As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 31, 2014

Registration No. 333-198773

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Form S-3 Registration Statement No. 333-198773

 

 

Walgreen Co.

*And the additional Registrant listed below

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Illinois   36-1924025

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

108 Wilmot Road

Deerfield, Illinois 60015

(Address and Zip Code of Principal Executive Offices)

 

 

Thomas J. Sabatino, Jr.

Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary

108 Wilmot Road

Deerfield, Illinois 60015

Telephone: (847) 315-2500

(Name, Address, and Telephone Number, including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable.

If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box.  ¨

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box.  ¨

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ¨

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ¨

If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box.  x

If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box.  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

Large accelerated filer   x    Accelerated filer   ¨
Non-accelerated filer   ¨  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    Smaller reporting company   ¨

 

 

TABLE OF ADDITIONAL REGISTRANTS

 

Exact Name of Additional Registrant as Specified in Charter

   I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
No.
     State or
Other
Jurisdiction

of
Incorporation
or
Organization
 

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

     47-1758322         Delaware   

Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, including Area Code, of the additional Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices: 108 Wilmot Road, Deerfield, Illinois 60015; (847) 315-2500.

 

 

 


EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 relates to the following Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”) of Walgreen Co. (“Walgreens”) and Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (“WBA” and together with Walgreens, the “Registrants” and each a “Registrant”):

File No. 333-198773, pertaining to the registration of an indeterminate principal amount of debt securities and related guarantees.

On October 17, 2014, Walgreens entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Reorganization Merger Agreement”) by and among Walgreens, WBA, a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Walgreens, and Ontario Merger Sub, Inc. (“Merger Sub”), a wholly owned subsidiary of WBA. Pursuant to the Reorganization Merger Agreement, on December 31, 2014, Merger Sub merged with and into Walgreens, with Walgreens continuing as the surviving corporation and becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of WBA (the “Reorg Merger”).

In connection with the consummation of the Reorg Merger, the offering pursuant to the Registration Statement has been terminated. In accordance with undertakings made by the Registrants in the Registration Statement to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the securities which remain unsold at the termination of the offering, the Registrants hereby remove from registration the securities of the Registrants registered but remaining unsold under the Registration Statement. The Registration Statement is hereby amended, as appropriate, to reflect the deregistration of such securities.


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 be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Village of Deerfield, State of Illinois, on December 31, 2014. No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment on behalf of the Registrant in reliance upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

WALGREEN CO.
By:  

/s/ Thomas J. Sabatino, Jr.

  Name:   Thomas J. Sabatino, Jr.
  Title:   Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary


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 be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Village of Deerfield, State of Illinois, on December 31, 2014. No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment on behalf of the Registrant in reliance upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

WALGREENS BOOTS ALLIANCE, INC.
By:  

/s/ Thomas J. Sabatino, Jr.

  Name:   Thomas J. Sabatino, Jr.
  Title:   Executive Vice President, Global Chief Legal and Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary