arna-s8_20161109.htm

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 9, 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

ARENA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

 

23-2908305

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

6154 Nancy Ridge Drive

San Diego, California 92121

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan

(Full title of the plan)

Steven W. Spector, Esq.

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

6154 Nancy Ridge Drive

San Diego, California 92121

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

858.453.7200

(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copy to:

Steven M. Przesmicki, Esq.

Cooley LLP

4401 Eastgate Mall

San Diego, California 92121

858.550.6000


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

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

Title of securities

to be registered

 

Amount to be
registered (1)

 

Proposed maximum

offering

price per share

 

Proposed maximum

aggregate

offering price

 

Amount of

registration fee

Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share

 

800,000 shares

(2)

 

$

1.71

 

(3)

 

$

1,368,000

 

(3)

 

$158.55

 

 

(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 shares of Common Stock of Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Registrant” or “Arena”) that, with respect to the shares registered hereunder, become issuable under the 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “2013 LTIP”) by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without receipt of consideration that increases the number of outstanding shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock.

 

(2)

Represents the shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock added to the shares previously authorized for issuance under the 2013 LTIP pursuant to an amendment to the 2013 LTIP approved by the Registrant’s Board of Directors on August 10, 2016, which shares are reserved for issuance upon the exercise of an outstanding stock option granted under the 2013 LTIP.

 

(3)

Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act. The proposed maximum aggregate offering price per share and proposed maximum aggregate offering price for the 800,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock reserved for issuance upon the exercise of an outstanding stock option granted under the 2013 LTIP are calculated using the exercise price of such stock option of $1.71 per share.


 

INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

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 benefit plan is effective. The Registrant previously registered shares of its Common Stock for issuance under the 2013 LTIP under registration statements on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 10, 2013 (File No. 333-189213) and June 14, 2016 (File No. 333-212012). Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, this registration statement hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the registration statements referenced above.

Item 8. Exhibits

See the Exhibit Index on the page immediately following the signature page to this registration statement for a list of exhibits filed as part of this registration statement, which Exhibit Index is incorporated herein by reference.

 


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 San Diego, State of California, on November 9, 2016.

ARENA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Amit Munshi

 

 

Amit Munshi

President and Chief Executive Officer

 



POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Amit Munshi and Steven W. Spector, and each of them, as his or her true and lawful agent, proxy and attorney-in-fact, each acting alone, 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 or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, 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.

Signature

 

Title

 

Date

 

 

 

/s/ Amit Munshi

 

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

(principal executive officer)

 

November 9, 2016

Amit Munshi

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Kevin R. Lind

 

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

(principal financial and accounting officer)

 

November 9, 2016

Kevin R. Lind

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Tina S. Nova

 

Chair of the Board

 

November 9, 2016

Tina S. Nova, Ph.D.

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Donald D. Belcher

 

Director

 

November 9, 2016

Donald D. Belcher

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Scott H. Bice

 

Director

 

November 9, 2016

Scott H. Bice

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Harry F. Hixson

 

Director

 

November 9, 2016

Harry F. Hixson, Jr., Ph.D.

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Phillip M. Schneider

 

Director

 

November 9, 2016

Phillip M. Schneider

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Christine A. White

 

Director

 

November 9, 2016

Christine A. White, M.D.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Randall E. Woods

 

Director

 

November 9, 2016

Randall E. Woods

 

 

 

 


 

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number

 

Description of Document

 

 

4.1

 

Fifth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Arena (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Arena’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2002, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 14, 2002, Commission File No. 000-31161)

 

 

4.2

 

Certificate of Amendment of the Fifth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Arena (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Arena’s registration statement on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 28, 2006, Commission File No. 333-135398)

 

 

4.3

 

Certificate of Amendment No. 2 of the Fifth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Arena, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Arena’s registration statement on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 30, 2009, Commission File No. 333-160329)

 

 

4.4

 

Certificate of Amendment No. 3 of the Fifth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Arena, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to Arena’s registration statement on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 20, 2012, Commission File No. 333-182238)

 

 

4.5

 

Amended and Restated Bylaws of Arena (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Arena’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 9, 2014, Commission File No. 000-31161)

 

 

4.6

 

Form of common stock certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Arena’s registration statement on Form S-1, as amended, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 19, 2000, Commission File No. 333-35944)

 

 

5.1

 

Opinion of Cooley LLP

 

 

23.1

 

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

 

23.2

 

Consent of Cooley LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)

 

 

24.1

 

Power of Attorney (included on signature page)

 

 

99.1

 

Arena’s 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended in May, June and August 2016 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Arena’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 9, 2016, Commission File No. 000-31161)