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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 15, 2013

May 11, 2018

Registration No. 333-


UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON,

Washington, D.C. 20549




FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933



SUNSHINE HEART,

CHF SOLUTIONS, INC.

 (Exact

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware

68-0533453

(State or other jurisdiction of

(IRS Employer

incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)


12988 Valley View Road

Eden Prairie, MN 55344

(952) 345-4200

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of

registrant’s principal executive offices)

David Rosa


John L. Erb
Chief Executive Officer

Sunshine Heart,

CHF Solutions, Inc.

12988 Valley View Road

Eden Prairie, MN 55344

(952) 345-4200

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

of agent for service)


With a copy to:

Phillip D. Torrence, Esq.

Meredith Ervine, Esq.
Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP

350 East Michigan Avenue,

650 Trade Centre Way, Suite 300

200

Kalamazoo, MI 49007

49002

(269) 337-7702

337-7700


Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement.

registration statement.


If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box.  o


If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box.  x


If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  o


If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  o


If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box.  o


If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box.  o

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

(Check one):

Large accelerated filer

o

Accelerated filer

o

  ☐

Non-accelerated filer

o

(Do☐  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

Smaller reporting company

  ☒

x

Emerging growth company  ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.



CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title of each class of
securities to be registered

 

Amount
 to be
 registered (1)

 

Proposed
maximum
offering price
per security (2)

 

Proposed
maximum
aggregate
offering price

 

Amount of
registration fee

 

Common stock, $0.0001 par value per share

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value per share

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Warrants to purchase common stock, preferred stock or debt securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Debt securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

$

75,000,000

 

$

10,230

 (3)

(1)There are being registered hereunder such indeterminate number of shares of common stock and preferred stock, such indeterminate number of warrants to purchase common stock, preferred stock or debt securities, and such indeterminate principal amount of debt securities, as shall have an aggregate initial offering price not to exceed $75,000,000, less the aggregate dollar amount of all securities previously issued hereunder. If any debt securities are issued at an original issue discount, then the offering price of such debt securities shall be in such greater principal amount as shall result in an aggregate offering price not to exceed $75,000,000, less the aggregate dollar amount of all securities previously issued hereunder. Any securities registered hereunder may be sold separately or in combination with any of the other securities registered hereunder.  The securities registered hereunder also include such indeterminate number of shares of common stock and preferred stock and amount of debt securities as may be issued upon conversion of or exchange for preferred stock or debt securities that provide for conversion or exchange, upon exercise of warrants or pursuant to the antidilution provisions of any of such securities. In addition, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the shares being registered hereunder include such indeterminate number of shares of common stock and preferred stock as may be issuable with respect to the shares being registered hereunder as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transaction.

(2)The proposed maximum offering price per class of security will be determined from time to time by the registrant in connection with, and at the time of, the issuance of the securities registered hereunder, and is not specified as to each class of security pursuant to General Instruction II.D. of Form S-3 under the Securities Act.

(3)Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act, based on the proposed maximum aggregate offering price of all securities listed.

Title of each class of
securities to be registered
 
Amount
to be
registered (1)
  
Proposed
maximum
offering price
per unit (2)
  
Proposed
maximum
aggregate
offering price
  
Amount of
registration fee
 
Offering by CHF Solutions, Inc.              
Common stock, $0.0001 par value per share              
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value per share              
Debt securities            
 
 
Warrants to purchase common stock, preferred stock or debt securities                
Subscription rights                
Total         $30,000,000(2)(3) $3,735(3)
(1)These are being registered hereunder such indeterminate number of shares of common stock and preferred stock, such indeterminate principal amount of debt securities, such indeterminate number of warrants to purchase common stock, preferred stock or debt securities, and such indeterminate number of subscription rights to purchase common stock, preferred stock and/or debt securities as shall have an aggregate initial offering price not to exceed $30 million, less the aggregate dollar amount of all securities previously issued hereunder. If any debt securities are issued at an original issue discount, then the offering price of such debt securities shall be in such greater principal amount as shall result in an aggregate offering price not to exceed $30 million, less the aggregate dollar amount of all securities previously issued hereunder. Any securities registered hereunder may be sold separately or in combination with any of the other securities registered hereunder.  The securities registered hereunder also include such indeterminate number of shares of common stock and preferred stock and amount of debt securities as may be issued upon conversion of or exchange for preferred stock or debt securities that provide for conversion or exchange, upon exercise of warrants or subscription rights or pursuant to the antidilution provisions of any of such securities. In addition, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the shares being registered hereunder include such indeterminate number of shares of common stock and preferred stock as may be issuable with respect to the shares being registered hereunder as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.

(2)The proposed maximum offering price per unit of each class of security registered hereunder will be determined from time to time in connection with, and at the time of, the issuance of the securities and is not specified as to each class of security pursuant to General Instruction II.D. of Form S-3, as amended.

(3)Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, based on the proposed maximum aggregate offering price of all securities listed.
The registrant hereby amends this Registration Statementregistration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statementregistration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Sectionsection 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until this Registration Statementthe registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission acting pursuant to said Sectionsection 8(a), may determine.



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The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.


Subject to Completion, dated March 15, 2013

May 11, 2018


PROSPECTUS


$75,000,000

30,000,000



Common Stock

Preferred Stock

Debt Securities
Warrants
Subscription Rights

From time to Purchase Common Stock, Preferred Stock or Debt Securities

Debt Securities

SUNSHINE HEART, INC.

This prospectus covers the primary offering by ustime, we may offer and sell up to an aggregate amount of $30,000,000 of any combination of common stock; preferred stock; warrants to purchase common stock, preferred stockthe securities described in this prospectus, either individually or debt securities; and debt securities, each as described herein,in combination, in one or more offerings from time to time.  The aggregate initial offering priceofferings. We may also offer securities as may be issuable upon conversion, redemption, repurchase, exchange or exercise of allany securities sold by us under this prospectus will not exceed $75 million.

registered hereunder, including any applicable antidilution provisions.


This prospectus provides a general descriptiondescribes some of the securities wegeneral terms that may offer.apply to an offering of our securities. Each time we selloffer securities, we will provide the specific terms of thethese offerings and securities offered in a supplementone or more supplements to this prospectus. We may also authorize one or more free writing prospectuses to be provided to you in connection with these offerings. The prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. You should carefully read this prospectus, and the applicable prospectus supplement carefullyand any related free writing prospectus, as well as any documents incorporated by reference, before you invest inbuying any securities. of the securities being offered.

This prospectus may not be used to consummate a sale of securities unless accompanied by the applicablea prospectus supplement.


The securities may be offered and sold directly by us to investors, through agents designated from time to time at fixed prices, at market prices or at negotiated prices, and may be offered and sold to or through one or more underwriters, dealers or dealers,agents or directly to purchasers on a continuous or delayed basis.  For additional information on the methods of sale, you should refer to the section entitledSee “Plan of Distribution” in this prospectus.  If any agents or underwriters are involved in the sale of any securities with respect to which this prospectus is being delivered, the names of such agents or underwriters and any applicable fees, commissions, discounts and over-allotment options will be set forth in a prospectus supplement.  The price to the public of such securities and the net proceeds that we expect to receive from such sale will also be set forth in a prospectus supplement.

Distribution.”


Our common stock is currently listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market (“Nasdaq”) under the symbol “SSH,” and on the Australian Securities Exchange (the “ASX”), under the symbol “SHC.“CHFS.”  On March 14, 2013,May 10, 2018, the closinglast reported sale price of our common stock on Nasdaqthe NASDAQ Capital Market was $6.44.$2.91

per share. The numberapplicable prospectus supplement will contain information, where applicable, as to other listings, if any, on the NASDAQ Capital Market or other securities exchange of the securities covered by the applicable prospectus supplement.


As of May 10, 2018, the aggregate market value of our outstanding common stock held by non-affiliates, or public float, was approximately $13.0 million based on 4.5 million shares of outstanding sharescommon stock, at a price of $2.91 per share, which was the last reported sale price of our common stock paron the NASDAQ Capital Market on May 10, 2018. We have not offered any securities pursuant to General Instruction I.B.6 of Form S-3 during the prior 12 calendar month period that ends on and includes the date of this prospectus. Pursuant to General Instruction I.B.6 of Form S-3, in no event will we sell securities registered on this registration statement in a public primary offering with a value $0.0001 per share,exceeding more than one-third of our public float in any 12-month period so long as of March 14, 2013 was 9,509,867.

our public float remains below $75.0 million.

Investing in our securities involves certain risks.  See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 107 of this prospectus and in the applicable prospectus supplement.

supplement for certain risks you should consider.


Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.


The date of this prospectus is           , 2013.2018
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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS


This prospectus is a part of a registration statement on Form S-3 that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, (the “SEC”), utilizingor SEC, using a “shelf” registration process. Under this shelf registration process,statement, we may, from time to time, offer and sell, either individually or in combination, in one or more offerings, up to sella total dollar amount of $30,000,000 of any combination of the securities described in this prospectus in one or more offerings from time to time up to a total dollar amount of $75 million. prospectus.

This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities we may offer and sell.offer. Each time we offer and sell securities under this prospectus, we will provide a prospectus supplement that will contain more specific information about the terms of that offering. We may also authorize one or more free writing prospectuses to be provided to you that may contain material information relating to these offerings. The prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus that we may authorize to be provided to you may also add, update or change any of the information contained in this prospectus. Toprospectus or in the extent that any statementdocuments that we make in a prospectus supplement is inconsistent with statements made in this prospectus, the statements made in this prospectus will be deemed modified or superseded by those made in the prospectus supplement, as appropriate. You should read both this prospectus and any prospectus supplement, including all documents incorporated herein or therein by reference, together with additional information described under “Where You Can Find More Information.”  THIS PROSPECTUS MAY NOT BE USED TO CONSUMMATE A SALE OF SECURITIES UNLESS IT IS ACCOMPANIED BY A PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT.

We have filed or incorporated by reference exhibitsinto this prospectus. We urge you to the registration statement of whichread carefully this prospectus, formsany applicable prospectus supplement and any free writing prospectuses we may authorize for use in connection with a part. You should readspecific offering, together with the exhibits carefully for provisions thatinformation incorporated herein by reference as described under the heading “Incorporation by Reference,” before buying any of the securities being offered.


This prospectus may not be importantused to you.

consummate a sale of securities unless it is accompanied by a prospectus supplement.


You should rely only on the information that we have providedcontained in, or incorporated by reference ininto, this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement, along with the information contained in any free writing prospectus or other written communicationprospectuses we may authorize to be delivered to you.for use in connection with a specific offering. We have not and have not authorized anyone else, to provide you with different or additional information. ThisYou must not rely upon any information or representation not contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, anythe accompanying prospectus supplement or in any related free writing prospectus and any other written communication do not constitutethat we may authorize to be provided to you. This prospectus is an offer to sell oronly the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities other than the registered securities to which they specifically relate, nor does this prospectus, any prospectus supplement, any free writing prospectus or any other written communication constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securitiesoffered hereby, but only under circumstances and in any jurisdiction to any person to whomjurisdictions where it is unlawfullawful to make such offer or solicitation in such jurisdiction. You should not assume that thedo so.

The information containedappearing in this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement or any related free writing prospectus is accurate only as of any date other than the date on the front cover of this prospectus, the prospectus supplement ordocument and that any related free writing prospectus, as applicable, or that the information contained in any documentwe have incorporated by reference is accurate only as of any date other than the date of the document incorporated by reference, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement or any related free writing prospectus, or any sale of a security. YouOur business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since those dates.

This prospectus contains and incorporates by reference market data and industry statistics and forecasts that are based on independent industry publications and other publicly available information. Although we believe that these sources are reliable, we do not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of this information and we have not independently verified this information. Although we are not aware of any misstatements regarding the market and industry data presented in this prospectus and the documents incorporated herein by reference, these estimates involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change based on various factors, including those discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” contained in the applicable prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus, and under similar headings in the other documents that are incorporated by reference into this prospectus. Accordingly, investors should not considerplace undue reliance on this information.

This prospectus contains summaries of certain provisions contained in some of the documents described herein, but reference is made to the actual documents for complete information. All of the summaries are qualified in their entirety by the actual documents. Copies of some of the documents referred to herein have been filed, will be filed or will be incorporated by reference as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, and you may obtain copies of those documents as described below under the section entitled “Where You Can Find More Information.”

This prospectus contains references to trademarks belonging to us and other entities. Solely for convenience, trademarks and trade names referred to in this prospectus, including logos, artwork and other visual displays, may appear without the ® or ™ symbols, but such references are not intended to indicate, in any way, that we will not assert, to the fullest extent under applicable law, our rights or the rights of the applicable licensor to these trademarks and trade names. We do not intend our use or display of other companies’ trade names or trademarks to imply a relationship with, or endorsement or sponsorship of us by, any other companies.
SUMMARY

This summary highlights selected information contained elsewhere in this prospectus or in the documents incorporated by reference herein, anyin this prospectus, supplement, any free writing prospectus or other written communication to be investment, legal or tax advice. We encourage you to consult your own counsel, accountant and other advisors for legal, tax, business, financial and related advice regarding an investment in our securities.



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SUMMARY

Because this is only a summary, it does not contain all of the information that may be importantyou need to you. Before you invest, youconsider in making your investment decision. You should carefully read the more detailed information containedentire prospectus, the applicable prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus, including the risks of investing in this prospectus and the information incorporated in this prospectus by reference. Our business involves significant risks. You should carefully consider the informationour securities discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” beginning on page 10.

contained in the applicable prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus, and under similar headings in the other documents that are incorporated by reference into this prospectus. You should also carefully read the information incorporated by reference into this prospectus, including our financial statements, and the exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.


As used in this prospectus, unless otherwise indicated, the terms we,” “us,” “our Company,” “the Company” and CHF Solutions” Sunshine Heart” refer to Sunshine Heart,CHF Solutions, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

All references in this prospectus to “$” are to U.S. Dollarscorporation, and all references to “A$” are to Australian Dollars.

C-Pulse®, Sunshine®, Sunshine HeartTM, C-PatchTM and other trademarks or service marks of Sunshine Heart appearing in this prospectus are the property of Sunshine Heart. Trade names, trademarks and service marks of other companies appearing in this registration statement are the property of the respective owners.

We obtained industry and market data used throughout this prospectus through our research, surveys and studies conducted by third parties and industry and general publications. We have not independently verified market and industry data from third-party sources.

its subsidiaries.


Our Company

Overview

We are an early-stagea medical device company focused on developing, manufacturing and commercializing our C-Pulse Heart Assistthe Aquadex FlexFlow® System (the “C-Pulse System”) for Aquapheresis therapy. The Aquadex FlexFlow System, is indicated for temporary (up to eight hours) ultrafiltration treatment of Class IIIpatients with fluid overload who have failed diuretic therapy and ambulatory Class IVextended (longer than 8 hours) ultrafiltration treatment of patients with fluid overload who have failed diuretic therapy and require hospitalization.
The Aquadex FlexFlow System
The Aquadex FlexFlow system is designed to simply, safely, and precisely remove excess fluid (primarily excess salt and water) from patients suffering from fluid overload who have failed diuretic therapy. With the Aquadex FlexFlow system, medical practitioners can specify and control the amount of fluid to be extracted at a safe, predictable, and effective rate, in a process we refer to as Aquapheresis® therapy. All Aquapheresis treatments must be administered by a healthcare provider, under physician prescription, both of whom have received training in extracorporeal therapies. The Aquadex FlexFlow system has been shown to have no clinically significant impact on electrolyte balance, blood pressure or heart failure. rate.1
Benefits of the Aquadex FlexFlow System
The C-Pulse System utilizes the scientific principles of intra-aortic balloon counter-pulsation applied in an extra-aorticAquadex FlexFlow ultrafiltration system offers a safe approach to assisttreating fluid overload and:
Provides complete control over rate and total volume of fluid removed by allowing a medical practitioner to specify the left ventricle by reducing the workloadamount of fluid to be removed from each individual patient;
Aquapheresis therapy can be performed via peripheral or central venous access;
Removes isotonic fluid (extracts sodium while sparing potassium and magnesium)2;
Following ultrafiltration, neurohormonal activation is reset toward a more physiological condition and diuretic efficacy is restored3;
Provides highly automated operation with only one setting required to pumpbegin;
Utilizes a single-use, disposable auto-loading blood throughoutfilter circuit that facilitates easy set-up;
The console guides medical practitioner through the body, while increasing blood flow to the coronary arteries.

