As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 7, 2015November 29, 2018

Registration No. 333-            333-227970

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORMAmendment No. 1 toForm S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

DELCATH SYSTEMS, INC.Delcath Systems, Inc.

(Exact Namename of Registrantregistrant as Specifiedspecified in Its Charter)its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware 384106-1245881

(State or Other Jurisdictionother jurisdiction of

Incorporationincorporation or Organization)organization)

(Primary Standard Industrial

Classification Code Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

1301 Avenue of the Americas1633 Broadway

43rd FloorSuite 22C

New York, New York 10019

(212) 489-2100

(Address, Including Zip Code,including zip code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code,telephone number, including area code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

 

Jennifer K. Simpson

President and

Chief Executive Officer

Delcath Systems, Inc.

1301 Avenue of the Americas1633 Broadway

43rd FloorSuite 22C

New York, New York 10019

(212) 489-2100

(Name, Address, Including Zip Code,address, including zip code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code,telephone number, including area code, of Agentagent for Service)service)

 

 

Copies of all communications, including communications sent to agent for service, should be sent to:

Steven A. NavarroJolie Kahn, Esq.

Finnbarr D. MurphyWexler, Burkhart, Hirschberg & Unger

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP377 Oak Street

101 Park AvenueGarden City, NY 11530

New York, NY 10178

(212) 309-6000(516) 222-2230

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time

As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement.

If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuantStatement becomes effective and to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box.  ¨be sold.

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.  x

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ¨

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.  ¨

If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box.  ¨

If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b)462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box.  ¨box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an acceleratedfiler, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” andfiler,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company”in Rule 12b-2 underof the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:Act. (Check One):

 

Large accelerated filer ¨  Accelerated filer ¨
Non-accelerated filer x  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)  Smaller reporting company ¨
Emerging growth company

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.  ☐

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

Title of Each Classeach class of

Securitiessecurities to be Registeredregistered

 

Amount

to be
registered/proposed
maximum offering price
per unit/proposed
maximum aggregate
offering price

Registered(1)(2)

Proposed

Maximum

Offering Price

Per Share(1)(2)

Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate

Offering Price(1)(2)

 

Amount of

Registration Fee(3)registration fee

Primary Offering:Common Stock

(1)(2)  

Preferred Stock

 (1)(2)  

Debt securitiesSecurities

 (1)  

Common stock, par value $0.01 per share(4)Depositary Shares

 

Preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share

(1)  

Warrants to purchase common stock

 (1)  

Warrants to purchase preferred stockUnits

 (1)  

Stock purchase contractsTotal

 

TOTAL

$100,000,000 (3) $77,406,789

—  (5)

12,120 (4)

 

 

(1)This registration statement covers up to $77,406,789 or the equivalent thereof in one or more other currencies of an

Such indeterminate principal amount or number of debt securities, shares of preferred stock, shares of common stock, and warrants to purchase any combination of the foregoing securities, as may from time to time be issued at indeterminate prices, with an aggregate initial offering price not to exceed $8.68, which is calculated pursuant to general instruction 1.B.1. toForm S-3, based upon the last closing sale price of each identified classa share of securities.our common stock on the OTCQB on September 19, 2018 multiplied by 8,973,623 shares of common stock beneficially owned by nonaffiliates as of October 17, 2018. If any debt securities are issued at an original issue discount, then the offeringissue price, and not the principal amount of such debt securities shall be in such greater principal amount as shall result in anused for purposes of calculating the aggregate initial offering price not to exceed $77,406,789of all securities issued. Securities registered hereunder may be sold separately, together or the equivalent thereof in one or moreas units with other currencies. The proposed maximum aggregate offering price of each class of securities will be determined from time to time by the registrant in connection with the issuance by the registrant of the securities registered hereunder and is not specified as to each class ofhereunder. The securities pursuant to General Instruction II. D of Form S-3 under the Securities Act of 1933.

(2)Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act, the securities being registered hereunderalso include such indeterminate number of shares of common stock, warrants to purchase shares of common stock, warrants to purchase shares of preferred stock, shares issuable upon exercise of such warrants and such shares of common stock or preferred stock as may be issuable with respect to the shares being registered hereunder as a resultprincipal amounts of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions and number or amount of suchdebt securities as may be issued upon conversion redemption, repurchase,or exchange for debt securities that provide for conversion or exchange, upon exercise of warrants to purchase preferred stock, common stock or debt securities, upon conversion of shares of preferred stock or pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of any securities registered hereunder, includingsuch securities. Includes, but is not limited to, offerings which are underwritten on a firm commitment basis or otherwise, and offerings for which a placement agency agreement exists.

(2)

Includes rights to acquire common stock or preferred stock of the Company under any shareholder rights plan then in effect, if applicable anti-dilution adjustment.under the terms of any such plan.

(3)

Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration feefee. No separate consideration will be received for shares of common stock that are issued upon conversion of debt securities, depositary shares or preferred stock or upon exercise of common stock warrants registered hereunder. The aggregate maximum offering price of all securities issued pursuant to this registration statement will not exceed $100,000,000.

(4)

The registration fee has been calculated in accordance with Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act of 1933. In no event will the aggregate offering price of all securities sold by the registrant from time to time pursuant to this Registration Statement exceed $77,406,789 or the equivalent thereof in one or more other currencies.

(4)Common stock to be issued pursuant to this registration statement may include the issuance of shares of common stock issuable1933, as of October 1, 2015 as follows: up to 1,696,500 shares issuable upon exercise of outstanding warrants at a weighted average exercise price of $2.93 per share, which warrants were issued under the registrant’s registration statement on Form S-3, declared effective by the SEC on October 9, 2012 (No. 333-183675), which we refer to as the Prior Registration Statement.
(5)Pursuant to Rule 415(a)(6) of the Securities Act of 1933, the securities registered pursuant to this registration statement include, as of the date ofamended. Fee previously paid with initial filing of this registration statement $77,406,789 of unsold securities previously registered on the registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration Statement No. 333-183675), which we refer to as the Prior Registration Statement. In connection with the registration of such unsold securities on the Prior Registration Statement, the registrant paid a registration fee of $8,870.82 which will continue to be applied to such unsold securities. Because no new securities are being registered pursuant to this registration statement, no additional registration fee is payable in connection with this registration statement. Pursuant to Rule 415(a)(6), the offering of the unsold securities registered under the Prior Registration Statement will be deemed terminated as of the date of effectiveness of this registration statement. If the registrant sells any of such unsold securities pursuant to the Prior Registration Statement after the date of this filing, and prior to the date of effectiveness of this registration statement, the registrant will file a pre-effective amendment to this registration statement which will reduce the number of such unsold securities included on this registration statement and increase the additional securities registered hereon so that the total amount of securities registered hereon will equal $77,406,789, and will pay the additional registration fee resulting therefrom.S-3.

The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

 

 

 


The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. WeThese securities may not sell these securitiesbe sold until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This preliminary prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and is not solicitingnor does it seek an offer to buy these securities in any statejurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

Subject to Completion, Dated October 7, 2015dated November 29, 2018.

$77,406,789PROSPECTUS

 

LOGOLOGO

DELCATH SYSTEMS, INC.$100,000,000

Common Stock

Preferred Stock

Warrants

Debt Securities

Stock Purchase ContractsDepositary Shares

Warrants

Units

 

 

Delcath Systems, Inc. (the “Company”)We may offer and sell up to sell$100,000,000 in the aggregate of the securities identified above from time to time common stock, preferred stock, warrants, debt securities and stock purchase contracts. The preferred stock of the Company may be convertible into common stock or preferred stock of another series.

The Company may offer securities at an aggregate offering price of up to $77,406,789. The common stock, preferred stock, warrants, debt securities and stock purchase contracts of the Company may be offered separately or together, in multiple series, in amounts, at prices and on terms that will be set forth in one or more offerings. This prospectus supplementsprovides you with a general description of the securities.

Each time we offer and sell securities, we will provide a supplement to this prospectus.

This prospectus describes some of the general terms that may apply to these securities and the general manner in which they may be offered. Each time the Company sells securities, a prospectus supplement will be provided that will containcontains specific information about the offering and the amounts, prices and terms of any securities offered and the specific manner in which the securities will be offered.securities. The prospectus supplement will also contain information, where appropriate, about material United States federal income tax consequences relating to, and any listing on a securities exchange of, the securities covered by the prospectus supplement. The prospectus supplement may also add, to, update or change the information contained in this prospectus.prospectus with respect to that offering. You should carefully read this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement before you invest in any of our securities.

We may offer and sell the securities described in this prospectus and any prospectus supplement carefully before you invest in our securities. This prospectus may not be used to sell securities unless accompanied by a prospectus supplement.

The Company may offer the securities directly to investors, through agents designated from time to time by the Company, or to or through one or more underwriters, dealers and agents, or dealers.directly to purchasers, or through a combination of these methods. If any agents, underwriters, dealers or dealersagents are involved in the sale of any of the securities, their names and any applicable purchase price, fee, commission or discount arrangement with, between or among them will be set forth, or will be calculable from the information set forth, in an accompanyingthe applicable prospectus supplement. For more detailed information, seeSee the sections of this prospectus entitled “About this Prospectus” and “Plan of Distribution.Distribution” for more information. No securities may be sold without delivery of this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement describing the method and terms of the offering of such securities.

INVESTING IN OUR SECURITIES INVOLVES RISKS. SEE THE “RISK FACTORS ON PAGE 5 OF THIS PROSPECTUS AND ANY SIMILAR SECTION CONTAINED IN THE APPLICABLE PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT CONCERNING FACTORS YOU SHOULD CONSIDER BEFORE INVESTING IN OUR SECURITIES.

Our common stock is tradedtrades on the NASDAQ Capital MarketOTCQB under the symbol “DCTH.” On October 1, 2015, the last reported sale price of our common stock on the NASDAQ Capital Market was $0.43.“DCTH”. The aggregate market value of the outstanding shares of our common stock held by non-affiliates was $9,154,630, based on 21,763,864 shares of common stock outstanding, of which 474,027 are held by affiliates, and a closing sale price on the NASDAQ Capital Market of $0.43OTCQB on October 1, 2015. Pursuant to General Section I.B.6. of Form S-3, in no event will we sell securities in a public primary offering with a value exceeding more than one-third of our “public float” (the market value of our common stock held by our non-affiliates) in any 12-month period so long as our public float remains below $75,000,000. We have sold 2,718,878 shares of our common stock and warrants to purchase 1,107,000 shares of our common stock pursuant to General Instruction I.B.6. of Form S-3 during the twelve calendar months prior to and including the date of this prospectus.

An investment in our securities involves risks. See the “Risk Factors” section of our latest Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which we refer to as the “SEC,” and any updates to those risk factors or new risk factors contained in our subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports onForm 8-K filed with the SEC, all of which we incorporate by reference herein.November 21, 2018, was $0.49 per share.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined ifpassed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus is truthful or complete.prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

The date of this prospectus is                , 2015.2018.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Page

Prospectus SummaryABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

   1 

Risk FactorsWHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION; INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

   21 

Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

2

Where You Can Find Additional InformationTHE COMPANY

   3 

Use of Proceeds

4

Description of Debt SecuritiesRISK FACTORS

   5 

USE OF PROCEEDS

5

Description of Capital StockDESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK

6

DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES

   8 

Description of Stock Purchase Contracts

10

Description of WarrantsDESCRIPTION OF DEPOSITARY SHARES

   11 

Plan of DistributionDESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS

   1314 

Legal MattersDESCRIPTION OF UNITS

   1715 

ExpertsGLOBAL SECURITIES

   1715

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

19

LEGAL MATTERS

20

EXPERTS

20 

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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, using a “shelf” registration process. Under thisBy using a shelf process,registration statement, we may sell any combination of the securities described in this prospectusfrom time to time and in one or more offerings up to a total aggregate dollar amount of $77,406,789. This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities we may offer.$100,000,000 as described in this prospectus. Each time that we offer and sell securities, we will provide a prospectus supplement to this prospectus that will containcontains specific information about the securities being offered and sold and the specific terms of that offering. We may also authorize one or more free writing prospectuses to be provided to you that may contain material information relating to these offerings. The prospectus supplement or free writing prospectus may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. Youprospectus with respect to that offering. If there is any inconsistency between the information in this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement or free writing prospectus, you should rely on the prospectus supplement or free writing prospectus, as applicable. Before purchasing any securities, you should carefully read both this prospectus and anythe applicable prospectus supplement (and any applicable free writing prospectuses), together with the additional information described under the heading “Where You Can Find Additional Information.More Information; Incorporation by Reference.

