UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 15
CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION
UNDER SECTION 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
Commission File Number001-36431
Alder BioPharmaceuticals, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
11804 North Creek Parkway South
Bothell, Washington 98011
(425) 205-2900
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share
2.50% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025
Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share*
Warrants*
Debt Securities*
(Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)
None
(Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports under Section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)
Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:
| Rule12g-4(a)(1) | ☒** | |
| Rule12g-4(a)(2) | ☐ | |
| Rule12h-3(b)(1)(i) | ☒ | |
| Rule12h-3(b)(1)(ii) | ☐ | |
| Rule15d-6 | ☐ | |
| Rule15d-22(b) | ☐ |
Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date:
| Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share: | one (1) | |
| 2.50% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025: | thirty-eight (38) | |
| Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share:* | zero (0) | |
| Debt Securities:* | zero (0) | |
| Warrants:* | zero (0) |
| * | None issued under a registration statement other than the 2.50% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025; originally registered on FormS-3 (FileNo. 333-216199) and subsequently removed and withdrawn from registration pursuant to a post-effective amendment to the foregoing FormS-3, which amendment was effective as of October 22, 2019. |
| ** | Only with respect to Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share. |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Alder BioPharmaceuticals, Inc. has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.
| Date: November 1, 2019 | By: | /s/ Peter Anastasiou | ||||||
| Name: Peter Anastasiou | ||||||||
| Title: President | ||||||||