As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 4, 2003

Registration No. 333-_____

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 


 

AEROGEN, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

 

33-0488580

(State of Incorporation)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

 

2071 Stierlin Court

Mountain View, CA 94043

Phone:  (650) 864-7300

(Address of principal executive offices)

 


 

2000 Equity Incentive Plan

2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

(Full title of the plans)

 


 

Jane E. Shaw

President and Chief Executive Officer

Aerogen, Inc.

2071 Stierlin Court

Mountain View, CA 94043

Phone:  (650) 864-7300

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 


 

Copies to:

Robert J. Brigham, Esq.

Cooley Godward LLP

Five Palo Alto Square

3000 El Camino Real

Palo Alto, CA  94306-2155
(650) 843-5000

 

 


 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

Title of Securities
to be Registered

 

Amount to be
Registered

 

Proposed Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share (1)

 

Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering Price (1)

 

Amount of
Registration Fee

 

Common Stock
(par value $0.001)

 

1,146,205 shares

 

$0.255

 

$292,283

 

$24

 

 


(1)     Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).  The price per share and aggregate offering price are based upon the average of the high and low prices of Registrant’s Common Stock on April 2, 2003 as reported on the Nasdaq National Market, in accordance with Rule 457(c) of the Securities Act.  This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Registrant’s Common Stock that become issuable under the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan or the 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction without receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of shares of the Registrant’s outstanding Common Stock.

 

 



 

 

INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF CONTENTS OF

REGISTRATION STATEMENTS ON FORM S-8

The contents of Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-50038) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 16, 2000 are incorporated by reference herein.

The contents of Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-65518) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 20, 2001 are incorporated by reference herein.

EXHIBITS

Exhibit
Number

 

 

 

 

 

4.1(1)

 

Specimen Stock Certificate.

 

 

 

4.2(2)

 

Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant.

 

 

 

4.3(1)

 

Bylaws of the Registrant.

 

 

 

5.1

 

Opinion of Cooley Godward LLP.

 

 

 

23.1

 

Consent of independent accountants.

 

 

 

23.2

 

Consent of Cooley Godward LLP.  Reference is made to Exhibit 5.1.

 

 

 

24.1

 

Power of Attorney is contained on the signature pages.

 

 

 

99.1(3)

 

2000 Equity Incentive Plan and related documents.

 

 

 

99.2(3)

 

2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and related documents.

 


(1)                Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-44470), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 25, 2000.

(2)                Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2002, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 13, 2002.

(3)                Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-44470), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 5, 2000.

 

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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 Mountain View, State of California, on April 4, 2003.

 

 

 

AEROGEN, INC.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jane E. Shaw

 

 

Jane E. Shaw

 

 

Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Jane E. Shaw and Robert S. Breuil, and each or any one 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 and necessary to be done in connection therewith, 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 any of them, or their or his or her substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

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

 

 

Signature

 

Title

 

Date

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Jane E. Shaw

 

Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer  (Principal Executive Officer)

 

April 4, 2003

Jane E. Shaw

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Robert S. Breuil

 

Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

April 4, 2003

Robert S. Breuil

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Thomas R. Baruch

 

Director

 

April 4, 2003

Thomas R. Baruch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Jean-Jacques Bienaimé

 

Director

 

April 4, 2003

Jean-Jacques Bienaimé

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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/s/ Bernard Collins

 

Director

 

April 4, 2003

Bernard Collins

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Phyllis I. Gardner

 

Director

 

April 4, 2003

Phyllis I. Gardner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Yehuda Ivri

 

Director

 

April 4, 2003

Yehuda Ivri

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Philip M. Young

 

Director

 

April 4, 2003

Philip M. Young

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number

 

 

 

 

 

4.1(1)

 

Specimen Stock Certificate.

 

 

 

4.2(2)

 

Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant.

 

 

 

4.3(1)

 

Bylaws of the Registrant.

 

 

 

5.1

 

Opinion of Cooley Godward LLP.

 

 

 

23.1

 

Consent of independent accountants.

 

 

 

23.2

 

Consent of Cooley Godward LLP.  Reference is made to Exhibit 5.1.

 

 

 

24.1

 

Power of Attorney is contained on the signature pages.

 

 

 

99.1(3)

 

2000 Equity Incentive Plan and related documents.

 

 

 

99.2(3)

 

2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and related documents.

 


(1)                Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-44470), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 25, 2000.

(2)                Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2002, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 13, 2002.

(3)                Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-44470), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 5, 2000.

 

 

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