We have not authorized anyone to provide you with any information or to make any representations other than those contained in this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement or any free writing prospectuses prepared by or on behalf of us or to which we have referred you. We take no responsibility for, and can provide no assurance as to the reliability of, any other information that others may give you. We will not make an offer to sell these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted. You should rely only onassume that the information containedappearing in this prospectus and the accompanyingapplicable prospectus supplement to this prospectus is accurate only as of the date on its respective cover, that the information appearing in any applicable free writing prospectus is accurate only as of the date of that free writing prospectus, and that any information incorporated by reference is accurate only as of the date of the document incorporated by reference, unless we indicate otherwise. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since those dates. This prospectus incorporates by reference, and any prospectus supplement or incorporatedfree writing prospectus may contain and incorporate by reference, inmarket data and industry statistics and forecasts that are based on independent industry publications and other publicly available information. Although we believe these documents. No dealer, salespersonsources are reliable, we do not guarantee the accuracy or other person is authorized to give anycompleteness of this information or to represent anythingand we have not containedindependently verified this information. In addition, the market and industry data and forecasts that may be included or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, any prospectus supplement or any applicable free writing prospectus may involve estimates, assumptions and other risks and uncertainties and are subject to change based on various factors, including those discussed under the accompanyingheading “Risk Factors” contained in this prospectus, supplement. If anyone provides you with different, inconsistent or unauthorizedthe applicable prospectus supplement and any applicable free writing prospectus, and under similar headings in other documents that are incorporated by reference into this prospectus. Accordingly, investors should not place undue reliance on this information.

When we refer to “Delcath,” “we,” “our,” “us” and the “Company” in this prospectus, we mean Delcath Systems, Inc., and its consolidated subsidiaries, unless otherwise specified. When we refer to “you,” we mean the potential holders of the applicable series of securities.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION; INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

Available Information

Our web site address is http://www.delcath.com/ . The information or representations, you muston our web site, however, is not, rely on them. and should not be deemed to be, a part of this prospectus.

This prospectus and the accompanyingany prospectus supplement are an offerpart of a registration statement that we filed with the SEC and do not contain all of the information in the registration statement. The full registration statement may be obtained from us, as provided below. Forms of the indenture and other documents establishing the terms of the offered securities are or may be filed as exhibits to sell only the securities offeredregistration statement or documents incorporated by these documents, but only under circumstances andreference in jurisdictions where it is lawful to do so. The information containedthe registration statement. Statements in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement about these documents are summaries and each statement is current only asqualified in all respects by reference to the document to which it refers. You should refer to the actual documents for a more complete description of the date onrelevant matters.

Incorporation by Reference

The SEC’s rules allow us to “incorporate by reference” information into this prospectus, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to another document filed separately with the front of those documents.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Registration Statement relates to securities being registered pursuant to Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which may be offered from time to time on a delayed or continuous basis by Delcath Systems, Inc. This Registration Statement contains a form of base prospectus relating to Delcath Systems, Inc. which will be used in connection with an offering of securities by Delcath Systems, Inc.SEC. The specific terms of the securities to be offered will be set forth in a prospectus supplement relating to such securities, other than with respect to the outstanding warrants issued under our registration statement on Form S-3, declared effective by the SEC on October 9, 2012 (No. 333-183675), which we refer to as the Prior Registration Statement, where the common shares issued upon due exercise of such warrants shall be registered hereunder.


PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

This summary highlights information contained elsewhere or incorporated by reference into this prospectus. It does not contain all the information you needis deemed to consider in making your investment decision. You should read this entire prospectus carefully, including the section entitled “Risk Factors,” any applicable prospectus supplement and the documents that we incorporate by reference intobe part of this prospectus, and subsequent information that we file with the prospectus supplement, before making an investment decision. InSEC will automatically update and supersede that information. Any statement contained in this prospectus except as otherwise indicated, “Delcath,” “Delcath Systems,” “we,” “our,” and “us” refer to Delcath Systems, Inc.,or a Delaware corporation and its subsidiaries. “Delcath” is our registered United States trademark.

About Delcath

Delcath Systems, Inc. is a late-stage clinical development company with early commercial activity in Europe focused on cancers of the liver. We are a specialty pharmaceutical and medical device company developing our proprietary product—Melphalan Hydrochloride for Injection for use with the Delcath Hepatic Delivery System (Melphalan/HDS). In Europe, our proprietary system to deliver and filter melphalan hydrochloride is marketed as a device under the trade name Delcath Hepatic CHEMOSAT® Delivery System for Melphalan (CHEMOSAT).

Our primary focus is on the execution of our clinical development program in ocular melanoma liver metastases (mOM), intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC), hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC or primary liver), and certain other cancers that are metastatic to the liver.

We were incorporated in the State of Delaware in August 1988. Our principal executive offices are located at 1301 Avenue of the Americas, 43rd Floor, New York, New York 10019. Our telephone numberis (212) 489-2100. Our website address is http://www.delcath.com. Information contained in our website is not a part of this prospectus.

RISK FACTORS

Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. You should consider carefully the risk factors set forth in the documents and reportspreviously filed by us with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which we refer to as the SEC, that aredocument incorporated by reference intowill be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this prospectus as well as any risks describedto the extent that a statement contained in any applicablethis prospectus supplement, before deciding whether to buy our securities. Additional risks not known to us or a subsequently filed document incorporated by reference modifies or replaces that we believe are immaterial may also significantly impair our business operations and could result in a complete loss of your investment.

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT CONCERNING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTSstatement.

This prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement incorporate by reference the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus contain certain “forward-looking statements” withinset forth below that have previously been filed with the meaningSEC:

Our Annual Reporton Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, filed with the SEC on March 16, 2018 and our Amendment No. 1 toForm 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, filed with the SEC on April 30, 2018 (amended to include “Part III” information);

Our Quarterly Report on Form10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2018, filed with the SEC on May 10, 2018, our Quarterly Report onForm 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2018, filed with the SEC on August 14, 2018, and our Quarterly Report on Form10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2018, filed with the SEC on November 13, 2018;

Our Current Reportson Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 26, 2018, February 12, 2018, March 13 and 26, 2018, April 9 and 26, 2018, June 8, 2018, July 26 and 30, 2018, September 7,10 (8-K/A), 24, 27 and 28, 2018, October 17 and 24, 2018 and November 7, 2018; and

A description of the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 with respect to our business, financial condition, liquiditycommon stock contained in our Registration Statement on Form8-A filed on September 22, 2000, including all amendments and results of operations. Words such as “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “predicts,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates,” “could,” “would,” “will,” “may,” “can,” “continue,” “potential,” “should,” and the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology often identify forward-looking statements. Statements in this prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference that are not historical facts are hereby identified as “forward-looking statements”reports filed for the purpose of the safe harbor provided byupdating such description.

All reports and other documents we subsequently file pursuant to Section 21E13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which we refer to as amended, and Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results contemplated by the forward-looking statements, including the risks discussed“Exchange Act” in this prospectus, in our Annual Report on Form 10-K forprior to the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014 in Item 1A under “Risk Factors” “ as well as in Item 7A “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” andtermination of this offering, including all such documents we may file with the risks detailed from time to time in our future SEC reports. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about:

our estimates regarding sufficiency of our cash resources, anticipated capital requirements and our need for additional financing;

the commencement of future clinical trials and the results and timing of those clinical trials;

our ability to successfully commercialize CHEMOSAT/Melphalan/HDS, generate revenue and successfully obtain reimbursement for the procedure and System;

the progress and results of our research and development programs;

submission and timing of applications for regulatory approval and approval thereof;

our ability to successfully source certain components of the system and enter into supplier contracts;

our ability to successfully manufacture CHEMOSAT/Melphalan/HDS;

our ability to successfully negotiate and enter into agreements with distribution, strategic and corporate partners; and

our estimates of potential market opportunities and our ability to successfully realize these opportunities.

Many of the important factors that will determine these results are beyond our ability to control or predict. You are cautioned not to put undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which speak only as ofafter the date of the initial registration statement and prior to the effectiveness of the registration statement, but excluding any information furnished to, rather than filed with, the SEC, will also be incorporated by reference into this prospectus or, inand deemed to be part of this prospectus from the casedate of the filing of such reports and documents.

You may request a free copy of any of the documents incorporated by reference as ofin this prospectus by writing or telephoning us at the date of such documents. Except as otherwise requiredfollowing address:

DELCATH SYSTEMS, INC.

Attn: Corporate Secretary

1633 Broadway, Suite 22C

New York, New York 10019

(212) 489-2100

Exhibits to the filings will not be sent, however, unless those exhibits have specifically been incorporated by law, we do not assumereference in this prospectus or any obligation to publicly update or release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after such applicable date or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

accompanying prospectus supplement.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

This prospectus is part of a registration statement we filed with the SEC. You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement or documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus. We have not authorized anyone else to provide you with different information. We are not making an offer of these securities in any state where the offer is not permitted. You should not assume that the information in this prospectus is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front page of this prospectus, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or any sale of securities.

We file reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. You may read and copy any reports, proxy statements or other information filed by us at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street NE, Washington, D.C. 20549. You may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at(800) SEC-0330. The SEC maintains a website that contains reports, proxy statements and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC, including Delcath Systems, Inc. The address of the SEC website is http://www.sec.gov.

Important Information Incorporated By Reference

THE COMPANY

Delcath Systems, Inc. is an interventional oncology company focused on the treatment of primary and metastatic liver cancers. Our investigational product—Melphalan Hydrochloride for Injection for use with the Delcath Hepatic Delivery System (Melphalan/HDS)—is designed to administer high-dose chemotherapy to the liver while controlling systemic exposure and associated side effects. In Europe, our system is in commercial development under the trade name Delcath Hepatic CHEMOSAT® Delivery System for Melphalan (CHEMOSAT®), where it has been used at major medical centers to treat a wide range of cancers of the liver.

Our primary research focus is on ocular melanoma liver metastases (mOM) and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC), a type of primary liver cancer, and certain other cancers that are metastatic to the liver. We believe the disease states we are investigating represent a multi-billion dollar global market opportunity and a clear unmet medical need.

In the United States, Melphalan/HDS is considered a combination drug and device product, and is regulated as a drug by the FDA. Although the Melphalan/HDS Kit has not been approved in the U.S., FDA has granted us six orphan drug designations, which apply to the orphan indication for the drug component even though approved as a drug/device, including three orphan designations for the use of the drug melphalan for the treatment of patients with mOM, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and ICC. Melphalan/HDS has not been approved for sale in the United States. There are also orphan drug designations for melphalan for neurodendocrine tumors, cutaneous melanoma, and ocular tumors, as well as for the use of doxorubicin for HCC.

In Europe, the current version of our CHEMOSAT product is regulated as a Class IIb medical device and received its CE Mark in 2012. We are in an early phase of commercializing the CHEMOSAT system in select markets in the European Union (EU) where the prospect of securing adequate reimbursement for the procedure is strongest. In 2015 national reimbursement coverage for CHEMOSAT procedures was awarded in Germany. In 2016, coverage levels were negotiated between hospitals in Germany and regional sickness funds. Coverage levels determined via this process are expected to be renegotiated annually.

Our clinical development program (CDP) for Melphalan/HDS is comprised of The FOCUS Clinical Trial for Patients with Hepatic Dominant Ocular Melanoma (The FOCUS Trial), a Global Phase 3 clinical trial that is investigating objective response rate in mOM, and The ALIGN Trial, a registration trial for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC). Our CDP also includes a commercial registryfor CHEMOSAT non-clinical commercial cases performed in Europe and sponsorship of select investigator initiated trials (IITs).

The SEC’s rulesdirection and focus of our CDP for CHEMOSAT and Melphalan/HDS is informed by prior clinical development conducted between 2004and 2010, non-clinical, commercial CHEMOSAT cases performed on patients in Europe, and prior regulatory experience with the FDA. Experience gained from this research, development, early European commercial and United States regulatory activity has led to the implementation of several safety improvements to our product and the associated medical procedure.

Currently there are few effective treatment options for certain cancers in the liver. Traditional treatment options include surgery, chemotherapy, liver transplant, radiation therapy, interventional radiology techniques, and isolated hepatic perfusion. We believe that CHEMOSAT and Melphalan/HDS represents a potentially important advancement in regional therapy for primary liver cancer and certain other cancers metastatic to the liver. We believe that CHEMOSAT and Melphalan/HDS is uniquely positioned to treat the entire liver either as a standalone therapy or as a complement to other therapies.

Cancers in the Liver—A Significant Unmet Need

Cancers of the liver remain a major unmet medical need globally. According to the American Cancer Society’s (ACS) Cancer Facts & Figures 2017 report, cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States, with an estimated 600,920 deaths and 1,688,780 new cases expected to be diagnosed in 2017. Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, accounting for approximately 8.2 million deaths and 14.1 million new cases in 2012 according to GLOBOCAN. The financial burden of cancer is enormous for patients, their families and society. The Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research estimates that the direct medical costs (total of all healthcare expenditures) for cancer in the U.S. in 2014 was $87.8 billion. The liver is often the life-limiting organ for cancer patients and one of the leading causes of cancer death. Patient prognosis is generally poor once cancer has spread to the liver.

