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Registration No. 333-______
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 22, 1999
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
the Securities Act of 1933
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PathoGenesis Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
DELAWARE 91-1542150
(State or Other Jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation or Organization) Identification No.)
201 Elliott Avenue West
Seattle, Washington 98119
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
PathoGenesis Corporation
1999 Employee Stock Option Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Cameron S. Avery Copies to:
General Counsel Woon-Wah Siu
PathoGenesis Corporation Bell, Boyd & Lloyd
5215 Old Orchard Road, Suite 900 Three First National Plaza
Skokie, Illinois 60077 Chicago, Illinois 60602
(847) 583-8050 (312) 372-1121
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Agents for Service)
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed Proposed
Amount Maximum Maximum Amount of
Title of Each Class of to be Offering Price Aggregate Registration
Securities to be Registered Registered(1) Per Share Offering Price Fee
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Common Stock, par value
$.001 per share 483,500 shares $13.53(2) $6,543,786(2) $1,819(2)
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Common Stock, par value
$.001 per share 116,500 shares $15.56(3) $1,813,031(3) $ 504(3)
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(1) Includes 600,000 Preferred Stock Purchase Rights evidenced by certificates
of shares of common stock that automatically trade with such common stock.
Also includes an indeterminate number of additional shares, and the
associated Preferred Stock Purchase Rights, that may become issuable under
the antidilution and other adjustment provisions of the PathoGenesis
Corporation 1999 Employee Stock Option Plan pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(2) Based on the weighted average exercise price of currently outstanding
options under the 1999 Employee Stock Option Plan.
(3) In accordance with Rule 457(h), calculated on the basis of the average of
the high and low sale prices of the Registrant's common stock as quoted in
the consolidated reporting system of the Nasdaq National Market on
September 20, 1999, as reported by The Wall Street Journal (Midwest
Edition).
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.
Not required to be included herewith.
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
Not required to be included herewith.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
We, PathoGenesis Corporation, are filing this registration statement
on Form S-8 to register shares of our common stock, par value $.001 per share.
We incorporate by reference the following documents in this
registration statement:
(a) Our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1998 (File No. 0-27150);
(b) Our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended
March 31, 1999 and June 30, 1999, (File No. 0-27150);
(c) The description of our common stock set forth under the
caption "Description of Capital Stock -- Common Stock" in our
prospectus constituting a part of the registration statement on Form
S-1 (Reg. No. 333-22297), filed on February 25, 1997; and
(d) The description of our Preferred Stock Purchase Rights in
the registration statement on Form 8-A filed on July 10, 1997, for the
registration of those Rights under Section 12(g) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended by amendment filed on April 15, 1999
(File No. 0-27150).
Incorporation by reference means that we are making the documents
listed above a part of this registration statement by referring to them and
declaring that you should consider them to be part of this registration
statement as if they were fully copied in this registration statement. We also
incorporate by reference all documents we subsequently file under Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, before we
file a post-effective amendment to indicate that all shares of common stock
offer by this registration statement have been sold or to deregister all the
shares then remaining unsold. For purposes of this registration statement, you
should consider any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference
in this registration statement to be modified or superseded to the extent that a
statement contained in this registration statement or in any other subsequently
filed document which also is incorporated by reference in this registration
statement modifies or replaces such statement. You should not consider any
statement so modified or superseded, except as so modified or superseded, to be
a part of this registration statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
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Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law authorizes a
Delaware corporation to indemnify any director or officer against expenses,
judgments, fines and settlements actually and reasonably incurred by such person
in connection with any action, suit or proceeding, if such director or officer
acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or
not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her
conduct was unlawful, except that no indemnification shall be made in connection
with any action by or in the right of the corporation if such person is adjudged
to be liable to the corporation, unless the court determines that despite the
adjudication of liability such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to
indemnity for such expense that the court shall deem proper. Said section
further provides that to the extent that any such person is successful on the
merits or otherwise in defense of any action such director or officer shall be
indemnified against expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or her. In
addition, a Delaware corporation is authorized to purchase insurance on behalf
of its directors and officers against liabilities whether or not in the
circumstances the corporation would have the power to indemnify against such
liabilities under said section.
The Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
provides for indemnification of the Company's directors, officers, employees and
agents, to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law,
against all expense, liability and loss reasonably incurred or suffered by each
such person in connection with any action, suit, or proceeding to which such
person was or is made a party or is threatened to be a party by reason of the
fact that such person is a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company;
provided, however, except as provided in the Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation with respect to proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification,
the Company shall indemnify any such person in connection with a proceeding
initiated by such person if the proceeding was authorized by the board of
directors of the Company. The Company has obtained directors and officers
insurance covering its directors and executive officers.
The Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
eliminates, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, liability of a
director to the Company or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of
the director's fiduciary duty of care except for liability where the director
(a) breaches his or her duty of loyalty to the Company or its shareholders, (b)
fails to act in good faith or engages in intentional misconduct or knowing
violation of law, (c) authorized a payment of an illegal dividend or stock
repurchase, or (d) obtains an improper personal benefit. While liability for
monetary damages has been eliminated, equitable remedies such as injunctive
relief or rescission remain available. In addition, a director is not relieved
of his or her responsibilities under any other law, including the federal
securities laws.
