As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 15, 2016

 

 

 

Registration No. 333-            

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

Celator Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   20-2680869

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

 

200 PrincetonSouth Corporate Center,

Suite 180

Ewing, New Jersey

  08628
(Address of principal executive offices)   Zip Code

Celator Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

2013 Equity Incentive Plan

(Full title of the plan)

Scott T. Jackson

Chief Executive Officer

Celator Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

200 PrincetonSouth Corporate Center, Suite 180

Ewing, New Jersey 08628

(609) 243-0123

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,

including area code, of agent for service)

Copy to:

John W. Kauffman, Esq.

Duane Morris LLP

30 South 17th Street

Philadelphia, PA 19103

(215) 979-1227


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

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

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

Title of securities

to be registered

   Amount to be
registered (1)(2)
     Proposed
maximum
offering
price
per share(3)
     Proposed
maximum
aggregate

offering
price(3)
     Amount of
registration
fee(3)
 

Common Stock, $0.001 par value

    
 
2,745,020
shares
  
  
     N/A       $ 38,598,578.10       $ 3,886.88   

 

(1) Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional securities that may be offered or issued in connection with any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without receipt of consideration that increases the outstanding number of shares of Common Stock.

 

(2) Represents 2,745,020 additional shares of Common Stock authorized to be issued under the Registrant’s 2013 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2013 Plan”). The Registrant previously registered shares available for issuance under the 2013 Plan on registration statements on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 11, 2014 (Registration No. 333-197368).

 

(3) Pursuant to Rule 457(h), the maximum aggregate offering price was calculated by adding (i) with respect to 1,540,160 shares issuable upon exercise of outstanding stock options, the weighted average per share exercise price of those options of $1.44 and (ii) with respect to the remaining 1,204,860 shares issuable under the plan, the price of $30.195 per share based on the average of the high and low sale prices for the Registrant’s Common Stock as reported on the NASDAQ Stock Market on June 10, 2016.

 

 

 


INTRODUCTORY NOTE

This Registration Statement relates solely to the registration of additional securities of the same class as other securities for which a registration statement on this form relating to an employee benefit plan is effective. Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the registration statement on Form S-8 the Registrant filed on July 11, 2014 with respect to the Registrant’s 2013 Equity Incentive Plan (Registration No. 333-197368).

Item 8. Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description of Exhibit

5.1    Opinion of Duane Morris LLP
23.1    Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2    Consent of Duane Morris LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1    Powers of Attorney (included in signature pages)

 

II-1


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Ewing, New Jersey on June 15, 2016.

 

CELATOR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
  /s/ Scott T. Jackson
  Scott T. Jackson
  Chief Executive Officer

Know all men by these presents, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Scott T. Jackson and Fred M. Powell, and each or either of them, as such person’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution, for such person, and in such person’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign any or all amendments or post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Scott T. Jackson

Scott T. Jackson

   Chief Executive Officer and Director (principal executive officer)  

June 15, 2016

/s/ Fred M. Powell

Fred M. Powell

   Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial and accounting officer)  

June 15, 2016

/s/ Michael R. Dougherty

Michael R. Dougherty

   Executive Chairman and Director  

June 15, 2016

/s/ Jean-Pierre Bizzari

Jean-Pierre Bizzari

   Director  

June 15, 2016

/s/ Richard S. Kollender

Richard S. Kollender

   Director  

June 15, 2016

 

II-2


/s/ Joseph M. Lobacki

Joseph M. Lobacki

   Director  

June 15, 2016

/s/ Joseph A. Mollica

Joseph A. Mollica

   Director  

June 15, 2016

/s/ Scott Morenstein

Scott Morenstein

   Director  

June 15, 2016

/s/Nicole Vitullo

Nicole Vitullo

   Director  

June 15, 2016

 

II-3


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description of Exhibit

5.1    Opinion of Duane Morris LLP
23.1    Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2    Consent of Duane Morris LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1    Powers of Attorney (included in signature pages)

 

Celator Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:CPXX)
Gráfico Histórico do Ativo
De Mai 2024 até Jun 2024 Click aqui para mais gráficos Celator Pharmaceuticals Inc..
Celator Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:CPXX)
Gráfico Histórico do Ativo
De Jun 2023 até Jun 2024 Click aqui para mais gráficos Celator Pharmaceuticals Inc..