As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 8, 2012

Registration No. 333-                 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-8

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

BIOSANTE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

111 Barclay Boulevard, Lincolnshire, IL 60069

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

 

BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Third Amended and Restated

2008 Stock Incentive Plan

(Full Title of the Plan)

 

Phillip B. Donenberg

Senior Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

111 Barclay Boulevard

Lincolnshire, IL 60069

(847) 478-0500

(Name and Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)

 

Copies requested to:

 

Amy E. Culbert, Esq.

Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP

222 South Ninth Street, Suite 2000

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402

(612) 607-7287

 

 

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 definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.  (Check one):

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Title of Securities to be Registered		Amount to be Registered(1)		Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share(2)			Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price(2)			Amount of Registration Fee
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share		833,333 shares		$	2.86		$	2,383,332.38		$	274.00

(1)         The number of shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of BioSante (“Common Stock”), stated above represents an increase in the total number of shares available for issuance under the BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Third Amended and Restated 2008 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).  An aggregate of 1,000,000 shares have been registered previously under registration statements on Form S-8 (File Nos. 333-151663, 333-168842 and 333-174596).  In addition, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the Plan is subject to adjustment in accordance with certain provisions of the Plan.  Accordingly, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), to the extent additional shares of Common Stock may be issued or issuable as a result of a stock split or other distribution declared at any time by the Board of Directors while this registration statement is in effect, this registration statement is hereby deemed to cover all such additional shares of Common Stock.

 

(2)         Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act and calculated based on the average of the high and low sales prices of the Common Stock, as reported on the NASDAQ Global Market on May 30, 2012.

 

 

 

STATEMENT UNDER GENERAL INSTRUCTION E—
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES

 

The registrant, BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“BioSante” or “Registrant”), previously filed registration statements on Form S-8 (SEC File Nos. 333-151663, 333-168842 and 333-174596) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) in connection with the registration of an aggregate of 1,000,000 shares of BioSante’s common stock to be issued under the BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Third Amended and Restated 2008 Stock Incentive Plan and the initial and subsequent versions of such plan after amendments (the “Plan”).

 

Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this registration statement on Form S-8 (this “Registration Statement”) is filed by BioSante solely to register an additional 833,333 shares of BioSante’s common stock available for issuance under the Plan. This increase was approved by BioSante’s Board of Directors and stockholders.  Pursuant to Instruction E, the contents of BioSante’s previously filed Registration Statements on Form S-8 (SEC File Nos. 333-151663, 333-168842 and 333-174596), including without limitation periodic reports that BioSante filed, or will file, after this Registration Statement to maintain current information about BioSante, are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, with the exception of Items 3 and 8 of Part II of such prior Registration Statement, each of which is amended and restated in its entirety herein.

 

PART I

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

 

The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 have been or will be sent or given to participants as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). In accordance with the instructions of Part I of Form S-8, such documents will not be filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus as required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.

 

PART II

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference

 

The following documents previously filed by BioSante with the Commission are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:

 

(a)                                 BioSante’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 (including information specifically incorporated by reference into BioSante’s Form 10-K from its definitive proxy statement for its 2012 annual meeting of stockholders);

 

(b)                                 BioSante’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2012;

 

(c)                                  BioSante’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on February 3, 2012, February 8, 2012, February 16, 2012, June 1, 2012 and June 8, 2012; and

 

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(d)                                 the description of BioSante’s common stock contained in its registration statement on Form 8-A and any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.

 

In addition, all documents filed with the Commission by BioSante (other than portions of such documents which are furnished and not filed) pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all of the securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the time of filing of such documents with the Commission.

 

Any statement contained in the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement 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 incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement modifies or supersedes such statement.  Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

 

Item 8.  Exhibits

 

The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:

 

Exhibit No.		Description
4.1		Restated Certificate of Incorporation of BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to BioSante’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 14, 2009 (File No. 001-31812))
4.2		Certificate of Amendment of the BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to BioSante’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 1, 2012 (File No. 001-31812))
4.3		Amended and Restated Bylaws of BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to BioSante’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 11, 2010 (File No. 001-31812))
4.4		Specimen Stock Certificate Representing Common Stock of BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (filed herewith)
5.1		Opinion of Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP (filed herewith)
10.1		BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Third Amended and Restated 2008 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to BioSante’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 1, 2012 (File No. 001-31812))
23.1		Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP (filed herewith)
23.2		Consent of Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5.1)

 

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Exhibit No.		Description
24.1		Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement)

 

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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 Lincolnshire, State of Illinois on June 8, 2012.

 

	BIOSANTE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
	By:	/s/ Stephen M. Simes
		Stephen M. Simes
		Vice Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
		(principal executive officer)
	By:	/s/ Phillip B. Donenberg
		Phillip B. Donenberg
		Senior Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
		(principal financial and accounting officer)

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

Each person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes and appoints Stephen M. Simes and Phillip B. Donenberg, or either of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, 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 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, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agents or any of them, their, or 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 Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Name and Signature		Title		Date
/s/ Stephen M. Simes		Vice Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer		June 8, 2012
Stephen M. Simes
/s/ Phillip B. Donenberg		Senior Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial		June 8, 2012
Phillip B. Donenberg		Officer and Secretary
/s/ Louis W. Sullivan, M.D.
Louis W. Sullivan, M.D.		Chairman of the Board		May 30, 2012

 

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Name and Signature		Title		Date
/s/ Fred Holubow		Director		May 30, 2012
Fred Holubow
/s/ Ross Mangano
Ross Mangano		Director		May 30, 2012
/s/ John T. Potts, Jr. M.D.
John T. Potts, Jr., M.D.		Director		May 30, 2012
/s/ Edward C. Rosenow, III, M.D.
Edward C. Rosenow, III, M.D.		Director		May 30, 2012
/s/ Stephen A. Sherwin, M.D.
Stephen A. Sherwin, M.D.		Director		May 30, 2012

 

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BIOSANTE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.		Description		Method of Filing
4.1		Restated Certificate of Incorporation of BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc.		Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to BioSante’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 14, 2009 (File No. 001-31812)
4.2		Certificate of Amendment of the BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Restated Certificate of Incorporation		Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to BioSante’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 1, 2012 (File No. 001-31812)
4.3		Amended and Restated Bylaws of BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc.		Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to BioSante’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 11, 2010 (File No. 001-31812)
4.4		Specimen Stock Certificate Representing Common Stock of BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc.		Filed herewith
5.1		Opinion of Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP		Filed herewith
10.1		BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Third Amended and Restated 2008 Stock Incentive Plan		Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to BioSante’s Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 1, 2012 (File No. 001-31812)
23.1		Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP		Filed herewith
23.2		Consent of Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP		Included as part of Exhibit 5.1
24.1		Power of Attorney		Included on the signature page to this Registration Statement

 

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