We are in the process of pursuing regulatory approvals necessary to sell oursetup and operational process; and


Decreased hospital readmissions and duration4.

The Aquadex FlexFlow system in the United States. We completed enrollment of our North American feasibility clinical trial in the first half of 2011. In November 2011, we announced the preliminary results of the six-month follow-up period for the feasibility study and we submitted the clinical data to the United States Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”). In March 2012, the FDA notified us that it completed its review of the C-Pulse System feasibility trial data, concluded we met the applicable agency requirements, and indicated that we can move forward with an investigational device exemption (“IDE”) application. In October 2012, we announced the results of the twelve-month follow-up period for the feasibility study.  In November 2012, the FDA provided us with unconditional approval to initiate a pivotal trial.  We currently anticipate that enrollment of our pivotal trial will begin during the first half of 2013.  We expect to complete enrollment of our pivotal trial by the end of 2015 and do not anticipate marketing our system in the United States before 2017.consists of:


1SAFE Trial: Jaski BE, et al. J Card Fail. 2003 Jun; 9(3): 227-231; RAPID Trial: Bart BA, et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2005 Dec 6; 46(11): 2043-2046.

We obtained CE Mark approval for the C-Pulse System in July 2012 and have taken initial steps to evaluate the market potential for our system in targeted countries that accept the CE Mark in anticipation of commencing commercial sales. In order to gain additional clinical data and support reimbursement in Europe, we also expect to initiate a post-market trial in Europe that will evaluate

2Ali SS, et al. Congest Heart Fail. 2009; 15(1):1-4.
3Marenzi G, et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2001 Oct; 38(4): 963-968.
4Costanzo MR, et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2005 Dec 6; 46(11): 2047-2051.
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A console, a piece of capital equipment containing electromechanical pumps and an LCD screen;

A one-time disposable blood set (the “Aquadex Blood Set”

endpoints similar), an integrated collection of tubing, filter, sensors, and connectors that contain and deliver the blood from and back to those for our U.S. pivotal trial. We do not expectthe patient; and


A disposable catheter (the “Aquadex Catheter”), a small, dual-lumen catheter designed to receive reimbursement in Germany before 2014 and cannot be certain of when we will receive reimbursement in other targeted countries.

We incurred net losses of $14.1 million and $16.2 million inaccess the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively. Historically, we have generated our revenue solely from salesperipheral venous system of the C-Pulse Systempatient and to hospitalssimultaneously withdraw blood and clinics pursuantreturn filtered blood to research arrangementsthe patient.


The Aquadex Blood Set is proprietary and the Aquadex FlexFlow system can only be used with appropriate regulatory approvals for salesthe Aquadex Blood Set. The Aquadex Catheter is often used in conjunction with our feasibility clinical trial. We expect to continue to incur significant net losses as we continue to conduct clinical trials and pursue commercialization, and as we ramp up sales of our system.

Our Market Opportunity

Heart failurethe Aquadex FlexFlow system, although it is one of the leading causes of death in the United States and other developed countries. The American Heart Association estimates that 5.7 million people in the United States age 20 and over are affected by heart failure, with an estimated 670,000 new cases diagnosed each year. Nearly 30% of heart failure patients are below the age of 60, and congestive heart failure is the highest U.S. chronic health care expense category.

Heart failure is a progressive disease caused by impairment of the heart’s ability to pump bloodmany potential catheter options available to the various organs of the body. Patients with heart failure commonly experience shortness of breath, fatigue, difficulty exercisingprovider.


Company History and swelling of the legs. The heart becomes weak or stiff and enlarges over time, making it harder to pump the blood needed for the body to function properly. The severity of heart failure depends on how well a person’s heart is able to pump blood throughout the body. A common measure of heart failure severity is the New York Heart Association (“NYHA”) Class guideline. Patients are classified in Classes I through IV based on their symptoms and functional limitations. Classes I and II include mild heart failure patients, Class III includes moderate heart failure patients, and Class IV includes severe heart failure patients.

Our C-Pulse System targets Class III and ambulatory Class IV patients as defined by the NYHA. It is estimated that approximately 1.5 million heart failure patients in the United States fall into this classification range, and we believe approximately 3.7 million patients in Europe are similarly affected.

Treatment alternatives currently available for Class III heart failure patients in the United States consist primarily of pharmacological therapies and pacing devices that are designed to address heart rhythm issues. Although these treatments may provide symptomatic relief and prolong the life of patients, they do not often halt the progression of congestive heart failure. Circulatory assist devices, specifically left ventricular assist devices (“LVADs”) have been used to treat Class IV patients in the United States, and one product received FDA approval in the United States for Class IIIb patients although the device is not reimbursed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for Class IIIb patients. These devices are designed to take over some or all of the pumping function of the heart by mechanically pumping blood into the aorta. Although such products are effective in increasing blood flow, by design these devices are in contact with the patient’s bloodstream, increasing the risk of adverse events, including thrombosis, bleeding and neurologic events.

Our Strategy

Our goal is to become a market leader in the treatment of heart failure patients through the commercialization of our C-Pulse System, and to continue the development of the system to make it safer and more convenient for patients and physicians. We believe that our technology will provide us with a competitive advantage in the market for treating specific segments of heart failure patients. To achieve our objectives, we intend to:

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·conduct a pivotal trial in the United States;

·conduct a post-market trial in Europe to gain additional clinical data;

·prepare for commercial launch of the C-Pulse System in Europe; and

·continue to enhance the C-Pulse System.

Our System

The C-Pulse System utilizes the scientific principles of intra-aortic balloon counter-pulsation applied in an extra-aortic approach to assist the left ventricle by reducing the workload required to pump blood throughout the body, while increasing blood flow to the coronary arteries. Combined, these potential benefits may help sustain the patient’s current condition or, in some cases, reverse the heart failure process, thereby potentially preventing the need for later-stage heart failure devices, such as LVADs, artificial hearts or transplants. It may also provide relief from the symptoms of Class III and ambulatory Class IV heart failure and improve quality of life and cardiac function. Based on the patient results from our feasibility trial, we also believe that some patients treated with our C-Pulse System will be able to stop using the device due to sustained improvement in their conditions as a result of the therapy.

Once implanted, the C-Pulse cuff is positioned on the outside of the patient’s ascending aorta above the aortic valve. An electrocardiogram sensing lead is then attached to the heart to determine timing for cuff inflation and deflation in synchronization with the heartbeat. As the heart fills with blood, the C-Pulse cuff inflates to push blood from the aorta to the rest of the body and to the heart muscle via the coronary arteries. Just before the heart pumps, the C-Pulse cuff deflates to reduce the heart’s workload through pressure changes, allowing the heart to pump with less effort. The C-Pulse cuff and electrical leads are connected to a single line that is run through the abdominal wall to connect to a power driver outside the body. The system’s single unit driver and battery source are contained inside a carrying bag.

Surgeons in the feasibility phase of our clinical trial initially implanted the C-Pulse System in patients via a full sternotomy and then via a mini-thoracotomy. During the feasibility study this minimally invasive procedure was developed to allow the C-Pulse System to be implanted via a small pacemaker-like incision between the patient’s ribs and sternum, rather than through a full sternotomy, and the first implant using this less invasive procedure was completed in 2010. Patients implanted via our minimally invasive procedure typically require a hospital stay of four to seven days in connection with implantation of the C-Pulse System, after which they return home. This compares to an average hospital stay of 14 days for patients implanted with the C-Pulse System via a full sternotomy. Further, final clinical data from two LVAD studies indicate median hospital stays of 19 and 25 days for patients implanted via a full sternotomy. Therefore, we believe this less invasive approach can reduce procedural time, hospital stays, overall cost and patient risk as compared to treatment options that require a full sternotomy.

The C-Pulse System distinguishes itself from other mechanical heart failure therapies in two important respects, which we believe differentiate our system from other products addressing moderate to severe heart failure patients.  First, the C-Pulse System is placed outside a patient’s vascular system.  The C-Pulse cuff is placed outside a patient’s ascending aorta and assists the heart’s normal pumping function, rather than being inserted into the vascular system and replacing heart function in a manner similar to other devices such as LVADs. Because the C-Pulse System remains outside the vascular system, there is potentially less risk of complications such as blood clots, stroke and thrombosis in comparison to other mechanical devices that reside or function inside the vascular system. Because it rests outside the

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vasculature, it also does not require blood thinning agents that are necessary for patients with devices that are in contact with the bloodstream. As with any implanted device, patients using our system have a risk of infection from the implantation procedure, and any untreated sternal infection arising from the implantation procedure or otherwise could result in erosion of the aortic wall or an aortic rupture in connection with using our system. Because our system has been implanted in a limited number of patients to date, the potential competitive disadvantages and risks associated with the use of our system are not fully known at this time.

Second, the C-Pulse System can be safely turned on or off at any time.  Once implanted, the C-Pulse System does not need to be in constant operation, and patients can safely turn the device on or off at any time. This feature allows patients intervals of freedom to perform certain activities such as showering. Patients are not required to visit a medical facility when turning our device on or off or using the device. However, to maximize the benefit from the C-Pulse System, patients are advised to turn off the system only for short periods of time and for specified activities. If the C-Pulse System is not used as directed, patients might experience a return of their heart failure symptoms, a loss of any improvement in their condition resulting from use of our system or an overall worsening of their heart failure symptoms compared to when they began using our system.

Clinical Development

We completed enrollment and implantation of 20 patients in our North American feasibility trial in the first half of 2011. The feasibility phase of our clinical trial was primarily designed to assess safety and provide indications of performance of the C-Pulse System in moderate to severe heart failure patients who suffer from symptoms such as shortness of breath and reduced mobility. In November 2011, we announced the preliminary results of the six-month follow-up period for the feasibility study and we submitted the clinical data to the FDA. In July 2012, we completed the two-year follow-up for a patient implanted with our system during our feasibility trial.

We believe the results of the six-month and 12-month follow-up demonstrate the feasibility of the C-Pulse System implantation procedure and provide indications of safety and efficacy of the C-Pulse System in patients with moderate to severe heart failure necessary to proceed with a pivotal trial. In March 2012, the FDA notified us that it completed its review of the C-Pulse System feasibility trial data, that it concluded we met the applicable agency requirements, and that we can move forward with an IDE application. In November 2012, the FDA provided us with unconditional approval to initiate a pivotal trial.  We currently anticipate that enrollment of our pivotal trial will begin during the first half of 2013, and we expect to complete our pivotal trial enrollment by the end of 2015. In July 2012, we obtained CE Mark approval for the C-Pulse System and have taken steps to initiate a post-market trial in Europe that will evaluate endpoints similar to those for our U.S. pivotal trial.

Corporate Information

Sunshine Heart,CHF Solutions, Inc. was incorporated in Delaware on August 22, 2002. We began operating our business in November 1999 through Sunshine Heart Company Pty Ltd.,Limited, which currently is a wholly owned Australian subsidiary of CHF Solutions, Inc. Prior to July 2016, we were focused on developing the C-Pulse® Heart Assist System for treatment of Class III and ambulatory Class IV heart failure. In August 2016, we acquired the Aquadex FlexFlow® System business (the “Aquadex Business”) from a subsidiary of Baxter International, Inc. (“Baxter”), a global leader in the hospital products and dialysis markets. On September 29, 2016, we announced a strategic refocus of our strategy that included halting all clinical evaluations of our C-Pulse technology to fully focus our resources on our Aquadex Business. On May 23, 2017, we announced that we were changing our name from Sunshine Heart, Inc. Since September 2004, Chess Depositary Instruments (“CDIs”), representing beneficial ownershipto CHF Solutions, Inc. to more appropriately reflect the direction of our common stock have been have traded on the Australian Securities Exchange under the symbol “SHC.” Historically, each CDI represented one share of our common stock. In connection with the 1-for-200 reverse stock split we affected on January 27, 2012, we changed this ratio so that each CDI represents 1/200th of a share of our common stock.

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On September 30, 2011, we filed a Form 10 registration statement with the SEC, which was declared effective on February 14, 2012. The Form 10 registered our common stock under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Our common stock began trading on Nasdaqthe NASDAQ Capital Market on February 16, 2012.

On February 5, 2013, we received conditional approval from the ASX to delist from the official list of the ASX. The delisting is expected to occur at the close of trading on May 6, 2013.

Our principal executive offices are located at 12988 Valley View Road, Eden Prairie, Minnesota 55344, and our telephone number is (952) 345-4200. Our website address is www.sunshineheart.com www.chf-solutions.com. Our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and amendments to reports filed pursuant to Sections 13(a) and 15(d) of the Exchange Act will be made available free of charge on our website as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file such material with, or furnish it to, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The information on, or that may be accessed through, our website is not incorporated by reference into and should not be considered a part of this prospectus orprospectus.


We are, and will remain, a “smaller reporting company” as long as our public float remains less than $75 million as of the registration statementlast business day of which it is a part.

our most recently-completed second fiscal quarter. A smaller reporting company may take advantage of specified reduced reporting and other requirements that are otherwise applicable generally to U.S. public companies. These provisions include an exemption from the attestation requirement in the assessment of our internal control over financial reporting by our independent auditors pursuant to section 404 (b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 but do not preclude us from the requirement to make our own internal assessment of the effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting. We qualify aswere an “emerging growth company” as defined in the Jumpstart our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”). Anuntil the expiration of that status on December 31, 2017. We do not expect the expiration of our emerging growth company may take advantage of specified reduced reporting and other burdens that are otherwise applicable generally to U.S. public companies. These provisions include:

·a requirementstatus to have only two years of audited financial statementsa material impact on our business.


Nasdaq Compliance and only two years of related Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations disclosure; and

·an exemptionReverse Stock Splits

On September 21, 2016, we received notice from the auditor attestation requirement inListing Qualifications Staff (the “Staff”) of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) indicating that the assessmentStaff had determined to delist our securities from Nasdaq due to our then continued non-compliance with the minimum bid price requirement. We timely requested a hearing before the Nasdaq Hearings Panel (the “Panel”), which occurred on November 10, 2016. On November 11, 2016, we received notice from the Staff that we no longer satisfied Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b) insofar as we did not expect to report stockholders’ equity of at least $2.5 million upon the filing of our internal control over financial reporting pursuantQuarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2016 and that the deficiency could serve as an additional basis for the delisting of the Company’s common stock from Nasdaq. On November 21, 2016, Nasdaq informed us that the Panel had granted us continued listing on Nasdaq while we implemented our plan to regain compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Actminimum bid price and minimum stockholders’ equity requirements. The Panel granted us until January 30, 2017 to evidence a closing bid price of 2002.

We may take advantage$1.00 or more for a minimum of these provisions for up to five years or such earlier timeten prior consecutive trading days. After implementing a 1-for-30 reverse split of our outstanding common stock that became effective after trading on January 12, 2017, we received confirmation from Nasdaq on February 9, 2017 that we areregained compliance with the minimum bid price rule. The Panel had granted us until March 20, 2017 to evidence compliance with the $2.5 million stockholder’s equity requirement. On March 28, 2017, we announced that the Panel had granted us an extension through May 10, 2017 to evidence compliance with the minimum shareholder’s equity requirement. On May 4, 2017, we were formally notified by Nasdaq that we had regained compliance with the minimum stockholders’ equity requirement and we were in compliance with all other applicable requirements for listing on Nasdaq.

