As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 4, 2013
Registration No. 333-187686
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
MIDAMERICAN ENERGY COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Iowa | 42-1425214 | |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
666 Grand Avenue, Suite 500
Des Moines, Iowa 50309-2580
(515) 242-4300
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
registrant’s principal executive offices)
Paul J. Leighton, Esq.
Vice President, Secretary and Assistant General Counsel
MidAmerican Energy Company
666 Grand Avenue, Suite 500
Des Moines, Iowa 50309-2580
(515) 242-4300
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Peter J. Hanlon, Esq.
J. Alan Bannister, Esq.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
200 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10166
(212) 351-4000
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable.
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DEREGISTRATION
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 relates to the registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-187686) previously filed by MidAmerican Energy Company (the “Company”) on April 2, 2013 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Registration Statement”), pertaining to the registration of the Company’s debt securities, offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Pursuant to this post-effective amendment, the offering of the Company’s debt securities pursuant to the Registration Statement is terminated hereby. The Company hereby removes from registration all debt securities registered under the Registration Statement that remain unsold as of the date hereof.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 No. 1 to the registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Des Moines, State of Iowa, on September 4, 2013.
| MIDAMERICAN ENERGY COMPANY | ||
| By: | /s/ Paul J. Leighton | |
| Name: | Paul J. Leighton | |
| Title: | Vice President, Secretary and Assistant General Counsel | |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
| Signature |
Title |
Date | ||
| * William J. Fehrman |
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director |
September 4, 2013 | ||
| * Thomas B. Specketer |
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Director |
September 4, 2013 | ||
| * Steven R. Weiss |
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Director |
September 4, 2013 | ||
| *By: | /s/ Paul J. Leighton | |
| Paul J. Leighton | ||
| Attorney-in-Fact | ||