Enerplus (ERF) S-8 POSRegistration of securities for employees (post-effective amendment)

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 12, 2024

Registration No. 333-200583

Registration No. 333-171836

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT

TO

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENTS

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Registration Statement No. 333-200583

Registration Statement No. 333-171836

Enerplus Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

The Dome Tower, Suite 3000

333 - 7th Avenue S.W.

Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 2Z1

(Address, including zip code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

Shannon B. Kinney

Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Chord Energy Corporation

1001 Fannin Street, Suite 1500

Houston, Texas 77002

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

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

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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 comply with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of Securities Act ☐

EXPLANATORY NOTE — DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

Enerplus Corporation, an Alberta corporation (the “Registrant”), is filing this Post-Effective Amendment (this “Post-Effective Amendment”) with respect to the following Registration Statements on Form S-8 (collectively, the “Registration Statements”), originally filed by the Registrant, as applicable, with the Securities and Exchange Commission:

On May 31, 2024 (the “Closing Date”), the transactions contemplated by that certain Arrangement Agreement (as amended from time to time, the “Arrangement Agreement”), dated February 21, 2024, by and among the Registrant, Chord Energy Corporation and Spark Acquisition ULC were consummated. On the Closing Date, the Registrant became an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Chord Energy Corporation.

The Registrant, by filing this Post-Effective Amendment, hereby terminates the effectiveness of the Registration Statements and removes from registration any and all Registrant Common Shares registered but unsold or otherwise unissued under the Registration Statements as of the date hereof. This filing is made in accordance with an undertaking made by the Registrant in Part II of the Registration Statements 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 (the “Securities Act”), the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas on June 12, 2024.

AUTHORIZED U.S. REPRESENTATIVE

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 6(a) of the Securities Act, this Post-Effective Amendment has been signed by the Registrant’s authorized representative in the United States by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas on June 12, 2024.

Note: Pursuant to Rule 478 of the Securities Act, no other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statements.