As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 18, 2021
Registration No. 333-151989
Registration No. 333-218283
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-151989
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-218283
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
RED LION HOTELS CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Washington | 91-1032187 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | |
1550 Market St. #425 Denver, Colorado |
80202 | |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
Red Lion Hotels Corporation
2008 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Jennifer B. Clark
Secretary
Red Lion Hotels Corporation
c/o Sonesta International Hotels Corporation
Two Newton Place
255 Washington Street
Newton, Massachusetts 02458
(617) 315-9200
(Name, Address, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
With copy to:
Steven M. Haas
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Riverfront Plaza, East Tower
951 East Byrd Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219-4074
(804) 788-8200
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer | ☐ | Accelerated filer | ☐ | |||
Non-accelerated filer | ☒ | Smaller reporting company | ☒ | |||
Emerging growth company | ☐ |
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of Securities Act. ☐
EXPLANATORY NOTE
DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
These post-effective amendments (each, a “Post-Effective Amendment” and, collectively, the “Post-Effective Amendments”) relate to the following Registration Statements on Form S-8 (each, a “Registration Statement” and, collectively, the “Registration Statements”) filed by Red Lion Hotels Corporation (“Red Lion” or the “Registrant”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) (note that the share numbers listed below do not take into account any corporate actions, such as stock splits, taken in the interim, as applicable):
1. | Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-151989) filed with the SEC on June 27, 2008 pertaining to the registration of 300,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Red Lion (“Common Stock”) issuable pursuant to the Red Lion Hotels Corporation 2008 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, along with an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the plan. |
2. | Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-218283) filed with the SEC on May 26, 2017 pertaining to the registration of an additional 300,000 shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Red Lion Hotels Corporation 2008 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. |
On March 17, 2021, pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated December 30, 2020, by and among Red Lion, Sonesta International Hotels Corporation (“Sonesta”), and Roar Merger Sub Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Sonesta (“Merger Sub”), Merger Sub merged with and into Red Lion (the “Merger”), with Red Lion surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Sonesta. As a result of the Merger, Red Lion has terminated all offerings of Red Lion’s securities pursuant to existing registration statements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including the Registration Statements. In accordance with the undertakings made by Red Lion in the Registration Statements to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the securities that had been registered for issuance that remain unsold at the termination of the offering, Red Lion hereby removes from registration all of such securities of Red Lion registered but not sold or otherwise issued under the Registration Statements, if any, as of the date hereof. Each Registration Statement is hereby amended, as appropriate, to reflect the deregistration of such securities, and Red Lion hereby terminates the effectiveness of each 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-8 and has duly caused these Post-Effective Amendments to the Registration Statements to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Newton, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on March 18, 2021.
RED LION HOTELS CORPORATION | ||
By: | /s/ Jennifer B. Clark | |
Name: | Jennifer B. Clark | |
Title: | Secretary |
No other person is required to sign these Post-Effective Amendments to the Registration Statements in reliance on Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.