sub, as successor to Crestwood, hereby removes from registration by means of this Post-Effective Amendment all such securities registered but unsold under the Registration Statement as of the date hereof. The Registration Statement is hereby amended, as appropriate, to reflect the deregistration of all such securities and Merger Sub, as successor to Crestwood, hereby terminates the effectiveness of the Registration Statement.
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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 this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dallas, State of Texas, on this 3rd day of November, 2023.
PACHYDERM MERGER SUB LLC | ||
(as successor by merger to Crestwood Equity Partners LP) | ||
By: | /s/ Dylan A. Bramhall | |
Name: Dylan A. Bramhall | ||
Title: Executive Vice President & Group Chief Financial Officer |
No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment in reliance upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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