Liver Cancers—Incidence and Mortality

There are two types of liver cancers: primary liver cancer and metastatic liver disease. Primary liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma or HCC, including intrahepatic bile duct cancers or ICC) originates in the liver or biliary tissue and is particularly prevalent in populations where the primary risk factors for thedisease, suchas hepatitis-B, hepatitis-C, high levels of alcohol consumption, aflatoxin, cigarette smoking and exposure to industrial pollutants, are present. Metastatic liver disease, also called liver metastasis, or secondary liver cancer, is characterized by microscopic cancer cell clusters that detach from the primary site of disease and travel via the blood stream and lymphatic system into the liver, where they grow into new tumors. These metastases often continue to grow even after the primary cancer in another part of the body has been removed. Given the vital biological functions of the liver, including processing nutrients from food and filtering toxins from the blood, it is not uncommon for metastases to settle in the liver. In many cases patients die not as a result of their primary cancer, but from the tumors that metastasize to their liver. In the United States, metastatic liver disease is more prevalent than primary liver cancer.

Ocular Melanoma

Ocular melanoma is one of the cancer histologies with a high likelihood of metastasizing to the liver. Based on third party research conducted in 2016, we estimate that up to 4,700 cases of ocular melanoma are diagnosed in the United States and Europe annually, and that approximately 55% of these patients will develop metastatic disease. Of metastatic cases of ocular melanoma, we estimate that approximately 90% of patients will develop liver involvement. Once ocular melanoma has spread to the liver, current evidence suggests median overall survival for these patients is generally six to eight months. Currently there is no standard of care (SOC) for patients with ocular melanoma liver metastases. According to our 2016 research, we estimate that approximately 2,000 patients with ocular melanoma liver metastases in the United States and Europe may be eligible for treatment with the Melphalan/HDS.

Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma

Hepatobiliary cancers include hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC), and are among the most prevalent and lethal forms of cancer. According to GLOBOCAN, an estimated 78,500 new cases of hepatobiliary cancers are diagnosed in the United States and Europe annually. According to the ACS, approximately 40,710 new cases of these cancers were expected to be diagnosed in the United States in 2017.

ICC is the second most common primary liver tumor and accounts for 3% of all gastrointestinal cancers and 15% of hepatobiliary cases diagnosed in the United States and Europe annually. We believe that 90% of ICC patients are not candidates for surgical resection, andthat approximately 20-30% ofthese may be candidates for certain focal interventions. We estimate that approximately 9,300 ICC patients in the United States and Europe annually could be candidates for treatment with Melphalan/HDS, which we believe represents a significant market opportunity.

According to the ACS, the overall five-year survival rate for hepatobiliary cancers in the United States is approximately 18%. For patient diagnosed with a localized stage of disease, theACS estimates 5-year survival at 31%. The ACSestimates that 5-year survival for all cancers is 68%.

About CHEMOSAT and Melphalan/HDS Kit

CHEMOSAT and Melphalan/HDS administers concentrated regional chemotherapy to the liver. This “whole organ” therapy is performed by isolating the circulatory system of the liver, infusing the liver with chemotherapeutic agent, and then filtering the blood prior to returning it to the patient. During the procedure, known as percutaneous hepatic perfusion (PHP® therapy), three catheters are placed percutaneously through standard interventional radiology techniques. The catheters temporarily isolate the liver from the body’s circulatory system, allow usadministration of the chemotherapeutic agent melphalan hydrochloride directly to “incorporatethe liver, and collect blood exiting the liver for filtration by reference” information into this prospectus. This means thatour proprietary filters. The filters absorb chemotherapeutic agent in the blood, thereby reducing systemic exposure to the drug and related toxic side effects, before the filtered blood is returned to the patient’s circulatory system.

PHP therapy is performed in an interventional radiology suite in approximately two to three hours. Patients remain in an intensive care or step-down unit overnight for observation following the procedure. Treatment with CHEMOSAT and Melphalan/HDS is repeatable, and a new disposable CHEMOSAT and Melphalan/HDS is used for each treatment. Patients treated in clinical trial settings are permitted up to sixtreatments. In non-clinical commercial settings patients have received up to eight treatments. In the United States, if we can disclose important informationreceive FDA approval, melphalan hydrochloride for injection will be included with the system and marketed as the drug/device melphalan/HDS Kit. In Europe, the system is sold separately and used in conjunction with melphalan hydrochloride commercially available from a third party. In our clinical trials, melphalan hydrochloride for injection is provided to you by referring you to another document. The informationboth European and United States clinical trial sites.

Corporate Information

We were incorporated by reference in the State of Delaware in August 1988. Our principal executive offices are located at 1633 Broadway, Suite 22C, New York, New York 10019. Our telephone numberis considered to be(212) 489-2100. Our website address is http://www.delcath.com. Information contained in our website is not a part of this prospectus. This

RISK FACTORS

Investment in any securities offered pursuant to this prospectus incorporatesand the applicable prospectus supplement involves risks. You should carefully consider the risk factors incorporated by reference the documents listed below:

to our most recent Annual Reporton Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014;

ourand any subsequent Quarterly Reportson Form 10-Q for the periods ended March 31, 2015 and June 30, 2015;

our Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed on April 29, 2015 (solely to the extent incorporated by reference into Part III of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014);

ouror Current Reportson Form 8-K filed on February 10, 2015, February 17, 2015, March 11, 2015, March 16, 2015, March 27, 2015, May 26, 2015, June 11, 2015, July 7, 2015, August 14, 2015, August 31, 2015 and October 6, 2015; and

a description of our common stock contained in our Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on September 22, 2000, including all amendments and reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.

We also incorporate by reference into this prospectus all documents (other than current reports furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and exhibits filed on such form that are related to such items) that are filed by us with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (i)we file after the date of the initial registration statement and prior to effectiveness of the registration statement, or (ii) from the date of this prospectus, but prior to the termination of the offering. These documents include periodic reports, such as Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K, as well as proxy statements.

We will provide to each person, including any beneficial owner, to whom a prospectus is delivered, without charge upon writtenall other information contained or oral request, a copy of any or all of the documents that are incorporated by reference into this prospectus, as updated by our subsequent filings under the Exchange Act, and the risk factors and other than exhibits which are specifically incorporated by reference intoinformation contained in the applicable prospectus supplement and any applicable free writing prospectus before acquiring any of such documents. Requests should be directed our Secretary at Delcath Systems, Inc., 1301 Avenuesecurities. The occurrence of any of these risks might cause you to lose all or part of your investment in the Americas, 43rd Floor, New York, New York 10019 or by calling us at 212-489-2100.offered securities.

USE OF PROCEEDS

Unless we provide otherwise in a supplement to this prospectus, weWe intend to use the net proceeds from the sale of our securities covered byofferings under this prospectus pursuant to prospectus supplements for:

the clinical and regulatory development of clinical studies, including the Phase 3 Ocular Melanoma liver metastases trial, a registration trial for general corporate purposes, including, but not limited to, obtaining regulatory approvals, intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, investigator initiated trials, and European Union Commercial Registry;

commercialization of our products, funding of our clinical trials,

obtaining regulatory approvals;

capital expendituresexpenditures;

working capital; and working capital.

DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES

The following description, together with the additional information we may include in any applicable prospectus supplement and in any related free writing prospectuses, summarizes the material terms and provisions of the debt securities that we may offer under this prospectus. While the terms summarized below will apply generally to any debt securities that we may offer, we will describe the particular terms of any debt securities in more detail in the applicable prospectus supplement. The terms of any debt securities offered under a prospectus supplement may differ from the terms described below.

We may issue debt securities from time to time in one or more distinct series. The debt securities may be senior debt securities or subordinated debt securities. Senior debt securities may be issued under a senior indenture and subordinated debt securities may be issued under a subordinated indenture. If we issue debt securities pursuant to an indenture, in the applicable prospectus supplement we will specify the trustee under such indenture. We will include in a supplement to this prospectus the specific terms of debt securities being offered, including the terms,balance, if any, on which debt securities may be convertible into or exchangeable for common stock, preferred stock or other debt securities. The statements and descriptions in this prospectus or in any prospectus supplement regarding provisions of debt securities and any indentures are summariesgeneral corporate purposes.

We expect that the proceeds of these provisions, do not purportofferings will be sufficient to be complete andallow us to continue our ongoing clinical trial programs, however, we are subject to substantial risks that could require us to obtain additional funding in order to achieve these objectives. See “Risk Factors.” We may need substantial additional capital in the future, which could cause dilution to our existing shareholders, restrict our operations or require us to relinquish rights, and are qualified in their entirety by reference to, all of the provisions of the debt securities and the indentures (including any amendments or supplementsif additional capital is not available, we may enter into from timehave to time which are permitted under the debt securitiesdelay, reduce or any indenture).cease operations.

Unless otherwise specified in a prospectus supplement, the debt securities will be direct unsecured obligations of the Company. Any debt securities designated as senior will rank equally with any of our other senior and unsubordinated debt. Any debt securities designated as subordinated will be subordinate and junior in right of payment to any senior indebtedness. There may be subordinated debt securities that are senior or junior to other series of subordinated debt securities.

The applicable prospectus supplement will set forth the terms of the debt securities or any series thereof, including, if applicable:

the title of the debt securities and whether the debt securities will be senior debt securities or subordinated debt securities;

any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the debt securities;

whether the debt securities will be issued as registered securities, bearer securities or both, and any restrictions on the exchange of one form of debt securities for another and on the offer, sale and delivery of the debt securities in either form;

the date or dates on which the principal amount of the debt securities will mature;

if the debt securities bear interest, the rate or rates at which the debt securities bear interest, or the method for determining the interest rate, and the date or dates from which interest will accrue;

if the debt securities bear interest, the dates on which interest will be payable, or the method for determining such dates, and the regular record dates for interest payments;

the place or places where the payment of principal, any premium and interest will be made, where the debt securities may be surrendered for transfer or exchange and where notices or demands to or upon us may be served;

any sinking fund or other provisions that would obligate us to redeem, repay or purchase the debt securities;

if the currency in which the debt securities will be issuable is United States dollars, the denominations in which any registered securities will be issuable, if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, and the denominations in which any bearer securities will be issuable, if other than the denomination of $5,000;

if other than the entire principal amount, the portion of the principal amount of debt securities which will be payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity of the debt securities;

the events of default and covenants relevant to the debt securities, including, the inapplicability of any event of default or covenant set forth in the indenture relating to the debt securities, or the applicability of any other events of defaults or covenants in addition to the events of default or covenants set forth in the indenture relating to the debt securities;

the name and location of the corporate trust office of the applicable trustee under the indenture for such series of notes;

if other than United States dollars, the currency in which the debt securities will be paid or denominated;

if the debt securities are to be payable, at our election or the election of a holder of the debt securities, in a currency other than that in which the debt securities are denominated or stated to be payable, the terms and conditions upon which that election may be made, and the time and manner of determining the exchange rate between the currency in which the debt securities are denominated or stated to be payable and the currency in which the debt securities are to be so payable;

the designation of the original currency determination agent, if any;

if the debt securities are issuable as indexed securities, the manner in which the amount of payments of principal, any premium and interest will be determined;

if the debt securities do not bear interest, the dates on which we will furnish to the applicable trustee the names and addresses of the holders of the debt securities;

if other than as set forth in an indenture, provisions for the satisfaction and discharge or defeasance or covenant defeasance of that indenture with respect to the debt securities issued under that indenture;

the date as of which any bearer securities and any global security will be dated if other than the date of original issuance of the first debt security of a particular series to be issued;

whether and under what circumstances we will pay additional amounts to non-United States holders in respect of any tax assessment or government charge;

whether the debt securities will be issued in whole or in part in the form of a global security or securities and, in that case, any depositary and global exchange agent for the global security or securities, whether the global form shall be permanent or temporary and, if applicable, the exchange date;

if debt securities are to be issuable initially in the form of a temporary global security, the circumstances under which the temporary global security can be exchanged for definitive debt securities and whether the definitive debt securities will be registered securities, bearer securities or will be in global form and provisions relating to the payment of interest in respect of any portion of a global security payable in respect of an interest payment date prior to the exchange date;

the extent and manner to which payment on or in respect of debt securities will be subordinated to the prior payment of our other liabilities and obligations;

whether payment of any amount due under the debt securities will be guaranteed by one or more guarantors, including one or more of our subsidiaries;

whether the debt securities will be convertible and the terms of any conversion provisions;

the forms of the debt securities; and

any other terms of the debt securities, which terms shall not be inconsistent with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.

This prospectus is part of a registration statement that does not limit the aggregate principal amount of debt securities that we may issue and provides that we may issue debt securities from time to time in one or more series under one or more indentures, in each case with the same or various maturities, at par or at a discount. Unless indicated in a prospectus supplement, we may issue additional debt securities of a particular series without the consent of the holders of the debt securities of such series outstanding at the time of the issuance. Any such additional debt securities, together with all other outstanding debt securities of that series, will constitute a single series of debt securities under the applicable indenture.

