As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 29, 2014

 

Registration Nos. 333-174887 and

333-174887-01

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 11 TO

FORM S-1

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Under the Securities Act of 1933

 

 

GWG HOLDINGS, INC.

GWG LIFE, LLC

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

  

Delaware

  

26-2222607

Delaware   20-4356955
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

220 South Sixth Street, Suite 1200

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402

Tel: (612) 746-1944

Fax: (612) 746-0445

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

 

 

 

Jon R. Sabes

Chief Executive Officer

220 South Sixth Street, Suite 1200

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402

Tel: (612) 746-1944

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone

number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copies to:

Paul D. Chestovich, Esq.

Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand, LLP

3300 Wells Fargo Center

90 South Seventh Street

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402

Tel: (612) 672-8200 

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: from time to time after the effective date of this registration statement.

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

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. ý

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. o

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. o

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ý Registration Nos. 333-174887 and 333-174887-01

If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the SEC pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box. o

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer ☐ Accelerated filer ☐
Non-accelerated filer ☐ Smaller reporting company ☒

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

Pursuant to Rule 462(d), GWG Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), is filing this Post-Effective Amendment to its Form S-1 registration statement (SEC File Nos. 333-174887 and 333-174887-01) (the “Registration Statement”) solely to amend Exhibit 4.3 to such Registration Statement. Exhibit 4.3 is a new form of Subscription Agreement that will be used, from and after September 29, 2014, in the offering to which this Registration Statement relates.

 

This Post-Effective Amendment does not modify any provision of Part I or Part II of the Registration Statement (or any related prospectus or prospectus supplement) other than supplementing Part II, Item 16(a), as set forth below.

 

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PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

Item 16.           Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.

 

(a) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.   Description
4.3   Form of Subscription Agreement (revised September 2014) (filed herewith)

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 11 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Minneapolis, State of Minnesota, on September 29, 2014.

 

  GWG Holdings, INC.
   
  By:   /s/ Jon R. Sabes
    Chief Executive Officer

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 11 to the Registration Statement has been signed, as of September 29, 2014, by the following persons in the capacities indicated below.

 

Name   Title
     
/s/ Jon R. Sabes   Director, Chief Executive Officer
Jon R. Sabes   (Principal Executive Officer)
     
/s/ Paul A. Siegert *   Chairman of the Board
Paul A. Siegert    
     
/s/ William Acheson   Chief Financial Officer
William Acheson    (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
     
/s/ Steve F. Sabes *   Director, President and Secretary
Steven F. Sabes    
     
/s/ David Abramson   Director
David Abramson    
     
/s/ Jeffrey L. McGregor   Director
Jeffrey L. McGregor    
     
/s/ Charles H. Maguire III   Director
Charles H. Maguire III    
     
  Director
Shawn R. Gensch    

 

* By:   Jon R. Sabes (as Attorney-in-Fact)  
   

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 11 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Minneapolis, State of Minnesota, on September 29, 2014.

  GWG Life, LLC
   
  By:   /s/ Jon R. Sabes
    Chief Executive Officer

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 to the Registration Statement has been signed, as of September 29, 2014, by the following persons in the capacities indicated below.

 

Name   Title
     
/s/ Jon R. Sabes   Chief Executive Officer
Jon R. Sabes   (Principal Executive Officer)
     
/s/ William Acheson   Chief Financial Officer
William Acheson   (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
     
/s/ Jon R. Sabes   Manager of GWG Life, LLC
Jon R. Sabes    

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

  

Exhibit No.   Description
4.3   Form of Subscription Agreement (revised September 2014) (filed herewith)

 

 

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