Keryx Biopharmaceuticals (KERX) POS AM Prospectus update (post-effective amendment)

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 13, 2018

RegistrationNo. 333-111143

RegistrationNo. 333-113654

RegistrationNo. 333-114593

RegistrationNo. 333-119376

RegistrationNo. 333-126494

RegistrationNo. 333-130809

RegistrationNo. 333-133051

RegistrationNo. 333-161607

RegistrationNo. 333-171517

RegistrationNo. 333-186332

RegistrationNo. 333-190353

RegistrationNo. 333-201605

Registration No.333-201639

RegistrationNo. 333-214513

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORMS-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO.333-111143

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORMS-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO.333-113654

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORMS-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO.333-114593

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORMS-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO.333-119376

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORMS-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO.333-126494

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORMS-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO.333-130809

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORMS-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO.333-133051

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORMS-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO.333-161607

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORMS-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO.333-171517

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORMS-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO.333-186332

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORMS-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO.333-190353

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORMS-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO.333-201605

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORMS-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO.333-201639

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORMS-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO.333-214513

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

KERYX BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	13-4087132
(State or other jurisdiction of	(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation)	Identification Number)

One Marina Park Drive, 12th Floor

Boston, Massachusetts 02210

Telephone: (617)466-3500

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

Nicole R. Hadas

President and Secretary

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.

245 First Street

Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142

(617) 871-2098

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

Copy to:

Peter Handrinos, Esq.

R. Scott Shean, Esq.

Daniel Rees, Esq.

Latham & Watkins LLP

200 Clarendon Street

Boston, Massachusetts 20116

(617) 948-6000

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:

Not applicable.

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DEREGISTRATION OF UNSOLD SECURITIES

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), is filing this (i) Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on FormS-3 (FileNo. 333-111143), (ii) Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on FormS-3 (FileNo. 333-113654), (iii) Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on FormS-3 (FileNo. 333-114593), (iv) Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on FormS-3 (FileNo. 333-119376), (v) Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on FormS-3 MEF (FileNo. 333-126494), (vi) Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on FormS-3 (FileNo. 333-130809), (vii) Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on FormS-3 (FileNo. 333-133051), (viii) Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on FormS-3 (FileNo. 333-161607), (ix) Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on FormS-3 (File No.333-171517),(x) Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on FormS-3 MEF (FileNo. 333-186332), (xi) Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on FormS-3 (FileNo. 333-190353), (xii) Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on FormS-3 ASR (FileNo. 333-201605), (xiii) Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on FormS-3 MEF (FileNo. 333-201639), and (xiv) Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on FormS-3 (FileNo. 333-214513) (collectively, the “Prior Registration Statements”).

On June 28, 2018, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Akebia Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Akebia”), and Alpha Therapeutics Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Akebia (“Merger Sub”), providing for, among other things, the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company continuing as a wholly owned subsidiary of Akebia. The Merger became effective on December 12, 2018, pursuant to a Certificate of Merger filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

Pursuant to the Merger and subject to the terms of the Merger Agreement, each share of Common Stock of the Company issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Merger (other than shares held by Akebia, shares held by Merger Sub, shares held by any subsidiaries of Akebia or the Company (other than the Merger Sub), shares held by the Company as treasury shares, or restricted shares of the Company) was cancelled and converted into the right to receive 0.37433 shares of common stock of Akebia, par value $0.00001 per share, and cash in lieu of fractional shares.    

As a result of the Merger, the Company has terminated the offerings of the Company’s securities pursuant to the Prior Registration Statements. In accordance with undertakings made by the Company in the Prior Registration Statements to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of securities that were registered for issuance that remain unsold at the termination of the offering, the Company hereby removes and withdraws from registration all of such securities of the Company registered but unsold under the Prior Registration Statements as of the date hereof.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing these Post-Effective Amendments to the Registration Statements on FormS-3 and has duly caused these Post-Effective Amendments to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Cambridge in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on December 13, 2018.

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.
By:	/s/ Nicole R. Hadas
Name:	Nicole R. Hadas
Title:	President and Secretary (Principal Executive Officer)

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, these Post-Effective Amendments to the Registration Statements on FormS-3 has been signed by the following person in the capacity and on the date indicated.

Signatures	Capacity	Date
/s/ John P. Butler	Sole Director	December 13, 2018
John P. Butler