We intend to disclose any restrictive covenants for any issuance or series of debt securities in the applicable prospectus supplement.

DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK

The following description of our capital stock is not complete and may not contain all the information you should consider before investing in our capital stock. This description is summarized from, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, our certificate of incorporation, which has been publicly filed with the SEC. See “Where You Can Find More Information; Incorporation by Reference.”

DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK AND RECENT TRANSACTIONS

The following description of our common stock and preferred stock together with the additional information incorporated by reference and in any related free writing prospectuses, summarizes the material terms and provisions of our common stock and preferred stock. The following description of our capital stock does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, and ourAmended and Restated By-Laws, which are exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, and by applicable law. We refer in this section to our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, as our certificate of incorporation, and we refer to ourAmended and Restated By-Laws as our by-laws. The terms of our common stock and preferred stock may also be affected by Delaware law.

Authorized Capital Stock

Our authorized capital stock consists of 170,000,0001,000,000,000 shares of our common stock, $0.01 par value per share, and 10,000,000 shares of undesignated preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share. As of October 1, 2015,November 21, 2018, we had 21,763,8649,022,952 shares of common stock outstanding and no85 shares of preferred stock outstanding. As of October 1, 2015,November 21, 2018, we had 18,059,00066.9 million shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding warrants or options to purchase warrants at a weighted average exercise price of $1.00$2.99 per share, 766,135 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options at a weighted average exercise price of $7.57 per share, and 576,086 shares of unvested restricted common stock.

Common Stock

Voting

Holders of our common stock are entitled to one vote per share on matters to be voted on by stockholders and also are entitled to receive such dividends, if any, as may be declared from time to time by our board of directors in its discretion out of funds legally available therefor. Holders of our common stock have exclusive voting rights for the election of our directors and all other matters requiring stockholder action, except with respect to amendments to our certificate of incorporation that alter or change the powers, preferences, rights or other terms of any outstanding preferred stock if the holders of such affected series of preferred stock are entitled to vote on such an amendment or filling vacancies on the board of directors.

Dividends

Holders of common stock are entitled to share ratably in any dividends declared by our board of directors, subject to any preferential dividend rights of any outstanding preferred stock. Dividends consisting of shares of common stock may be paid to holders of shares of common stock. We do not intend to pay cash dividends in the foreseeable future.

Liquidation and Dissolution

Upon our liquidation or dissolution, the holders of our common stock will be entitled to receive pro rata all assets remaining available for distribution to stockholders after payment of all liabilities and provision for the liquidation of any shares of preferred stock at the time outstanding.

Other Rights and Restrictions

Our common stock has no preemptive or other subscription rights, and there are no conversion rights or redemption or sinking fund provisions with respect to such stock. Our common stock is not subject to redemption

by us. Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws do not restrict the ability of a holder of common stock to transfer the stockholder’s shares of common stock. If we issue shares of common stock under this prospectus, the shares will befully paid and non-assessable and will not have, or be subject to, any preemptive or similar rights.

Listing

Our common stock is listedquoted on The NASDAQ Capital Marketthe OTCQB under the symbol “DCTH.”

Transfer Agent and Registrar

The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is American Stock Transfer & Trust Company.

Preferred Stock

Our board of directors has the authority to issue up to 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock in one or more series and to determine the rights and preferences of the shares of any such series without stockholder approval, none of which are outstanding. Our board of directors may issue preferred stock in one or more series and has the authority to fix the designation and powers, rights and preferences and the qualifications, limitations, or restrictions with respect to each class or series of such class without further vote or action by the stockholders. The ability of our board of directors to issue preferred stock without stockholder approval could have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change of control of us or the removal of existing management.

Certain As of the date of this prospectus, we have designated the following series of preferred stock: Series A Preferred Stock, Series B Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock and Series D Preferred Stock. None of the shares of the Series A, Series B or Series C Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding. 85 shares of Series D Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding as of November 21, 2018. None of the shares of preferred stock in any of Series A, Series B, Series C or Series D is to be registered under this prospectus.

Anti-Takeover ProvisionsEffects of Delaware Law and our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws

We are not subject to the provisions of Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which prohibits Delaware corporationsLaw. Under Section 203, we would generally be prohibited from engaging in a wide range of specified transactionsany business combination with any interested stockholder definedfor a period of three years following the time that this stockholder became an interested stockholder unless:

prior to include, among others, this time, the board of directors of the corporation approved either the business combination or the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder;

upon consummation of the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, the interested stockholder owned at least 85% of the voting stock of the corporation outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, excluding shares owned by persons who are directors and also officers, and by employee stock plans in which employee participants do not have the right to determine confidentially whether shares held subject to the plan will be tendered in a tender or exchange offer; or

at or subsequent to such time, the business combination is approved by the board of directors and authorized at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, and not by written consent, by the affirmative vote of at least 66 2/3% of the outstanding voting stock that is not owned by the interested stockholder.

Under Section 203, a “business combination” includes:

any person other than suchmerger or consolidation involving the corporation and the interested stockholder;

any sale, transfer, pledge or other disposition of its majority owned subsidiaries who own 15%10% or more of the assets of the corporation involving the interested stockholder;

any transaction that results in the issuance or transfer by the corporation of any stock of the corporation to the interested stockholder, subject to limited exceptions;

any transaction involving the corporation that has the effect of increasing the proportionate share of the stock of any class or series of stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, unless, among other exceptions, the transaction is approved by (i) our board of directors prior to the date the interested stockholder obtained such status or (ii) the holders of two thirds of the outstanding shares of each class or series of stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, not including those sharescorporation beneficially owned by the interested stockholder.stockholder; or

Staggered Board

the receipt by the interested stockholder of Directors

Our certificatethe benefit of incorporation and by-laws provide that our board of directors be classified into three classes of directors of approximately equal size. As a result, in most circumstances, aany loans, advances, guarantees, pledges or other financial benefits provided by or through the corporation.

In general, Section 203 defines an interested stockholder as an entity or person can gain control of our board only by successfully engaging in a proxy contest at twobeneficially owning 15% or more annual meetings.

Authorized But Unissued Shares

Our authorized but unissued shares of commonthe outstanding voting stock of the corporation and preferred stock are available for future issuances without stockholder approval and could be utilized for a variety of corporate purposes, including future offerings to raise additional capital, corporate acquisitions, employee benefit plans and stockholder rights plans. The existence of authorized but unissued and unreserved common stock and preferred stock could render more difficultany entity or discourage an attempt to obtain control of usperson affiliated with or controlling or controlled by means of a proxy contest, tender offer, mergersuch entity or otherwise.person.

DESCRIPTION OF STOCK PURCHASE CONTRACTSDEBT SECURITIES

The following description, together with the additional information that we may include in any applicable prospectus supplement and in any related free writing prospectuses, summarizes the material terms and provisions of the stock purchase contractsdebt securities that we may offer under this prospectus. While the terms we have summarized below will apply generally to any stock purchase contractsdebt securities that we may offer, under this prospectus, we will describe the particular terms of any series of stock purchase contractsdebt securities in more detail in the applicable prospectus supplement. The terms of any stock purchase contractsdebt securities offered under a prospectus supplement may differ from the terms described below.

We may issue debt securities from time to time in one or more distinct series. The debt securities may be senior debt securities or subordinated debt securities. Senior debt securities may be issued under a senior indenture, which form of indenture is filed herewith as Exhibit 4.1. If we issue debt securities pursuant to an indenture, in the applicable prospectus supplement we will file as exhibitsspecify the trustee under such indenture. We will include in a supplement to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, or will incorporate by reference from reports that we file with the SEC, the formspecific terms of stock purchase contract that describesdebt securities being offered, including the terms, if any, on which debt securities may be convertible into or exchangeable for common stock, preferred stock or other debt securities. The statements and descriptions in this prospectus or in any prospectus supplement regarding provisions of the particular stock purchase contract wedebt securities and any indentures are offering before the issuance of the related stock purchase contract. The following summaries of materialthese provisions, of the stock purchase contractsdo not purport to be complete and are subject to, and are qualified in their entirety by reference to, all of the provisions of the stock purchase contracts applicable todebt securities and the stock purchase contracts thatindentures (including any amendments or supplements we may offerenter into from time to time which are permitted under this prospectus. We urge youthe debt securities or an indenture).

Unless otherwise specified in a prospectus supplement, the debt securities will be direct unsecured obligations of the Company. Any debt securities designated as senior will rank equally with any of our other senior and unsubordinated debt. Any debt securities designated as subordinated will be subordinate and junior in right of payment to read theany senior indebtedness. There may be subordinated debt securities that are senior or junior to other series of subordinated debt securities.

The applicable prospectus supplements related to the stock purchase contracts that we may offer under this prospectus, as well as any related free writing prospectuses, and the complete stock purchase contracts that containsupplement will set forth the terms of the stockdebt securities or any series thereof, including, if applicable:

the title of the debt securities and whether the debt securities will be senior debt securities or subordinated debt securities;

any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the debt securities;

whether the debt securities will be issued as registered securities, bearer securities or both, and any restrictions on the exchange of one form of debt securities for another and on the offer, sale and delivery of the debt securities in either form;

the date or dates on which the principal amount of the debt securities will mature;

if the debt securities bear interest, the rate or rates at which the debt securities bear interest, or the method for determining the interest rate, and the date or dates from which interest will accrue;

if the debt securities bear interest, the dates on which interest will be payable, or the method for determining such dates, and the regular record dates for interest payments;

the place or places where the payment of principal, any premium and interest will be made, where the debt securities may be surrendered for transfer or exchange and where notices or demands to or upon us may be served;

any optional redemption provisions, which would allow us to redeem the debt securities in whole or in part;

any sinking fund or other provisions that would obligate us to redeem, repay or purchase contracts.the debt securities;

if the currency in which the debt securities will be issuable is United States dollars, the denominations in which any registered securities will be issuable, if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, and the denominations in which any bearer securities will be issuable, if other than the denomination of $5,000;

if other than the entire principal amount, the portion of the principal amount of debt securities which will be payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity of the debt securities;

the events of default and covenants relevant to the debt securities, including, the inapplicability of any event of default or covenant set forth in the indenture relating to the debt securities, or the applicability of any other events of defaults or covenants in addition to the events of default or covenants set forth in the indenture relating to the debt securities;

the name and location of the corporate trust office of the applicable trustee under the indenture for such series of notes;

if other than United States dollars, the currency in which the debt securities will be paid or denominated;

if the debt securities are to be payable, at our election or the election of a holder of the debt securities, in a currency other than that in which the debt securities are denominated or stated to be payable, the terms and conditions upon which that election may be made, and the time and manner of determining the exchange rate between the currency in which the debt securities are denominated or stated to be payable and the currency in which the debt securities are to be so payable;

the designation of the original currency determination agent, if any;

if the debt securities are issuable as indexed securities, the manner in which the amount of payments of principal, any premium and interest will be determined;

if the debt securities do not bear interest, the dates on which we will furnish to the applicable trustee the names and addresses of the holders of the debt securities;

if other than as set forth in an indenture, provisions for the satisfaction and discharge or defeasance or covenant defeasance of that indenture with respect to the debt securities issued under that indenture;

the date as of which any bearer securities and any global security will be dated if other than the date of original issuance of the first debt security of a particular series to be issued;

whether and under what circumstances we will pay additional amounts tonon-United States holders in respect of any tax assessment or government charge;

whether the debt securities will be issued in whole or in part in the form of a global security or securities and, in that case, any depositary and global exchange agent for the global security or securities, whether the global form shall be permanent or temporary and, if applicable, the exchange date;

if debt securities are to be issuable initially in the form of a temporary global security, the circumstances under which the temporary global security can be exchanged for definitive debt securities and whether the definitive debt securities will be registered securities, bearer securities or will be in global form and provisions relating to the payment of interest in respect of any portion of a global security payable in respect of an interest payment date prior to the exchange date;

the extent and manner to which payment on or in respect of debt securities will be subordinated to the prior payment of our other liabilities and obligations;

whether payment of any amount due under the debt securities will be guaranteed by one or more guarantors, including one or more of our subsidiaries;

whether the debt securities will be convertible and the terms of any conversion provisions;

the forms of the debt securities; and

any other terms of the debt securities, which terms shall not be inconsistent with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.

This prospectus is part of a registration statement that does not limit the aggregate principal amount of debt securities that we may issue and provides that we may issue debt securities from time to time in one or more series under one or more indentures, in each case with the same or various maturities, at par or at a discount. Unless indicated in a prospectus supplement, we may issue additional debt securities of a particular series without the consent of the holders of the debt securities of such series outstanding at the time of the issuance. Any such additional debt securities, together with all other outstanding debt securities of that series, will constitute a single series of debt securities.

We intend to disclose any restrictive covenants for any issuance or series of debt securities in the applicable prospectus supplement.