On June 1, 2017, we received a subsequent notification from Nasdaq informing us that we were no longer an emerging growth company. We will cease to be an emerging growth company if we have more than $1 billion in annual revenue, have more than $700 million in market valuecompliance with the minimum bid price requirement, as the bid price of our shares of common stock held by non-affiliates, or issue more than $1 billion of non-convertible debt over a three-year period. We may choose(“Common Stock”) closed below the minimum $1.00 per share for the 30 consecutive business days prior to take advantage of some but not all of these reduced burdens. The JOBS Act permits emerging growth companies to take advantage of an extended transition period to comply with new or revised accounting standards applicable to U.S. public companies. We have elected to take advantagethe date of the benefitsnotice. Nasdaq also notified us that we were provided 180 calendar days, or until November 28, 2017, to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement. We effected a 1-for-20 reverse split of our outstanding common stock that became effective after trading on October 12, 2017. On October 27, 2017, we received formal notice from Nasdaq that we had regained compliance with the minimum $1.00 bid price requirement, as set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2), and the matter is now closed. We cannot assure you that we will be able continue to meet the Nasdaq listing standards. If we do not continue to meet any of the Nasdaq listing standards, our common stock may be subject to delisting from Nasdaq.

All share and per share amounts in this extended transition period, and as a result of this election, our financial statements may not be comparableprospectus have been retroactively adjusted to those of companies that comply with new or revised accounting standardsreflect the reverse stock splits for U.S. public companies.

all periods presented.


The Securities We May Offer


We may offer shares of our common stock and preferred stock, various series of debt securities, warrants to purchase any of such securities and/or debtsubscription rights to purchase any of such securities, either individually or in combination, withup to a total valuedollar amount of up to $75 million,$30,000,000, from time to time under this prospectus, together with the applicable prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus, at prices and on terms to be determined by market conditions at the time of any offering. We may also offer common stock, preferred stock and/or debt securities upon the offering.exercise of warrants or subscription rights. This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities we may offer. Each time we offer a type or series of securities under this prospectus, we will provide a prospectus supplement that will describe the specific amounts, prices and other important terms of the securities, including, to the extent applicable:


·designation or classification;

·aggregate principal amount or aggregate offering price;

·maturity, if applicable;

·original issue discount, if any;

·
 rates and times of payment of interest, dividends or other payments, if any;

·redemption, conversion, exercise, exchange, settlement or sinking fund terms, if any;

·conversion, exchange or settlement prices or rates, if any, and, if applicable, any provisions for changes to or adjustments in the conversion, exchange or settlement prices or rates and in the securities or other property receivable upon conversion, exchange or settlement;

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·aggregate principal amount or aggregate offering price;

·maturity, if applicable;

·original issue discount, if any;

·rates and times of payment of interest, dividends or other payments, if any;

·redemption, conversion, exercise, exchange, settlement or sinking fund terms, if any;

·conversion, exchange or settlement prices or rates, if any, and, if applicable, any provisions for changes to or adjustments in the conversion, exchange or settlement prices or rates and in the securities or other property receivable upon conversion, exchange or settlement;

·ranking;

·restrictive covenants, if any;

·voting or other rights, if any; and

·certain federal income tax considerations.

·restrictive covenants, if any;

·voting or other rights, if any; and

·certain federal income tax considerations.

A prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus or in documents we have incorporated by reference into this prospectus. However, no prospectus supplement or free writing prospectus shall offer a security that is not registered and described in this prospectus at the time of the effectiveness of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.


This prospectus may not be used to offer or sell anyconsummate a sale of securities unless it is accompanied by a prospectus supplement.


We may sell the securities directly or through underwriters, dealers or agents.  We and such underwriters, dealers or agents, reserve the right to accept or reject all or part of any proposed purchase of securities. If we do offer securities through underwriters or agents, we will include in the applicable prospectus supplement:

·the names of those underwriters or agents;

·applicable fees, discounts and commissions to be paid to them;

·details regarding over-allotment options, if any; and

·the net proceeds to us.


·the names of those underwriters or agents;

·applicable fees, discounts and commissions to be paid to them;

·details regarding over-allotment options, if any; and

·
 the net proceeds to us.

Common Stock

We may issue shares of our common stock from time to time.


Holders of our common stock are entitled to one vote per share for the election of directors and on all other matters that require stockholder approval, as further set forth herein under the heading “Description of Common Stock.”  Subject to any preferential rights of any then outstanding preferred stock, in the event of our liquidation, dissolution or winding up, holders of our common stock are entitled to share ratably in the assets remaining after

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payment of liabilities and the liquidation preferences of any then outstanding preferred stock. Our common stock does not carry any preemptive rights enabling a holder to subscribe for, or receive shares of, any class of our common stock or any other securities convertible into shares of any class of our common stock, or any redemption rights.

We urge you, however, to read the applicable prospectus supplement (and any related free writing prospectus) related to any common stock being offered.


Preferred Stock


Our board of directors will determine the designations, voting powers, preferences and rights of the preferred stock, as well as the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, including dividend rights, conversion rights, preemptive rights, terms of redemption or repurchase, liquidation preferences, sinking fund terms and the number of shares constituting any series or the designation of any series. Convertible preferred stock will be convertible into our common stock or exchangeable for other securities. Conversion may be mandatory or at your option and would be at prescribed conversion rates.


We will fix the rights, preferences, privileges, qualifications and restrictions of the preferred stock of each series that we sell under this prospectus and applicable prospectus supplements in a certificate of designation relating to that series. We will incorporate by reference into the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part the form of any certificate of designation that describes the terms of the series of preferred stock we are offering before the issuance of the related series of preferred stock. We urge you to read the prospectus supplement (and any related free writing prospectus) related to the series of preferred stock being offered, as well as the complete certificate of designation that contains the terms of the applicable series of preferred stock.

Debt Securities


We may issue debt securities from time to time, in one or more series, as either senior or subordinated debt or as senior or subordinated convertible debt. The senior debt securities will rank equally with any other unsubordinated debt that we may have and may be secured or unsecured. The subordinated debt securities will be subordinate and junior in right of payment, to the extent and in the manner described in the instrument governing the debt, to all or some portion of our indebtedness. Any convertible debt securities that we issue will be convertible into or exchangeable for our common stock,

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preferred stock or other securities of ours. Conversion may be mandatory or at your option and would be at prescribed conversion rates.


The debt securities will be issued under one or more documents called indentures, which are contracts between us and a trustee for the holders of the debt securities. In this prospectus, we have summarized certain general features of the debt securities. We urge you, however, to read the prospectus supplement (and any related free writing prospectus) related to the series of debt securities being offered, as well as the complete indentures that contain the terms of the debt securities. Indentures have been filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, and supplemental indentures and forms of debt securities containing the terms of debt securities being offered will be filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part or will be incorporated by reference from reports we file with the SEC.

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RISK FACTORS

Investingcommon stock, preferred stock and/or debt securities in ourone or more series, from time to time. We may issue warrants independently or together with common stock, preferred stock and/or debt securities, involvesand the warrants may be attached to or separate from those securities.


The warrants will be evidenced by warrant certificates issued under one or more warrant agreements, which are contracts between us and an agent for the holders of the warrants. In this prospectus, we have summarized certain general features of the warrants. Any warrants issued under this prospectus may be evidenced by warrant certificates. Warrants also may be issued under an applicable warrant agreement that we enter into with a high degreewarrant agent. We will indicate the name and address of risk. You should review carefully the risks and uncertainties underwarrant agent, if applicable, in the heading “Risk Factors” contained in our most recent annual report on Form 10-K, which has been filed withprospectus supplement relating to the SEC and is incorporated by reference in thisparticular series of warrants being offered. We urge you, however, to read the prospectus supplement (and any related free writing prospectus) related to the series of warrants being offered, as well as any updates thereto contained in subsequent filings with the SEC or any applicable prospectus supplement or free writing prospectus, before deciding whether to purchase anycomplete warrant agreements and warrant certificates that contain the terms of the securitieswarrants. Complete warrant agreements and warrant certificates containing the terms of the warrants being registered pursuantoffered will be filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. Eachpart or will be incorporated by reference from reports we file with the SEC. Any warrants issued under this prospectus may be evidenced by warrant certificates. Warrants also may be issued under an applicable warrant agreement that we enter into with a warrant agent. We will indicate the name and address of the risk factors could adversely affectwarrant agent, if applicable, in the prospectus supplement relating to the particular series of warrants being offered.

Subscription Rights

We may offer subscription rights to purchase our business, operating results and financial condition,common stock, preferred stock or debt securities. We may issue subscription rights independently or together with other securities. Our board of directors or a committee designated by our board of directors will determine the terms of the subscription rights. In this prospectus, we have summarized certain general features of the subscription rights under “Description of Subscription Rights.” We urge you, however, to read the applicable prospectus supplement (and any related free writing prospectus) related to the particular subscription rights being offered, as well as adversely affectany subscription rights certificates that contain the valueterms thereof. We will file as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, or will incorporate by reference from reports that we file with the SEC, the form of subscription rights certificate containing the terms of the particular rights we are offering, and any supplemental agreements, before the issuance of such rights.

RISK FACTORS

Before making an investment decision, you should carefully consider the risks described under “Risk Factors” in the applicable prospectus supplement, together with all of the other information appearing in this prospectus or incorporated by reference into this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement, in light of your particular investment objectives and financial circumstances.  Our business, financial condition or results of operations could be materially adversely affected by any of these risks.  The trading price of our securities and the occurrence ofcould decline due to any of these risks, might causeand you tomay lose all or a part of your investment.  Moreover,This prospectus and the incorporated documents also contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.  Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors, including the risks describedmentioned elsewhere in this prospectus.  You should also consider the risks, uncertainties and assumptions discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” included in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, which are noton file with the only risksSEC and incorporated herein by reference, and which may be amended, supplemented or superseded from time to time by other reports we file with the SEC in the future.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This prospectus, including the documents that we face. Additional risks not presently known to us or that we currently believe are immaterial may also significantly impair our business operations.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

The SEC encourages companies to discloseincorporate by reference, contains forward-looking information so that investors can better understand a company’s future prospects and make informed investment decisions. This prospectus contains such “forward-looking statements”statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Any statements about our expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions or future events or performance are not historical facts and may be forward-looking. These statements may beare often, but are not always, made directly in this prospectus, and they may also be made a partthrough the use of this prospectus by reference to other documents filed with the SEC, which is known as “incorporation by reference.”

Wordswords or phrases such as “may,“anticipates,“anticipate,“estimates,“estimate,“plans,” “projects,” “continuing,” “ongoing,” “expects,” “projects,“management believes,“intends,“we believe,“plans,” “believes”“we intend” and similar words and terms of similar substance used in connection with any discussion of future operating or financial performance identify forward-looking statements. All forward-lookingphrases. Accordingly, these statements are management’s present expectations of future events and are subject to a number of risksinvolve estimates, assumptions and uncertainties thatwhich could cause actual results to differ materially from those describedexpressed in them. Any forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by reference to the factors discussed throughout this prospectus, and in particular those factors included in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements might include one or more ofsection entitled “Risk Factors.”


Because the following:

·anticipated results of financing activities;

·anticipated agreements with marketing partners;

·anticipated clinical trial timelines or results;

·anticipated research and product development results;

·projected regulatory timelines;

·descriptions of plans or objectives of management for future operations, products or services;

·forecasts of future economic performance;

·anticipated abilityfactors referred to utilize the equity line of credit facility with Aspire Capital Fund, LLC, an Illinois limited liability company, pursuant to that certain Common Stock Purchase Agreement dated January 15, 2013; and

·descriptions or assumptions underlying or relating to any of the above items.

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Please also see the discussion of risks and uncertainties under the heading “Risk Factors” beginning on page 10.

In light of these assumptions, risks and uncertainties, the results and events discussed in the preceding paragraph could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements contained in this prospectus or in any document incorporated by reference mightwe make, you should not occur. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements. Further, any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made, and we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement or statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which such statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict which factors will arise. In addition, we cannot assess the impact of each factor on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements.


You should carefully read this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus, together with the information incorporated herein or therein by reference as described under the section titled “Incorporation by Reference,” and with the understanding that our actual future results may materially differ from what we expect.

Except as required by law, forward-looking statements which speak only as of the date of this prospectus or the date of the document incorporated by reference in this prospectus. Wethey are not under any obligation,made, and we expressly disclaim anyassume no obligation to update or alter any forward-looking statements whether as a result ofpublicly, or to update the reasons why actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in any forward-looking statements, even if new information future events or otherwise. All subsequent forward-looking statements attributable to Sunshine Heart or to any person acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to in this section.

RATIOSbecomes available.


RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES


If we offer debt securities and/or preference equity securities under this prospectus, then we will, if required at that time, provide a ratio of earnings to fixed charges and/or ratio of combined fixed charges and preference dividends to earnings, respectively, in the applicable prospectus supplement for such offering.

USE OF PROCEEDS

Unless otherwise provided in


We will retain broad discretion over the applicable prospectus supplement, we intend to use of the net proceeds from theour sale of securities offered hereby. Except as described in any prospectus supplement or free-writing prospectus, we currently anticipate using the net proceeds from our sale of securities under this prospectusoffered hereby primarily for general corporate purposes, including the further development, manufacture and commercialization of our C-Pulsethe Aquadex FlexFlow® System and for other working capital expenditures.

DESCRIPTION OF COMMON STOCK


The following description of our common stock is a summary only and is qualified in its entirety by reference to our certificate of incorporation and bylaws, both of which are exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part and have been filed with the SEC and are available at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

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General Terms


We have authority to issue up to 100,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share. As of March 14, 2013,May 10, 2018, we had 9,509,8674,501,448 shares of our common stock outstanding.outstanding and 10,659,658 shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise or conversion of outstanding convertible securities.  All outstanding shares of our common stock are fully paid and non-assessable.


The transfer agent and registrar for transfers of shares of our common stock is American Stock Transfer & Trust Company LLC.


The rights, preferences and privileges of the holders of our common stock are subject to, and may be adversely affected by, the rights of the holders of shares of our Series F Convertible Preferred Stock any other series of preferred stock that we may designate and issue in the future.

Subject in all cases to the foregoing limitation,limitations, the holders of our common stock have the rights, preferences and privileges below.

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Dividends

Holders of our common stock are entitled to receive dividends when and as declared by our board of directors out of funds legally available.


Voting


Holders of our common stock are entitled to one vote for each share on each matter properly submitted to our stockholders for their vote; provided however, that except as otherwise required by law, holders of our common stock will not be entitled to vote on any amendment to our certificate of incorporation (including any certificate of designation filed with respect to any series of preferred stock) that relates solely to the terms of a series of outstanding preferred stock if the holders of such affected series are entitled, either separately or together as a class with the holders of one or more other such series, to vote thereon by law or pursuant to our certificate of incorporation (including any certificate of designation filed with respect to any series of preferred stock).


Subject to the voting restrictions described above, holders of our common stock may adopt, amend or repeal our bylaws and/or alter certain provisions of our certificate of incorporation with the affirmative vote of the stockholdersholders of at least 66 2/3% of the voting power of all of the then-outstanding shares of our capital stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, in addition to any vote of the holders of a class or series of our stock required by law or our certificate of incorporation. Those provisions of our certificate of incorporation that may be altered only by the super-majority vote described above relate to:


·the number of directors on our board of directors, the classification of our board of directors and the terms of the members of our board of directors;

·
  the limitations on removal of any of our directors described below under “—Anti-Takeover Effects of Certain Provisions of Our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws and Delaware Law;”

·the ability of our directors to fill any vacancy on our board of directors by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office under certain circumstances;

·the ability of our board of directors to adopt, amend or repeal our bylaws and the super-majority vote of our stockholders required to adopt, amend or repeal our bylaws described above;
·9the number of directors on our board of directors, the classification of our board of directors and the terms of the members of our board of directors;

·the limitations on removal of any of our directors described below under “—Anti-Takeover Effects of Certain Provisions of Delaware Law and Our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws”;

·the ability of our directors to fill any vacancy on our board of directors by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office under certain circumstances;

·the ability of our board of directors to adopt, amend or repeal our bylaws and the super-majority vote of our stockholders required to adopt, amend or repeal our bylaws described above;

·the limitation on action of our stockholders by written action described below under “—Anti-Takeover Effects of Certain Provisions of Delaware Law and Our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws”;

·the choice of forum provision described below under “—Choice of Forum”;

·the limitations on director liability and indemnification described below under the heading “Limitation on Liability of Directors and Officers and Indemnification”; and

·the super-majority voting requirement to amend our certificate of incorporation described above.

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·the limitation on action of our stockholders by written action described below under “—Anti-Takeover Effects of Certain Provisions of Our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws and Delaware Law;”

·the choice of forum provision described below under “—Choice of Forum;”

·the limitations on director liability and indemnification described below under the heading “—Limitation on Liability of Directors and Indemnification;” and

·the super-majority voting requirement to amend our certificate of incorporation described above.

Conversion, Redemption and Preemptive Rights


Holders of our common stock do not have any conversion, redemption or preemptive rights pursuant to our organizational documents.


Liquidation, Dissolution and Winding-up


In the event of our liquidation, dissolution liquidation or winding up, holders of our common stock are entitled to share ratably in any assets remaining after the satisfaction in full of the prior rights of creditors and the aggregate of any liquidation preference pursuant to the terms of any certificate of designation filed with respect to any series of preferred stock.

Listing
Our common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol “CHFS.” See “Summary—Our Company—Nasdaq Compliance and Reverse Stock Splits” for important information about the listing of our common stock on the NASDAQ Capital Market.

Anti-Takeover Effects of Certain Provisions of Delaware Law and Our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws

and Delaware Law


Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws


Certain provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws may be considered as havingto have an anti-takeover effect, such as those provisions:


·providing for our board of directors to be divided into three classes with staggered three-year terms, with only one class of directors being elected at each annual meeting of our stockholders and the other classes continuing for the remainder of their respective three-year terms;

·authorizing our board of directors to issue from time to time any series of preferred stock and fix the voting powers, designation, powers, preferences and rights of the shares of such series of preferred stock;

·
 prohibiting stockholders from acting by written consent in lieu of a meeting;

·
 requiring advance notice of stockholder intention to put forth director nominees or bring up other business at a stockholders’ meeting;

·
 prohibiting stockholders from calling a special meeting of stockholders;

·
 requiring a 66 2/3% super-majority stockholder approval in order for stockholders to alter, amend or repeal certain provisions of our certificate of incorporation;
·10providing for our board of directors to be divided into three classes with staggered three-year terms, with only one class of directors being elected at each annual meeting of our stockholders and the other classes continuing for the remainder of their respective three-year terms;

·authorizing our board of directors to issue from time to time any series of preferred stock and fix the voting powers, designation, powers, preferences and rights of the shares of such series of preferred stock;

·prohibiting stockholders from acting by written consent in lieu of a meeting;

·requiring advance notice of stockholder intention to put forth director nominees or bring up other business at a stockholders’ meeting;

·prohibiting stockholders from calling a special meeting of stockholders;

·requiring a 66 2/3% super-majority stockholder approval in order for stockholders to alter, amend or repeal certain provisions of our certificate of incorporation;

·requiring a 66 2/3% super-majority stockholder approval in order for stockholders to adopt, amend or repeal our bylaws;

·providing that, subject to the rights of the holders of any series of preferred stock to elect additional directors under specified circumstances, neither the board of directors nor any individual director may be removed without cause;

·creating the possibility that our board of directors could prevent a coercive takeover of our Company due to the significant amount of authorized, but unissued shares of our common stock and preferred stock;

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·providing that, subject to the rights of the holders of any series of preferred stock, the number of directors shall be fixed from time to time exclusively by our board of directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the total number of authorized directors; and

·providing that any vacancies on our board of directors under certain circumstances will be filled only by a majority of our board of directors then in office, even if less than a quorum, and not by the stockholders.

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 requiring a 66 2/3% super-majority stockholder approval in order for stockholders to adopt, amend or repeal our bylaws;

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 providing that, subject to the rights of the holders of any series of preferred stock to elect additional directors under specified circumstances, neither the board of directors nor any individual director may be removed without cause;

·creating the possibility that our board of directors could prevent a coercive takeover of our Company due to the significant amount of authorized, but unissued shares of our common stock and preferred stock;

·providing that, subject to the rights of the holders of any series of preferred stock, the number of directors shall be fixed from time to time exclusively by our board of directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the total number of authorized directors; and

·providing that any vacancies on our board of directors under certain circumstances will be filled only by a majority of our board of directors then in office, even if less than a quorum, and not by the stockholders.

Delaware Law


We are also subject to Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended (the “DGCL”), which generally prohibits a Delaware corporation from engaging in any business combination with any interested stockholder for a period of three years following the date that the stockholder became an interested stockholder, unless:

·prior to that date, our board of directors approved either the business combination or the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder;

·upon consummation of the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, the interested stockholder owned at least 85% of our voting stock outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, excluding for purposes of determining the number of shares outstanding (but not the outstanding voting stock owned by the interested stockholder) those shares owned by (i) persons who are directors and also officers and (ii) employee stock plans in which employee participants do not have the right to determine confidentially whether shares held subject to the plan will be tendered in a tender or exchange offer; or

·on or subsequent to that date, the business combination is approved by our board of directors and authorized at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, and not by written consent, by the affirmative vote of at least 66  2/3% of the outstanding voting stock that is not owned by the interested stockholder.


·prior to that date, our board of directors approved either the business combination or the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder;

·upon consummation of the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, the interested stockholder owned at least 85% of our voting stock outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, excluding for purposes of determining the number of shares outstanding (but not the outstanding voting stock owned by the interested stockholder) those shares owned by (i) persons who are directors and also officers and (ii) employee stock plans in which employee participants do not have the right to determine confidentially whether shares held subject to the plan will be tendered in a tender or exchange offer; or

·on or subsequent to that date, the business combination is approved by our board of directors and authorized at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, and not by written consent, by the affirmative vote of at least 66  2/3% of the outstanding voting stock that is not owned by the interested stockholder.

In general, Section 203 of the DGCL defines an interested stockholder as an entity or person beneficially owning 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation and any entity or person affiliated with or controlling or controlled by any of these entities or persons.


The above-summarized provisions of the DGCL and our certificate of incorporation and bylaws, and the above-summarized provisions of the DGCL could make it more difficult to acquire us by means of a tender offer, a proxy contest or otherwise, or to remove incumbent officers and directors. These provisions are expected to discourage certain types of coercive takeover practices and takeover bids that our board of directors may consider inadequate and to encourage persons seeking to acquire control of us to first negotiate with our board of directors. We believe that the benefits of increased protection of our ability to negotiate with the proponent of an unfriendly or unsolicited proposal to acquire or restructure us outweigh the disadvantages of discouraging takeover or acquisition proposals because, among other things, negotiation of these proposals could result in an improvement of their terms.

Choice of Forum


Our certificate of incorporation provides that, unless we consent in writing otherwise, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware will be the sole and exclusive forum for any (i) derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf; (ii) action asserting a breach of fiduciary duty owed by any of our

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directors, officers or other employees to us or any of our stockholders; (iii) action asserting a claim pursuant to the DGCL; or (iv) action asserting a claim that is governed by the internal affairs doctrine.


Limitation on Liability of Directors and Indemnification


Our certificate of incorporation limits the liability of our directors to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law. Delaware law provides that directors of a corporation will not be personally liable for monetary damages for breach of their fiduciary duties as directors, except for liability for any:

·breach of their duty of loyalty to us or our stockholders;

·act or omission not in good faith or that involves intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;

·unlawful payment of dividends or redemption of shares as provided in Section 174 of the DGCL; or

·transaction from which the directors derived an improper personal benefit.


·breach of their duty of loyalty to us or our stockholders;

·act or omission not in good faith or that involves intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;

·unlawful payment of dividends or redemption of shares as provided in Section 174 of the DGCL; or

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 transaction from which the directors derived an improper personal benefit.
These limitations of liability do not apply to liabilities arising under federal securities laws and do not affect the availability of equitable remedies such as injunctive relief or rescission.


Our bylaws provide that we will indemnify and advance expenses to our directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by law or, if applicable, pursuant to indemnification agreements. They further provide that we may choose to indemnify our other employees or agents from time to time. Subject to certain exceptions and procedures, our bylaws also require us to advance to any person who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any proceeding by reason of the person’s service as one of our directors or officers all expenses incurred by the person in connection with such proceeding.


Section 145(g) of the DGCL and our bylaws also permit us to secure insurance on behalf of any officer, director, employee or other agent for any liability arising out of his or her actions in connection with their services to us, regardless of whether our bylaws permit indemnification. We maintain a directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy.


We entered into indemnification agreements with each of our directors and executive officers that provide, in general, that we will indemnify them to the fullest extent permitted by law in connection with their service to us or on our behalf and, subject to certain exceptions and procedures, that we will advance to them all expenses that they incur in connection with any proceeding to which they are, or are threatened to be made, a party.


At present, there is no pending litigation or proceeding involving any of our directors or officers as to which indemnification is required or permitted, and we are not aware of any threatened litigation or proceeding that may result in a claim for indemnification.


Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC this indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

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Listing

Our common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol “SSH.” Our shares of common stock in the form of Chess Depositary Instruments are listed on the Australian Securities Exchange under the symbol “SHC.”  On January 29, 2013, we announced our intention

Registration Rights
Outstanding Warrants
We intend to de-list from the official list of the ASX during the first half of the 2013 calendar year. On February 5, 2013, we received conditional approval from the ASX to delist from the official list of the ASX.  The delisting is expected to occur upon the close of trading on May 6, 2013.

CDIs

In orderregister for our shares of common stock in the form of CDIs to trade electronically on the ASX, we participate in the electronic transfer system known as the Clearing House Electronic Subregister System (“CHESS”), operated by ASX Settlement Pty Limited (“ASX Settlement”). ASX Settlement provides settlement services for the ASX markets to assist participants and issuers to understand the operation of the rules and procedures governing settlement facilities. The ASX Settlement Operating Rules form part of the overall listing and market rules which we are required to comply with as an entity listed on the ASX.

CHESS is an electronic system which manages the settlement of transactions executed on the ASX and facilitates the paperless transfer of legal title to the ASX quoted securities. CHESS cannot be used directly for the transfer of securities of companies domiciled in certain jurisdictions outside of Australia, such as the United States. Accordingly, to enable our shares of common stock to be cleared and settled electronically through CHESS, we have issued and will continue to issue depositary interests called CDIs. No share certificates are issued in respect of shareholdings that are quoted on the ASX and settled on CHESS, nor is it a requirement for transfer forms to be executed in relation to transfers that occur on CHESS.

CDIs confer the beneficial ownership inresale the shares of common stock underlying certain replacement warrants issued to investors under a letter agreement dated February 15, 2017 that was entered into between us and such investors to encourage such investors to exercise their then-outstanding warrants for cash on or before March 31, 2017.

Aquadex Acquisition
On August 5, 2016, upon closing of the CDI holder,acquisition of the Aquadex Business, we entered into a registration rights agreement with Baxter, pursuant to which Baxter or its affiliates has the right to request that we file a registration statement with the legal titleSEC to such shares held by CHESS Depositary Nominees Pty Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiaryregister all or part of the ASX, to act as our Australian depositary and issue CDIs. Every 200 CDIs represents beneficial ownership of one share of our common stock.

A holder of CDIs who does not wish to have its trades settled in CDIs may request that such holder’s CDIs be converted into1,666 shares of common stock that Baxter received in which case legal titleconnection with the acquisition. Upon receipt of any such request, we have agreed to use reasonable best efforts to prepare and file a registration statement as expeditiously as possible but in any event within 30 days of such request, to cause the sharesregistration statement to become effective in accordance with Baxter’s intended method of common stock will be transferreddistribution, and to pay the holderexpenses incurred in connection with any such registration.

DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED STOCK


We have authority to issue up to 40,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, 30,000 shares of which were designated as Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock in connection with the stockholder rights plan adopted by the Company on June 14, 2013 that is no longer in effect and none of which were outstanding as of March 14, 2013.

May 10, 2018 and 630 shares of which are designated as Series F Convertible Preferred Stock and outstanding as of May 10, 2018.


We may issue any class of preferred stock in any series. Our board of directors has the authority to establish and designate series, and to fix the number of shares included in each such series and to

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determine or alter for each such series, such voting powers, designation, preferences, and relative participating, optional, or other rights and such qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof. Our board of directors is not restricted in repurchasing or redeeming such stock while there is any arrearage in the payment of dividends or sinking fund installments. Our board of directors is authorized to increase or decrease the number of shares of any series subsequent to the issuance of shares of that series, but not below the number of shares of such series then outstanding. The number of authorized shares of preferred stock may be increased or decreased, but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding, by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the common stock, without a vote of the holders of the preferred stock, or of any series thereof, unless a vote of any such holders is required pursuant to the terms of any certificate of designation filed with respect to any series of preferred stock.


Prior to issuance of shares of any series of preferred stock, our board of directors is required by Delaware law to adopt resolutions and file a certificate of designation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. The certificate of designation fixes for each class or series the terms, preferences, conversion or other rights, voting
powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends or other distributions, qualifications and terms or conditions of redemption for each class or series. Any shares of preferred stock will, when issued, be fully paid and non-assessable.


For any series of preferred stock that we may issue, our board of directors will determine and the prospectus supplement relating to such series will describe:


·the purchase price, title and stated value of the preferred stock;

·the number of shares of the preferred stock offered, the liquidation preference per share and the offering price of the preferred stock;

·the dividend rate(s), period(s) or payment date(s) or method(s) of calculation applicable to the preferred stock;

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 whether dividends are cumulative or non-cumulative and, if cumulative, the date from which dividends on the preferred stock will accumulate;

·our right, if any, to defer payment of dividends and the maximum length of any such deferral period;

·the procedures for auction and remarketing, if any, for the preferred stock;

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 the provisions for a sinking fund, if any, for the preferred stock;

·the provision for redemption, if applicable, of the preferred stock;

·any listing of the preferred stock on any securities exchange;

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 the terms and conditions, if applicable, upon which the preferred stock will be convertible into common stock, including the conversion price or manner of calculation and conversion period;

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 voting rights, if any, of the preferred stock;
·14the title and stated value of the preferred stock;

·the number of shares of the preferred stock offered, the liquidation preference per share and the offering price of the preferred stock;

·the dividend rate(s), period(s) or payment date(s) or method(s) of calculation applicable to the preferred stock;

·whether dividends are cumulative or non-cumulative and, if cumulative, the date from which dividends on the preferred stock will accumulate;

·our right, if any, to defer payment of dividends and the maximum length of any such deferral period;

·the procedures for auction and remarketing, if any, for the preferred stock;

·the provisions for a sinking fund, if any, for the preferred stock;

·the provision for redemption, if applicable, of the preferred stock;

·any listing of the preferred stock on any securities exchange;

·the terms and conditions, if applicable, upon which the preferred stock will be convertible into common stock, including the conversion price or manner of calculation and conversion period;

·voting rights, if any, of the preferred stock;

·whether interests in the preferred stock will be represented by depositary shares;

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·a discussion of any material or special U.S. federal income tax considerations applicable to the preferred stock;

·the relative ranking and preferences of the preferred stock as to dividend rights and rights upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of our affairs;

·any limitations on issuance of any class or series of preferred stock ranking senior to or on a parity with the class or series of preferred stock as to dividend rights and rights upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of our affairs; and

·any other specific terms, preferences, rights, limitations or restrictions of the preferred stock.

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 whether interests in the preferred stock will be represented by depositary shares;

·a discussion of any material or special U.S. federal income tax considerations applicable to the preferred stock;

·the relative ranking and preferences of the preferred stock as to dividend rights and rights upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of our affairs;

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 any limitations on issuance of any class or series of preferred stock ranking senior to or on a parity with the class or series of preferred stock as to dividend rights and rights upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of our affairs; and

·any other specific terms, preferences, rights, limitations or restrictions of the preferred stock.

