CRZO Carrizo Oil and Gas Inc

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 20, 2019

Registration No. 333-159237

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 3

TO

FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-159237

Under

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

2000 W. Sam Houston Parkway S., Suite 2000

Houston, Texas 77042

(281) 589-5200

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

Michol L. Ecklund

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

2000 W. Sam Houston Parkway S., Suite 2000

Houston, Texas 77042

(281) 589-5200

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copies to:

Sean T. Wheeler, P.C.

Lanchi D. Huynh

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

609 Main Street

Houston, TX 77002

United States

(713) 836-3600

* Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 14, 2019 (as amended), by and between Callon Petroleum Company, a Delaware corporation (“Callon”), and Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. (“Carrizo”), Carrizo merged with and into Callon (the “Merger”) on December 20, 2019, with Callon surviving the Merger. Callon is Carrizo’s successor-in-interest as a result of the Merger. Carrizo’s state of incorporation was Texas and its I.R.S. Employer Identification Number was 76-0415919. Certain subsidiaries of Carrizo prior to the Merger are also registrants and are identified below.

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

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

Pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 14, 2019 (as amended), by and between Callon Petroleum Company, a Delaware corporation (“Callon”), and Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc., a Texas corporation (“Carrizo”), Carrizo merged with and into Callon (the “Merger”) on December 20, 2019, with Callon surviving the Merger. As a result of the Merger, Callon is Carrizo’s successor-in-interest.

Callon (as Carrizo’s successor-in-interest) has terminated all offerings of Carrizo’s securities pursuant to Carrizo’s existing registration statements. Accordingly, Callon (as Carrizo’s successor-in-interest) and the additional registrants set forth in the “Table of Additional Registrants” on the cover page hereto (together, the “Registrants”) are filing this post-effective amendment (this “Post-Effective Amendment”) to deregister any and all securities registered under the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-159237), initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 14, 2009 (as subsequently amended, the “Registration Statement”), that remain unsold as of the date hereof. Pursuant to the Registration Statement, the sale by certain selling shareholders named therein in one or more secondary offerings of the following securities was registered: 3,396,115 shares of Carrizo’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (including 2,879,113 shares issued and outstanding and 517,002 shares issuable upon exercise of stock options). The Registrants, by filing this Post-Effective Amendment, hereby terminate the effectiveness of the Registration Statement.

This Post-Effective Amendment is being filed in accordance with an undertaking made by the Registrants in Part II of the Registration Statement to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any securities that had been registered for issuance but remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, each of the Registrants 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 to the above-referenced Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on December 20, 2019.

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