DESCRIPTION OF DEPOSITARY SHARES

We may, issueat our option, elect to offer depositary shares rather than full shares of preferred stock. Each depositary share will represent ownership of and entitlement to all rights and preferences of a fraction of a share of preferred stock purchase contracts, including contracts obligatingof a specified series (including dividend, voting, redemption and liquidation rights). The applicable fraction will be specified in a prospectus supplement. The shares of preferred stock represented by the depositary shares will be deposited with a depositary named in the applicable prospectus supplement, under a deposit agreement among us, the depositary and the holders of the certificates evidencing depositary shares, or depositary receipts. Depositary receipts will be delivered to those persons purchasing depositary shares in the offering. The depositary will be the transfer agent, registrar and dividend disbursing agent for the depositary shares. Holders of depositary receipts agree to be bound by the deposit agreement, which requires holders to purchasetake certain actions such as filing proof of residence and paying certain charges.

The summary of the terms of the depositary shares contained in this prospectus does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the provisions of the deposit agreement and our certificate of incorporation and the certificate of designation that are, or will be, filed with the SEC for the applicable series of preferred stock.

Dividends

The depositary will distribute all cash dividends or other cash distributions received in respect of the series of preferred stock represented by the depositary shares to the record holders of depositary receipts in proportion to the number of depositary shares owned by such holders on the relevant record date, which will be the same date as the record date fixed by us for the applicable series of preferred stock. The depositary, however, will distribute only such amount as can be distributed without attributing to any depositary share a fraction of one cent, and any balance not so distributed will be added to and treated as part of the next sum received by the depositary for distribution to record holders of depositary receipts then outstanding.

In the event of a distribution other than in cash, the depositary will distribute property received by it to the record holders of depositary receipts entitled thereto, in proportion, as nearly as may be practicable, to the number of depositary shares owned by such holders on the relevant record date, unless the depositary determines (after consultation with us) that it is not feasible to make such distribution, in which case the depositary may (with our approval) adopt any other method for such distribution as it deems equitable and appropriate, including the sale of such property (at such place or places and upon such terms as it may deem equitable and appropriate) and distribution of the net proceeds from such sale to such holders.

Liquidation Preference

In the event of the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of Delcath, whether voluntary or involuntary, the holders of each depositary share will be entitled to the fraction of the liquidation preference accorded each share of the applicable series of preferred stock as set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement.

Redemption

If the series of preferred stock represented by the applicable series of depositary shares is redeemable, such depositary shares will be redeemed from the proceeds received by the depositary resulting from the redemption, in whole or in part, of the preferred stock held by the depositary. Whenever we redeem any preferred stock held by the depositary, the depositary will redeem as of the same redemption date the number of depositary shares representing the shares of preferred stock so redeemed. The depositary will mail the notice of redemption promptly upon receipt of such notice from us and us to sellnot less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption of the preferred stock and the depositary shares to the record holders a specifiedof the depositary receipts.

Voting

Promptly upon receipt of notice of any meeting at which the holders of the series of preferred stock represented by the applicable series of depositary shares are entitled to vote, the depositary will mail the information contained in such notice of meeting to the record holders of the depositary receipts as of the record date for such meeting. Each such record holder of depositary receipts will be entitled to instruct the depositary as to the exercise of the voting rights pertaining to the number of shares of commonpreferred stock represented by such record holder’s depositary shares. The depositary will endeavor, insofar as practicable, to vote such preferred stock represented by such depositary shares in accordance with such instructions, and we will agree to take all action which may be deemed necessary by the depositary in order to enable the depositary to do so. The depositary will abstain from voting any of the preferred stock to the extent that it does not receive specific instructions from the holders of depositary receipts.

Withdrawal of Preferred Stock

Upon surrender of depositary receipts at the principal office of the depositary and payment of any unpaid amount due the depositary, and subject to the terms of the deposit agreement, the owner of the depositary shares evidenced thereby is entitled to delivery of the number of whole shares of preferred stock and all money and other property, if any, represented by such depositary shares. Partial shares of preferred stock will not be issued. If the depositary receipts delivered by the holder evidence a number of depositary shares in excess of the number of depositary shares representing the number of whole shares of preferred stock to be withdrawn, the depositary will deliver to such holder at the same time a new depositary receipt evidencing such excess number of depositary shares. Holders of preferred stock thus withdrawn will not thereafter be entitled to deposit such shares under the deposit agreement or to receive depositary receipts evidencing depositary shares therefor.

Amendment and Termination of Deposit Agreement

The form of depositary receipt evidencing the depositary shares and any provision of the deposit agreement may at any time and from time to time be amended by agreement between us and the depositary. However, any amendment which materially and adversely alters the rights of the holders (other than any change in fees) of depositary shares will not be effective unless such amendment has been approved by at least a majority of the depositary shares then outstanding. No such amendment may impair the right, subject to the terms of the deposit agreement, of any owner of any depositary shares to surrender the depositary receipt evidencing such depositary shares with instructions to the depositary to deliver to the holder of the preferred stock and all money and other property, if any, represented thereby, except in order to comply with mandatory provisions of applicable law.

The deposit agreement will be permitted to be terminated by us upon not less than 30 days prior written notice to the applicable depositary if a majority of each series of preferred stock affected by such termination consents to such termination, whereupon such depositary will be required to deliver or make available to each holder of depositary receipts, upon surrender of the depositary receipts held by such holder, such number of whole or fractional shares of preferred stock as are represented by the depositary shares evidenced by such depositary receipts together with any other property held by such depositary with respect to such depositary receipts. In addition, the

deposit agreement will automatically terminate if (a) all outstanding depositary shares thereunder shall have been redeemed, (b) there shall have been a final distribution in respect of the related preferred stock in connection with any liquidation, dissolutionor winding-up of Delcath and such distribution shall have been distributed to the holders of depositary receipts evidencing the depositary shares representing such preferred stock or (c) each share of the related preferred stock at a future date or dates. Alternatively,shall have been converted into stock of Delcath not so represented by depositary shares.

Charges of Depositary

We will pay all transfer and other taxes and governmental charges arising solely from the stock purchase contracts may obligate us to purchase from holders, and obligate holders to sell to us, a specified or varying numberexistence of sharesthe depositary arrangements. We will pay charges of common stock or preferred stock. The consideration per sharethe depositary in connection with the initial deposit of common stock orthe preferred stock may be fixed atand initial issuance of the timedepositary shares, and redemption of the preferred stock purchase contractsand all withdrawals of preferred stock by owners of depositary shares. Holders of depositary receipts will pay transfer, income and other taxes and governmental charges and certain other charges as are issued or may be determined by a specific reference to a formula set forthprovided in the stock purchase contracts.deposit agreement to be for their accounts. In certain circumstances, the depositary may refuse to transfer depositary shares, may withhold dividends and distributions and sell the depositary shares evidenced by such depositary receipt if such charges are not paid. The stock purchase contracts may provide for settlement by delivery by usapplicable prospectus supplement will include information with respect to fees and charges, if any, in connection with the deposit or on our behalfsubstitution of sharesthe underlying securities, the receipt and distribution of dividends, the sale or exercise of rights, the withdrawal of the underlying security, and the transferring, splitting or they may provide for settlement by reference or linkagegrouping of receipts. The applicable prospectus supplement will also include information with respect to the value, performance or trading priceright to collect the fees and charges, if any, against dividends received and deposited securities.

Miscellaneous

The depositary will forward to the holders of depositary receipts all notices, reports and proxy soliciting material from us which are delivered to the underlying security. The stock purchase contracts may require usdepositary and which we are required to make periodic paymentsfurnish to the holders of the certainpreferred stock. In addition, the depositary will make available for inspection by holders of our securities or vice versa, and such payments may be unsecured or prefunded on some basis and may be paid on a current or on a deferred basis. The stock purchase contracts may require holders to secure their obligations thereunder in a specified manner and may provide fordepositary receipts at the prepayment of all or partprincipal office of the consideration payabledepositary, and at such other places as it may from time to time deem advisable, any notices, reports and proxy soliciting material received from us which are received by holders in connection with the purchasedepositary as the holder of preferred stock. The applicable prospectus supplement will include information about the underlying security or other property pursuant to the stock purchase contracts.

The securities related to the stock purchase contracts may be pledged to a collateral agent for our benefit pursuant to a pledge agreement to secure the obligationsrights, if any, of holders of stock purchase contractsreceipts to purchaseinspect the underlying security or property undertransfer books of the related stock purchase contracts. The rightsdepositary and the list of holders of stock purchase contracts toreceipts.

Neither the related pledged securitiesdepositary nor Delcath assumes any obligation or will be subject to our security interest therein createdany liability under the deposit agreement to holders of depositary receipts other than for its negligence or willful misconduct. Neither the depositary nor Delcath will be liable if it is prevented or delayed by law or any circumstance beyond its control in performing its obligations under the deposit agreement. The obligations of Delcath and the depositary under the deposit agreement will be limited to performance in good faith of their duties thereunder, and they will not be obligated to prosecute or defend any legal proceeding in respect of any depositary shares or preferred stock unless satisfactory indemnity is furnished. Delcath and the depositary may rely on written advice of counsel or accountants, on information provided by holders of the depositary receipts or other persons believed in good faith to be competent to give such information and on documents believed to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the pledge agreement. No holderproper party or parties.

In the event the depositary shall receive conflicting claims, requests or instructions from any holders of stock purchase contracts willdepositary receipts, on the one hand, and us, on the other hand, the depositary shall be permittedentitled to withdrawact on such claims, requests or instructions received from us.

Resignation and Removal of Depositary

The depositary may resign at any time by delivering to us notice of its election to do so, and we may at any time remove the pledged securities relateddepositary, any such resignation or removal to take effect upon the appointment of a successor depositary and its acceptance of such stock purchase contracts fromappointment. Such successor depositary must be appointed within 60 days after delivery of the pledge arrangement.notice for resignation or removal and must be a bank or trust company having its principal office in the United States and having a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000.

DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS

The following description,We may issue warrants for the purchase of shares of our common stock or preferred stock or of debt securities. We may issue warrants independently or together with the additional information we may include in any applicable prospectus supplement, summarizes the material termsother securities, and provisions of the warrants that we may offer under this prospectus and the related warrant agreements and warrant certificates. While the terms summarized below will apply generallybe attached to or separate from any warrants that we may offer, we will describe the particular terms of anyoffered securities. Each series of warrants in more detail in the applicable prospectus supplement. The terms of any warrants offeredwill be issued under a prospectus supplement may differ from the terms described below.

We will file as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, or will incorporate by reference from reports that we file with the SEC, the form ofseparate warrant agreement includingto be entered into between us and the investors or a form of warrant certificate, that describes the terms of the particular warrants we are offering before the issuance of the related warrants.agent. The following summariessummary of material provisions of the warrants and the warrant agreements are subject to, and qualified in their entirety by reference to, all the provisions of the warrant agreement and warrant certificate applicable to a particular series of warrants. The terms of any warrants offered under a prospectus supplement may differ from the warrants that we may offer under this prospectus.terms described below. We urge you to read the applicable prospectus supplementssupplement and any related to the warrants that we may offer under thisfree writing prospectus, as well as any related free writing prospectuses, and the complete warrant agreements and warrant certificates that contain the terms of the warrants.

GeneralThe particular terms of any issue of warrants will be described in the prospectus supplement relating to the issue. Those terms may include:

We may issue warrants for

the purchasenumber of shares of common stock or preferred stock in one or more series. Wepurchasable upon the exercise of warrants to purchase such shares and the price at which such number of shares may issue warrants independently or together with common stockbe purchased upon such exercise;

the designation, stated value and terms (including, without limitation, liquidation, dividend, conversion and voting rights) of the series of preferred stock and the warrants may be attached to or separate from these securities.

We may evidence each seriespurchasable upon exercise of warrants by warrant certificates that we will issue under a separate agreement. We may enter into a warrant agreement with a warrant agent. We will indicate the name and address and other information regarding the warrant agent in the applicable prospectus supplement relating to a particular warrants.purchase preferred stock;

If we decide to issue warrants pursuant to this prospectus, we will specify in a prospectus supplement the terms of the warrants, including, if applicable, the following:

the offering price and aggregate number of warrants offered;

 

the designation and terms of the securities with which the warrants are issued and the number of warrants issued with each such security or each principal amount of such security;debt securities that may be purchased upon exercise of a debt warrant and the exercise price for the warrants, which may be payable in cash, securities or other property;

 

the date, if any, on and after which the warrants and the related debt securities, preferred stock or common stock will be separately transferable;

 

the number of shares of stock purchasable upon the exercise of one warrant and the price at which these shares may be purchased upon such exercise;

the effect of any merger, consolidation, sale or other disposition of our business on the warrant agreement and the warrants;

the terms of any rights to redeem or call the warrants;

 

any provisions for changes to or adjustments in

the exercise price or number of securities issuable upon exercise of the warrants;

the manner in which the warrant agreement and warrants may be modified;

the datesdate on which the right to exercise the warrants will commence and the date on which the right will expire;

 

a discussion of any material U.S. federal

United States Federal income tax considerations of holding or exercisingconsequences applicable to the warrants; and

theany additional terms of the securities issuable uponwarrants, including terms, procedures, and limitations relating to the exchange, exercise and settlement of the warrants; andwarrants.

