As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 27, 2017
Registration No. 333-194504
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
FORTRESS INVESTMENT GROUP LLC
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 20-5837959 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
1345 Avenue of the Americas
46th Floor
New York, New York 10105
(212) 798-6100
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
David Brooks, Esq.
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Fortress Investment Group LLC
1345 Avenue of the Americas
46th Floor
New York, New York 10105
(212) 798-6100
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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 No. 1, filed by Fortress Investment Group LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Registrant), relates to Registration Statement No. 333-194504 filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 12, 2014 registering an unspecified amount of Class A shares representing Class A limited liability company interests in the Registrant (the Registration Statement).
On February 14, 2017, the Registrant entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the Merger Agreement), as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1, dated as of July 7, 2017, by and among the Registrant, SB Foundation Holdings LP, a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership (Parent), and Foundation Acquisition LLC, a Delaware limited liaiblity company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (Merger Sub). In accordance with the Merger Agreement, on December 27, 2017 (the Effective Time), Merger Sub merged with and into the Registrant (the Merger), with the Registrant continuing as the surviving entity and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent.
As a result of the Merger, the offerings under the Registration Statement have been terminated. In accordance with the undertakings made by the Registrant to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the securities under the Registration Statement which remain unsold at the termination of the offerings, the Registrant hereby removes from registration all securities registered under the Registration Statement which remained unsold as of the Effective Time, if any.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Rule 478 thereunder, 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 Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, New York, on this 27th day of December, 2017.
FORTRESS INVESTMENT GROUP LLC | ||||
By: | /s/ David N. Brooks | |||
Name: |
David N. Brooks | |||
Title: |
General Counsel |
Note: no other person is required to sign this post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 in reliance on Rule 478 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.