Delaware law provides that the holders of preferred stock will have the right to vote separately as a class (or, in some cases, as a series) on an amendment to our certificate of incorporation if the amendment would change the par value or, unless the certificate of incorporation then in effect providedprovides otherwise, the number of authorized shares of such class or change the powers, preferences or special rights of such class or series so as to adversely affect the class or series, as the case may be. This right is in addition to any voting rights that may be provided for in the applicable certificate of designation.

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The following is a general description of the terms of the warrants we may issue from time to time unless we provide otherwise in the prospectus supplement. Particular terms of any warrants we offer will be described in the prospectus supplement relating to such warrants.

General Terms

We may issue warrants to purchase common stock, preferred stock or debt securities. Warrants may be issued independently or together with other securities and may be attached or separate from such securities. We will issue each series of warrants under a separate warrant agreement to be entered into between us and a warrant agent. The warrant agent will act solely as our agent and will not assume any obligation or relationship of agency for or with holders or beneficial owners of warrants.

A prospectus supplement will describe the particular terms of any series of warrants we may issue, including the following:

·the title and aggregate number of the warrants;

·the price or prices at which the warrants will be issued and the currency or currencies in which the price of the warrants may be payable;

·if applicable, the designation and terms of the securities with which the warrants are issued and the number of warrants issued with each such security or each principal amount of such security;

·in the case of warrants to purchase debt securities, the principal amount of debt securities purchasable upon exercise of one warrant;

·in the case of warrants to purchase common stock or preferred stock, the number of shares of common stock or preferred stock, as the case may be, purchasable upon the exercise of one warrant and the price at which those shares may be purchased upon such exercise;

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·the date on which the right to exercise the warrants will commence and the date on which such right will expire (subject to any extension);

·whether the warrants will be issued in registered form or bearer form;

·if applicable, the minimum or maximum amount of the warrants that may be exercised at any one time;

·if applicable, the date on and after which the warrants and the related securities will be separately transferable;

·if applicable, the procedures for adjusting the exercise price and number of shares of common stock or preferred stock purchasable upon the exercise of each warrant upon the occurrence of certain events, including stock splits, reverse stock splits, combinations, subdivisions or reclassifications of common stock or preferred stock;

·the effect of any merger, consolidation, sale or other disposition of our business on the warrant agreement and the warrants;

·the terms of any rights to redeem or call the warrants;

·information with respect to book-entry procedures, if any;

·the terms of the securities issuable upon exercise of the warrants;

·if applicable, a discussion of any material or special U.S. federal income tax consequences of holding or exercising the warrants; and

·any other terms of the warrants, including terms, procedures and limitations relating to the exchange and exercise of the warrants.

We and the warrant agent may amend or supplement the warrant agreement for a series of warrants without the consent of the holders of the warrants issued thereunder to effect changes that are not inconsistent with the provisions of the warrants and that do not materially and adversely affect the interests of the holders of the warrants.

Exercise of Warrants

Each warrant will entitle the holder to purchase for cash such common stock or preferred stock at the exercise price or such principal amount of debt securities as shall in each case be set forth in, or be determinable as set forth in, the prospectus supplement relating to the warrants offered thereby. Warrants may be exercised as set forth in the prospectus supplement beginning on the date specified therein and continuing until the close of business on the expiration date set forth in the prospectus supplement. After the close of business on the expiration date, unexercised warrants will become void.

Upon receipt of the required payment and the warrant certificate properly completed and duly executed at the corporate trust office of the warrant agent or any other office indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, we will issue and deliver the securities purchasable upon such exercise. If fewer than all of the warrants represented by the warrant certificate are exercised, then we will issue a new warrant certificate for the remaining amount of warrants. If we so indicate in the applicable prospectus

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supplement, holders of the warrants may surrender securities as all or part of the exercise price for warrants.

Prior to exercising their warrants, holders of warrants will not have any of the rights of holders of the securities purchasable upon such exercise, including, in the case of warrants to purchase common stock or preferred stock, the right to receive dividends, if any, or payments upon our liquidation, dissolution or winding up or to exercise any voting rights or, in the case of warrants to purchase debt securities, the right to receive principal, premium, if any, or interest payments, on the debt securities purchasable upon exercise or to enforce covenants in the applicable indenture.

Governing Law

Any warrants and related warrant agreements will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES


The following is a general description of the terms of debt securities we may issue from time to time unless we provide otherwise in the prospectus supplement. Particular terms of any debt securities we offer will be described in the prospectus supplement relating to such debt securities. Unless the context requires otherwise, whenever we refer to the indentures, we also are referring to any supplemental indentures that specify the terms of a particular series of debt securities.


We will issue the senior debt securities under the senior indenture that we will enter into with the trustee named in the senior indenture. We will issue the subordinated debt securities under the subordinated indenture that we will enter into with the trustee named in the subordinated indenture. The indentures will be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the “Trust Indenture Act”). We use the term “debenture trustee” to refer to either the trustee under the senior indenture or the trustee under the subordinated indenture, as applicable.  We have filed forms of indentures to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, and supplemental indentures and forms of debt securities containing the terms of the debt securities being offered will be filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part or will be incorporated by reference from reports that we file with the SEC.


The following summaries of material provisions of the senior debt securities, the subordinated debt securities and the indentures are subject to, and qualified in their entiretyentireties by reference to, all of the provisions of the indenture applicable to a particular series of debt securities. We urge you to read the applicable prospectus supplements and any related free writing prospectuses related to the debt securities that we may offer under this prospectus, as well as the complete indentures that contain the terms of the debt securities. Except as we may otherwise indicate, the terms of the senior indenture and the subordinated indenture are identical.


General


The indenture does not limit the amount of debt securities that we may issue. It provides that we may issue debt securities up to the principal amount that we may authorize and may be in any currency or currency unit that we may designate. Except for the limitations on consolidation, merger and sale of all or substantially all of our assets contained in the indenture, the terms of the indenture do not contain any covenants or other provisions designed to give holders of any debt securities protection against changes in our operations, financial condition or transactions involving us.

We may issue the debt securities issued under the indenture as “discount securities,” which means they may be sold at a discount below their stated principal amount. These debt securities, as well as other debt securities that are not issued at a discount, may be issued with “original issue discount,” or OID, for U.S. federal income tax purposes because of interest payment and other characteristics or terms of the debt securities. Material U.S. federal income tax considerations applicable to debt securities issued with OID will be described in more detail in any applicable prospectus supplement.

We will describe in the applicable prospectus supplement the terms of the series of debt securities being offered, including:


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 the title of the series of debt securities;

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 any limit upon the aggregate principal amount that may be issued;

·the maturity date or dates;

·the form of the debt securities of the series;

·the applicability of any guarantees;

·whether or not the debt securities will be secured or unsecured, and the terms of any secured debt;
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·the principal amount being offered, and if a series, the total amount authorized and the total amount outstanding;

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·whether the debt securities rank as senior debt, senior subordinated debt, subordinated debt or any combination thereof, and the terms of any subordination;

·if the price (expressed as a percentage of the aggregate principal amount thereof) at which such debt securities will be issued is a price other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount thereof payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof, or if applicable, the portion of the principal amount of such debt securities that is convertible into another security or the method by which any such portion shall be determined;

·the interest rate or rates, which may be fixed or variable, or the method for determining the rate and the date interest will begin to accrue, the dates interest will be payable and the regular record dates for interest payment dates or the method for determining such dates;

·our right, if any, to defer payment of interest and the maximum length of any such deferral period;

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  if applicable, the date or dates after which, or the period or periods during which, and the price or prices at which, we may, at our option, redeem the series of debt securities pursuant to any optional or provisional redemption provisions and the terms of those redemption provisions;

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  the date or dates, if any, on which, and the price or prices at which we are obligated, pursuant to any mandatory sinking fund or analogous fund provisions or otherwise, to redeem, or at the holder’s option to purchase, the series of debt securities and the currency or currency unit in which the debt securities are payable;

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 the denominations in which we will issue the series of debt securities, if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof;

·any and all terms, if applicable, relating to any auction or remarketing of the debt securities of that series and any security for our obligations with respect to such debt securities and any other terms which may be advisable in connection with the marketing of debt securities of that series;

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 whether the debt securities of the series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of a global security or securities;

·the terms and conditions, if any, upon which such global security or securities may be exchanged in whole or in part for other individual securities, and the depositary for such global security or securities;

·if applicable, the provisions relating to conversion or exchange of any debt securities of the series and the terms and conditions upon which such debt securities will be so convertible or exchangeable, including the conversion or exchange price, as applicable, or how it will be calculated and may be adjusted, any mandatory or optional (at our option or the holders’ option) conversion or exchange features, the applicable conversion or exchange period and the manner of settlement for any conversion or exchange;

·if other than the full principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of debt securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof;
·additions to or changes in the covenants applicable to the particular debt securities being issued, including, among others, the consolidation, merger or sale covenant;

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 additions to or changes in the events of default with respect to the securities and any change in the right of the trustee or the holders to declare the principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, with respect to such securities to be due and payable;

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 additions to or changes in or deletions of the provisions relating to covenant defeasance and legal defeasance;
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·any limit on the amount that may be issued;

·whether or not we will issue the series of debt securities in global form, the terms and who the depositary will be;

·the maturity date;

·whether and under what circumstances, if any, we will pay additional amounts on any debt securities held by a person who is not a U.S. person for tax purposes, and whether we can redeem the debt securities if we have to pay such additional amounts;

·the annual interest rate, which may be fixed or variable, or the method for determining the rate and the date interest will begin to accrue, the dates interest will be payable and the regular record dates for interest payment dates or the method for determining such dates;

·whether or not the debt securities will be secured or unsecured, and the terms of any secured debt;

·the terms of the subordination of any series of subordinated debt;

·the place where payments will be payable;

·restrictions on transfer, sale or other assignment, if any;

·our right, if any, to defer payment of interest and the maximum length of any such deferral period;

·the date, if any, after which, and the price at which, we may, at our option, redeem the series of debt securities pursuant to any optional or provisional redemption provisions and the terms of those redemption provisions;

·the date, if any, on which, and the price at which we are obligated, pursuant to any mandatory sinking fund or analogous fund provisions or otherwise, to redeem, or at the holder’s option to purchase, the series of debt securities and the currency or currency unit in which the debt securities are payable;

·whether the indenture will restrict our ability and/or the ability of our subsidiaries to: incur additional indebtedness; issue additional securities; create liens; pay dividends and make distributions in respect of our capital stock and the capital stock of our subsidiaries; redeem capital stock; place restrictions on our subsidiaries’ ability to pay dividends, make distributions or transfer assets; make investments or other restricted payments; sell or otherwise dispose of assets; enter into sale-leaseback transactions; engage in transactions with stockholders and affiliates; issue or sell stock of our subsidiaries; or effect a consolidation or merger;

·whether the indenture will require us to maintain any interest coverage, fixed charge, cash flow-based, asset-based or other financial ratios;

·a discussion of any material U.S. federal income tax considerations applicable to the debt securities;

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·information describing any book-entry features;

·provisions for a sinking fund purchase or other analogous fund, if any;

·the applicability of the provisions in the indenture on discharge;

·whether the debt securities are to be offered at a price such that they will be deemed to be offered at an “original issue discount” as defined in paragraph (a) of Section 1273 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended;

·the denominations in which we will issue the series of debt securities, if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof;

·the currency of payment of debt securities if other than U.S. dollars and the manner of determining the equivalent amount in U.S. dollars; and

·any other specific terms, preferences, rights or limitations of, or restrictions on, the debt securities, including any additional events of default or covenants provided with respect to the debt securities, and any terms that may be required by us or advisable under applicable laws or regulations.

·additions to or changes in the provisions relating to satisfaction and discharge of the indenture;

·additions to or changes in the provisions relating to the modification of the indenture both with and without the consent of holders of debt securities issued under the indenture;

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  the currency of payment of debt securities if other than U.S. dollars and the manner of determining the equivalent amount in U.S. dollars;

·whether interest will be payable in cash or additional debt securities at our or the holders’ option and the terms and conditions upon which the election may be made;

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 the terms and conditions, if any, upon which we will pay amounts in addition to the stated interest, premium, if any and principal amounts of the debt securities of the series to any holder that is not a “United States person” for federal tax purposes;

·any restrictions on transfer, sale or assignment of the debt securities of the series; and

·any other specific terms, preferences, rights or limitations of, or restrictions on, the debt securities, any other additions or changes in the provisions of the indenture, and any terms that may be required by us or advisable under applicable laws or regulations.
Conversion or Exchange Rights


We will set forth in the prospectus supplement the terms on which a series of debt securities may be convertible into or exchangeable for our common stock or our other securities, if applicable. We will include provisions as to whether conversion or exchange is mandatory, at the option of the holder, or at our option. We may include provisions pursuant to which the number of shares of our common stock or our other securities that the holders of the series of debt securities receive would be subject to adjustment.


Consolidation, Merger or Sale


Unless we provide otherwise in the prospectus supplement applicable to a particular series of debt securities, the indentures will not contain any covenant that restricts our ability to merge or consolidate, or sell, convey, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of our assets. However, any successor to or acquirer of such assets must assume all of our obligations under the indentures or the debt securities, as appropriate. If the debt securities are convertible into or exchangeable for our other securities or securities of other entities, the person with whom we consolidate or merge or to whom we sell all of our property must make provisions for the conversion of the debt securities into securities that the holders of the debt securities would have received if they had converted the debt securities before the consolidation, merger or sale.


Events of Default Under the Indenture


Unless we provide otherwise in the prospectus supplement applicable to a particular series of debt securities, the following are events of default under the indentures with respect to any series of debt securities that we may issue:


·if we fail to pay any installment of interest on any series of debt securities, as and when the same shall become due and payable, and such default continues for a period of 90 days; provided, however, that a valid extension of an interest payment period by us in accordance with the terms of any indenture supplemental thereto shall not constitute a default in the payment of interest for this purpose;

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 if we fail to pay the principal of, or premium, if any, on any series of debt securities as and when the same shall become due and payable whether at maturity, upon redemption, by declaration or otherwise, or in any payment required by any sinking or analogous fund established with respect to such series; provided, however, that a valid extension of the maturity of such debt securities in accordance with the terms of any indenture supplemental thereto shall not constitute a default in the payment of principal or premium, if any;
·18if we fail to pay interest when due and payable and our failure continues for 90 days and the time for payment has not been extended or deferred;

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·if we fail to pay the principal, premium or sinking fund payment, if any, when due and payable and the time for payment has not been extended or delayed;

·if we fail to observe or perform any other covenant contained in the debt securities or the indentures, other than a covenant specifically relating to another series of debt securities, and our failure continues for 90 days after we receive notice from the debenture trustee or holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of the applicable series; and

·if specified events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization occur.

·if we fail to observe or perform any other covenant contained in the debt securities or the indentures, other than a covenant specifically relating to another series of debt securities, and our failure continues for 90 days after we receive notice from the debenture trustee or holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of the applicable series; and

·if specified events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization occur.

If an event of default with respect to debt securities of any series occurs and is continuing, other than an event of default specified in the last bullet point above, the debenture trustee or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of that series, by notice to us in writing, and to the debenture trustee if notice is given by such holders, may declare the unpaid principal of, premium, if any, and accrued interest, if any, due and payable immediately. If an event of default specified in the last bullet point above occurs with respect to us, the principal amount of and accrued interest, if any, of each issue of debt securities then outstanding shall be due and payable without any notice or other action on the part of the debenture trustee or any holder.


The holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of an affected series may waive any default or event of default with respect to the series and its consequences, except defaults or events of default regarding payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest, unless we have cured the default or event of default in accordance with the indenture. Any waiver shall cure the default or event of default.