Holders of equity warrants will not be entitled:

to vote, consent or receive dividends;

 

receive notice as stockholders with respect to any meeting of stockholders for the election of our directors or any other specific terms, preferences,matter; or

exercise any rights or limitationsas stockholders of or restrictions on the warrants.Delcath.

Before exercising their warrants, holders of warrants may have no rights of holders of the securities purchasable upon such exercise, including, in the case of warrants to purchase common stock or preferred stock, the right to receive dividends, if any, or payments upon our liquidation, dissolution or winding up or to exercise voting rights, if any.

Exercise of Warrants

Each warrant will entitle theits holder to purchase the principal amount of debt securities or the number of shares of ourpreferred stock or common stock at the exercise price that we describeset forth in, or calculable as set forth in, the applicable prospectus supplement. HoldersUnless we otherwise specify in the applicable prospectus supplement, holders of the warrants may exercise the warrants at any time up to the specified time on the expiration date that we set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. After the close of business on the expiration date, unexercised warrants will become void.

Holders of the warrants may exercise the warrants by delivering the warrant certificate representing the warrants to be exercised together with specified information, and paying the required amount to the warrant agent in immediately available funds, as provided in the applicable prospectus supplement. If we so indicate in the applicable prospectus supplement, the warrants may also provide that they may be exercised on a “cashless” or net basis. We will set forth on the reverse side of the warrant certificate, if applicable, and in the applicable prospectus supplement the information that the

A holder of the warrant will be required to deliver to us or acertificates may exchange them for new warrant agent.

Upon receiptcertificates of the required paymentdifferent denominations, present them for registration of transfer and the warrant certificate properly completed and duly executedexercise them at our offices, the corporate trust office of athe warrant agent or any other office indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, wesupplement. Until any warrants to purchase debt securities are exercised, the holder of the warrants will issue and delivernot have any rights of holders of the debt securities that can be purchased upon exercise, including any rights to receive payments of principal, premium or interest on the underlying debt securities or to enforce covenants in the applicable indenture. Until any warrants to purchase common stock or preferred stock are exercised, the holders of the warrants will not have any rights of holders of the underlying common stock or preferred stock, including any rights to receive dividends or payments upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up on the common stock or preferred stock, purchasable upon such exercise. If fewer than allif any.

DESCRIPTION OF UNITS

We may issue units consisting of any combination of the warrants representedother types of securities offered under this prospectus in one or more series. We may evidence each series of units by the warrant certificate are exercised, thenunit certificates that we will issue under a new warrant certificate forseparate agreement. We may enter into unit agreements with a unit agent. Each unit agent will be a bank or trust company that we select. We will indicate the remaining amountname and address of warrants. If we so indicatethe unit agent in the applicable prospectus supplement holdersrelating to a particular series of units.

The following description, together with the additional information included in any applicable prospectus supplement, summarizes the general features of the warrantsunits that we may surrender sharesoffer under this prospectus. You should read any prospectus supplement and any free writing prospectus that we may authorize to be provided to you related to the series of common stock or preferred stockunits being offered, as all or partwell as the complete unit agreements that contain the terms of the exerciseunits. Specific unit agreements will contain additional important terms and provisions and we will file as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, or will incorporate by reference from another report that we file with the SEC, the form of each unit agreement relating to units offered under this prospectus.

If we offer any units, certain terms of that series of units will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement, including, without limitation, the following, as applicable:

the title of the series of units;

identification and description of the separate constituent securities comprising the units;

the price or prices at which the units will be issued;

the date, if any, on and after which the constituent securities comprising the units will be separately transferable;

a discussion of certain United States federal income tax considerations applicable to the units; and

any other terms of the units and their constituent securities.

GLOBAL SECURITIES

Book-Entry, Delivery and Form

Unless we indicate differently in any applicable prospectus supplement or free writing prospectus, the securities initially will be issued in book-entry form and represented by one or more global notes or global securities, or, collectively, global securities. The global securities will be deposited with, or on behalf of, The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York, as depositary, or DTC, and registered in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of DTC. Unless and until it is exchanged for warrants.

Enforceability of Rights by Holders of Warrants

Any warrant agent will act solely as our agentindividual certificates evidencing securities under the limited circumstances described below, a global security may not be transferred except as a whole by the depositary to its nominee or by the nominee to the depositary, or by the depositary or its nominee to a successor depositary or to a nominee of the successor depositary.

DTC has advised us that it is:

a limited-purpose trust company organized under the New York Banking Law;

a “banking organization” within the meaning of the New York Banking Law;

a member of the Federal Reserve System;

a “clearing corporation” within the meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial Code; and

a “clearing agency” registered pursuant to the provisions of Section 17A of the Exchange Act.

DTC holds securities that its participants deposit with DTC. DTC also facilitates the settlement among its participants of securities transactions, such as transfers and pledges, in deposited securities through electronic computerized book-entry changes in participants’ accounts, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of securities certificates. “Direct participants” in DTC include securities brokers and dealers, including underwriters, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and other organizations. DTC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation, or DTCC. DTCC is the holding company for DTC, National Securities Clearing Corporation and Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, all of which are registered clearing agencies. DTCC is owned by the users of its regulated subsidiaries. Access to the DTC system is also available to others, which we sometimes refer to as indirect participants, that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a direct participant, either directly or indirectly. The rules applicable warrant agreementto DTC and its participants are on file with the SEC.

Purchases of securities under the DTC system must be made by or through direct participants, which will receive a credit for the securities on DTC’s records. The ownership interest of the actual purchaser of a security, which we sometimes refer to as a beneficial owner, is in turn recorded on the direct and indirect participants’ records. Beneficial owners of securities will not receive written confirmation from DTC of their purchases. However, beneficial owners are expected to receive written confirmations providing details of their transactions, as well as periodic statements of their holdings, from the direct or indirect participants through which they purchased securities. Transfers of ownership interests in global securities are to be accomplished by entries made on the books of participants acting on behalf of beneficial owners. Beneficial owners will not receive certificates representing their ownership interests in the global securities, except under the limited circumstances described below.

To facilitate subsequent transfers, all global securities deposited by direct participants with DTC will be registered in the name of DTC’s partnership nominee, Cede & Co., or such other name as may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC. The deposit of securities with DTC and their registration in the name of Cede & Co. or such other nominee will not change the beneficial ownership of the securities. DTC has no knowledge of the actual beneficial owners of the securities. DTC’s records reflect only the identity of the direct participants to whose accounts the securities are credited, which may or may not be the beneficial owners. The participants are responsible for keeping account of their holdings on behalf of their customers.

So long as the securities are in book-entry form, you will receive payments and may transfer securities only through the facilities of the depositary and its direct and indirect participants. We will maintain an office or agency in the location specified in the prospectus supplement for the applicable securities, where notices and demands in respect of the securities and the indenture may be delivered to us and where certificated securities may be surrendered for payment, registration of transfer or exchange.

Conveyance of notices and other communications by DTC to direct participants, by direct participants to indirect participants and by direct participants and indirect participants to beneficial owners will be governed by arrangements among them, subject to any legal requirements in effect from time to time.

Redemption notices will be sent to DTC. If less than all of the securities of a particular series are being redeemed, DTC’s practice is to determine by lot the amount of the interest of each direct participant in the securities of such series to be redeemed.

Neither DTC nor Cede & Co. (or such other DTC nominee) will consent or vote with respect to the securities. Under its usual procedures, DTC will mail an omnibus proxy to us as soon as possible after the record date. The omnibus proxy assigns the consenting or voting rights of Cede & Co. to those direct participants to whose accounts the securities of such series are credited on the record date, identified in a listing attached to the omnibus proxy.

So long as securities are in book-entry form, we will make payments on those securities to the depositary or its nominee, as the registered owner of such securities, by wire transfer of immediately available funds. If securities are issued in definitive certificated form under the limited circumstances described below and unless if otherwise provided in the description of the applicable securities herein or in the applicable prospectus supplement, we will have the option of making payments by check mailed to the addresses of the persons entitled to payment or by wire transfer to bank accounts in the United States designated in writing to the applicable trustee or other designated party at least 15 days before the applicable payment date by the persons entitled to payment, unless a shorter period is satisfactory to the applicable trustee or other designated party.

Redemption proceeds, distributions and dividend payments on the securities will be made to Cede & Co., or such other nominee as may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC. DTC’s practice is to credit direct participants’ accounts upon DTC’s receipt of funds and corresponding detail information from us on the payment date in accordance with their respective holdings shown on DTC records. Payments by participants to beneficial owners will be governed by standing instructions and customary practices, as is the case with securities held for the account of customers in bearer form or registered in “street name.” Those payments will be the responsibility of participants and not of DTC or us, subject to any statutory or regulatory requirements in effect from time to time. Payment of redemption proceeds, distributions and dividend payments to Cede & Co., or such other nominee as may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC, is our responsibility, disbursement of payments to direct participants is the responsibility of DTC, and disbursement of payments to the beneficial owners is the responsibility of direct and indirect participants.

Except under the limited circumstances described below, purchasers of securities will not be entitled to have securities registered in their names and will not assumereceive physical delivery of securities. Accordingly, each beneficial owner must rely on the procedures of DTC and its participants to exercise any rights under the securities and the indenture.

The laws of some jurisdictions may require that some purchasers of securities take physical delivery of securities in definitive form. Those laws may impair the ability to transfer or pledge beneficial interests in securities.

DTC may discontinue providing its services as securities depositary with respect to the securities at any time by giving reasonable notice to us. Under such circumstances, in the event that a successor depositary is not obtained, securities certificates are required to be printed and delivered.

As noted above, beneficial owners of a particular series of securities generally will not receive certificates representing their ownership interests in those securities. However, if:

DTC notifies us that it is unwilling or unable to continue as a depositary for the global security or securities representing such series of securities or if DTC ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act at a time when it is required to be registered and a successor depositary is not appointed within 90 days of the notification to us or of our becoming aware of DTC’s ceasing to be so registered, as the case may be;

we determine, in our sole discretion, not to have such securities represented by one or more global securities; or

an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to such series of securities,

we will prepare and deliver certificates for such securities in exchange for beneficial interests in the global securities. Any beneficial interest in a global security that is exchangeable under the circumstances described in the preceding sentence will be exchangeable for securities in definitive certificated form registered in the names that the depositary directs. It is expected that these directions will be based upon directions received by the depositary from its participants with respect to ownership of beneficial interests in the global securities.

Euroclear and Clearstream

If so provided in the applicable prospectus supplement, you may hold interests in a global security through Clearstream Banking S.A., which we refer to as “Clearstream,” or Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear System, which we refer to as “Euroclear,” either directly if you are a participant in Clearstream or Euroclear or indirectly through organizations which are participants in Clearstream or Euroclear. Clearstream and Euroclear will hold interests on behalf of their respective participants through customers’ securities accounts in the names of Clearstream and Euroclear, respectively, on the books of their respective U.S. depositaries, which in turn will hold such interests in customers’ securities accounts in such depositaries’ names on DTC’s books.

Clearstream and Euroclear are securities clearance systems in Europe. Clearstream and Euroclear hold securities for their respective participating organizations and facilitate the clearance and settlement of securities transactions between those participants through electronic book-entry changes in their accounts, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of certificates.

Payments, deliveries, transfers, exchanges, notices and other matters relating to beneficial interests in global securities owned through Euroclear or Clearstream must comply with the rules and procedures of those systems. Transactions between participants in Euroclear or Clearstream, on one hand, and other participants in DTC, on the other hand, are also subject to DTC’s rules and procedures.

Investors will be able to make and receive through Euroclear and Clearstream payments, deliveries, transfers and other transactions involving any beneficial interests in global securities held through those systems only on days when those systems are open for business. Those systems may not be open for business on days when banks, brokers and other institutions are open for business in the United States.

Cross-market transfers between participants in DTC, on the one hand, and participants in Euroclear or Clearstream, on the other hand, will be effected through DTC in accordance with the DTC’s rules on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, by their respective U.S. depositaries; however, such cross-market transactions will require delivery of instructions to Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, by the counterparty in such system in accordance with the rules and procedures and within the established deadlines (European time) of such system. Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, will, if the transaction meets its settlement requirements, deliver instructions to its U.S. depositary to take action to effect final settlement on its behalf by delivering or receiving interests in the global securities through DTC, and making or receiving payment in accordance with normal proceduresfor same-day fund settlement. Participants in Euroclear or Clearstream may not deliver instructions directly to their respective U.S. depositaries.

