As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 1, 2021
Registration No. 333-176714
Registration No. 333-192587
Registration No. 333-252991
Registration No. 333-257417
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-176714
REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-192587
REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-252991
REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-257417
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
VEREIT, INC.
(Rams MD Subsidiary I, Inc., as successor by merger to VEREIT, Inc.)
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland |
|
45-2482685 |
(State or other jurisdiction |
|
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
c/o Realty Income Corporation
11995 El Camino Real
San Diego, CA 92130
(Address and Zip Code of Principal Executive Office)
VEREIT, Inc. Equity Plan (f/k/a American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. Equity Plan)
VEREIT, Inc. Non-Executive Director Stock Plan (f/k/a the American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. Non-Executive Director Stock Plan)
VEREIT, Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full titles of the plans)
Michelle Bushore, Esq.
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer,
General Counsel and Secretary
Realty Income Corporation
11995 El Camino Real
San Diego, CA 92130
(Name, address, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
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 |
x |
|
Accelerated filer |
o |
Non-accelerated filer |
o |
|
Smaller reporting company |
o |
|
|
|
Emerging growth company |
o |
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 the Securities Act. o
DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (the “Post-Effective Amendment”) filed by the successor entity of VEREIT, Inc., a Maryland real estate investment trust (“VEREIT”), deregisters all shares of common stock of VEREIT, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Shares”), that remain unsold under the following Registration Statements on Form S-8 (each a “Registration Statement,” and collectively, the “Registration Statements”) filed by VEREIT with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”):
Effective on November 1, 2021, pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 29, 2021 (as amended, the “Merger Agreement”), by and among VEREIT, VEREIT Operating Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“VEREIT OP”), Realty Income Corporation, a Maryland corporation (“Realty Income”), Rams MD Subsidiary I, Inc., a Maryland corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Realty Income (“Merger Sub 1”) and Rams Acquisition Sub II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Realty Income (“Merger Sub 2”), (i) Merger Sub 2 merged with and into VEREIT OP, with VEREIT OP continuing as the surviving entity, and (ii) immediately thereafter, VEREIT merged with and into Merger Sub 1, with Merger Sub 1 continuing as the surviving corporation as a wholly owned subsidiary of Realty Income (together, the “Mergers”).
In connection with the completion of the Mergers and related transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the offerings pursuant to the above-referenced Registration Statements have been terminated. In accordance with undertakings made by VEREIT in the Registration Statements to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the securities that remain unsold at the termination of the offerings, VEREIT hereby removes from registration any and all securities registered but unsold under each of the Registration Statements. Each of the Registration Statements is hereby amended, as appropriate, to reflect the deregistration of such securities.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Company 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 this Post-Effective Amendment to the above-referenced Registration Statements to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Diego, State of California, on this 1st day of November, 2021.
|
RAMS MD SUBSIDIARY I, INC., as successor by merger to VEREIT, INC. | ||
|
| ||
|
|
| |
|
By: |
/s/ Michelle Bushore | |
|
|
Name: |
Michelle Bushore |
|
|
Title: |
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel and Secretary |
* Pursuant to Rule 478 under Securities Act of 1933, as amended, no other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement.