NUTR Nutraceutical International Corp. (MM)

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 28, 2017

Registration No. 333-216501

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2

TO

FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

1400 Kearns Boulevard, 2nd Floor

Park City, Utah 84060

(435) 655-6106

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

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to public: Not applicable.

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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

This Post-Effective Amendment (the “ Amendment ”) is being filed by Nutraceutical International Corporation (the “ Registrant ”) to withdraw and remove from registration all shares of the Registrant’s common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “ Shares ”), remaining unissued and unsold under the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-216501) (the “ Registration Statement ”) filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”) on March 7, 2017, as Amended by Amendment No. 1, filed with the SEC on March 31, 2017.

On August 23, 2017, the Registrant completed the merger contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated May 21, 2017, by and among the Registrant, Nutrition Parent, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Parent ”) and Nutrition Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“ Merger Sub ”). Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub merged with and into the Registrant (the “ Merger ”) with the Registrant surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent.

As a result of the Merger, the offering of the Registrant’s Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement has been terminated. In accordance with an undertaking made by the Registrant in the Registration Statement to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any securities of the Registrant which remain unsold at the termination of the offering, the Registrant files this Amendment to terminate the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and to remove from registration all of the Shares registered but unsold under the Registration Statement as of the date hereof, if any.

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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 this Post-Effective Amendment to Registration Statement on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Park City, State of Utah, on the 28th day of August, 2017.

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

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