Splunk (SPLK) POS AMProspectus update (post-effective amendment)

 As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 18, 2024

Registration No. 333-275349

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-3

(Registration No. 333-275349)

UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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Splunk Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

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250 Brannan Street
San Francisco, California 94107
(415) 848-8400

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant’s principal executive offices)

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Gary Steele

President and Chief Executive Officer

250 Brannan Street
San Francisco, California 94107
(415) 848-8400

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

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Copies to:

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Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable. Removal from registration of securities that were registered but not sold pursuant to Registration Statement Nos. 333-275349.

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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 pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. o

EXPLANATORY NOTE

On September 20, 2023, Splunk Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”) by and among the Company, Cisco Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), and Spirit Merger Corp., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger, Merger Sub merged with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. The Merger became effective on March 18, 2024, upon the filing of a Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

The Company is hereby filing this Post-Effective Amendment (the “Post-Effective Amendment”) to the following registration statement on Form S-3: Registration No. 333-275349 (the “Registration Statement”). As a result of the Merger, any and all offerings of securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement have been terminated. In accordance with undertakings made by the Company in such Registration Statement to remove from registration, by means of this Post-Effective Amendment, any of the securities registered under such Registration Statement that remain unsold at the termination of the offering, the Company hereby removes from registration all securities registered under the Registration Statement but 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 be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Francisco, State of California, on March 18, 2024.

No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment in reliance upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933.