Post-effective Amendment to Registration Statement (pos Am)

Large accelerated filer

Accelerated filer

Non-accelerated filer

Smaller Reporting Company

Emerging growth company

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 20, 2023

Registration No. 333-138930

Registration No. 333-163060

Registration No. 333-185135

Registration No. 333-208288

Registration No. 333-258148

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3 Registration Statement No. 333-138930

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3 Registration Statement No. 333-163060

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3 Registration Statement No. 333-185135

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3 Registration Statement No. 333-208288

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3 Registration Statement No. 333-258148

FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

ALERISLIFE INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland

04-3516029

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

Two Newton Place

255 Washington Street, Suite 230

Newton, Massachusetts 02458

(617) 796-8387

(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

Jeffrey C. Leer

President and Chief Executive Officer

Two Newton Place

255 Washington Street, Suite 230

Newton, Massachusetts 02458

(617) 796-8387

(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)

Copies to:

Faiz Ahmad

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

One Rodney Square

920 North King Street

Wilmington, DE 19801

(302) 651-3000

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable

If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. ¨

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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. ¨

DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

These post-effective amendments (the “Post-Effective Amendments”) relate to the following Registration Statements on Form S-3 (each, a “Registration Statement”, and collectively, the “Registration Statements”) filed by- AlerisLife Inc. (the “Registrant”), with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”):

Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-258148), registering debt securities, shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”), shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Preferred Stock”), and warrants, in each case of the Registrant, which was filed with the SEC on July 23, 2021.

	·	Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-208288), registering debt securities, Common Stock, Preferred Stock, warrants and depositary shares, in each case, of the Registrant and its selling shareholder, which was filed with the SEC on December 1, 2015 and amended on February 5, 2016.
	·	Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-185135), registering debt securities, Common Stock, Preferred Stock, warrants and depositary shares, in each case, of the Registrant and its selling shareholders, which was filed with the SEC on November 26, 2012.
	·	Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-163060), registering debt securities, Common Stock, Preferred Stock, warrants, depositary shares and stock purchase contracts and equity units, in each case, of the Registrant and its selling shareholders, which was filed with the SEC on November 12, 2009.

Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-138930), registering 3.75% convertible senior notes due 2026 (the “Notes”) and Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes, in each case, of the Registrant’s selling securityholders, which was filed with the SEC on November 22, 2006.

Pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), dated February 2, 2023, among the Registrant, ABP Acquisition LLC, a Maryland limited liability company (“Parent”) and ABP Acquisition 2 LLC, a Maryland limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Purchaser”), Purchaser was merged with and into the Registrant (the “Merger”), with the Registrant continuing as the surviving corporation. The Merger became effective on March 20, 2023.

In connection with the Merger, the Registrant has terminated any offering of the Registrant’s securities pursuant to this Post-Effective Amendments to the Registration Statements. In accordance with an undertaking made by the Registrant in the Registration Statements to remove from registration, by means of post-effective amendment, any of the securities that had been registered for issuance that remain unsold at the termination of the offering, the Registrant hereby removes from registration all of such securities of the Registrant registered under the Registration Statements that remain unsold as of the date of these Post-Effective Amendments, and to terminate the effectiveness of the Registration Statements.

The foregoing description of the Merger, the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the Merger Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 2.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 3, 2023.

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 be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Newton, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on March 20, 2023.