SEC Form POS AM filed by NuStar Logistics, L.P.

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 3, 2024

Registration No. 333-89978

Registration No. 333-109412

Registration No. 333-173510

Registration No. 333-204217

Registration No. 333-230823

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO.1 TO:

FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-89978

FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-109412

FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-173510

FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-204217

FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-230823

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

NuStar Energy L.P.

NuStar Logistics, L.P.

NuStar Pipeline Operating Partnership L.P.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware		001-16417		74-2956831
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

8111 Westchester Drive, Suite 400

Dallas, Texas 75225

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

 

Scott D. Grischow

Sunoco LP

8111 Westchester Drive, Suite 400

Dallas, Texas 75225

(214) 981-0700

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

Copies to:

Michael J. Aiello

Sachin Kohli

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

767 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10153

(212) 310-8000

 

 

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 (this “Post-Effective Amendment”) relates to the following Registration Statements on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”), filed by NuStar Energy L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“NuStar”), with the Securities and Exchange Commission:

 

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Registration Statement No. 333-89978 on Form S-3, filed on June 6, 2002, registering an indeterminate amount of common units representing limited partner interests in NuStar (f/k/a Valero L.P.), with a maximum offering price of $500,000,000;

 

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Registration Statement No. 333-109412 on Form S-3, filed on October 2, 2003, registering an indeterminate amount of common units representing limited partner interests in NuStar (f/k/a Valero L.P.) , with a maximum offering price of $750,000,000;

 

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Registration Statement No. 333-173510 on Form S-3, filed on April 14, 2011, registering an indeterminate amount of common units representing limited partner interests in NuStar, with a maximum offering price of $200,000,000, an indeterminate amount of debt securities of NuStar Logistics, L.P. (guaranteed by NuStar or NuStar Pipeline Operating Partners, L.P. and an indeterminate amount of debt securities of NuStar Pipeline Operating Partners, L.P. (guaranteed by NuStar or NuStar Logistics, L.P.);

 

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Registration Statement No. 333-204217 on Form S-3, filed on May 15, 2015, registering an indeterminate amount of common units representing limited partner interests in NuStar, with a maximum offering price of $500,000,000; and

 

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Registration Statement No. 333-230823 on Form S-3, filed on April 12, 2019, registering 23,246,650 common units representing limited partner interests in NuStar.

On May 3, 2024, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 22, 2024, by and among Sunoco LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Sunoco”), Saturn Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Merger Sub”) and direct wholly owned subsidiary of Sunoco, NuStar, Riverwalk Logistics, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “NuStar GP”) and sole general partner of NuStar, NuStar GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“NuStar Managing GP”) and sole general partner of NuStar GP and Sunoco GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and sole general partner of Sunoco, Merger Sub merged with and into NuStar, with NuStar surviving as a Delaware limited partnership (the “Merger”). At the effective time of the Merger, each NuStar common unit (other than and (1) NuStar common units owned by NuStar, Sunoco or Merger Sub and (2) and any NuStar common units owned by a subsidiary of Sunoco) was converted into the right to receive .400 of a Sunoco common unit, with cash-in-lieu of fractional units.

In connection with the Merger, NuStar has terminated all offerings of securities pursuant to the Registration Statement. In accordance with an undertaking made by NuStar in the Registration Statement to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the securities that had been registered for issuance and remain unsold at the termination of such offering, NuStar hereby removes from registration by means of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 all of the securities registered and remaining unsold under the Registration Statement.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant has duly caused these Post-Effective Amendments to the Registration Statements on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dallas, State of Texas, on May 3, 2024.

 

NUSTAR ENERGY L.P.
By:		RIVERWALK LOGISTICS, L.P.
		its General Partner
By:		NUSTAR GP, LLC
		its General Partner
By:		/s/ Dylan A. Bramhall
Name:		Dylan A. Bramhall
Title:		Chief Financial Officer

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant has duly caused these Post-Effective Amendments to the Registration Statements on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dallas, State of Texas, on May 3, 2024.

 

NUSTAR LOGISTICS, L.P.
By:		NUSTAR GP, INC.
		its General Partner
By:		NUSTAR ENERGY L.P.
		its Sole Member
By:		RIVERWALK LOGISTICS, L.P.
		its General Partner
By:		NUSTAR GP, LLC
		its General Partner
By:		/s/ Dylan A. Bramhall
Name:		Dylan A. Bramhall
Title:		Chief Financial Officer

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant has duly caused these Post-Effective Amendments to the Registration Statements on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dallas, State of Texas, on May 3, 2024.

 

NUSTAR PIPELINE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP L.P.
By:		NUSTAR PIPELINE COMPANY, LLC
		its General Partner
By:		LEGACYSTAR SERVICES, LLC
		its Sole Member
By:		NUSTAR ENERGY L.P.
		its Sole Member
By:		RIVERWALK LOGISTICS, L.P.
		its General Partner
By:		NUSTAR GP, LLC
		its General Partner
By:		/s/ Dylan A. Bramhall
Name:		Dylan A. Bramhall
Title:		Chief Financial Officer