As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 30, 2017
Registration No. 333-204437
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
WESTERN REFINING LOGISTICS, LP*
WNRL FINANCE CORP.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware Delaware |
46-3205923 47-2976324 | |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
212 N. Clark St.
El Paso, Texas 79905
(915) 775-3300
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrants principal executive offices)
Kim K. W. Rucker
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
212 N. Clark St.
El Paso, Texas 79905
(915) 775-3300
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Alan Beck
Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.
1001 Fannin Street, Suite 2500
Houston, Texas 77002
(713) 758-2222
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable.
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* | Certain subsidiaries of Western Refining Logistics, LP are also registrants and are identified on the following page. |
TABLE OF ADDITIONAL REGISTRANTS (1)
Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter |
State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization |
I.R.S. Employer Identification No. | ||
WNRL Energy GP, LLC. |
Delaware | 36-4794798 | ||
WNRL Energy, LLC |
Delaware | 47-2043380 | ||
Western Refining Wholesale, LLC |
Delaware | 86-0109486 | ||
Western Refining Product Transport, LLC |
Delaware | 47-1803177 | ||
Western Refining Pipeline, LLC |
New Mexico | 85-0467397 | ||
Western Refining Terminals, LLC |
Delaware | 86-0784398 |
(1) | The address for the additional registrant guarantors is 212 N. Clark St., El Paso, Texas 79905, and the telephone number for the registrant guarantors is (915) 775-3300. |
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EXPLANATORY NOTE DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 relates to the following Shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the Registration Statement), originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Western Refining Logistics, LP (WNRL) and WNRL Finance Corp., together with the additional registrants set forth in the Table of Additional Registrants above (collectively, the Registrants).
| Registration Statement No. 333-204437, filed on May 22, 2015, registering the offering and sale from time to time of up to $1,000,000,000 aggregate initial offering price of (i) common units representing limited partner interests in WNRL (the Common Units), (ii) preferred units representing limited partner interests in WNRL (the Preferred Units), (iii) other classes of securities in WNRL (the Other Units), (iv) warrants to purchase Common Units, Preferred Units or Other Units (Warrants), (v) rights to purchase Common Units, Preferred Units or Other Units, and (vi) debt securities, in one or more series, consisting of notes, debentures or other evidences of indebtedness, which may be guaranteed by some or all of WNRLs subsidiaries. |
Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of August 13, 2017 (the Merger Agreement), by and among WNRL, Western Refining Logistics GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the general partner of WNRL (WNRL GP), Andeavor Logistics LP, a Delaware limited partnership (AMLP), Tesoro Logistics GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the general partner of AMLP, WNRL Merger Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of AMLP (LP Merger Sub), and WNRL GP Merger Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of AMLP (GP Merger Sub), (1) LP Merger Sub merged with and into WNRL (the Merger), with WNRL continuing as the surviving entity and a wholly-owned subsidiary of AMLP, and (2) GP Merger Sub merged with and into WNRL GP (the GP Merger, and together with the Merger, the Mergers), with WNRL GP continuing as the surviving entity and a wholly-owned subsidiary of AMLP, on October 30, 2017.
As a result of the Mergers, the Registrants have terminated all offerings of securities pursuant to the Registration Statement. In accordance with an undertaking made by the Registrants 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 and remain unsold at the termination of such offering, the Registrants hereby remove from registration by means of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 all of such securities registered and remaining unsold under the Registration Statement.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, each of the Registrants certifies that it has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of El Paso, State of Texas, on October 30, 2017. No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement in reliance upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
WESTERN REFINING LOGISTICS, LP | ||
By: | Western Refining Logistics GP, LLC, its general partner | |
By: | /s/ Blane W. Peery | |
Name: | Blane W. Peery | |
Title: | Vice President and Controller | |
WNRL Finance Corp. WNRL Energy GP, LLC WNRL Energy, LLC Western Refining Pipeline, LLC Western Refining Terminals, LLC Western Refining Wholesale, LLC Western Refining Product Transport, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Blane W. Peery | |
Name: | Blane W. Peery | |
Title: | Vice President and Controller |
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