As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 8, 2019.
File No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
AMICUS THERAPEUTICS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
DELAWARE |
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of |
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Incorporation or Organization) |
| Identification No.) |
1 Cedar Brook Drive, Cranbury, NJ 08512
(Address of Principal Executive Office)( Zip Code)
AMENDED AND RESTATED 2007 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
John F. Crowley
Chief Executive Officer
Amicus Therapeutics, Inc.
1 Cedar Brook Drive
Cranbury, New Jersey 08512
(Name and address of Agent for Service)
(609) 662-2000
(Telephone Number for agent for service)
Copy to:
Scott R. Jones, Esquire
Pepper Hamilton LLP
400 Berwyn Park
899 Cassatt Road
Berwyn, Pennsylvania 19312-1183
(610) 640-7800
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer x |
| Accelerated filer o |
Non-accelerated filer o |
| Smaller reporting company o |
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| Emerging growth company o |
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. o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Common stock, par value $0.01 per share |
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| $ | 11.445 |
| $ | 137,340,000 |
| $ | 16,645.61 |
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(1) In accordance with Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement on Form S-8 shall be deemed to cover any additional shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), of Amicus Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Registrant”), which become issuable under the above-named plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Registrant.
(2) Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant’s common stock as reported on the NASDAQ Global Market on August 8, 2019.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of registering an additional 12,000,000 shares of Common Stock of the Registrant that were added to the shares authorized for issuance under the Registrant’s Amended and Restated 2007 Equity Incentive Plan for which a Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the same employee benefit plan is effective. Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the Registration Statements on Form S-8 (File Nos. 333-145305, 333-157219 and 333-174900) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on August 10, 2007, February 10, 2009 and June 15, 2011, are incorporated herein by reference except to the extent supplemented, amended or superseded by the information set forth herein. Only those items of Form S-8 containing new information not contained in the earlier registration statements are presented herein.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents of the Registrant filed with the Commission are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement as of their respective dates:
(b) The Registrant’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2019 and June 30, 2019, filed with the Commission on May 9, 2019 and August 8, 2019, respectively;
(c) The Registrant’s Current Reports on Form 8-K (other than portions thereof furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and exhibits accompanying such reports that are related to such items) filed on January 3, 2019, January 7, 2019, January 18, 2019, January 24, 2019, February 5, 2019, February 8, 2019, February 25, 2019, February 26, 2019, February 28, 2019 (Film No. 19645014), March 13, 2019, March 20, 2019, April 30, 2019, May 13, 2019, May 14, 2019, May 21, 2019, May 22, 2019, May 29, 2019, May 31, 2019, June 19, 2019, June 27, 2019, July 1, 2019, July 2, 2019, July 8, 2019, as amended on July 9, 2019, and August 1, 2019; and
(d) The description of the Registrant’s Common Stock contained in the Form 8-A filed with the Commission on May 23, 2007 pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of further updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents; provided, however, that documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with Commission rules shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. Any statement contained herein or in a document, all or a portion of which is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or amended, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 8. Exhibits.
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4.1 |
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4.2 |
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| Certificate of Amendment to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant |
4.3 |
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| Certificate of Amendment to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant |
4.4 |
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4.5 |
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| Specimen Stock Certificate evidencing shares of common stock |
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23.1 |
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| Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm |
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99.1 |
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99.2 |
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| Amendment to the Amended and Restated 2007 Equity Incentive Plan |
99.3 |
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| Amendment to the Amended and Restated 2007 Equity Incentive Plan |
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(1) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Form 10-K filed on February 28, 2012.
(2) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Form 8-K filed on June 10, 2015.
(3) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Form 8-K filed on June 8, 2018.
(4) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (Registration No. 333-141700), as amended, originally filed with the Commission on April 27, 2007.
(5) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (Registration No. 333-141700), filed with the SEC on May 17, 2007.
(6) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-141700), as amended, originally filed with the SEC on March 30, 2007).
(7) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Form 8-K filed on June 13, 2016.
(8) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Form 8-K filed on July 29, 2016.
(9) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Form 8-K filed on December 26, 2018.
(10) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Form 8-K filed on December 30, 2016.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Cranbury, state of New Jersey, on the 8th day of August, 2019.
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| By: | /s/ John F. Crowley | |
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| Name: | John F. Crowley |
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| Title: | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
We, the undersigned officers and directors of Amicus Therapeutics, Inc., hereby severally constitute and appoint John F. Crowley, Bradley L. Campbell, Daphne Quimi and Ellen S. Rosenberg, and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any and all subsequent amendments to said Registration Statement, and generally to do all such things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable Amicus Therapeutics, Inc. to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement on Form S-8 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the dates indicated.
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/s/ John F. Crowley |
| Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
| August 8, 2019 |
John F. Crowley |
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/s/ Daphne Quimi |
| Chief Financial Officer |
| August 8, 2019 |
Daphne Quimi |
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/s/ Samantha Prout |
| Global Controller |
| August 8, 2019 |
Samantha Prout |
| (Principal Accounting Officer) |
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/s/ Lynn D. Bleil |
| Director |
| August 8, 2019 |
Lynn D. Bleil |
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/s/ Bradley L. Campbell |
| Director |
| August 8, 2019 |
Bradley L. Campbell |
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/s/ Robert Essner |
| Director |
| August 8, 2019 |
Robert Essner |
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/s/ Ted W. Love, M.D. |
| Director |
| August 8, 2019 |
Ted. W. Love, M.D. |
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/s/ Margaret G. McGlynn, R.Ph. |
| Director |
| August 8, 2019 |
Margaret G. McGlynn, R.Ph. |
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/s/ Michael G. Raab |
| Director |
| August 8, 2019 |
Michael G. Raab |
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/s/ Glenn P. Sblendorio |
| Director |
| August 8, 2019 |
Glenn P. Sblendorio |
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