As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 6, 2009.

Registration No. 333-96201

 

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

WILLBROS GROUP, INC.

Republic of Panama (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		98-0160660 (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

WITH COPIES TO:

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

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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

     This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-96201) (the “Registration Statement”) of Willbros Group, Inc., a Republic of Panama corporation (the “Company”), is being filed solely to withdraw and remove from registration all securities that remain unsold under the Registration Statement.

     On March 3, 2009, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated December 10, 2008, among the Company, Willbros Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Willbros Delaware”), and Willbros Merger, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Willbros Delaware (“Merger Sub”), Merger Sub was merged with and into the Company with the Company continuing as the surviving entity (the “Merger”). As a result of the Merger, the Company became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Willbros Delaware, and each share of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.05 per share, outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger automatically converted into the right to receive one share of Willbros Delaware’s common stock, par value $0.05 per share.

     In connection with the Merger and in accordance with an undertaking made by the Company in the Registration Statement, the Company hereby removes from registration all securities registered under the Registration Statement which remain unsold as of the date hereof.

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 on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on the 6^th day of March, 2009.

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment to Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

Signature		Title		Date
/s/ Dennis G. Berryhill   Dennis G. Berryhill		Director and President (Principal Executive Officer and Authorized Representative in the United States)		March 6, 2009
/s/ Ira B. Selya   Ira B. Selya		Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)		March 6, 2009
/s/ Gay Stanley Mayeux   Gay Stanley Mayeux		Director		March 6, 2009
/s/ Lori Pinder   Lori Pinder		Director		March 6, 2009