Registration No. 333-177533
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST EFFECTIVE
AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-177533
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
BMC SOFTWARE, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 74-2126120 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
2101 CityWest Boulevard
Houston, Texas 77042-2827
(713) 918-8800
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrants principal executive offices)
Christopher C. Chaffin
Vice President, Deputy General Counsel & Assistant Secretary
BMC Software, Inc.
2101 CityWest Boulevard
Houston, Texas 77042-2827
(713) 918-8800
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
This Post-Effective Amendment (the Post-Effective Amendment) relates to the following Registration on Form S-3 (the Registration Statement) of BMC Software, Inc. (the Registrant):
| Registration Statement No. 333-177533, filed October 26, 2011, pertaining to the registration of an unspecified amount of Debt Securities, Preferred Stock and Common Stock to be offered at indeterminate prices. |
On September 10, 2013, the Registrant completed its previously announced merger (the Merger) with Boxer Merger Sub Inc. (Merger Sub), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Boxer Parent Company Inc. (Parent), pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 6, 2013 and amended as of July 24, 2013, by and among the Registrant, Parent and Merger Sub. The Registrant was the surviving corporation in the Merger and, as a result of the Merger, has become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent.
As a Result of the Merger, the Registrant has terminated any offerings of securities pursuant to the Registration Statement. In accordance with undertakings made by the Registrant 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 but that remain unsold at the termination of the offering, the Registrant hereby removes from registration any securities of the Registrant registered but unsold under the Registration Statement as of the date hereof.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant, BMC Software, Inc., 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 Houston, State of Texas, on the 20th day of September, 2013.
BMC SOFTWARE, INC | ||
By: | /s/ Christopher C. Chaffin | |
Name: | Christopher C. Chaffin | |
Title: | Vice President, Deputy General Counsel & Asst. 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.