As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 25, 1999 Registration No. 333- 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 Identification No.) incorporation or organization) 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: DEBRA J. POUL Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 1701 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 (215) 963-5000 CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE ============================ ========================= ========================== ========================= ======================== Title of securities Amount to be Proposed maximum Proposed maximum Amount of to be registered registered offering price aggregate registration fee per share (1) offering price (1) ============================ ========================= ========================== ========================= ======================== Common Stock, $.01 1,500,000 (2) $29.875 $44,812,500.00 $13,220.00 par value ============================ ========================= ========================== ========================= ======================== (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 February 22, 1999, 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 1,500,000 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 Statement on Form S-8, previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 12, 1996. The earlier Registration Statement on Form S-8, Registration No. 333-17721, is hereby incorporated by reference. The financial statements contained in the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997 incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent public 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 February 25, 1999. CLOSURE MEDICAL CORPORATION By: /s/Robert V. Toni ------------------------------------- Robert V. Toni President and Chief Executive Office 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 J. BLOUNT SWAIN, 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 February 25, 1999 - ---------------- (principal executive officer) and Director Robert V.Toni /s/J.Blount Swain Vice President and Chief Financial Officer February 25, 1999 - ------------------ (principal financial and accounting J. Blount Swain officer) /s/Rolf D.Schmidt Chairman of the Board and Director February 25, 1999 - ----------------- Rolf D.Schmidt /s/Ronald A.Ahrens Director February 25, 1999 - ------------------ Ronald A.Ahrens /s/Dennis C.Carey Director February 25, 1999 - ----------------- Dennis C.Carey /s/Richard W.Miller Director February 25, 1999 - ------------------- Richard W. Miller /s/F. William Schmidt Director February 25, 1999 - --------------------- F. William Schmidt Name Capacity Date /s/Randy H. Thurman Director February 25, 1999 - ------------------- 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)