Document

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 12, 2018
Registration No. 333-217977



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

Upland Software, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
27-2992077 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

401 Congress Avenue, Suite 1850
Austin, Texas 78701
(512) 960-1010
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
____________________

John T. McDonald
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors 
UPLAND SOFTWARE, INC.
401 Congress Avenue, Suite 1850
Austin, Texas 78701
(512) 960-1010
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
____________________
Copies to:
Kinloch Gill III
Senior Vice President and General Counsel 
Upland Software, Inc.
401 Congress Avenue, Suite 1850
Austin, Texas 78701
Telephone: (512) 960-1010
Steven M. Tyndall
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
401 Congress Avenue, Suite 1700
Austin, Texas 78701
Telephone: (512) 580-9612
____________________
 

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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EXPLANATORY NOTE
DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (this “Post-Effective Amendment”) to the Registration Statement referred to below is being filed by Upland Software, Inc. (the “Company” or the “Registrant”) in order to remove from registration all securities registered for issuance pursuant to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-217977) originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 12, 2017 and declared effective on May 25, 2017 (the “Registration Statement”).
The Company has decided to terminate the offerings under the Registration Statement. Accordingly, the Company is filing this Post-Effective Amendment to terminate the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, and, in accordance with the undertakings made by the Company in the Registration Statement, to remove from registration any and all of the registered securities that remain unsold as of the date hereof. The Registration Statement is hereby amended, as appropriate, to reflect the deregistration of all such 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 of 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 Austin, State of Texas, on December 12, 2018.
UPLAND SOFTWARE, INC.
By: /s/ John T. McDonald
John T. McDonald
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman

No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement in reliance upon Rule 478 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.