Continental Resources Inc (CLR) POS AMProspectus update (post-effective amendment)

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 22, 2022

Registration No. 333-267229

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to

FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-267229

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

CONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Oklahoma

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

73-0767549

(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

20 N. Broadway

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102

(405) 234-9000

(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

James R. Webb

Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Risk Officer and Secretary

Continental Resources, Inc.

20 N. Broadway

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102

(405) 234-9000

(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

Copies to:

David P. Oelman

Michael S. Telle

Stephen M. Gill

Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.

845 Texas Avenue, Suite 4700

Houston, Texas 77002

(713) 758-2222

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable. Removal from registration of securities that were not sold pursuant to the above referenced registration statement.

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DEREGISTRATION OF UNSOLD SECURITIES

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 filed by Continental Resources, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation (the “Registrant”), deregisters any and all securities remaining unissued under the following Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”):

Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 16, 2022 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and between the Registrant and Omega Acquisition, Inc. (“Merger Sub”), Merger Sub merged with and into the Registrant, with the Registrant surviving as an entity that is wholly owned by the Founder Family Rollover Shareholders (as defined in the Merger Agreement) (such transaction, the “Merger”). The Merger became effective on November 22, 2022, upon the filing of the certificate of merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Oklahoma.

As a result of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the Registrant has terminated all offerings of its securities pursuant to the Registration Statement and, in accordance with the undertaking made by the Registrant in the Registration Statement to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities registered thereunder which remain unsold at the termination of the offering, hereby removes and withdraws from registration all securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement that remain unsold as of the date hereof. The Registration Statement is hereby amended, as appropriate, to reflect the deregistration of such securities.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Oklahoma City, State of Oklahoma, on this November 22, 2022.

Pursuant to Rule 478 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, no other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement.

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