As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 16, 2009.

Registration No. 333-       

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Form S-8

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

INCYTE CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

1997 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN OF INCYTE CORPORATION

(Full title of the plan)

 

 

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.

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

Title of

Amount

Proposed Maximum

Proposed

Amount of

Securities To

To Be

Offering Price

Maximum Aggregate

Registration

Be Registered

Registered(1)

per Share(2)

Offering Price(2)

Fee

Common Stock, $.001 par value per share

750,000 shares

$

3.38

$

2,535,000

$

142

(1)           Calculated pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8.

 

(2)                                  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1), based upon the average of the high and low sales prices of the Registrant’s Common Stock on The Nasdaq Global Market on June 11, 2009.

 

 

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED PURSUANT

TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E TO FORM S-8

 

General Instruction E Information

 

This Registration Statement is being filed for the purpose of increasing the number of securities of the same class as other securities for which a Registration Statement of the Registrant on Form S-8 relating to the same employee benefit plan is effective.

 

The Registrant’s Form S-8 Registration Statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 16, 1997 (File No. 333-31409), October 3, 2000 (File No. 333-47180), August 15, 2001 (File No. 333-67596), June 28, 2002 (File No. 333-91540), August 15, 2003 (File No. 333-108013), May 25, 2006 (File No. 333-134472) and June 17, 2008 (File No. 333-151715) are hereby incorporated by reference.

 

Part II

 

Information Required in the Registration Statement

 

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

 

The following documents previously filed by Registrant with the Commission are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:

 

(1)           Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008;

 

(2)           Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2009;

 

(3)                                  Registrant’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January 5, 2009, February 6, 2009, March 12, 2009, May 21, 2009 and May 28, 2009; and

 

(4)                                  The description of the Common Stock contained in Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed January 5, 1996.

 

In addition, all documents subsequently filed by Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.  The Registrant is not, however, incorporating, in each case, any documents or information that the Registrant is deemed to furnish and not file in accordance with Securities and Exchange Commission rules.

 

Item 8.    Exhibits

 

Exhibit
Number		Exhibit
5.1		Opinion of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP.
23.1		Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.2		Consent of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).

 

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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 the City of Wilmington, State of Delaware, on  June 16, 2009.

 

	INCYTE CORPORATION.
	By	/s/ PAUL A. FRIEDMAN
		Paul A. Friedman
		President and Chief Executive Officer
		(Principal Executive Officer)

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Paul A. Friedman, David C. Hastings, and Patricia A. Schreck, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:

 

Signature		Title		Date
/s/ PAUL A. FRIEDMAN		President and Chief Executive Officer		June 16, 2009
Paul A. Friedman		(Principal Executive Officer) and Director
/s/ DAVID C. HASTINGS		Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer		June 16, 2009
David C. Hastings		(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ LAURENT CHARDONNET		Vice President, Finance and Treasurer		June 16, 2009
Laurent Chardonnet		(Principal Accounting Officer)

 

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/s/ RICHARD U. DE SCHUTTER		Chairman		June 16, 2009
Richard U. De Schutter
/s/ BARRY M. ARIKO		Director		June 16, 2009
Barry M. Ariko
/s/ JULIAN C. BAKER		Director		June 16, 2009
Julian C. Baker
/s/ PAUL A. BROOKE		Director		June 16, 2009
Paul A. Brooke
/s/ JOHN F. NIBLACK		Director		June 16, 2009
John F. Niblack
/s/ ROY A. WHITFIELD		Director		June 16, 2009
Roy A. Whitfield

 

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit
Number		Description of Exhibit
5.1		Opinion of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP.
23.1		Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.2		Consent of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).

 

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