As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 22, 2022
Registration Nos. 333-236686
333-209481
333-172315
333-123099
333-92412
033-67474
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 Registration Statement No. 333-236686
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 Registration Statement No. 333-209481
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 Registration Statement No. 333-172315
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 Registration Statement No. 333-123099
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 Registration Statement No. 333-92412
Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Form S-8 Registration Statement No. 033-67474
Form S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Sanderson Farms, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
MISSISSIPPI | 64-0615843 | |
(State of other jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
127 Flynt Road Laurel, Mississippi |
39443 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Sanderson Farms, Inc. and Affiliates
Stock Incentive Plan
&
Sanderson Farms, Inc. and Affiliates Stock Option Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Jeremy V. Kilburn
Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
4110 Continental Drive
Oakwood, GA 30566
770-297-3402
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
With a copy to:
Steven J. Williams Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP 1285 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10019 (212) 373-3000 |
Ethan A. Klingsberg & Paul K. Humphreys Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP 601 Lexington Avenue, 31st Floor New York, NY 10022 (212) 277-4000 |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of large accelerated filer, accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, and emerging growth company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer | ☒ | Accelerated filer | ☐ | |||
Non-accelerated filer | ☐ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) | Smaller reporting company | ☐ | |||
Emerging growth company | ☐ |
EXPLANATORY NOTE DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
This Post-Effective Amendment relates to the following Registration Statements on Form S-8 (collectively, the Registration Statements), originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Sanderson Farms, Inc., a Mississippi business corporation (the Registrant):
| Registration Statement No. 333-236686, filed on February 27, 2020, registering 600,000 shares of common stock, par value $1.00 per share, of the Company ( the Common Stock) under the Sanderson Farms, Inc. and Affiliates Stock Incentive Plan. |
| Registration Statement No. 333-209481, filed on February 11, 2016, registering 700,000 shares of Common Stock under the Sanderson Farms, Inc. and Affiliates Stock Incentive Plan. |
| Registration Statement No. 333-172315, filed on February17, 2011, registering 1,250,000 shares of Common Stock under the Sanderson Farms, Inc. and Affiliates Stock Incentive Plan. |
| Registration Statement No. 333-123099, filed on March 2, 2005, registering 2,250,000 shares of Common Stock under the Sanderson Farms, Inc. and Affiliates Stock Incentive Plan. |
| Registration Statement No. 333-92412, filed on July 15, 2002, registering 750,000 shares of Common Stock under the Sanderson Farms, Inc. and Affiliates Stock Option Plan. |
| Registration Statement No. 033-67474, filed on August 16, 1993, registering 750,000 shares of Common Stock under the Sanderson Farms, Inc. and Affiliates Stock Option Plan, as amended by Amendment No.1 on June 19, 1997. |
Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the Merger Agreement), dated as of August 8, 2021, Walnut Sycamore Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (Parent), Sycamore Merger Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (Merger Sub), the Registrant and solely for purposes of certain provisions specified therein, Wayne Farms LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (Wayne Farms), Merger Sub merged with and into the Registrant (the Merger) on July 22, 2022, with the Registrant continuing as the surviving corporation and as an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent.
As a result of the Merger, the Registrant has terminated all offerings of securities pursuant to the Registration Statements. In accordance with an undertaking made by the Registrant in Part II of the Registration Statements to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the securities that had been registered and remain unsold at the termination of such offering, the Registrant hereby removes from registration by means of this Post-Effective Amendment all securities of the Registrant that remain unsold under 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-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Laurel, State of Mississippi, on July 22, 2022.
SANDERSON FARMS, INC. | ||||
By: |
/s/ Jeremy V. Kilburn | |||
Name: |
Jeremy V. Kilburn | |||
Title: |
Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary |
No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment in reliance upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.