As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2025
 
Registration No. 333-279600
 
 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
 
 
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-1 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-279600
 
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 
 
 
GCT Semiconductor Holding, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
 
Delaware
 
6770
 
86-2171699
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
(Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
 

GCT Semiconductor Holding, Inc.
2290 North 1st Street, Suite 201
San Jose, California 95131
(408) 434-6040
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
 
 
John Schlaefer
Chief Executive Officer
GCT Semiconductor Holding, Inc.
2290 North 1st Street, Suite 201
San Jose, California 95131
(408) 434-6040
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
 
 
 
With copies to:
 
Albert Lung, Esq.
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
1400 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304
(650) 843-4000
 


 
 
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable.
 
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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
 
GCT Semiconductor Holding, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Registrant”), is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (the “Amendment”) to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-279600) filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on May 22, 2024 and declared effective on June 06, 2024 (“S-1 Registration Statement”), to deregister any and all securities of the Registrant registered but unsold or otherwise unissued under the S-1 Registration Statement as of the date hereof.
 
The S-1 Registration Statement pertains to the registration for resale by B. Riley Principal Capital II, LLC (the “Selling Stockholder”) of 10,900,000 shares of the Registrant’s common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), issuable pursuant to a Common Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 23, 2024 (the “Common Stock Purchase Agreement”), that the Registrant entered into with the Selling Stockholder.

On April 23, 2025, the Registrant filed a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-286713) with the SEC, which was declared effective on April 30, 2025, to register, pursuant to the Common Stock Purchase Agreement, all unsold or unissued Common Stock of the Selling Stockholder under the S-1 Registration Statement.
 
For ease of reference, all share numbers above are as stated in the S-1 Registration Statement.
 
Any and all offerings of the Registrant’s securities pursuant to the S-1 Registration Statement have been terminated. Accordingly, the Registrant hereby terminates the effectiveness of the S-1 Registration Statement. In addition, in accordance with undertakings made by the Registrant in the S-1 Registration Statement to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering, the Registrant hereby removes from registration all securities registered under the S-1 Registration Statement that remain unsold under the S-1 Registration Statement as of the date hereof. The S-1 Registration Statement is hereby amended, as appropriate, to reflect the deregistration of such securities.
 
 
 

 
 
 
SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant 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 San Jose, California, on April 30, 2025.
 
GCT SEMICONDUCTOR HOLDING, INC.
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ John Schlaefer
 
Name:
John Schlaefer
 
Title:
Chief Executive Officer
 
 
No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement in reliance on Rule 478 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.