As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 13, 2018

Registration No. 333-210858

 

 

 

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

 

 

Accenture plc

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Ireland		98-0627530
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

1 Grand Canal Square

Grand Canal Harbour

Dublin 2, Ireland

(353) (1) 646-2000

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

 

 

Chad T. Jerdee, Esq.

Joel Unruch, Esq.

Lilias Lee, Esq.

Accenture plc

161 N. Clark Street

Chicago, IL 60601

(312) 693-0161

(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 – TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 relates to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-210858) (the “Registration Statement”) of Accenture plc, an Irish public limited company. The Registration Statement registered the issuance from time to time of Class A ordinary shares of Accenture plc upon a redemption of an equivalent number of ordinary shares of Accenture Holdings plc (“Accenture Holdings”), an Irish public limited company and subsidiary of Accenture plc.

On March 13, 2018, Accenture Holdings was merged (the “Merger”) with and into Accenture plc, with Accenture plc as the surviving entity, and Accenture Holdings was dissolved without going into liquidation. In connection with the Merger, by operation of law, each holder of Accenture Holdings’ ordinary shares (other than Accenture plc and Accenture Holdings itself) received one Class A ordinary share of Accenture plc in exchange for each ordinary share of Accenture Holdings held by such holder immediately before the Merger. Therefore, as a result of the Merger, holders of ordinary shares of Accenture Holdings became holders of Class A ordinary shares of Accenture plc and there are no longer any ordinary shares of Accenture Holdings outstanding.

In connection with the consummation of the Merger, Accenture plc is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to remove from registration any Class A ordinary shares of Accenture plc registered pursuant to the Registration Statement that remain unissued.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 No. 1 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Chicago, State of Illinois, on March 13, 2018. No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment in reliance upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.