As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 9, 2020.
Registration No. 333-205147
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
TECOGEN INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | 04-3536131 (IRS Employer Identification Number)
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45 First Avenue
Waltham, MA 02451
(781) 466-6400
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of registrant’s principal executive offices)
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John K. Whiting, IV, Esq. General Counsel Tecogen Inc. 45 First Avenue Waltham, MA 02451 Telephone: (781) 466-6400 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) |
Copies of communications to: Neil R.E. Carr Somertons, PLLC 1025 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 1000 Washington, D.C. 20036 Telephone: (202) 459-4651
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Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable.
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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
Tecogen Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Registrant”), registered 3,718,839 shares of Tecogen Inc. common stock, $.001 par value per share (“Registered Securities”) of the Registrant under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Securities Act”), pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-205147) (“Registration Statement”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on June 22, 2015, as amended by Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement filed with the SEC on September 1, 2015, as further amended by Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement filed with the SEC on September 23, 2015, and as further amended by Pre-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement as filed with the SEC on September 29, 2015. The Registration Statement, as amended, was declared effective by the SEC on September 30, 2015.
On June 9, 2020, the Registrant filed a Form 25 with the SEC to voluntarily de-list its shares of common stock from trading on The NASDAQ Stock Market, and to de-register its shares under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. As a result thereof, pursuant to General instruction I.B.3 of the Form S-3, the Registrant ceased to be eligible to use the Form S-3 for the registration of securities to be sold in secondary transactions under the Securities Act upon the effective date of such delisting on June 19, 2020, and accordingly, hereby removes from registration the securities of the Registrant which remain unsold under the Registration Statement. The Registration Statement is hereby amended to reflect the de-registration of such unsold Registered 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 the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Waltham, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on July 9, 2020.
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| TECOGEN INC.
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| By: /s/Benjamin M. Locke Benjamin M. Locke Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer) |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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Signature | Title | Date
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/s/ Angelina M. Galiteva Angelina M. Galiteva
| Director and Chairperson of the Board
| July 8, 2020 |
/s/ John N. Hatsopoulos John N. Hatsopoulos
| Lead Director | July 8, 2020 |
/s/ Benjamin M. Locke Benjamin M. Locke | Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer)
| July 8, 2020 |
/s/ Ahmed F. Ghoniem Ahmed F. Ghoniem
| Director | July 8, 2020 |
/s/ Deanna Petersen Deanna Petersen
| Director | July 8, 2020 |
/s/ Earl R. Lewis, III Earl R. Lewis, III
| Director | July 8, 2020 |
/s/ Fred Holubow Fred Holubow | Director | July 8, 2020 |