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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 21, 2012


 Registration Nos. 333-174887 and
 333-174887-01
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 

 
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO
FORM S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under the Securities Act of 1933


GWG HOLDINGS, INC.
GWG LIFE SETTLEMENTS, LLC
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
Delaware
 
26-2222607
20-4356955
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
 
220 South Sixth Street, Suite 1200
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
Tel: (612) 746-1944
Fax: (612) 746-0445
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant’s principal executive offices)
 

Jon R. Sabes
Chief Executive Officer
220 South Sixth Street, Suite 1200
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
Tel: (612) 746-1944
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
 including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Paul D. Chestovich, Esq.
Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand, LLP
3300 Wells Fargo Center
90 South Seventh Street
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
Tel: (612) 672-8200
 

 
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.  o
 
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. ý
 
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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.  o
 
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) 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. ý  Registration Nos. 333-174887 and 333-174887-01
 
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
 
Pursuant to Rule 462(d), GWG Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) is filing this Post-Effective Amendment to its Form S-1 registration statement (SEC File Nos. 333-174887 and 333-174887-01) (the “Registration Statement”) solely to add Exhibit 4.8 to such Registration Statement.  Exhibit 4.8 contains a new form of subscription agreement for the offer and sale of debentures pursuant to the Registration Statement.  The subscription agreement has been modified primarily to update certain suitability disclosures as a result of the Company’s registration of the offer and sale of debentures in certain states.  This Post-Effective Amendment does not modify any provision of Part I or Part II of the Registration Statement (or any related prospectus or prospectus supplement) other than supplementing Part II, Item 16(a), as set forth below.

 
 
 

 
 

 
PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
 
Item 16.    Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.
 
(a)   Exhibits.
 
Exhibit No.
 
Description
4.8
 
Form of Subscription Agreement (revised August 2012) (filed herewith)
 

 
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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Minneapolis, State of Minnesota, on August 21, 2012.
 
 
GWG Holdings, INC.
 
 
 
 
By:  
/s/ Jon R. Sabes
 
Chief Executive Officer
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 to the Registration Statement has been signed, as of August 21, 2012, by the following persons in the capacities indicated below.
 
Name
 
Title
     
/s/ Jon R. Sabes
 
Director, Chief Executive Officer
Jon R. Sabes
 
(Principal Executive Officer)
     
/s/ Paul A. Siegert *
 
Chairman of the Board, President
Paul A. Siegert
   
     
/s/ Jon Gangelhoff
 
Chief Financial Officer
Jon Gangelhoff
 
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
     
/s/ Steve F. Sabes *
 
Director, Chief Operating Officer and Secretary
Steven F. Sabes
   
     
/s/ Laurence Zipkin *
 
Director
Laurence Zipkin
   
     
/s/ Brian Tyrell *
 
Director
Brian Tyrell
   
     
/s/ Kenneth Michael Fink *
 
Director
Kenneth Michael Fink
   
 
* By:   Jon R. Sabes (as Attorney-in-Fact)
   
     
 
 
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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Minneapolis, State of Minnesota, on August 21, 2012.
 
 
GWG Life Settlements, LLC
     
 
By:  
/s/ Jon R. Sabes
 
Chief Executive Officer
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 to the Registration Statement has been signed, as of August 21, 2012, by the following persons in the capacities indicated below.
 
Name
 
Title
     
/s/ Jon R. Sabes
 
Chief Executive Officer
Jon R. Sabes
 
(Principal Executive Officer)
     
/s/ Jon Gangelhoff
 
Chief Financial Officer
Jon Gangelhoff
 
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
     
/s/ Jon R. Sabes
 
Manager of GWG Life Settlements, LLC
Jon R. Sabes
   

* By:   Jon R. Sabes (as Attorney-in-Fact)
   
     
 
 
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EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit No.
 
Description
4.8
 
Form of Subscription Agreement (revised August 2012) (filed herewith)
 
 
 
 
 
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