As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 17, 2010

Registration No. 333-140590

 

 

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

BOOTS & COOTS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		11-2908692
(State or other jurisdiction of		(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)		Identification No.)

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

(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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REMOVAL OF SECURITIES FROM REGISTRATION

     This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 relates to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 of Boots & Coots, Inc. (formerly named Boots & Coots International Well Control, Inc., the “Company”) originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 9, 2007, as amended (Registration No. 333-140590) (the “Registration Statement”), that was declared effective by the SEC on April 18, 2007. The Registration Statement registered 29,900,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”). On September 17, 2010, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 9, 2010, by and among Halliburton Company, a Delaware corporation (“Halliburton”), Gradient, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Halliburton (“Merger Sub”), and the Company, the Company merged with and into Merger Sub, with Merger Sub surviving as a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Halliburton that has been renamed Boots & Coots, LLC. As a result of such merger, the Company has terminated all offerings of its securities pursuant to its existing registration statements, including the Registration Statement.

     This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 is being filed to remove from registration any and all Common Stock not heretofore sold pursuant to the Registration Statement. The Registration Statement is hereby amended, as appropriate, to reflect the deregistration of such Common Stock.

SIGNATURE

     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 the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, the State of Texas, on September 17, 2010.

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature		Title		Date
/s/ Timothy J. Probert		President		September 17, 2010
Timothy J. Probert		(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Mark A. McCollum		Senior Vice President and		September 17, 2010
Mark A. McCollum		Manager
		(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Evelyn M. Angelle		Vice President, Controller and		September 17, 2010
Evelyn M. Angelle		Principal Accounting Officer
/s/ Mark A. Krutsinger		Manager		September 17, 2010
Mark A. Krutsinger