SEC Form POS AM filed by Asensus Surgical Inc.

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 22, 2024

Registration No. 333-263711

Registration No 333-224049

Registration No 333-209486

Registration No 333-209485

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-3

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-263711

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-224049

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-209486

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-209485

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

ASENSUS SURGICAL, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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

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TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION

This Post-Effective Amendment relates to the following Registration Statements on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statements”) filed by Asensus Surgical, Inc. (the “Company”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), to deregister any and all securities registered but unsold or otherwise unissued as of the date hereof under the Registration Statements:

Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 6, 2024 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc., a California corporation (“Parent”), and Karl Storz California Inc., a California corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), Merger Sub merged with and into the Company, with the Company continuing as the surviving corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Parent.

As a result of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the Company has terminated all offerings of its securities pursuant to the Registration Statements and, in accordance with undertakings made by the Company in the Registration Statements to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering, hereby removes and withdraws from registration all securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statements that remain unsold as of the date hereof. The Registration Statements are 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 registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Durham, State of North Carolina on the 22nd day of August 2024.

Pursuant to the Rule 478 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, no other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement.