As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 6, 2001 Registration No. XXX-XXXXX ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ---------------------- FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT Under THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ---------------------- CLOSURE MEDICAL CORPORATION (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 56-1959623 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification No.) 5250 Greens Dairy Road Raleigh, North Carolina 27616 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) CLOSURE MEDICAL CORPORATION AMENDED AND RESTATED 1996 EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN (Full title of the plan) ROBERT V. TONI President and Chief Executive Officer Closure Medical Corporation 5250 Greens Dairy Road Raleigh, NC 27616 (Name and address of agent for service) (919) 876-7800 (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) ---------------------- Copy of all communications to: STEPHEN JANNETTA Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 1701 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 (215) 963-5000 CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE ================================================================================ Proposed maximum Proposed maximum Title of securities Amount to be Offering price aggregate Amount of to be registered registered per share (1) offering price (1) registration fee - ----------------------- ----------------- -------------------- ------------------- ----------------- Common Stock, $.01 par value 2,000,000 (2) $15.3125 $30,625,000.00 $7,656.25 ======================= ================= ==================== =================== ================= (1) Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, based upon the average of the high and low sales prices of shares of Common Stock on April 4, 2001, as reported on the Nasdaq National Market. (2) Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement also covers such additional shares as may hereinafter be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations or certain other capital adjustments. This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") relates to the registration of an additional 2,000,000 shares (the "Shares") of Common Stock, $.01 par value, of the Registrant. The Shares are securities of the same class and relating to the same employee benefit plan, the Closure Medical Corporation Amended and Restated 1996 Equity Compensation Plan, as those shares registered in the Registrant's Registration Statements on Form S-8, previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 12, 1996 and February 25, 1999. The earlier Registration Statements on Form S-8, Registration Nos. 333-17721 and 333-72953, are hereby incorporated by reference. The financial statements contained in the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000 incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent accountants, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting. II-2 PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT Item 8. Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement. Exhibit Number Exhibit - ------ ------- 5.1 Opinion of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 10.1 Closure Medical Corporation Amended and Restated 1996 Equity Compensation Plan 23.1 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 23.2 Consent of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (included in its opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto) 24.1 Power of Attorney (included on signature page of this Registration Statement) II-3 SIGNATURES AND POWER OF ATTORNEY 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-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Raleigh, North Carolina, on this 6th day of April, 2001. CLOSURE MEDICAL CORPORATION By: /s/Robert V. Toni ------------------------------------------- Robert V. Toni President and Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated. EACH PERSON IN SO SIGNING ALSO MAKES, CONSTITUTES AND APPOINTS ROBERT V. TONI AND BENNY WARD, AND EACH OF THEM ACTING ALONE, HIS TRUE AND LAWFUL ATTORNEY-IN-FACT, WITH FULL POWER OF SUBSTITUTION, TO EXECUTE AND CAUSE TO BE FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, ANY AND ALL AMENDMENTS AND POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENTS TO THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT, WITH EXHIBITS THERETO AND OTHER DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, AND HEREBY RATIFIES AND CONFIRMS ALL THAT SAID ATTORNEY-IN-FACT OR HIS SUBSTITUTE OR SUBSTITUTES MAY DO OR CAUSE TO BE DONE BY VIRTUE HEREOF. Name Capacity Date ---- -------- ---- /s/Robert V. Toni President and Chief Executive Officer April 6, 2001 - ------------------------- (principal executive officer) and Director Robert V. Toni /s/Benny Ward Vice President of Finance and Chief April 6, 2001 - ------------------------- Financial Officer (principal financial and Benny Ward accounting officer) /s/ Ronald A. Ahrens Chairman of the Board and Director April 6, 2001 - ------------------------- Ronald A. Ahrens /s/Rolf D. Schmidt Director April 6, 2001 - ------------------------- Rolf D. Schmidt /s/Dennis C. Carey Director April 6, 2001 - ------------------------- Dennis C. Carey /s/Richard W. Miller Director April 6, 2001 - ------------------------- Richard W. Miller /s/F. William Schmidt Director April 6, 2001 - ------------------------- F. William Schmidt Name Capacity Date ---- -------- ---- /s/Randy H. Thurman Director April 6, 2001 - ------------------------- Randy H. Thurman CLOSURE MEDICAL CORPORATION REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8 EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit Number Exhibit - ------- ------- 5.1 Opinion of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 10.1 Closure Medical Corporation Amended and Restated 1996 Equity Compensation Plan 23.1 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 23.2 Consent of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (included in its opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto) 24.1 Power of Attorney (included on signature page of this Registration Statement)