Due to time zone differences, the securities accounts of a participant in Euroclear or Clearstream purchasing an interest in a global security from a direct participant in DTC will be credited, and any such crediting will be reported to the relevant participant in Euroclear or Clearstream, during the securities settlement processing day (which must be a business day for Euroclear or Clearstream) immediately following the settlement date of DTC. Cash received in Euroclear or Clearstream as a result of sales of interests in a global security by or through a participant in Euroclear or Clearstream to a direct participant in DTC will be received with value on the settlement date of DTC but will be available in the relevant Euroclear or Clearstream cash account only as of the business day for Euroclear or Clearstream following DTC’s settlement date.

Other

The information in this section of this prospectus concerning DTC, Clearstream, Euroclear and their respective book-entry systems has been obtained from sources that we believe to be reliable, but we do not take responsibility for this information. This information has been provided solely as a matter of convenience. The rules and procedures of DTC, Clearstream and Euroclear are solely within the control of those organizations and could change at any time. Neither we nor the trustee nor any agent of ours or of the trustee has any control over those entities and none of us takes any responsibility for their activities. You are urged to contact DTC, Clearstream and Euroclear or their respective participants directly to discuss those matters. In addition, although we expect that DTC, Clearstream and Euroclear will perform the foregoing procedures, none of them is under any obligation to perform or relationshipcontinue to perform such procedures and such procedures may be discontinued at any time. Neither we nor any agent of agency or trust with any holder of any warrant. A single bank or trust company may act as warrant agent for more than one issue of warrants. A warrant agentours will have no dutyany responsibility for the performance or responsibility in casenonperformance by DTC, Clearstream and Euroclear or their respective participants of any default by us under the applicable warrant agreementthese or warrant, including any duty or responsibility to initiate any proceedings at law or otherwise, or to make any demand upon us. Any holder of a warrant may, without the consent of the related warrant agent or the holder of any other warrant, enforce by appropriate legal action its right to exercise, and receive the securities purchasable upon exercise of, its warrants.rules  or procedures governing their respective operations.

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

We may sell the securities offered by this prospectusfrom time to time pursuant to underwritten public offerings, negotiated transactions, block trades or a combination of these methods or through underwriters or dealers, through agents and/or directly to one or more purchasers. The securities may be distributed from time to time in one or more transactions, including without limitation:transactions:

 

directly to one

at a fixed price or more purchasers;prices, which may be changed;

 

through agents;

at market prices prevailing at the time of sale;

 

at prices related to such prevailing market prices; or through underwriters, brokers or dealers;

 

through

at negotiated prices.

Each time that we sell securities covered by this prospectus, we will provide a combinationprospectus supplement or supplements that will describe the method of any of these methods.

A distribution and set forth the terms and conditions of the offering of such securities, including the offering price of the securities and the proceeds to us, if applicable.

Offers to purchase the securities being offered by this prospectus may be solicited directly. Agents may also be effected throughdesignated to solicit offers to purchase the issuancesecurities from time to time. Any agent involved in the offer or sale of derivativeour securities including without limitation, warrants, subscriptions, exchangeable securities, forward delivery contracts andwill be identified in a prospectus supplement.

If a dealer is utilized in the writing of options.

In addition, the manner in which we may sell some or allsale of the securities coveredbeing offered by this prospectus, includes, without limitation, through:the securities will be sold to the dealer, as principal. The dealer may then resell the securities to the public at varying prices to be determined by the dealer at the time of resale.

a block tradeIf an underwriter is utilized in which a broker-dealerthe sale of the securities being offered by this prospectus, an underwriting agreement will attemptbe executed with the underwriter at the time of sale and the name of any underwriter will be provided in the prospectus supplement that the underwriter will use to sellmake resales of the securities to the public. In connection with the sale of the securities, we or the purchasers of securities for whom the underwriter may act as agent, but may positioncompensate the underwriter in the form of underwriting discounts or resell a portion ofcommissions. The underwriter may sell the block, as principal, in order to facilitate the transaction;

purchases by a broker-dealer, as principal, and resale by the broker-dealer for its account;

ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which a broker solicits purchasers;

through sales “at the market’securities to or through market makers;dealers, and those dealers may receive compensation in the form of discounts, concessions or

privately negotiated transactions.

We commissions from the underwriters and/or commissions from the purchasers for which they may also enter into hedging transactions. For example, we may:act as agent. Unless otherwise indicated in a prospectus supplement, an agent will be acting on a best efforts basis and a dealer will purchase securities as a principal, and may then resell the securities at varying prices to be determined by the dealer.

enter into transactions with a broker-dealerAny compensation paid to underwriters, dealers or affiliate thereofagents in connection with which such broker-dealerthe offering of the securities, and any discounts, concessions or affiliatecommissions allowed by underwriters to participating dealers will be provided in the applicable prospectus supplement. Underwriters, dealers and agents participating in the distribution of the securities may be deemed to be underwriters within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any discounts

and commissions received by them and any profit realized by them on resale of the securities may be deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions. We may enter into agreements to indemnify underwriters, dealers and agents against civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or to contribute to payments they may be required to make in respect thereof and to reimburse those persons for certain expenses.

Any common stock will be listed on the OTCQB, but any other securities may or may not be listed on a national securities exchange. To facilitate the offering of securities, certain persons participating in the offering may engage in transactions that stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the price of the securities. This may include over-allotments or short sales of the common stock pursuant to this prospectus, insecurities, which case such broker-dealer or affiliate may use shares of common stock received from us to close out its short positions;

sell securities short and redeliver such shares to close out our short positions;

enter into option or other types of transactions that require us to deliver common stock to a broker-dealer or an affiliate thereof, who will then resell or transferinvolve the common stock under this prospectus; or

loan or pledge the common stock to a broker-dealer or an affiliate thereof, who may sell the loaned shares or, in an event of defaultsale by persons participating in the caseoffering of more securities than were sold to them. In these circumstances, these persons would cover such over-allotments or short positions by making purchases in the open market or by exercising their over-allotment option, if any. In addition, these persons may stabilize or maintain the price of the securities by bidding for or purchasing securities in the open market or by imposing penalty bids, whereby selling concessions allowed to dealers participating in the offering may be reclaimed if securities sold by them are repurchased in connection with stabilization transactions. The effect of these transactions may be to stabilize or maintain the market price of the securities at a pledge, selllevel above that which might otherwise prevail in the pledged shares pursuant to this prospectus.
open market. These transactions may be discontinued at any time.

We may engage in at the market offerings into an existing trading market in accordance with Rule 415(a)(4) under the Securities Act. In addition, we may enter into derivative or hedging transactions with third parties, or sell securities not covered by this prospectus to third parties in privately negotiated transactions. InIf the applicable prospectus supplement so indicates, in connection with such a transaction,those derivatives, the third parties may sell securities covered by and pursuant to this prospectus and anthe applicable prospectus supplement, or pricing supplement, as the case may be.including in short sale transactions. If so, the third party may use securities pledged by us or borrowed from us or others to settle suchthose sales and may use securities received from us to close out any related short positions. We may also loan or pledge securities covered by this prospectus and an applicable prospectus supplement to third parties, who may sell the loaned securities or, in an event of default in the case of a pledge, sell the pledged securities pursuant to this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement or pricing supplement, as the case may be.

A prospectus supplement with respect to each offering of securities will state the terms of the offering of the securities, including:

the name or names of any underwriters or agents and the amounts of securities underwritten or purchased by each of them, if any;

the public offering price or purchase price of the securities and the net proceeds to be received by us from the sale;

any delayed delivery arrangements;

any underwriting discounts or agency fees and other items constituting underwriters’ or agents’ compensation;

any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers; and

any securities exchange or markets on which the securities may be listed.

The offer and sale of the securities described in this prospectus by us, the underwriters or the third parties described above may be effected from time to time in one or more transactions, including privately negotiated transactions, either:

at a fixed price or prices, which may be changed;

at market prices prevailing at the time of sale;

at prices related to the prevailing market prices; or

at varying prices determined at the time of sale or at negotiated prices.

Sales of common stock may be made on the Nasdaq Capital Market or any other national securities exchange or U.S. inter-dealer system of a registered national securities association on which our common shares may be listed or quoted at the time of sale.

General

Any public offering price and any discounts, commissions, concessions or other items constituting compensation allowed or reallowed or paid to underwriters, dealers, agents or remarketing firms may be changed from time to time. Underwriters, dealers, agents and remarketing firms that participate in the distribution of the offered securities may be “underwriters” as defined in the Securities Act. Any discounts or commissions they receive from us and any profits they receive on the resale of the offered securities may be treated as underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act. We will identify any underwriters, agents or dealers and describe their commissions, fees or discounts in the applicable prospectus supplement or pricing supplement, as the case may be.

Underwriters and Agents

If underwriters are used in a sale, they will acquire the offered securities for their own account. The underwriters may resell the offered securities in one or more transactions, including negotiated transactions. These sales may be made at a fixed public offering price or prices, which may be changed, at market prices prevailing at the time of the sale, at prices related to such prevailing market price or at negotiated prices. We may offer the securities to the public through an underwriting syndicate or through a single underwriter. The underwriters in any particular offering will be mentioned in the applicable prospectus supplement or pricing supplement, as the case may be.

Unless otherwise specified in connection with any particular offering of securities, the obligations of the underwriters to purchase the offered securities will be subject to certain conditions contained in an underwriting

agreement that we will enter into with the underwriters at the time of the sale to them. The underwriters will be obligated to purchase all of the securities of the series offered if any of the securities are purchased, unless otherwise specified in connection with any particular offering of securities. Any initial offering price and any discounts or concessions allowed, reallowed or paid to dealers may be changed from time to time.

We may designate agents to sell the offered securities. Unless otherwise specified in connection with any particular offering of securities, the agents will agree to use their best efforts to solicit purchases for the period of their appointment. We may also sell the offered securities to one or more remarketing firms, acting as principals for their own accounts or as agents for us. These firms will remarket the offered securities upon purchasing them in accordance with a redemption or repayment pursuant to the terms of the offered securities. A prospectus supplement or pricing supplement, as the case may be, will identify any remarketing firm and will describe the terms of its agreement, if any, with us and its compensation.

In connection with offerings made through underwriters or agents, we may enter into agreements with such underwriters or agents pursuant to which we receive our outstanding securities in consideration for the securities being offered to the public for cash. In connection with these arrangements, the underwriters or agents may also sell securities covered by this prospectus to hedge their positions in these outstanding securities, including in short sale transactions. If so, the underwriters or agents may use the securities received from us under these arrangements to close out any related open borrowings of securities.

Dealers

Westock, and may use securities received from us in settlement of those derivatives to close out any related open borrowings of stock. The third party in such sale transactions will be an underwriter and, if not identified in this prospectus, will be named in the applicable prospectus supplement (or a post-effective amendment). In addition, we may otherwise loan or pledge securities to a financial institution or other third party that in turn may sell the offered securities short using this prospectus and an applicable prospectus supplement. Such financial institution or other third party may transfer its economic short position to dealers as principals. We may negotiate and pay dealers’ commissions, discountsinvestors in our securities or concessions for their services. in connection with a concurrent offering of other securities.

The specific terms ofany lock-up provisions in respect of any given offering will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement.

In compliance with the guidelines of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., or FINRA, the maximum consideration or discount to be received by any FINRA member or independent broker dealer may then resell such securities tonot exceed 8% of the public either at varying prices to be determined byaggregate proceeds of the dealer or at a fixed offering price agreed to with us at the time of resale. Dealers engaged by us may allow other dealers to participate in resales.offering.

Direct Sales

We may choose to sell the offered securities directly. In this case, no underwriters or agents would be involved.

Institutional Purchasers

We may authorize agents, dealers or underwriters to solicit certain institutional investors to purchase offered securities on a delayed delivery basis pursuant to delayed delivery contracts providing for payment and delivery on a specified future date. The applicable prospectus supplement or pricing supplement, as the case may be, will provide the details of any such arrangement, including the offering price and commissions payable on the solicitations.

We will enter into such delayed contracts only with institutional purchasers that we approve. These institutions may include commercial and savings banks, insurance companies, pension funds, investment companies and educational and charitable institutions.

Indemnification; Other Relationships

We may have agreements with agents, underwriters, dealers and remarketing firms to indemnify them against certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. Agents, underwriters, dealers and remarketing firms, and their affiliates,agents may engage in transactions with us, or perform services for us, in the ordinary course of business. This includes commercial banking and investment banking transactions.

Market-Making, Stabilization and Other Transactions

There is currently no marketbusiness for any of the offered securities, other than the common stock which is listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market. If the offered securities are traded after their initial issuance, they may trade at

a discount from their initial offering price, depending upon prevailing interest rates, the market for similar securities and other factors. While it is possible that an underwriter could inform us that it intends to make a market in the offered securities, such underwriter would not be obligated to do so, and any such market-making could be discontinued at any time without notice. Therefore, no assurance can be given as to whether an active trading market will develop for the offered securities. We have no current plans for listing of the debt securities, preferred stock or warrants on any securities exchange or on the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. automated quotation system; any such listing with respect to any particular debt securities, preferred stock or warrants will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement or pricing supplement, as the case may be.

