As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 7, 2020
Registration No. 333-248953
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Amendment No. 1
to
Form F-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ERYTECH Pharma S.A.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Not Applicable
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
France | Not Applicable | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
60 Avenue Rockefeller
69008 Lyon France
Tel: +33 4 78 74 44 38
(Address and telephone number of registrant’s principal executive offices)
ERYTECH Pharma, Inc.
One Main Street, Suite 1150
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142
+1 857 706 1585
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
Copies of all communications, including communications sent to agent for service, should be sent to:
Marc A. Recht Brian F. Leaf Courtney T. Thorne Cooley LLP 500 Boylston Street Boston, Massachusetts 02116 +1 617 937 2300 | Arnaud Duhamel Guilhem Richard Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I. 15 rue de Laborde 75008 Paris France +33 1 40 75 00 00 |
APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC: From time to time after the effective date of this 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. ☐
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933.
Emerging growth company ☒
If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, 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 term “new or revised financial accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012. |
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 Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Amendment No. 1 (“Amendment No. 1”) to the Registration Statement on Form F-3 (“Registration Statement”) is being filed solely for the purpose of filing an updated Exhibit 5.1 and updating Item 9 of the Registration Statement accordingly. This Amendment No. 1 does not modify any provision of the prospectus that forms a part of the Registration Statement and accordingly, such prospectus has been omitted.
PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 9. Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed with this registration statement or are incorporated herein by reference.
Exhibit Number | Exhibit Description | Filed Herewith | Incorporated by Reference herein from Form or Schedule | Filing Date | SEC File/ Reg. | |||||||||||||
1.1* | Form of Underwriting Agreement. | |||||||||||||||||
1.2** | Sales Agreement, dated September 21, 2020, by and between the Registrant and Cowen and Company, LLC. | | F-3 (Exhibit 1.2) | | September 21, 2020 | 333-248953 | ||||||||||||
4.1** | Bylaws (statuts) of the registrant (English translation). | | F-3 (Exhibit 4.1) | | September 21, 2020 | 333-248953 | ||||||||||||
4.2** | Amended and Restated Deposit Agreement. | | F-3 (Exhibit 4.2) | | September 21, 2020 | 333-248953 | ||||||||||||
4.3** | Form of American Depositary Receipt (included in Exhibit 4.2). | | F-3 (Exhibit 4.3) | | September 21, 2020 | 333-248953 | ||||||||||||
4.4* | Form of Warrant. | |||||||||||||||||
5.1 | Opinion of Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I. | X | ||||||||||||||||
5.2** | Opinion of Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I. | | F-3 (Exhibit 5.2) | | September 21, 2020 | 333-248953 | ||||||||||||
23.1** | Consent of KPMG S.A. | | F-3 (Exhibit 23.1) | | September 21, 2020 | 333-248953 | ||||||||||||
23.2 | Consent of Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I. (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1). | X | ||||||||||||||||
24.1** | Powers of Attorney (included on signature page). | | F-3 (Exhibit 24.1) | | September 21, 2020 | 333-248953 |
* | To be subsequently filed, if applicable, by an amendment to this registration statement or as an exhibit to a report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including any Report on Form 6-K, and incorporated herein by reference. |
** | Previously filed. |
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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 F-3 and has duly caused this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Lyon, France on October 7, 2020.
ERYTECH PHARMA S.A. | ||||
By: | /s/ Gil Beyen | |||
Name: | Gil Beyen | |||
Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Name | Title | Date | ||
/s/ Gil Beyen Gil Beyen | Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) | October 7, 2020 | ||
/s/ Eric Soyer Eric Soyer | Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Deputy General Manager (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) | October 7, 2020 | ||
* Jean-Paul Kress, M.D. | Chairman of the Board of Directors | October 7, 2020 | ||
* Sven Andréasson | Director | October 7, 2020 | ||
* Philippe Archinard, Ph.D. | Director | October 7, 2020 | ||
* Luc Dochez, Pharm.D. | Director | October 7, 2020 | ||
* Martine Ortin George, M.D. | Director | October 7, 2020 | ||
* Melanie Rolli | Director | October 7, 2020 | ||
* Hilde Windels | Director | October 7, 2020 |
*By: | /s/ Gil Beyen | |
Gil Beyen Attorney-in-fact |
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SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED U.S. REPRESENTATIVE
Pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative in the United States of ERYTECH Pharma S.A., has signed this Amendment No. 1 to the registration statement on October 7, 2020.
ERYTECH PHARMA, INC. | ||||
By: | /s/ Gil Beyen | |||
Name: | Gil Beyen | |||
Title: | President |