SC Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 31, 2022

Registration No. 333-202449

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-202449

UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

1601 Elm Street, Suite 800

Dallas, Texas 75201

(214) 634-1110

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

Mahesh Aditya

President and Chief Executive Officer

Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc.

1601 Elm Street, Suite 800

Dallas, Texas 75201

(214) 634-1110

(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

Copies to:

Edward D. Herlihy

Richard K. Kim

Mark F. Veblen

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

51 West 52nd Street

New York, NY 10019

(212) 403-1000

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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Explanatory Note

DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

This post-effective amendment relates to the following Registration Statement of Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc. (the “Company”) on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”):

On January 31, 2022, pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 23, 2021, by and among the Company, Santander Holdings USA, Inc., a Virginia corporation (“SHUSA”), and Max Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of SHUSA (“Merger Sub”), Merger Sub merged with and into the Company, with the Company surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of SHUSA (the “Merger”).

As a result of the Merger, the Company has terminated any and all offerings of its securities pursuant to the Registration Statement. Accordingly, by filing this post-effective amendment, the Company hereby terminates the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and removes from registration any and all securities of the Company registered but unsold under the Registration Statement as of the date hereof.

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 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Dallas, Texas, on January 31, 2022.

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