As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 21, 2000 Registration No. 333-________ ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ------------------------ FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 DURA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) DELAWARE 95-3645543 (State or other jurisdiction (IRS Employer Identification No.) of incorporation or organization) 7475 LUSK BOULEVARD SAN DIEGO, CA 92121 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) 2000 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN 1992 STOCK OPTION PLAN (Full title of the Plan) ------------------------ CAM L. GARNER CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER DURA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 7475 LUSK BOULEVARD SAN DIEGO, CA 92121 (Name and address of agent for service) (858) 457-2553 (Telephone Number, including area code, of agent for service) ------------------------ CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE ====================================== =================== ======================== ============================ ================== PROPOSED MAXIMUM AMOUNT TO BE OFFERING PRICE PER PROPOSED MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF TITLE OF SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED REGISTERED(1) SHARE(2) AGGREGATE OFFERING PRICE(2) REGISTRATION FEE - -------------------------------------- ------------------- ------------------------ ---------------------------- ------------------ Dura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2000 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN Common Stock, $0.001 par value 500,000 shares $13.50 $6,750,000.00 $1,782.00 Dura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 1992 STOCK OPTION PLAN Common Stock, $0.001 par value 750,000 shares $13.50 $10,125,000.00 $2,673.00 Aggregate Shares 1,250,000 shares Aggregate Filing Fee $4,455.00 ====================================== =================== ======================== ============================ ================== (1) This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock which become issuable under the 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan or the 1992 Stock Option Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the Registrant's receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the outstanding shares of Registrant's Common Stock. (2) Calculated solely for purposes of this offering under Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on the basis of the average of the high and low selling price per share of the Registrant's Common Stock on June 19, 2000, as reported by the Nasdaq Stock Market. PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT Item 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE Dura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the "Registrant") hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the following documents previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"): (a) The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1999 filed with the Commission on March 30, 2000; (b) The Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, filed with the Commission on May 12, 2000 for the period ended March 31, 2000; (c) The Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on March 21, 2000; and (d) The Registrant's Registration Statement No. 000-19809 on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on May 22, 1998 and amended on December 10, 1998, pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), in which there is described the terms, rights and provisions applicable to the Registrant's outstanding Common Stock. All reports and definitive proxy or information statements filed pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act") after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which de-registers all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. Item 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES Not applicable. Item 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL Not applicable. Item 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS (a) Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits indemnification of the Registrant's officers and directors under certain conditions and subject to certain limitations. Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law also provides that a corporation, like the Registrant, has the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of its officers and directors against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by him or her in such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liability under the provisions of Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law. (b) The Registrant's Bylaws (Article VII, Section (1)) provide that the Registrant shall indemnify its directors and executive officers to the fullest extent not prohibited by Delaware General II-1 Corporation Law. The rights to indemnity thereunder continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of the person. In addition, expenses incurred by a director or executive officer in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of the Registrant (or was serving at the Registrant's request as a director or officer of another corporation) shall be paid by the Registrant in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by the Registrant as authorized by the relevant section of the Delaware General Corporation Law. (c) As permitted by Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, Article V, Section (A) of the Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation provides that a director of the Registrant shall not be personally liable for monetary damages for breach of his or her fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or acts or omissions that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived any improper personal benefit. (d) The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and executive officers. (e) There is directors and officers liability insurance now in effect which insures the Registrant's directors and officers. Item 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED Not applicable. Item 8. EXHIBITS EXHIBIT NUMBER EXHIBIT - -------------- ------- 4 Instruments Defining the Rights of Stockholders. Reference is made to Registrant's Registration Statement No. 000-19809 on Form 8-A, together with any exhibits thereto, which are incorporated herein by reference pursuant to Item 3(d) to this Registration Statement. 5 Opinion and consent of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP. 23.1 Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, Independent Auditors. 23.2 Consent of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP is contained in Exhibit 5. 24 Power of Attorney. Reference is made to page II-4 of this Registration Statement. 99.1 Dura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. 99.2 Dura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 1992 Stock Option Plan. Item 9. UNDERTAKINGS A. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: (1) to file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: (i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the 1933 Act, (ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement and (iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement; provided, however, that clauses (1)(i) and (1)(ii) shall not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those clauses is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act that are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement; (2) that for the II-2 purpose of determining any liability under the 1933 Act each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; and (3) to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the Registrant's 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan or 1992 Stock Option Plan. B. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act that is incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. C. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the 1933 Act may be permitted to directors, officers or controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the indemnification provisions summarized in Item 6 or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that, in the opinion of the Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer, or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. II-3 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 S-8, and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Diego, State of California on this 21st day of June, 2000. DURA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. By: /s/ Cam L. Garner ------------------------------------------ Cam L. Garner Chairman and Chief Executive Officer II-4 POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS: That the undersigned officers and directors of Dura Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint Cam L. Garner, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and Michael T. Borer, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and each of them, the lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power and authority to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, and any one of them, determine may be necessary or advisable or required to enable said corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules or regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with this Registration Statement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing power and authority, the powers granted include the power and authority to sign the names of the undersigned officers and directors in the capacities indicated below to this Registration Statement, to any and all amendments, both pre-effective and post-effective, and supplements to this Registration Statement, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as part of or in conjunction with this Registration Statement or amendments or supplements thereof, and each of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms that all said attorneys and agents, or any one of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney may be signed in several counterparts. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of the date indicated. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. SIGNATURE TITLE DATE - ---------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------ -------------- /s/ Cam L. Garner - ---------------------------------------- Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director June 21, 2000 Cam L. Garner (Principal Executive Officer) /s/ Michael T. Borer - ---------------------------------------- Senior Vice President and Chief Financial June 21, 2000 Michael T. Borer Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) /s/ James C. Blair - ---------------------------------------- Director June 21, 2000 James C. Blair /s/ Herbert J. Conrad - ---------------------------------------- Director June 21, 2000 Herbert J. Conrad /s/ Joseph C. Cook, Jr. - ---------------------------------------- Director June 21, 2000 Joseph C. Cook, Jr. /s/ David F. Hale - ---------------------------------------- Director June 21, 2000 David F. Hale /s/ F. Richard Nichol - ---------------------------------------- Director June 21, 2000 F. Richard Nichol /s/ Gordon V. Ramseier - ---------------------------------------- Director June 21, 2000 Gordon V. Ramseier /s/ Charles G. Smith - ---------------------------------------- Director June 21, 2000 Charles G. Smith II-5 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. EXHIBITS TO FORM S-8 UNDER SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 DURA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. EXHIBIT INDEX EXHIBIT NUMBER EXHIBIT -------------- ------- 4 Instruments Defining the Rights of Stockholders. Reference is made to Registrant's Registration Statement No. 000-19809 on Form 8-A, together with any exhibits thereto, which are incorporated herein by reference pursuant to Item 3(d) to this Registration Statement. 5 Opinion and consent of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP. 23.1 Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, Independent Auditors. 23.2 Consent of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP is contained in Exhibit 5. 24 Power of Attorney. Reference is made to page II-4 of this Registration Statement. 99.1 Dura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. 99.2 Dura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 1992 Stock Option Plan.