Subject to the terms of the indentures, if an event of default under an indenture shall occur and be continuing, the debenture trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under such indenture at the request or direction of any of the holders of the applicable series of debt securities, unless such holders have offered the debenture trustee reasonable indemnity. The holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of any series will have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the debenture trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the debenture trustee, with respect to the debt securities of that series, provided that:

·the direction so given by the holder is not in conflict with any law or the applicable indenture; and

·subject to its duties under the Trust Indenture Act, the debenture trustee need not take any action that might involve it in personal liability or might be unduly prejudicial to the holders not involved in the proceeding.


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 the direction so given by the holder is not in conflict with any law or the applicable indenture; and

·subject to its duties under the Trust Indenture Act, the debenture trustee need not take any action that might involve it in personal liability or might be unduly prejudicial to the holders not involved in the proceeding.

A holder of the debt securities of any series will have the right to institute a proceeding under the indentures or to appoint a receiver or trustee, or to seek other remedies only if:


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  the holder has given written notice to the debenture trustee of a continuing event of default with respect to that series;

·the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of that series have made written request, and such holders have offered reasonable indemnity to the debenture trustee to institute the proceeding as trustee;

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 such holders have offered to the trustee indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred by the trustee in compliance with the request; and

·the trustee does not institute the proceeding, and does not receive from the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of that series other conflicting directions within 90 days after the notice, request and offer.
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·the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of that series have made written request, and such holders have offered reasonable indemnity to the debenture trustee to institute the proceeding as trustee; and

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·the debenture trustee does not institute the proceeding, and does not receive from the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of that series other conflicting directions within 90 days after the notice, request and offer.

These limitations do not apply to a suit instituted by a holder of debt securities if we default in the payment of the principal, premium, if any, or interest on, the debt securities.


We will periodically file statements with the debenture trustee regarding our compliance with specified covenants in the indentures.


Modification of Indenture; Waiver

We


Unless we provide otherwise in the prospectus supplement applicable to a particular series of debt securities, we and the debenture trustee may change an indenture without the consent of any holders with respect to specific matters:

·to fix any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency in the indenture;

·to comply with the provisions described above under “Description of Debt Securities—Consolidation, Merger or Sale;”

·to comply with any requirements of the SEC in connection with the qualification of any indenture under the Trust Indenture Act;

·to add to, delete from or revise the conditions, limitations, and restrictions on the authorized amount, terms, or purposes of issue, authentication and delivery of debt securities, as set forth in the indenture;

·to provide for the issuance of and establish the form and terms and conditions of the debt securities of any series as provided under “Description of Debt Securities—General” to establish the form of any certifications required to be furnished pursuant to the terms of the indenture or any series of debt securities, or to add to the rights of the holders of any series of debt securities;

·to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor trustee;

·to provide for uncertificated debt securities in addition to or in place of certificated debt securities and to make all appropriate changes for such purpose;

·to add to our covenants such new covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions for the protection of the holders, and to make the occurrence, or the occurrence and the continuance, of a default in any such additional covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions an event of default; or

·to change anything that does not materially adversely affect the interests of any holder of debt securities of any series.


·to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency in the indenture or in the debt securities of any series;

·to comply with the provisions described above under “Description of Debt Securities—Consolidation, Merger or Sale;”

·to provide for uncertificated debt securities in addition to or in place of certificated debt securities;

·to add to our covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions such new covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions for the benefit of the holders of all or any series of debt securities, to make the occurrence, or the occurrence and the continuance, of a default in any such additional covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions an event of default or to surrender any right or power conferred upon us in the indenture;
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 to add to, delete from or revise the conditions, limitations, and restrictions on the authorized amount, terms, or purposes of issue, authentication and delivery of debt securities, as set forth in the indenture;

·to make any change that does not adversely affect the interests of any holder of debt securities of any series in any material respect;

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 to provide for the issuance of and establish the form and terms and conditions of the debt securities of any series as provided above under “Description of Debt Securities—General” to establish the form of any certifications required to be furnished pursuant to the terms of the indenture or any series of debt securities, or to add to the rights of the holders of any series of debt securities;
·to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment under any indenture by a successor trustee; or
·to comply with any requirements of the SEC in connection with the qualification of any indenture under the Trust Indenture Act.

In addition, under the indentures, the rights of holders of a series of debt securities may be changed by us and the debenture trustee with the written consent of the holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of each series that is affected. However, unless we provide otherwise in the prospectus supplement applicable to a particular series of debt

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securities, we and the debenture trustee may make the following changes only with the consent of each holder of any outstanding debt securities affected:

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·extending the fixed maturity of the series of debt securities;

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 reducing the principal amount, reducing the rate of or extending the time of payment of interest, or reducing any premium payable upon the redemption of any debt securities; or

·reducing the percentage of debt securities, the holders of which are required to consent to any amendment, supplement, modification or waiver.
Discharge

Each indenture provides that we can elect to be discharged from our obligations with respect to one or more series of debt securities, except for specified obligations, including obligations to:

·register the transfer or exchange of debt securities of the series;

·replace stolen, lost or mutilated debt securities of the series;

·maintain paying agencies;

·hold monies for payment in trust;

·recover excess money held by the debenture trustee;

·compensate and indemnify the debenture trustee; and

·appoint any successor trustee.


·provide for payment;

·register the transfer or exchange of debt securities of the series;

·replace stolen, lost or mutilated debt securities of the series;

·pay principal of and premium and interest on any debt securities of the series;

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 maintain paying agencies;

·hold monies for payment in trust;

·recover excess money held by the trustee;

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 compensate and indemnify the trustee; and

·appoint any successor trustee.

In order to exercise our rights to be discharged, we must deposit with the debenture trustee money or government obligations sufficient to pay all the principal of, any premium, if any, and interest on, the debt securities of the series on the dates payments are due.


Form, Exchange and Transfer


We will issue the debt securities of each series only in fully registered form without coupons and, unless we provide otherwise in the applicable prospectus supplement, in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. The indentures provide that we may issue debt securities of a series in temporary or permanent global form and as book-entry securities that will be deposited with, or on behalf of, The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) or another depositary named by us and identified in a prospectus supplement with respect to that series. See “Legal Ownership of Securities” for a further description of the terms relating to any book-entry securities.


At the option of the holder, subject to the terms of the indentures and the limitations applicable to global securities described in the applicable prospectus supplement, the holder of the debt securities of any series can exchange the debt securities for other debt securities of the same series, in any authorized denomination and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount.


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exchange or for registration of transfer, duly endorsed or with the form of transfer endorsed thereon duly executed if so required by us or the security registrar, at the office of the security registrar or at the office of any transfer agent designated by us for this purpose. Unless otherwise provided in the debt securities that the holder presents for transfer or exchange, we will impose no service charge for any registration of transfer or exchange, but we may require payment of any taxes or other governmental charges.


We will name in the applicable prospectus supplement the security registrar, and any transfer agent in addition to the security registrar, that we initially designate for any debt securities. We may at any time designate additional transfer agents or rescind the designation of any transfer agent or approve a change in the office through which any transfer agent acts, except that we will be required to maintain a transfer agent in each place of payment for the debt securities of each series.


If we elect to redeem the debt securities of any series, we will not be required to:

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 issue, register the transfer of, or exchange any debt securities of that series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of mailing of a notice of redemption of any debt securities that may be selected for redemption and ending at the close of business on the day of the mailing; or

·register the transfer of or exchange any debt securities so selected for redemption, in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any debt securities we are redeeming in part.

Information Concerning the Debenture Trustee


The debenture trustee, other than during the occurrence and continuance of an event of default under an indenture, undertakes to perform only those duties as are specifically set forth in the applicable indenture. Upon an event of default under an indenture, the debenture trustee must use the same degree of care as a prudent person would exercise or use in the conduct of his or her own affairs. Subject to this provision, the debenture trustee is under no obligation to exercise any of the powers given it by the indentures at the request of any holder of debt securities unless it is offered reasonable security and indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities that it might incur.


Payment and Paying Agents


Unless we otherwise indicate in the applicable prospectus supplement, we will make payment of the interest on any debt securities on any interest payment date to the person in whose name the debt securities, or one or more predecessor securities, are registered at the close of business on the regular record date for the interest.


We will pay principal of and any premium and interest on the debt securities of a particular series at the office of the paying agents designated by us, except that unless we otherwise indicate in the applicable prospectus supplement, we will make interest payments by check that we will mail to the holder or by wire transfer to certain holders. Unless we otherwise indicate in the applicable prospectus supplement, we will designate the corporate trust office of the debenture trustee in the City of New York as our sole paying agent for payments with respect to debt securities of each series. We will name in the applicable prospectus supplement any other paying agents that we initially designate for the debt securities of a particular series. We will maintain a paying agent in each place of payment for the debt securities of a particular series.


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principal, premium or interest has become due and payable will be repaid to us, and the holder of the debt security thereafter may look only to us for payment thereof.


Governing Law


The indentures and the debt securities will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, except to the extent that the Trust Indenture Act is applicable.


Subordination of Subordinated Debt Securities


The subordinated debt securities will be unsecured and will be subordinate and junior in priority of payment to certain of our other indebtedness to the extent described in a prospectus supplement. The subordinated indenture does not limit the amount of subordinated debt securities that we may issue, nor does it limit us from issuing any other secured or unsecured debt.

DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS

The following description, together with the additional information we may include in any applicable prospectus supplements and free writing prospectuses, summarizes the material terms and provisions of the warrants that we may offer under this prospectus, which may consist of warrants to purchase common stock, preferred stock or debt securities and may be issued in one or more series. Warrants may be issued independently or together with common stock, preferred stock or debt securities offered by any prospectus supplement, and may be attached to or separate from those securities. While the terms we have summarized below will apply generally to any warrants that we may offer under this prospectus, we will describe the particular terms of any series of warrants that we may offer in more detail in the applicable prospectus supplement and any applicable free writing prospectus. The terms of any warrants offered under a prospectus supplement may differ from the terms described below.

We will file as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, or will incorporate by reference from reports that we file with the SEC, the form of warrant agreement, if any, including a form of warrant certificate, that describes the terms of the particular series of warrants we are offering. The following summaries of material provisions of the warrants and the warrant agreements are subject to, and qualified in their entirety by reference to, all the provisions of the warrant agreement and warrant certificate applicable to the particular series of warrants that we may offer under this prospectus. We urge you to read the applicable prospectus supplements related to the particular series of warrants that we may offer under this prospectus, as well as any related free writing prospectuses, and the complete warrant agreements and warrant certificates that contain the terms of the warrants.

A prospectus supplement will describe the particular terms of any series of warrants we may issue, including the following:

·the title of such securities;

·the offering price or prices and aggregate number of warrants offered;

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 the currency or currencies for which the warrants may be purchased;

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 if applicable, the designation and terms of the securities with which the warrants are issued and the number of warrants issued with each such security or each principal amount of such security;

·if applicable, the date on and after which the warrants and the related securities will be separately transferable;

·if applicable, the minimum or maximum amount of such warrants which may be exercised at any one time;

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  in the case of warrants to purchase debt securities, the principal amount of debt securities purchasable upon exercise of one warrant and the price at which, and currency in which, this principal amount of debt securities may be purchased upon such exercise;

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  in the case of warrants to purchase common stock or preferred stock, the number of shares of common stock or preferred stock, as the case may be, purchasable upon the exercise of one warrant and the price at which, and the currency in which, these shares may be purchased upon such exercise;

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 the effect of any merger, consolidation, sale or other disposition of our business on the warrant agreements and the warrants;

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 the terms of any rights to redeem or call the warrants;
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 the terms of any rights to force the exercise of the warrants;
·any provisions for changes to or adjustments in the exercise price or number of securities issuable upon exercise of the warrants;

·the dates on which the right to exercise the warrants will commence and expire;

·the manner in which the warrant agreements and warrants may be modified;

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 a discussion of any material or special U.S. federal income tax consequences of holding or exercising the warrants;

·the terms of the securities issuable upon exercise of the warrants; and

·any other specific terms, preferences, rights or limitations of or restrictions on the warrants.

Each warrant will entitle the holder to purchase for cash such common stock or preferred stock at the exercise price or such principal amount of debt securities as shall in each case be set forth in, or be determinable as set forth in, the prospectus supplement relating to the warrants offered thereby. Warrants may be exercised as set forth in the prospectus supplement beginning on the date specified therein and continuing until the close of business on the expiration date set forth in the prospectus supplement. After the close of business on the expiration date, unexercised warrants will become void.

Upon receipt of the required payment and the warrant certificate properly completed and duly executed at the corporate trust office of the warrant agent or any other office indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, we will issue and deliver the securities purchasable upon such exercise. If fewer than all of the warrants represented by the warrant certificate are exercised, then we will issue a new warrant certificate for the remaining amount of warrants. If we so indicate in the applicable prospectus supplement, holders of the warrants may surrender securities as all or part of the exercise price for warrants.

Prior to exercising their warrants, holders of warrants will not have any of the rights of holders of the securities purchasable upon such exercise, including, in the case of warrants to purchase common stock or preferred stock, the right to receive dividends, if any, or payments upon our liquidation, dissolution or winding up or to exercise any voting rights or, in the case of warrants to purchase debt securities, the right to receive principal, premium, if any, or interest payments, on the debt securities purchasable upon exercise or to enforce covenants in the applicable indenture.

Each warrant agent will act solely as our agent under the applicable warrant agreement and will not assume any obligation or relationship of agency or trust with any holder of any warrant. A single bank or trust company may act as warrant agent for more than one issue of warrants. A warrant agent will have no duty or responsibility in case of any default by us under the applicable warrant agreement or warrant, including any duty or responsibility to initiate any proceedings at law or otherwise, or to make any demand upon us. Any holder of a warrant may, without the consent of the related warrant agent or the holder of any other warrant, enforce by appropriate legal action its right to exercise, and receive the securities purchasable upon exercise of, its warrants.


DESCRIPTION OF SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS
The following description, together with the additional information we may include in any applicable prospectus supplements and free writing prospectuses, summarizes the material terms and provisions of the subscription rights that we may offer under this prospectus, which may consist of rights to purchase common stock, preferred stock or debt securities and may be issued in one or more series. Subscription rights may be issued independently or together with common stock, preferred stock, debt securities or warrants offered by any prospectus supplement, may be attached to or separate from those securities and may or may not be transferrable by the stockholder receiving the subscription rights in such offering. While the terms we have summarized below will apply generally to any subscription rights that we may offer under this prospectus, we will describe the particular terms of any subscription rights that we may offer in more detail in the applicable prospectus supplement and any applicable free writing prospectus. The terms of any subscription rights offered under a prospectus supplement may differ from the terms described below. In connection with any offering of subscription rights, we may enter into a standby arrangement with one or more underwriters or other purchasers pursuant to which the underwriters or other purchasers may be required to purchase any securities remaining unsubscribed for after such offering.
    We will file as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, or will incorporate by reference from reports that we file with the SEC, the form of subscription rights certificate. The following summaries of material provisions of the subscription rights are subject to, and qualified in their entirety by reference to, all the provisions of the subscription rights certificate applicable to the particular subscription rights that we may offer under this prospectus. We urge you to read the applicable prospectus supplements related to the particular subscription rights that we may offer under this prospectus, as well as any related free writing prospectuses, and the complete subscription rights certificates that contain the terms thereof.
The applicable prospectus supplement relating to any subscription rights we offer, if any, will, to the extent applicable, include specific terms relating to the offering, including some or all of the following:

·the price, if any, for the subscription rights;

·the exercise price payable for our common stock, preferred stock or debt securities upon the exercise of the subscription rights;

·the number of subscription rights to be issued to each stockholder;

·the number and terms of our common stock, preferred stock or debt securities which may be purchased per each subscription right;

·the extent to which the subscription rights are transferable;

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 any other terms of the subscription rights, including the terms, procedures and limitations relating to the exchange and exercise of the subscription rights;

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 the date on which the right to exercise the subscription rights shall commence, and the date on which the subscription rights shall expire;

·the extent to which the subscription rights may include an over-subscription privilege with respect to unsubscribed securities or an over-allotment privilege to the extent the securities are fully subscribed; and

·if applicable, the material terms of any standby underwriting or purchase arrangement which may be entered into by us in connection with the offering of subscription rights.
LEGAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES


We can issue securities in registered form or in the form of one or more global securities. We describe global securities in greater detail below. We refer to those persons who have securities registered in their own names on the books that we or any applicable trustee or depositary or warrant agent maintain for this purpose as the “holders” of those securities. These persons are the legal holders of the securities. We refer to those persons who, indirectly through others, own beneficial interests in securities that are not registered in their own names, as “indirect holders” of those securities. As we discuss below, indirect holders are not legal holders, and investors in securities issued in book-entry form or in street name will be indirect holders.


