Form POS AM - Post-Effective amendments for registration statement

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 5, 2024

Registration No. 333-261030

Registration No. 333-262535

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1

FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-261030

FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-262535

UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Whole Earth Brands, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		38-4101973
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

125 S. Wacker Drive

Suite 1250

Chicago, Illinois

60606

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

Ira W. Schlussel

Vice-President and Chief Legal Officer

125 S. Wacker Drive

Suite 1250

Chicago, IL 60606

(312) 840-6000

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,

including area code, of agent for service)

Copies to:

Christopher P. Giordano

Jon Venick

Stephen P. Alicanti

DLA Piper LLP (US)

1251 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10020

(212) 335-4500

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 statements.

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Large accelerated filer ☐	Accelerated filer ☒
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	Emerging growth company ☒

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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

These Post-Effective Amendments relate to the following Registration Statements on Form S-3 (collectively, the “Registration Statements”) previously filed by Whole Earth Brands, Inc. (the “Registrant”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and are being filed to deregister any and all securities that remain unsold as of the date hereof under each such Registration Statement:

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Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-261030), filed with the SEC on November 12, 2021, pertaining to the registration of an indeterminate number of (a) shares of common stock of the Registrant, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”), (b) shares of preferred stock, (c) debt securities, (d) depositary shares, (e) warrants to purchase Common Stock, preferred stock, debt securities or depositary shares of the Registrant, (f) subscription rights to purchase Common Stock, preferred stock, debt securities, depositary shares, warrants or units consisting of some or all of these securities of the Registrant, (g) purchase contracts, and (h) units consisting of some or all of these securities; and

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Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-262535), filed with the SEC on February 4, 2022, pertaining to the registration of up to 2,829,200 shares of Common Stock to be sold by certain selling stockholders named therein from time to time.

On August 5, 2024, pursuant to the terms of the Agreement of Merger, dated as of February 12, 2024, by and among the Registrant, Ozark Holdings, LLC (“Parent”) and Sweet Oak Merger Sub, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), Merger Sub merged with and into the Registrant, with the Registrant surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (the “Merger”).

As a result of the Merger, the Registrant has terminated any and all offerings of the Registrant’s securities pursuant to its existing registration statements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including the Registration Statements. In accordance with undertakings made by Registrant in the Registration Statements to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any securities that had been registered under the Registration Statements which remain unsold at the termination of the offerings, the Registrant hereby removes from registration all such securities of the Registrant registered pursuant to the Registration Statements that remain unsold as of the date hereof. The Registration Statements are hereby amended, as appropriate, to reflect the deregistration of such securities, and the Registrant hereby terminates the effectiveness of the Registration Statements.

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 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 Chicago, Illinois, on August 5, 2024.