SEC Form POS AM filed by Clever Leaves Holdings Inc.

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 6, 2024

Registration No. 333-252241

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 5
TO
FORM S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Clever Leaves Holdings Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Bodega 19-B Parque Industrial Tibitoc P.H.,

Tocancipá - Cundinamarca, Colombia
(561) 634-7430
(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s

Principal Executive Offices)

Georgette Otero

Clever

Leaves Holdings Inc.

6501 Congress Ave, Suite 240

(561) 634-7430

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

Copies to:

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable. Removal from registration of securities that were not sold pursuant to the above referenced registration statement.

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 (this “Post-Effective Amendment”) to the registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-252241), which was originally filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on January 20, 2021 (the “Registration Statement”), is being filed to deregister any and all securities that remain unsold thereunder.

On April 26, 2024, Clever Leaves Holdings Inc. (the “Company”) provided notice to The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) that it intends to file Form 25 with the SEC to voluntarily delist the Company’s securities from trading on Nasdaq, and terminate or suspend, as applicable, its reporting obligations with the SEC. On May 6, 2024, the Company filed such Form 25 with the SEC. In connection with the foregoing and the undertakings in the Registration Statement, the Company is hereby filing this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement to terminate the effectiveness of such Registration Statement and to remove from registration all of the Company’s securities that remain unsold under such Registration Statement.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Company has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Tocancipá, Cundinamarca, Colombia, on May 6, 2024.

No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment in reliance upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.