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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 18, 2018.

Registration No. 333-182628

Registration No. 333-150091

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3 Registration Statement No. 333-182628

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3 Registration Statement No. 333-150091

UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

The Finish Line, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Indiana   35-1537210
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

3308 North Mitthoeffer Road

Indianapolis, Indiana 46235

(317) 899-1022

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

Christopher C. Eck

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

The Finish Line, Inc.

3308 North Mitthoeffer Road

Indianapolis, Indiana 46235

(317) 899-1022

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

With copies to:

David P. Hooper, Esq.

Barnes & Thornburg LLP

11 S. Meridian Street

Indianapolis, Indiana 46204

(317) 231-7333

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not Applicable.

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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

These post-effective amendments (the “Post-Effective Amendments”), filed by The Finish Line, Inc., an Indiana corporation (the “Company”), remove from registration all shares of Class A Common Stock, $0.01 par value, of the Company (the “Shares”) registered under the following Registration Statements on Form S-3 filed by the Company (the “Registration Statements”) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”):

 

    Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Reg. No. 333-182628) filed with the SEC on July 11, 2012 registering the sale from time to time by certain selling shareholders of the Company of up to 1,205,950 Shares; and

 

    Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Reg. No. 333-150091) filed with the SEC on April 4, 2008 relating to the distribution and/or resale of 6,518,971 Shares by the a certain selling shareholder of the Company or its successors in interest.

On March 25, 2018, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) by and among the Company, JD Sports Fashion Plc, a company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales (“JD Sports”), and Genesis Merger Sub, Inc., an Indiana corporation and indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of JD Sports (“Merger Sub”). On June 18, 2018, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub merged with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company surviving the Merger as an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of JD Sports.

As a result of the Merger, the Company has terminated all offerings of its securities pursuant to its existing registration statements, including the Registration Statements. Accordingly, the Company is filing this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statements to hereby terminate the effectiveness of the Registration Statements, and in accordance with the undertakings made by the Company in the Registration Statements to remove from registration, by means of this Post-Effective Amendment, any of the securities that had been registered but remain unsold at the termination of the offering, the Company hereby removes from registration all such securities, if any. Each Registration Statement is hereby amended, as appropriate, to reflect the deregistration of all such securities.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statements on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Indianapolis, Indiana, on this 18th day of June, 2018.

 

 

THE FINISH LINE, INC.

 

By:

 

/s/ Edward W. Wilhelm

   

 

   

Edward W. Wilhelm

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

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