In connection with any offering of common stock, the underwriters may purchase and sell shares of common stock in the open market. These transactions may include short sales, syndicate covering transactions and stabilizing transactions. Short sales involve syndicate sales of common stock in excess of the number of shares to be purchased by the underwriters in the offering, which creates a syndicate short position. “Covered” short sales are sales of shares made in an amount up to the number of shares represented by the underwriters’ over-allotment option. In determining the source of shares to close out the covered syndicate short position, the underwriters will consider, among other things, the price of shares available for purchase in the open market as compared to the price at which they may purchase shares through the over-allotment option. Transactions to close out the covered syndicate short involve either purchases of the common stock in the open market after the distribution has been completed or the exercise of the over-allotment option. The underwriters may also make “naked” short sales of shares in excess of the over-allotment option. The underwriters must close out any naked short position by purchasing shares of common stock in the open market. A naked short position is more likely to be created if the underwriters are concerned that there may be downward pressure on the price of the shares in the open market after pricing that could adversely affect investors who purchase in the offering. Stabilizing transactions consist of bids for or purchases of shares in the open market while the offering is in progress for the purpose of pegging, fixing or maintaining the price of the securities.receive compensation.

In connection with any offering, the underwriters may also engage in penalty bids. Penalty bids permit the underwriters to reclaim a selling concession from a syndicate member when the securities originally sold by the syndicate member are purchased in a syndicate covering transaction to cover syndicate short positions. Stabilizing transactions, syndicate covering transactions and penalty bids may cause the price of the securities to be higher than it would be in the absence of the transactions. The underwriters may, if they commence these transactions, discontinue them at any time.

LEGAL MATTERS

Unless otherwise indicatedWexler, Burkhart, Hirschberg & Unger, LLP will pass upon certain legal matters relating to the issuance and sale of the securities offered hereby on behalf of Delcath Systems, Inc. Additional legal matters may be passed upon for us or any underwriters, dealers or agents, by counsel that we will name in the applicable prospectus supplement, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, New York, New York will provide opinions regarding the authorization and validity of the securities. Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP may also provide opinions regarding certain other matters. Any underwriters will also be advised about legal matters by their own counsel, which will be named in the prospectus supplement.

EXPERTS

The audited consolidated financial statements of Delcath Systems, Inc. at December 31, 2014 and 2013 and for eachmanagement’s assessment of the three yearseffectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, incorporated by reference in this prospectus and elsewhere in the period ended December 31, 2014 included in Delcath Systems, Inc.’s Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2014,registration statement have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, predecessor independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in their respective report thereon, included therein, andso incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such report given onthe reports of Grant Thornton LLP, independent registered public accountants, upon the authority of suchsaid firm as experts in accounting and auditing.

PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN THE PROSPECTUS

Item 14.Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution

The following is an estimate of the expenses (all of which are to be paid by the registrant) that we may incur in connection with the securities being registered hereby.

 

Item 14.Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.

The expenses relating to the registration of the securities will be borne by the registrant. Such expenses (except the SEC Registration Fee) are estimated to be as follows:

   Amount
to be
paid
 

SEC Registration Fee

  $8,871 

Accounting Fees and Expenses

     (1)

Legal Fees and Expenses

     (1)

Printing expenses

     (1)

Trustees’ Fees and Expenses

     (1)

Miscellaneous expenses

     (1)
  

 

 

 

Total

  $  

SEC registration fee

  $(1

FINRA filing fee

  $(1

Printing expenses

  $(1

Legal fees and expenses

  $(1

Accounting fees and expenses

  $(1

Blue Sky, qualification fees and expenses

  $(1

Transfer agent fees and expenses

  $(1

Trustee fees and expenses

  $(1

Depositary fees and expenses

  $(1

Warrant agent fees and expenses

  $(1

Miscellaneous

  $(1
  

 

 

 

Total

  $(1
  

 

 

 

 

(1)

These fees are calculated based on the securities offered and the number of issuances and accordingly cannot be estimated at this time.

Item 15.Item 15.Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

The registrant’s amended and restatedOfficers

Subsection (a) of Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, or the DGCL, empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or who is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the person’s conduct was unlawful.

Subsection (b) of Section 145 empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that the person acted in any of the capacities set forth above, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.

Section 145 further provides that to the extent a director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 145, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith; that indemnification provided for by Section 145 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which the indemnified party may be entitled; and the indemnification provided for by Section 145 shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of such person’s heirs, executors and administrators. Section 145 also empowers the corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liabilities under Section 145.

Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL provides that a corporation’s certificate of incorporation as amended, contains provisions permitted under Delaware law relatingmay contain a provision eliminating or limiting the personal liability of a director to the liability of directors. These provisions eliminate a director’s personal liabilitycorporation or its stockholders for monetary damages resulting from afor breach of fiduciary duty except in circumstances involving wrongful acts,as a director, provided that such as:

provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the registrantcorporation or its stockholders;

any actstockholders, (ii) for acts or omissionomissions not in good faith or that involveswhich involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the law;

any act related to unlawful stock repurchases, redemptionsDGCL, or other distribution or payments of dividends; or

(iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

These provisions do not limitAny underwriting agreement or eliminatedistribution agreement that the registrant’s rightsregistrant enters into with any underwriters or any stockholder’s rights to seek non-monetary relief, such as an injunction or rescission,agents involved in the eventoffering or sale of a breach of a director’s fiduciary duty. These provisions will not alter a director’s liability under federalany securities laws.

Theregistered hereby may require such underwriters or dealers to indemnify the registrant, has entered into indemnification agreements with eachsome or all of its directors and executive officers and its controlling persons, if any, for specified liabilities, which may include liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

The registrant’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended andRestated By-laws providethat require it shall indemnify its directors and officers to indemnifythe fullest extent authorized or permitted by law, and such persons against anyright to indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer of the registrant and allshall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and personal and legal representatives. The registrant’s bylaws further provide that the registrant shall pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees), witness fees, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts incurred (including expensesby an indemnitee in defending any proceeding in advance of a derivative action) in connectionits final disposition under certain circumstances.

Item 16.Exhibits

(a) Exhibits

A list of exhibits filed with any action, suit or proceeding or alternative dispute resolution mechanism, inquiry hearing or investigation, whether threatened, pending or completed, to which any such person may be made a party by reason of the fact that such personthis registration statementon Form S-3 is or was a director, an officer or an employee of the registrant or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer or employee of another corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other enterprise, provided that such person’s conduct did not constitute a breach of his or her duty of loyalty to the registrant or its stockholders, and was not an act or omission not in good faith or which involved intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of laws. The indemnification agreements also set forth certain procedures that

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Item 16.Exhibits.

Theon the Exhibit Index beginning on page II-5and is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

Item 17.Undertakings

Item 17.Undertakings.

(a) The undersigned Registrantregistrant hereby undertakes:

(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

(i) toTo include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;Act of 1933;

(ii) toTo reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and

(iii) toTo include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

provided, however that:

Paragraphs , that paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii), and (a)(1)(iii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrantregistrant pursuant to Sectionsection 13 or Sectionsection 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 as amended (the “Exchange Act”), that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is a part of the registration statement.

(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initialbona fideoffering thereof.

(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

(4)(5) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:

(i)(A) Each prospectus filed by a Registrantthe registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and

(ii)(B) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by Sectionsection 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initialbona fideoffering thereof.Provided,however, that no statement made in a registration

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statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.

(5)(6) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrantregistrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, thesecurities:

The undersigned Registrantregistrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned Registrantregistrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned Registrantregistrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned Registrantregistrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;

(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrantregistrant or used or referred to by the undersigned Registrant;registrant;

(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned Registrantregistrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant;registrant; and

(iv) Any other communicationcommunications that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned Registrantregistrant to the purchaser.

(6) That,(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant’sregistrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Sectionsection 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act)Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initialbona fideoffering thereof.

(7) To file an application for the purpose of determining the eligibility of the trustee to act under subsection (a) of Section 310 of the Trust Indenture Act in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the SEC under Section 305(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act.

(b)(h) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrantregistrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrantregistrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrantregistrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrantregistrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrantregistrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

(j) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to file an application for the purpose of determining the eligibility of the trustee to act under subsection (a) of Section 310 of the Trust Indenture Act (the “Act”) in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the SEC under section 305(b)(2) of the Act.

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

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Exhibit
Number

Description

  3.1Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended to June  30, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Company’s Current Reporton Form 8-K filed June 5, 2006(Commission File No.  001-16133)
  3.2Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, effective as of April  8, 2014 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Company’s Current Reporton Form 8-K filed April 8, 2014(Commission File No.  001-16133)
  3.3Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, effective as of July  20, 2016 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Company’s Current Reporton Form 8-K filed July 21, 2016(Commission File No.  001-16133)
  3.4Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, effective as of July  20, 2016 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Company’s Current Reporton Form 8-K filed July 21, 2016(Commission File No.  001-16133)
  3.5Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Amendment No.  1 to Company’s Registration Statementon Form SB-2(Registration No. 333-39470))
  3.6Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, effective as of June  30, 2017 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Reporton Form 8-K filed July 3, 2017(Commission File  No. 001-16133))
  3.7Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, effective as of July  5, 2017 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Reporton Form 8-K filed July 6, 2017(Commission File  No. 001-16133))
  3.8Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, effective as of September  20, 2017 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed September 21, 2017(Commission File No. 001-16133))
  3.9Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, effective as of May  2, 2018 (incorporated by reference from Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Registration Statement onForm S-1, filed with the Commission on July 13, 2018)
  4.1Form of Indenture.
  4.2*Form of Debt Security.
  4.3*Form of Deposit Agreement.


  4.5*Form of Warrant.
  4.6*Form of Warrant Agreement.
  4.7*Form of Unit Agreement.
  4.8*Form of Specimen Preferred Stock Certificate and Form of Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights with respect to any series of Preferred Stock issued hereunder.
  5.1Opinion of Wexler, Burkhart, Hirschberg & Unger, LLP
23.1Consent of Wexler, Burkhart, Hirschberg & Unger, LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2Consent of Grant Thornton LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.
24.1Powers of Attorney (incorporated by reference to the signature page hereto).
25.1*Statement of Eligibilityon Form T-1 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of trustee under the indenture filed as Exhibit 4.2 above.

*

To be filed by amendment or incorporated by reference in connection with the offering of the securities.


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 FormS-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, NY,State of New York, on October 7, 2015.November 29, 2018.

 

DELCATH SYSTEMS, INC.

By:

 

/s/ Jennifer K. Simpson, Ph.D.

 Name: Jennifer K. Simpson, Ph.D.
 Title:President and Chief Executive Officer and Director

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Jennifer K. Simpson and Barbra C. Keck and each of them singly, his or her trueand lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and any and all additional registration statements pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, granting untoeach said attorney-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act in person, hereby ratifying and confirming allthat said attorneys-in-fact and agents or either of them or their, his or her substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statementon Form S-3S-1 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated.

 

SIGNATURE

  

TITLE

  

DATE

/s/ Jennifer K. Simpson, Ph.D.

Jennifer K. Simpson, Ph.D.

  

President and Chief Executive
Officer and Director

(Principal Executive Officer)

  October 7, 2015November 29, 2018

/s/ Barbra C. Keck, M.B.A.

Barbra C. Keck, M.B.A.

  

Senior Vice President, FinanceChief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer)

  October 7, 2015November 29, 2018

/s/ Roger G. Stoll, Ph.D.

Roger G. Stoll, Ph.D.

  Chairman of the Board  October 7, 2015

/s/ Harold S. Koplewicz, M.D.

Harold S. Koplewicz, M.D.

DirectorOctober 7, 2015

/s/ Dennis H. Langer, M.D., J.D.

Dennis H. Langer, M.D., J.D.

DirectorOctober 7, 2015

/s/ Laura A. Philips, Ph.D., M.B.A.

Laura A. Philips, Ph.D., M.B.A.

DirectorOctober 7, 2015November 29, 2018

/s/ William D. Rueckert

William D. Rueckert

  Director  October 7, 2015November 29, 2018

/s/ Marco Taglietti, M.D.

Marco Taglietti, M.D.

  Director  October 7, 2015November 29, 2018

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number
/s/ Simon Pedder

Simon Pedder

  

Description of the Document

  1.1*Director  Form of Underwriting Agreement.
  4.1*Specimen Preferred Stock Certificate and Form of Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights with respect to any series of Preferred Stock issued hereunder.
  4.2Form of Indenture (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-165677) filed on March 24, 2010).
  4.3Form of Debt Security (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-165677) filed on March 24, 2010).
  4.5*Form of Warrant Agreement (including form of Warrant Certificate).
  5.1**Opinion of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
23.1**Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.3Consent of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1Power of Attorney (included on the signature page hereto)
25.1*Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, of                     , as Trustee under the Indenture.November 29, 2018

*To be filed by amendment to the Registration Statement or incorporated by reference from documents filed or to be filed with the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
**Filed herewith

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