BioVie (BIVI) S-1/A IPO registration (amended)

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 27, 2024

Registration No. 333-283394

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

FORM S-1

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

BioVie Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada	2834	46-2510769
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

680 W Nye Lane Suite 201

Carson City, NV 89703

(775) 888-3162

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

Cuong Do

Chief Executive Officer

c/o BioVie Inc.

680 W Nye Lane Suite 201

Carson City, NV 89703

(775) 888-3162

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

Copy to:

Michael S. Lee, Esq.

Mark G. Pedretti, Esq.

Reed Smith LLP

599 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10022

Tel: (212) 521-5400

Fax: (212) 521-5450

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the effective date of this registration statement as determined by the selling securityholders.

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. ☒

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 number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

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. ☐

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) 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. ☐

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

Large accelerated filer	☐	Accelerated filer	☐
Non-accelerated filer	☒	Smaller reporting company	☒
		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 pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐

The registrant hereby amends this Registration 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 Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-283394) (the “Registration Statement”) is filed solely to re-file Exhibit 5.1, which inadvertently contained a scrivener’s error regarding the aggregate total being registered. Accordingly, this Amendment No. 1 consists only of the facing page, this explanatory note, Item 16(a) of Part II of the Registration Statement, the signature page to the Registration Statement, and Exhibit 5.1. The remainder of the Registration Statement is unchanged and has therefore been omitted. 

PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item 16. Exhibits.

(a) Exhibits.

Exhibit Number	Description of Document
2.1	Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated April 11, 2016, among the Company, LAT Acquisition Corp and LAT Pharma, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 15, 2016).
3.1	Articles of Incorporation of the Company as filed with the Secretary of State of Nevada (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1 filed on August 15, 2013, File No. 333-190635).
3.2	Certificate of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 22, 2016).
3.3	Certificate of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Company’s Information Statement on Schedule 14C filed on July 13, 2018).
3.4	Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 3, 2018).
3.5	Certificate of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.6 to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1 filed on November 22, 2019, File No. 333-231136).
3.6	Certificate of Change (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 1, 2024)
3.7	Termination of Amendment/Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report, as amended, on Form 8-K/A filed on August 6, 2024)
3.8	Certificate of Amendment (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report, as amended, on Form 8-K/A filed on August 6, 2024)
3.9	Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, dated June 16, 2020 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on November 10, 2021).
3.10	First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, dated March 12, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 13, 2023).
4.1	Specimen Certificate representing shares of Class A Common Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on April 26, 2019).
4.2	Form of Placement Agent’s Warrant Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 4, 2024).
4.3	Form of Placement Agent’s Warrant Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 24, 2024).
4.4	Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 22, 2024).
4.5	Form of Placement Agent’s Warrant Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 22, 2024).
4.6	Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 24, 2024).
4.7	Form of Placement Agent’s Warrant Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 24, 2024).
4.8	Form of Placement Agent’s Warrant Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 24, 2024).
5.1*	Opinion of Fennemore Craig LLP
23.1**	Consent of EisnerAmper LLP
23.2*	Consent of Fennemore Craig LLP (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)
24.1**	Power of Attorney, dated November 21, 2024
107**	Filing Fee Table

* Filed herewith.
** Previously filed.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-1 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Carson City, State of Nevada, on the 27th day of November, 2024.

BIOVIE INC.
By:	/s/ Cuong Do
	Cuong Do
	Chief Executive Officer

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

Person	Capacity	Date
/s/ Cuong Do	Chief Executive Officer	November 27, 2024
Cuong Do	(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Joanne Wendy Kim	Chief Financial Officer	November 27, 2024
Joanne Wendy Kim	(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
*	Chairman	November 27, 2024
Jim Lang
*	Director	November 27, 2024
Michael Sherman
*	Director	November 27, 2024
Richard J. Berman
*	Director	November 27, 2024
Robert Hariri
*	Director	November 27, 2024
Sigmund Rogich

Pursuant to Power of Attorney

By:	/s/ Cuong Do
	Cuong Do
	Attorney-in-Fact