As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 29, 2019
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Westlake Chemical Partners LP
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Delaware
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32-0436529
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(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
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2801 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 600
Houston, Texas 77056
(713)
585-2900
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
agent for service)
L. Benjamin Ederington
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
2801 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 600
Houston, Texas 77056
(713)
585-2900
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
agent for service)
Copies to:
E. Ramey
Layne
Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.
1001 Fannin Street, Suite 2500
Houston, Texas 77002
(713)
758-2222
Approximate date of
commencement of proposed sale to the public
: From time to time after the effective date of this registration statement.
If the only securities being
registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box: ☐
If any of
the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans,
check the following box: ☒
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the
Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐
If this Form is a registration
statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box. ☐
If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or
additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box. ☐
Indicate by check mark
whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated
filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of large accelerated
filer, accelerated filer, smaller reporting company and emerging growth company in Rule
12b-2
of the Exchange Act.
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Large accelerated filer
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Accelerated filer
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Non-accelerated filer
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☐
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Smaller reporting company
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☐
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Emerging growth company
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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
CALCULATION OF
REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of Securities
to be Registered(1)
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Amount
to be
Registered
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Proposed
Maximum
Offering
Price
per Unit
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Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
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Amount of
Registration Fee
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Common units representing limited partner interests
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2,940,818(1)
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$ 22.52(2)
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$ 66,227,222
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$ 8,207
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(1)
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Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act, the number of common units being registered on behalf of the
selling unitholders shall be adjusted to include any additional common units that may become issuable as a result of any distribution, split, combination or similar transaction.
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(2)
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Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the
Securities Act on the basis of the average of the high and low sale prices of the common units on March 25, 2019, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange.
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Each registrant hereby amends the Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrants shall
file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date
as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a) of the Securities Act, may determine.