Book-Entry Holders


We may issue securities in book-entry form only, as we will specify in the applicable prospectus supplement or free writing prospectus. This means securities may be represented by one or more global securities registered in the name of a financial institution that holds them as depositary on behalf of other financial institutions that participate in the depositary’s book-entry system. These participating institutions, which are referred to as participants, in turn, hold beneficial interests in the securities on behalf of themselves or their customers.


Only the person in whose name a security is registered is recognized as the holder of that security. Global securities will be registered in the name of the depositary or its participants. Consequently, for global securities, we will recognize only the depositary as the holder of the securities, and we will make all payments on the securities to the depositary. The depositary passes along the payments it receives to its participants, which in turn pass the payments along to their customers who are the beneficial owners. The depositary and its participants do so under agreements they have made with one another or with their customers; they are not obligated to do so under the terms of the securities.


As a result, investors in a global security will not own securities directly. Instead, they will own beneficial interests in a global security, through a bank, broker or other financial institution that participates in the depositary’s book-entry system or holds an interest through a participant. As long as the securities are issued in global form, investors will be indirect holders, and not legal holders, of the securities.

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Street Name Holders


We may terminate a global security or issue securities that are not issued in global form. In these cases, investors may choose to hold their securities in their own names or in “street name.” Securities held by an investor in street name would be registered in the name of a bank, broker or other financial institution that the investor chooses, and the investor would hold only a beneficial interest in those securities through an account he or she maintains at that institution.


For securities held in street name, we or any applicable trustee or depositary will recognize only the intermediary banks, brokers and other financial institutions in whose names the securities are registered as the holders of those securities, and we or any such trustee or depositary will make all payments on those securities to them. These institutions pass along the payments they receive to their customers who are the beneficial owners, but only because they agree to do so in their customer agreements or because they are legally required to do so. Investors who hold securities in street name will be indirect holders, not holders, of those securities.


Legal Holders


Our obligations, as well as the obligations of any applicable trustee or third party employed by us or a trustee, run only to the legal holders of the securities. We do not have obligations to investors who hold beneficial interests in global securities, in street name or by any other indirect means. This will be the case whether an investor chooses to be an indirect holder of a security or has no choice because we are issuing the securities only in global form.


For example, once we make a payment or give a notice to the holder, we have no further responsibility for the payment or notice even if that holder is required, under agreements with depository participants or customers or by law, to pass it along to the indirect holders but does not do so. Similarly, we may want to obtain the approval of the holders to amend an indenture, to relieve us of the consequences of a default or of our obligation to comply with a particular provision of an indenture, or for other purposes. In such an event, we would seek approval only from the legal holders, and not the indirect holders, of the securities. Whether and how the holders contact the indirect holders is up to the legal holders.

Special Considerations for Indirect Holders


If you hold securities through a bank, broker or other financial institution, either in book-entry form because the securities are represented by one or more global securities or in street name, you should check with your own institution to find out:

·how it handles securities payments and notices;

·whether it imposes fees or charges;

·how it would handle a request for the holders’ consent, if ever required;

·whether and how you can instruct it to send you securities registered in your own name so you can be a holder, if that is permitted in the future;

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·if the securities are global securities, how the depositary’s rules and procedures will affect these matters.

·whether it imposes fees or charges;


·how it would handle a request for the holders’ consent, if ever required;

·whether and how you can instruct it to send you securities registered in your own name so you can be a holder, if that is permitted in the future;

·how it would exercise rights under the securities if there were a default or other event triggering the need for holders to act to protect their interests; and

·if the securities are in book-entry form, how the depositary’s rules and procedures will affect these matters.

Global Securities


A global security is a security which represents one or any other number of individual securities held by a depositary. Generally, all securities represented by the same global securities will have the same terms.


Each security issued in book-entry form will be represented by a global security that we issue to, deposit with and register in the name of a financial institution or its nominee that we select. The financial institution that we select for this purpose is called the depositary. Unless we specify otherwise in the applicable prospectus supplement or a free writing prospectus, The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York, or DTC, will be the depositary for all global securities issued under this prospectus.

in book-entry form.


A global security may not be transferred to or registered in the name of anyone other than the depositary, its nominee or a successor depositary, unless special termination situations arise. We describe those situations below under “—Special Situations When a Global Security Will Be Terminated.” As a result of these arrangements, the depositary, or its nominee, will be the sole registered owner and holder of all securities represented by a global security, and investors will be permitted to own only beneficial interests in a global security. Beneficial interests must be held by means of an account with a broker, bank or other financial institution that in turn has an account with the depositary or with another institution that does. Thus, an investor whose security is represented by a global security will not be a holder of the security, but only an indirect holder of a beneficial interest in the global security.


If the prospectus supplement or a free writing prospectus for a particular security indicates that the security will be issued as a global security, then the security will be represented by a global security at all times unless and until the global security is terminated. If termination occurs, we may issue the securities through another book-entry clearing system or decide that the securities may no longer be held through any book-entry clearing system.


Special Considerations for Global Securities


As an indirect holder, an investor’s rights relating to a global security will be governed by the account rules of the investor’s financial institution and of the depositary, as well as general laws relating to securities transfers. We do not recognize an indirect holder as a legal holder of securities and instead deal only with the depositary that holds the global security.

If securities are issued only as a global security, an investor should be aware of the following:

·An investor cannot cause the securities to be registered in his or her name, and cannot obtain non-global certificates for his or her interest in the securities, except in the special situations we describe below.

·An investor will be an indirect holder and must look to his or her own bank or broker for payments on the securities and protection of his or her legal rights relating to the securities, as we describe above.

·An investor may not be able to sell interests in the securities to some insurance companies and to other institutions that are required by law to own their securities in non-book-entry form.

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·An investor may not be able to pledge his or her interest in the global security in circumstances where certificates representing the securities must be delivered to the lender or other beneficiary of the pledge in order for the pledge to be effective.

·The depositary’s policies, which may change from time to time, will govern payments, transfers, exchanges and other matters relating to an investor’s interest in the global security. We and any applicable trustee have no responsibility for any aspect of the depositary’s actions or for its records of ownership interests in the global security. We and the trustee also do not supervise the depositary in any way.

·The depositary may, and we understand that DTC will, require that those who purchase and sell interests in the global security within its book-entry system use immediately available funds, and your broker or bank may require you to do so as well.

·Financial institutions that participate in the depositary’s book-entry system, and through which an investor holds its interest in the global security, may also have their own policies affecting payments, notices and other matters relating to the securities. There may be more than one financial intermediary in the chain of ownership for an investor. We do not monitor and are not responsible for the actions of any of those intermediaries.

·An investor will be an indirect holder and must look to his or her own bank or broker for payments on the securities and protection of his or her legal rights relating to the securities, as we describe above.


·An investor may not be able to sell interests in the securities to some insurance companies and to other institutions that are required by law to own their securities in non-book-entry form.

·An investor may not be able to pledge his or her interest in the global security in circumstances where certificates representing the securities must be delivered to the lender or other beneficiary of the pledge in order for the pledge to be effective.

·The depositary’s policies, which may change from time to time, will govern payments, transfers, exchanges and other matters relating to an investor’s interest in the global security. We and any applicable trustee have no responsibility for any aspect of the depositary’s actions or for its records of ownership interests in the global security. We and the trustee also do not supervise the depositary in any way.

·The depositary may, and we understand that DTC will, require that those who purchase and sell interests in the global security within its book-entry system use immediately available funds, and your broker or bank may require you to do so as well.

·
  Financial institutions that participate in the depositary’s book-entry system, and through which an investor holds its interest in the global security, may also have their own policies affecting payments, notices and other matters relating to the securities. There may be more than one financial intermediary in the chain of ownership for an investor. We do not monitor and are not responsible for the actions of any of those intermediaries.

Special Situations When a Global Security Will Be Terminated


In a few special situations described below, a global security will terminate and interests in it will be exchanged for physical certificates representing those interests. After that exchange, the choice of whether to hold securities directly or in street name will be up to the investor. Investors must consult their own banks or brokers to find out how to have their interests in securities transferred to their own name, so that they will be direct holders. We have described the rights of holders and street name investors above.


A global security will terminate when the following special situations occur:

·if the depositary notifies us that it is unwilling, unable or no longer qualified to continue as depositary for that global security and we do not appoint another institution to act as depositary within 90 days;

·if we notify any applicable trustee that we wish to terminate that global security; or

·if an event of default has occurred with regard to securities represented by that global security and has not been cured or waived.


·if the depositary notifies us that it is unwilling, unable or no longer qualified to continue as depositary for that global security and we do not appoint another institution to act as depositary within 90 days;

·if we notify any applicable trustee that we wish to terminate that global security; or

·if an event of default has occurred with regard to securities represented by that global security and has not been cured or waived.

The prospectus supplement or a free writing prospectus may also list additional situations for terminating a global security that would apply only to the particular series of securities covered by the prospectus supplement or a free writing prospectus. When a global security terminates, the depositary, and not we or any applicable trustee, is responsible for deciding the names of the institutions that will be the initial direct holders.

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION


We may sell the securities covered hereby from time to time pursuant to underwritten public offerings, direct sales to the public, negotiated transactions, block trades or a combination of these methods. A distribution of the securities offered by this prospectus may also be effected through the issuance of derivative securities, including without limitation, warrants and subscriptions. We may sell the securities to or through underwriters or dealers, through agents, or directly to one or more purchasers. We may distribute securities from time to time in one or more transactions:

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  at market prices prevailing at the time of sale;


·at prices related to such prevailing market prices; or

·at negotiated prices.

We may also sell equity securities covered by this registration statement in an “at the market offering” as defined in Rule 415 under the Securities Act. Such offering may be made into an existing trading market for such securities in transactions at other than a fixed price on or prices,through the facilities of the NASDAQ Capital Market or any other existing trading market on which such securities may be changed;

·      at market prices prevailinglisted, quoted or traded at the time of sale;

·      at prices related to such prevailing market prices;

·      at varying prices determined at the time of sale;sale.


Such at-the-market offerings, if any, may be conducted by underwriters acting as principal or

·      at negotiated prices.

agent.


A prospectus supplement or supplements (and any related free writing prospectus that we may authorize to be provided to you) will describe the terms of the offering of the securities, including:

·including, to the name or names of the underwriters, dealers or agents participating in the offering, if any;

·      the purchase price of the securities sold by us to any underwriter or dealer and the net proceeds we expect to receive from the offering;

·      any over-allotment options under which underwriters may purchase additional securities from us;

·      any agency fees or underwriting discounts or commissions and other items constituting agents’ or underwriters’ compensation;

·      any public offering price;

·      any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers; and

·      any securities exchange or market on which the securities may be listed.

extent applicable:


·
 the name or names of any underwriters, dealers or agents, if any;

·
 the purchase price of the securities, and the proceeds, if any, we will receive from the sale;

·any over-allotment options under which underwriters may purchase additional securities from us;

·any agency fees or underwriting discounts and other items constituting agents’ or underwriters’ compensation;

·in a subscription rights offering, whether we have engaged dealer-managers to facilitate the offering or subscription, including their name or names and compensation;

·any public offering price;

·any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers; and

·
 any securities exchange or market on which the securities may be listed.

Only underwriters named in the prospectus supplement will beare underwriters of the securities offered by thesuch prospectus supplement.


If underwriters are used in the sale, they will acquire the securities for their own account and may resell the securities from time to time in one or more transactions at a fixed public offering price or at varying prices determined at the time of sale. The obligations of the underwriters to purchase the securities will be subject to the conditions set forth in the applicable underwriting agreement. We may offer the securities to the public through underwriting syndicates represented by managing underwriters or by underwriters without a syndicate. Subject to certain conditions, the underwriters will be obligated to purchase all of the securities offered by the prospectus supplement, other than securities covered by any over-allotment option. Any public offering price and any discounts or commissions or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers may change from time to time. We may use underwriters with whom we have a material relationship. We will describe in the prospectus supplement, naming the underwriter, the nature of any such relationship.

We may sell securities directly or through agents we designate from time to time. We will name any agent involved in the offering and sale of securities and we will describe any commissions and other compensation we will pay the agent in the prospectus supplement. Unless the prospectus supplement states otherwise, our agent will act on a best-efforts basis for the period of its appointment.


We may authorize agents or underwriters to solicit offers by certain types of institutional investors to purchase securities from us at the public offering price set forth in the prospectus supplement pursuant to delayed delivery contracts providing for payment and delivery on a specified date in the future. We will describe the conditions to these contracts and the commissions we must pay for solicitation of these contracts in the prospectus supplement.


We may provide agents and underwriters with indemnification against civil liabilities related to this offering, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or contribution with respect to payments that the agents or underwriters may make with respect to these liabilities. Agents and underwriters may engage in transactions with, or perform services for, us in the ordinary course of business.


All securities we may offer, other than common stock, will be new issues of securities with no established trading market. Any agents or underwriters may make a market in these securities, but will not be obligated to do so and may discontinue any market making at any time without notice. We cannot guarantee the liquidity of the trading markets for any securities. There is currently no market for any of the offered securities, other than our common stock which is listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market. We have no current plans for listing of the preferred stock, warrants to purchase common stock, preferred stock or debt securities, or debt securities, on any securities exchange or quotation system; any such listing with respect to any particular preferred stock, warrants to purchase common stock, preferred stock or debt securities, or debt securities, will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement or other offering materials, as the case may be.


Any underwriter may engage in overallotment, stabilizing transactions, short coveringshort-covering transactions and penalty bids in accordance with Regulation M under the Exchange Act.bids. Overallotment involves sales in excess of the offering size, which create a short position. Stabilizing transactions permit bids to purchase the underlying security so long as the stabilizing bids do not exceed a specified maximum. Short coveringShort-covering transactions involve purchases of the securities in the open market after the distribution is completed to cover short positions. Penalty bids permit the underwriters to reclaim a selling concession from a dealer when the securities originally sold by the dealer are purchased in a stabilizing or covering transaction to cover short positions. Those activities may cause the price of the securities to be higher than it would otherwise be. If commenced, the underwriters may discontinue any of the activities at any time.

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Any agents and underwriters who are qualified market makers on Nasdaqthe NASDAQ Capital Market may engage in passive market making transactions in the securities on Nasdaqthe NASDAQ Capital Market in accordance with Rule 103 of Regulation M, during the business day prior to the pricing of the offering, before the commencement of offers or sales of the securities. Passive market makers must comply with applicable volume and price limitations and must be identified as passive market makers. In general, a passive market maker must display its bid at a price not in excess of the highest independent bid for such security; if all independent bids are lowered below the passive market maker’s bid, however, the passive market maker’s bid must then be lowered when certain purchase limits are exceeded. Passive market making may stabilize the market price of the securities at a level above that which might otherwise prevail in the open market and, if commenced, may be discontinued at any time.

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LEGAL MATTERS

Unless otherwise indicated in the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) the maximum compensation to be received by any FINRA member or independent broker dealer may not exceed 8% of the aggregate amount of the securities offered pursuant to this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement.

LEGAL MATTERS

Thesupplement, the validity of the securities offered by this prospectus, and any supplement thereto, will be passed upon for us by Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP.

EXPERTSLLP, Kalamazoo, Michigan. Additional legal matters may be passed upon for us or any underwriters, dealers or agents, by counsel that we will name in the applicable prospectus supplement.


