AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON NOVEMBER 8, 2017
Registration Statement File No. 333-194186
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1
to
Form S-3
Registration Statement No. 333-194186
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
BANKRATE, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 65-0423422 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
1675 Broadway, 22nd Floor
New York, New York 10019
(917) 368-8600
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant’s principal executive offices)
Mark A. Brodsky
Vice President
1675 Broadway, 22nd Floor
New York, New York 10019
(917) 368-8600
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
with copy to:
William R. Dougherty
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Telephone: (212) 455-2000
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Post-Effective Amendment (this “Post-Effective Amendment”) relates to the following Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”) of Bankrate, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Registrant”), previously filed by the Registrant with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”):
• | Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-194186), an automatic shelf registration statement filed with the SEC on February 27, 2014, pertaining to the offer and sale, from time to time, of certain shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Registrant (the “Common Stock”) by certain stockholders of the Registrant described in such Registration Statement. |
On November 8, 2017, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 2, 2017 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Registrant, Red Ventures Holdco, LP, a North Carolina limited partnership (“Red Ventures”), and Baton Merger Corp., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Red Ventures (“Merger Sub”), Merger Sub merged with and into the Registrant, with the Registrant continuing as the surviving corporation and as an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Red Ventures (the “Merger”). At the effective time of the Merger, each outstanding share of Common Stock (other than certain shares specified in the Merger Agreement) was converted into the right to receive $14.00 in cash, without interest.
In connection with the Merger, the Registrant is terminating the Registrant Statement and all offerings of securities pursuant to the Registration Statements and deregistering the remaining shares of Common Stock registered but unsold under the Registration Statement, if any, in accordance with an undertaking made by the Registrant in the Registration Statement to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the shares of Common Stock that had been registered for issuance that remain unsold at the termination of the offerings. The Registration Statement is hereby amended, as appropriate, to reflect the deregistration of such shares of Common Stock.
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 the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on November 8, 2017.
BATON HOLDING, LLC (as successor to Bankrate, Inc.) | ||
By: | /s/ Mark A. Brodsky | |
Name: | Mark A. Brodsky | |
Title: | Vice President |
No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement in reliance upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.