S-8: Initial registration statement for securities to be offered to employees pursuant to employee benefit plans
Published on September 10, 1996
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 10, 1996
Registration No. 33-________
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Cytoclonal Pharmaceutics Inc.
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
75-2402409
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
9000 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, Texas 75235
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
1996 Stock Option Plan
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(Full title of the Plan)
Arthur P. Bollon, Ph.D.
c/o Cytoclonal Pharmaceutics, Inc.
9000 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75235
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(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
(214) 353-2922
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(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Copy to:
Robert H. Cohen, Esq.
Bryan Cave LLP
245 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10167-0034
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed Proposed
Maximum Maximum
Amount Offering Aggregate Amount of
Title of Securities to be Price Per Offering Registration
to be Registered Registered Share Price Fee
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Common Stock, $.01 par
value 750,000 $3.875 $2,906,250 $1,002.15
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(1) Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose of
calculating the registration fee. The price shown is the average of the high
and low price of the Common Stock as reported on the National Association of
Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System on September 6, 1996.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
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The documents listed below are hereby incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement, and all documents subsequently filed by Cytoclonal
Pharmaceutics Inc. (the "Registrant") pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed
to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing such documents:
(a) The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1995;
(b) The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the quarter ended
March 31, 1996;
(c) The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the quarter ended
June 30, 1996.
(d) The Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on May 17, 1995, to register the
Common Stock, $.01 par value, under Section 12(g) of the Securities and
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which Registration Statement contains
a description of the Common Stock.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
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No response is required to this item.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
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The legality of the securities offered hereby has been passed upon by Bryan
Cave LLP. Members of such firm are holders of equity securities of the
Registrant.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
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Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law grants each corporation
organized thereunder certain powers to indemnify its officers and directors
against liability for certain of their acts.
ARTICLE EIGHTH of the Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation, as amended
provides as follows:
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The personal liability of a director to the Corporation or its stockholders
for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director is hereby
eliminated, provided that this Article shall not eliminate or limit the
liability of a director (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to
the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good
faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law,
(iii) under Section 174 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware,
or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal
benefit.
ARTICLE NINTH of the Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation, as amended
provides as follows:
The Corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by Section 145 of
the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same may be amended
and supplemented, indemnify any and all persons whom it shall have power to
indemnify under said section from and against any and all of the expenses,
liabilities, or other matters referred to in or covered by said section, and the
indemnification provided for herein shall not be deemed exclusive of any other
rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under any By-Law, agreement,
vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise both as to action
in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such
office, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be director,
officer, employee, or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs,
executors, and administrators of such a person.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.
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No response to this Item is required.
Item 8. Exhibits.
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4 1996 Stock Option Plan
5 Opinion of Bryan Cave LLP, with respect to the legality of the Common
Stock to be registered hereunder
23(a) Consent of Richard A. Eisner & Company, LLP
23(b) Consent of Bryan Cave LLP
Item 9. Undertakings
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(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 to include any
material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change
to such information in the Registration Statement;
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(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933 (the "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;
(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 offering.
(b) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant as
described above, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that, in the
opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission, such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the 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 Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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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-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Dallas, State of Texas, on the 6th day of September,
1996.
Cytoclonal Pharmaceutics Inc.
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(Registrant)
By:/s/ Arthur P. Bollon, Ph.D.
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Arthur P. Bollon, Ph.D.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature Capacity Date
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/s/ Arthur P. Bollon
- -------------------------- Chairman, President, Chief September 6, 1996
Arthur P. Bollon, Ph.D Executive Officer and Director
(principal executive officer)
/s/ Ira Gelb
- -------------------------- Director September 6, 1996
Ira Gelb, M.D.
/s/ Irwin C. Gerson
- -------------------------- Director September 6, 1996
Irwin C. Gerson
/s/ Walter M. Lovenberg
- -------------------------- Director September 6, 1996
Walter M. Lovenberg, Ph.D.
/s/ Daniel Shusterman
- -------------------------- Vice President Operations, September 6, 1996
Daniel Shusterman, J.D. Treasurer and Chief Financial
Officer (principal financial
and accounting officer)
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
CYTOCLONAL PHARMACEUTICS INC.
Exhibit No. Description
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4 1996 Stock Option Plan
5 Opinion of Bryan Cave LLP, with respect to the legality of the
Common Stock to be registered hereunder
23(a) Consent of Richard A. Eisner & Company, LLP
23(b) Consent of Bryan Cave LLP (contained in Exhibit 5)
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