As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 23, 2015
Registration No. 333-93243
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO.1
To
FORM S-4
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Aqua America, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Pennsylvania | 4941 | 23-1702594 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
762 W. Lancaster Avenue
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania 19010-3489
(610) 527-8000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrants principal executive offices)
Christopher P. Luning
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Aqua America, Inc.
762 W. Lancaster Avenue
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania 19010-3489
(610) 527-8000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
With a copy to:
Mary J. Mullany
Ballard Spahr LLP
1735 Market Street, 51st Floor
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-7599
(215) 665-8500
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale of the securities to the public: This Post-Effective Amendment is being filed to deregister all of the unsold securities previously registered.
If the securities being registered on this Form are being offered in connection with the formation of a holding company and there is compliance with General Instruction G, check the following box. ¨
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If applicable, place an X in the box to designate the appropriate rule provision relied upon in conducting this transaction:
Exchange Act Rule 13e-4(i) (Cross-Border Issue Tender Offer) ¨
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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 relates to the registration statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-93243) filed by Aqua America, Inc. (formerly known as Philadelphia Suburban Corporation) (the Registrant) with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 21, 1999 (the Registration Statement) to register 2,000,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.50 per share (the Common Stock), and 500,000 shares of its preferred stock, par value $1.00 per share (the Preferred Stock). In accordance with the Registrants undertaking in Part II, Item 22(a)(3), the Registrant hereby amends the Registration Statement to deregister such shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock previously registered that remain unissued.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant 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 Bryn Mawr, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on December 23, 2015.
AQUA AMERICA, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Christopher Franklin | |
Christopher Franklin President and Chief Executive Officer |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
Signature |
Title |
Date | ||
/s/ Christopher Franklin |
President and Chief Executive Officer |
December 23, 2015 | ||
Christopher Franklin | ||||
/s/ David P. Smeltzer |
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) |
December 23, 2015 | ||
David P. Smeltzer | ||||
/s/ Robert A. Rubin |
Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer) |
December 23, 2015 | ||
Robert A. Rubin | ||||
/s/ Nicholas DeBenedictis |
Chairman and Director |
December 23, 2015 | ||
Nicholas DeBenedictis | ||||
|
Director |
December 23, 2015 | ||
Michael L. Browne | ||||
|
Director |
December 23, 2015 | ||
Richard H. Glanton | ||||
/s/ Lon R. Greenberg |
Director |
December 23, 2015 | ||
Lon R. Greenberg | ||||
/s/ William P. Hankowsky |
Director |
December 23, 2015 | ||
William P. Hankowsky | ||||
/s/ Wendell F. Holland |
Director |
December 23, 2015 | ||
Wendell F. Holland | ||||
|
Director |
December 23, 2015 | ||
Ellen T. Ruff |