EXPERTS


Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP, our independent registered public accounting firm, has audited our consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2017 included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, which is incorporated by reference into this prospectus and elsewhere in the registration statement.  The consolidated financial statements audited by Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP have been incorporated by reference in reliance on their report given on their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.

The consolidated financial statements of Sunshine Heart, Inc. (now known as CHF Solutions, Inc.) and Subsidiaries for the year ended December 31, 2016 appearing in Sunshine Heart, Inc.’s (now known as CHF Solutions, Inc.) Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2012,2017, have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in their report thereon (which contains an explanatory paragraph describing conditions that raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern as described in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements), incorporated by reference therein,appearing elsewhere herein, and incorporated herein by reference. Such consolidated financial statements are incorporated herein by referenceincluded in reliance upon such report given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.


INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE


We “incorporate by reference” certain documents that we have filed with the SEC into this prospectus, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is deemed to be part of this prospectus, except for any information superseded by information contained directly in this prospectus. This prospectus incorporates by reference our:

·Annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012reference:


·our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 filed with the SEC on March 22, 2018;

·the information specifically incorporated by reference into our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 from our definitive Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on May 16, 2018, filed with the SEC on April 6, 2018;

·our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2018 filed with the SEC on May 10, 2018;

·our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 18, 2018;

·the description of our common stock in our registration statement on Form 10 filed with the SEC on September 30, 2011, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description;

·the description of our Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, in our registration statement on Form 8-A filed with the SEC on June 14, 2013; and
·The description of our Series F Convertible Preferred Stock in our Prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b)(4) under the Securities Act on November 22, 2017.
All documents we file with the SEC on March 12, 2013;

·Current reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 7, 2013, January 16, 2013, February 4, 2013, February 6, 2013 and March 13, 2013, respectively (other than the portions of these reports furnished but not filed pursuant to SEC rules and the exhibits filed on such form that relate to such portions);

·the information specifically incorporated by reference into our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 from our definitive Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on May 23, 2013, to be filed with the SEC within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012; and

·the description of our common stock in our Registration Statement on Form 10 filed with the SEC on September 30, 2011, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.

We incorporate by reference the documents listed above and any future filings made by us with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, except as to any portion of any report or document that is not deemed filed under such provisions, (i) on or after the initialdate of filing of the registration statement that containscontaining this prospectus and prior to the terminationeffectiveness of the offeringregistration statement and (ii) on or after the date of this prospectus until the earlier of the date on which all of the securities describedregistered hereunder have been sold or the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part has been withdrawn, shall be deemed incorporated by reference in this prospectus; provided, however, that notwithstandingprospectus and to be a part of this prospectus from the foregoing, unless

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specifically statedfiling of those documents.  Nothing in this prospectus shall be deemed to the contrary, none of theincorporate information that isfurnished but not deemed “filed”filed with the SEC including information furnished under Itemspursuant to Item 2.02 or 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K, will be incorporated by reference into, or otherwise included in, this prospectus.

8-K.

These documents may also be accessed on our website at www.sunshineheart.comwww.chf-solutions.com. Information contained in, or accessible through, our website is not a part of this prospectus.

You


We will provide without charge to each person, including any beneficial owners, to whom this prospectus is delivered, upon his or her written or oral request, a copy of any or all reports or documents referred to above which have been or may obtain documentsbe incorporated by reference into this prospectus at no costbut not delivered with this prospectus, excluding exhibits to those reports or documents unless they are specifically incorporated by reference into those documents. You may request a copy of these documents by writing or telephoning us at the following address:

Sunshine Heart,


CHF Solutions, Inc.

Attention: David Rosa,John L. Erb, Chief Executive Officer

12988 Valley View Road

Eden Prairie, MN 55344

Tel: (952) 345-4200


Any statements contained in a document incorporated by reference in this prospectus shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this prospectus to the extent that a statement contained in this prospectus (or in any other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated by reference in this prospectus) modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed to constitute a part of this prospectus except as so modified or superseded.


WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

We are subject


This prospectus is part of the registration statement on Form S-3 we filed with the SEC under the Securities Act and does not contain all the information set forth in the registration statement. Whenever a reference is made in this prospectus to any of our contracts, agreements or other documents, the reference may not be complete and you should refer to the informational requirementsexhibits that are a part of the Exchange Act andregistration statement or the exhibits to the reports or other documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus for a copy of such contract, agreement or other document. We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC.SEC in accordance with the Exchange Act. You may read and copy anyour reports, proxy statements and other information we filefiled by us at the SEC’s public reference room of the SEC located at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information onabout the public reference room. You may also accessrooms. Our reports, proxy statements and other information filed documentswith the SEC are available free of charge to the public over the Internet at the SEC’s web sitewebsite at http://www.sec.gov.

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INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS


ITEM 14.             
ITEM 14.Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.


The following table sets forth various expenses in connection with the sale and distribution of Issuancethe securities being registered.  All of the amounts shown are estimates except for the Securities and Distribution.

SEC registration fee

 

$

10,230

 

Listing fees

 

 

(1)

Blue sky qualification fees and expenses

 

 

(1)

Printing and engraving expenses

 

 

(1)

Legal fees and expenses

 

 

(1)

Accounting fees and expenses

 

 

(1)

Transfer agent and registrar fees

 

 

(1)

Rating agency fees

 

 

(1)

Miscellaneous

 

 

(1)

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

 

(1)

Exchange Commission Registration Fee.


(1)
Securities and Exchange Commission Registration Fee $3,735 
FINRA Filing Fee $* 
Accounting fees $* 
Printing fees and expenses $* 
Legal fees and disbursements $* 
Miscellaneous $* 
Total: $* 

 *                 These fees will be dependentare calculated based on the type of securities offered and the number of offeringsissuances and therefore,accordingly cannot be estimated at this time. In accordance with Rule 430B, additional information regarding estimated fees and expenses will be provided at the time information as to an offering is included in a prospectus supplement.


ITEM 15.Indemnification of Directors and Officers.


ITEM 15.              Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws provide that each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved (including, without limitation, as a witness) in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or an officer of Sunshine Heart,CHF Solutions, Inc. or is or was serving at our request as a director, officer, or trustee of another corporation, or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan, whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer or trustee or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer or trustee, shall be indemnified and held harmless by us to the fullest extent authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended (the “DGCL”), against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such.

Section 145 of the DGCL permits a corporation to indemnify any director or officer of the corporation against expenses (including attorney’s fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any action, suit or proceeding brought by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the corporation, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner that he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, if he or she had no reason to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. In a derivative action, (i.e., one brought by or on behalf of the corporation), indemnification may be provided only for expenses actually and reasonably incurred by any director or officer in connection with the defense or settlement of such an action or suit if such person acted in good faith and in a manner that he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification shall be provided if such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court in which the action or suit was brought shall determine that the defendant is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses despite such adjudication of liability.

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Pursuant to Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL, our certificate of incorporation eliminates the liability of a director to us or our stockholders for monetary damages for such a breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liabilities arising:

·

from any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to us or our stockholders;

·

from acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;
under Section 174 of the DGCL; and

·

from any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

We carry insurance policies insuring our directors and officers against certain liabilities that they may incur in their capacities as directors and officers.

The Company has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and executive officers. Pursuant to the indemnification agreements, the Company agrees to hold harmless and indemnify its directors and executive officers to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by the provisions of the Company’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws and the DGCL, including for any amounts that such director or officer becomes obligated to pay because of any claim to which such director or officer is made or threatened to be made a party, witness or participant, by reason of such director’s or officer’s service as a director, officer, employee or other agent of the Company.

There are certain exceptions from the Company’s obligation to indemnify its directors and executive officers pursuant to the indemnification agreements, including for “short-swing” profit claims under Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act, of 1934, as amended, losses that are as a result offrom conduct that is established by a final judgment as knowingly fraudulent or deliberately dishonest or that constituted willful misconduct, or that constituted a breach of the duty of loyalty to the Company or resulted in any improper personal profit or advantage, where payment is actually made to a director or officer under an insurance policy, indemnity clause, bylaw or agreement, except in respect of any excess beyond payment under such insurance, clause, bylaw or agreement, for indemnification which is not lawful, or in connection with any proceeding initiated by such director or officer, or any proceeding against the Company or its directors, officers, employees or other agents, unless (i) such indemnification is expressly required to be made by law, (ii) the proceeding was authorized by the board of directors of the Company, (iii) such indemnification is provided by the Company, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the Company under the DGCL, or (iv) the proceeding is initiated to enforce a claim for indemnification pursuant to the indemnification agreement.

All agreements and obligations of the Company contained in the indemnification agreements shall continue during the period when the director or officer who is a party to an indemnification agreement is a director, officer, employee or other agent of the Company (or is or is serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or other agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise) and shall continue thereafter so long as such director or officer shall be subject to any possible claim or threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, arbitrational, administrative or investigative. In addition, the indemnification agreements provide for partial indemnification and advance of expenses.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 as amended, may be permitted to our directors, officers or controlling persons pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, we have been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission this

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indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act, and is, therefore, unenforceable.

ITEM 16.              Exhibits.

ITEM 16.Exhibits.


The following exhibits are incorporated by reference herein or filed herewith as indicated below.

 

 

 

 

Incorporated By Reference

 

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Exhibit Description

 

Form

 

File
 Number

 

Date of First
Filing

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Filed
 Herewith

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.1

 

Underwriting Agreement *

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.1

 

Certificate of Incorporation, as amended

 

10

 

001-35312

 

February 1, 2012

 

3.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.2

 

Amended and Restated Bylaws

 

10

 

001-35312

 

September 30, 2011

 

3.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.3

 

Specimen of Common Stock Certificate

 

10

 

001-35312

 

September 30, 2011

 

4.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.4

 

Form of Specimen Preferred Stock Certificate and Form of Certificate of Designation of Preferred Stock *

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.5

 

Form of Senior Debt Indenture

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.6

 

Form of Subordinated Debt Indenture

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.7

 

Form of Senior Note *

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.8

 

Form of Subordinated Note *

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.9

 

Form of Common Stock Warrant Agreement and Warrant Certificate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.10

 

Form of Preferred Stock Warrant Agreement and Warrant Certificate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.11

 

Form of Debt Securities Warrant Agreement and Warrant Certificate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

and made a part of this registration statement.


    Incorporated By Reference  
Exhibit
Number
 
Exhibit
Description
 Form 
File
Number
 
Date of
First Filing
 
Exhibit
Number
 
Filed
Herewith
             
1.1 Form of Underwriting Agreement *          
             
3.1 Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation 10 001-35312 February 1, 2012 3.1  
             
3.2 Certificate of Amendment to Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation 8-K 001-35312 January 13, 2017 3.1  
             
3.3 Certificate of Amendment to Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation 8-K 001-35312 May 23, 2017 3.1  
             
3.4 Certificate of Amendment to Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation 8-K 001-35312 
October 12, 2017
 
 3.1  
             
3.5 Second Amended and Restated Bylaws 8-K 001-35312 May 23, 2017 3.2  
             
4.1 Specimen of Common Stock Certificate 10 001-35312 September 30, 2011 4.1  
             
 4.2 Form of Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock 8-K 001-35312 June 14, 2013  3.1  
             
4.3 Form of Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series F Convertible Preferred Stock S-1/A 333-221010 November 17, 2017 3.7  
             
             
4.4 Form of Specimen Preferred Stock Certificate and Form of Certificate of Designation of Preferred Stock *          
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4.5 Form of Senior Debt Indenture S-3 333-194731 March 21, 2014 4.5  
             
4.6 Form of Subordinated Debt Indenture S-3 333-194731 March 21, 2014 4.6  
             
4.7 Form of Senior Note*          
             
4.8 Form of Subordinated Note*          
             
4.9 Form of Common Stock Warrant Agreement and Warrant Certificate*          
             
4.10 Form of Preferred Stock Warrant Agreement and Warrant Certificate*          

4.11

Form of Debt Securities Warrant Agreement and Warrant Certificate*

Incorporated By Reference

Exhibit
Number

Exhibit Description

Form

File
 Number

Date of First
Filing

Exhibit
Number

Filed
 Herewith

5.1

4.12

Form of Subscription Rights Certificate*

Opinion of Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP

X

12.1

Statement ofStatements Regarding Computation of Ratios *

Ratios*

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP

X

Consent of Ernst & Young LLP

X
23.3Consent of Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP

Included in Exhibit 5.1

24.1

Power of Attorney

Included in the signature pages hereto

page

25.1

Statement of Eligibility of Trustee under Senior Debt Indenture *

25.2

Statement of Eligibility of Trustee under Subordinated Debt Indenture *



*
*If required, to be filed by amendment or as an exhibit to a report filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 17.Undertakings.

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:


(1)To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

(i)To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

(ii)To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and

(iii)
  To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

(1)provided howeverTo file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

(i)To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

(ii)To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no

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more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and

(iii)To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

Provided, however,, that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Sectionsection 13 or Sectionsection 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.


(2)
 That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(3)To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

(4)That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:

(i)Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and

(ii)
 Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.  Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.
(2)37That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(3)To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

(4)That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:

(i)(A)          Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and

(i)(B)          Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.

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(5)That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

(i)Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;

(ii)Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;

(iii)The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and

(iv)Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.

(6)That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of the securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(7)That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b) (1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.

(8)That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(9)To file an application for the purpose of determining the eligibility of the trustee to act under subsection (a) of Section 310 of the Trust Indenture Act in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Commission under Section 305(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act.

(5)
 That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities: The undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

(i)
 Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;

(ii)
 Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;

(iii)
 The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and

(iv)
 Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.

(6)
 That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(7)
 To file an application for the purpose of determining the eligibility of the trustee to act under subsection (a) of section 310 of the Trust Indenture Act in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Commission under section 305(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the

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registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

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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-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the cityCity of Eden Prairie, State of Minnesota, on this 15th day of March, 2013.

May 11, 2018.

SUNSHINE HEART,CHF SOLUTIONS, INC.

By:

/s/ DAVID ROSA

JOHN L. ERB

David Rosa

John L. Erb

Chief Executive officer

Officer and Chairman of the Board

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POWER OF ATTORNEY


Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints David RosaJohn L. Erb and Jeffrey Mathiesen,Claudia Drayton, and each of them, with full power of substitution, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to do any and all acts and things in his name and on his behalf in his capacity indicated below which they or either of them may deem necessary or advisable to enable Sunshine Heart,CHF Solutions, Inc. to comply with the Securities Act of 1933 as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, in connection with this Registration Statementregistration statement including specifically, power and authority to sign for him in his name in the capacities stated below, any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) thereto, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in such connection, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statementregistration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature

Title

Date

/s/ DAVID ROSA

John L. Erb

President &

Chief Executive Officer

and
Chairman of the Board

March 15, 2013

May 11, 2018 

David Rosa

John L. Erb

(Principal Executive Officer) and Director

/s/ JEFFREY MATHIESEN

Claudia Drayton

Chief Financial Officer

March 15, 2013

May 11, 2018 

Jeffrey Mathiesen

Claudia Drayton

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

/S/ PAUL BUCKMAN

s/ Steve Brandt

Director

March 15, 2013

May 11, 2018 

Paul Buckman

Steve Brandt

/S/ GEOFFREY BROOKE

s/ Matthew Likens

Director

March 15, 2013

May 11, 2018 

Geoffrey Brooke

Matthew Likens

/S/ DONAL O’DWYER

s/ Jon W. Salveson

Director

March 15, 2013

May 11, 2018 

Donal O’Dwyer

Jon W. Salveson

/S/ GREGORY WALLER

s/ Gregory Waller

Director

March 15, 2013

May 11, 2018 

Gregory Waller

/S/ JOHN ERB

s/ Warren Watson

Director

March 15, 2013

May 11, 2018 

John Erb

/s/ WARREN WATSON

Director

March 15, 2013

Warren Watson

/s/ JON SALVESON

Director

March 15, 2013

Jon Salveson

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