SEC Form POS AM filed by Cepton Inc.

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 7, 2025

Registration No. 333-262667

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Form S-1 on Form S-3 Registration Statement No. 333-262667

UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 CEPTON, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Copies to:

Kenneth J. Lebrun

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Izumi Garden Tower 33F

1-6-1 Roppongi
Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-6033, Japan

+81-3-5574-2600

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

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EXPLANATORY NOTE
DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

This Post-Effective Amendment (the “Post-Effective Amendment”) relates to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-262667) (the “Registration Statement”) of Cepton, Inc. (“Cepton”), originally declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on May 11, 2022, as amended by Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 on Form S-3, filed with the SEC on March 21, 2023 and declared effective on March 22, 2023, covering the issuance and sale of up to 14,700,000 shares of Cepton’s common stock.

On September 21, 2023, Cepton completed a one-for-ten reverse stock split (the “Reverse Stock Split”) of its common stock. The number of common stock referenced above refers to the number of common stock originally registered on the Registration Statement and does not account for the Reverse Stock Split.

On July 29, 2024, Cepton entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. (“Parent”) and Project Camaro Merger Sub, Inc. (“Merger Sub”), a Delaware corporation and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. On January 7, 2025, pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub merged with and into Cepton (the “Merger”), with Cepton surviving the Merger as an indirect controlled subsidiary of Parent.

As a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, Cepton has terminated all offerings of its securities pursuant to the Registration Statement. In accordance with an undertaking made by Cepton in the Registration Statement to remove from registration, by means of post-effective amendments, any securities that had been registered for issuance that remain unsold at the termination of the offering, Cepton hereby removes and withdraws from registration all such securities of Cepton registered under the Registration Statement that remain unsold as of the date hereof. As a result of the deregistration, no such securities remain registered pursuant to the Registration Statement.

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 San Jose, State of California, on January 7, 2025.