As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 23, 2015
Registration No. 333-41758
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST–EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S–3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
NPS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware |
| 87-0439579 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
| (I.R.S. employer identification no.) |
550 Hills Drive, 3rd Floor, Bedminster, New Jersey 07921
(908) 450-5300
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
Ellen Rosenberg
Secretary
725 Chesterbrook Blvd.
Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087
(484) 595-8800
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies of all communications, including all communications sent to the agent for service, should be sent to:
George R. Bason, Jr.
William J. Chudd
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
450 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017
Telephone: (212) 450-4000
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable
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
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Large accelerated filer x |
| Accelerated filer o |
Non-accelerated filer o |
| Smaller reporting company o |
DEREGISTRATION OF UNSOLD SECURITIES
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (this “Post-Effective Amendment”), filed by NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), relates to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration Number 333-41758) initially filed by the Company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on July 19, 2000, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto, filed with the SEC on July 31, 2000 (the “Registration Statement”), pertaining to the registration for resale of 264,250 shares of common stock issuable in exchange for exchangeable shares issued by the Company’s wholly-owned Canadian subsidiary, NPS Allelix Inc.
On January 11, 2015, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Shire Pharmaceutical Holdings Ireland Limited, a company incorporated in Ireland (“SPHIL”), Knight Newco 2, Inc. (“Purchaser”), a Delaware corporation and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Shire plc, a company incorporated in Jersey, Channel Islands (“Shire”), and, solely for the limited purposes set forth therein, Shire, providing for, among other things, the merger of Purchaser with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company surviving as an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Shire. The Merger became effective on February 21, 2015 (the “Effective Time”), pursuant to a Certificate of Merger filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
As of the Effective Time, each share of common stock of the Company outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than any shares held as treasury stock by the Company (except for shares in certain Company benefit plans), any shares irrevocably accepted for purchase in the tender offer contemplated by the Merger Agreement and any shares with respect to which the relevant stockholders had properly exercised their appraisal rights under the Delaware General Corporation Law) was cancelled and converted into the right to receive $46.00 per share in cash, without interest and less any required withholding taxes.
As a result of the Merger, the Company has terminated all offerings of its securities pursuant to its existing registration statements, including the Registration Statement. In accordance with an undertaking in the Registration Statement to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any securities that were registered for issuance but remain unsold at the termination of the offering, the Company hereby removes from registration any and all shares of common stock registered but unsold under the Registration Statement.
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-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Wayne, State of Pennsylvania, on this 23rd day of February, 2015.
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| By: | /s/ Ellen Rosenberg |
| Name: | Ellen Rosenberg |
| Title: | Secretary |
No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment in reliance upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.