Insofar as indemnification by the Company for liabilities arising
under the Securities Act, may be permitted to directors, officers, and
controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing, the Company has
been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
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Item 8. Exhibits.
We incorporate by reference the Exhibit Index which appears at the end
of this registration statement. That Index lists the exhibits to this
registration statement.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The Company 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 Securities Act of 1933;
(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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed
that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or
high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be
reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20
percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set
forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the
effective registration statement;
(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 paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do
not apply if the information required to be included in a post-
effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13 or Section
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in this registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, 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) The Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Company's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in 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)-(g) Not applicable.
(h) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
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Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a
claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by
the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Company 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 Company 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 Securities
Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
(i)-(j) Not applicable.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Company 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 Skokie, State of Illinois, on September 22, 1999.
PATHOGENESIS CORPORATION
By /s/ Alan R. Meyer
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Alan R. Meyer
Executive Vice President
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 dates indicated.
/s/ Alan R. Meyer Executive Vice President, Chief September 22, 1999
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Alan R. Meyer Financial Officer and Director
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
Wilbur H. Gantz Chairman, Chief Executive )
Officer, President and )
Director (Principal )
Executive Officer) )
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John Gordon Director )
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Elizabeth M. Greetham Director ) By: /s/ Alan R. Meyer
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) Alan R. Meyer
) Attorney-in-Fact
Michael J. Montgomery Director ) September 22, 1999
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Arthur W. Nienhuis Director )
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Talat M. Othman Director )
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Eugene L. Step Director )
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James R. Tobin Director )
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Fred Wilpon Director )
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(Being the principal executive officer, the principal financial and accounting
officer and a majority of the directors of PathoGenesis Corporation.)
ORIGINAL POWER OF ATTORNEY AUTHORIZING WILBUR H. GANTZ AND ALAN R. MEYER TO
EXECUTE THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR EACH OF MS. GREETHAM AND MESSRS. GANTZ,
GORDON, MEYER, MONTGOMERY, NIENHUIS, OTHMAN, STEP, TOBIN AND WILPON HAS BEEN
EXECUTED AND FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.
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Exhibit Index
The following are filed as part of this registration statement.
Exhibit Number Description of Document
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4.1 Composite Certificate of Incorporation of PathoGenesis
Corporation, as amended (incorporated reference to Exhibit
3.1(d) of quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the three months
ended March 31, 1998, File No. 0-27150).
4.1(a) Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as
amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to
registration statement on Form S-1, Registration No.
333-22297).
4.1(b) Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate
of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
4.1(b) to registration statement on Form S-8, Registration
No. 333-45571).
4.2 By-laws of the Company, as amended through June 3, 1999
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to quarterly
report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended June 30,
1999, File No. 0-27150).
4.3 Certificate of Designations (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.1(b) to registration statement on Form S-8,
Registration No. 333-45571).
4.4 PathoGenesis Corporation 1999 Employee Stock Option Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to quarterly
report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31,
1999, File No. 0-27150).
4.4(a) Form of Stock Option Agreement for PathoGenesis Corporation
1999 Employee Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 4.9 to quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the
three months ended June 30, 1999, File No. 0-27150).
4.5 Rights Agreement, dated as of June 25, 1997, between
PathoGenesis Corporation and Harris Trust and Savings Bank
as Rights Agent, including the form of Right Certificate as
Exhibit B (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 to current
report on Form 8-K filed on July 10, 1997, File No.
0-27150).
4.5(a) First Amendment, dated as of March 8, 1998, to Rights
Agreement between PathoGenesis Corporation and Harris Trust
and Savings Bank, as Rights Agent (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 4.1(bb) to annual report on Form 10-K for 1997,
File No. 0-27150).
4.5(b) Amendment of Rights Plan, dated as of April 13, 1999,
between PathoGenesis Corporation and Harris Trust and
Savings Bank as Rights Agent (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.1(bbb) to amendment to registration statement on
Form 8-A/A, filed on April 15, 1999, File No. 0-27150).
5 Opinion of Bell, Boyd & Lloyd.
23.1 Consent of KPMG LLP.
23.2 Consent of Bell, Boyd & Lloyd (included in Exhibit 5).
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EXHIBIT 5
BELL, BOYD & LLOYD
Three First National Plaza
70 West Madison Street, Suite 3300
Chicago, Illinois 60602-4207
312-372-1121 Fax: 312-372-2098
September 21, 1999
PathoGenesis Corporation
201 Elliott Avenue West
Seattle, Washington, 98119
PathoGenesis Corporation 1999 Employee Stock Option Plan
Registration Statement on Form S-8
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to PathoGenesis Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the preparation, execution and
filing of the registration statement on Form S-8 of the Company (the
"Registration Statement"), which covers 600,000 shares of common stock, par
value $.001 per share, of the Company (the "Shares"), offered under the
Company's 1999 Employee Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"). We have examined
originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of
the Plan and such other documents, corporate and other records, certificates
and other papers as we deemed it necessary to examine for the purposes of this
opinion.
Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:
1. The Company is a corporation duly organized and legally existing
under the law of the State of Delaware.
2. The Company has taken all action necessary to authorize (i) the
Plan, (ii) the offer for sale of the Shares pursuant to the Plan,
and (iii) the issuance of the shares of its common stock, $.001
par value, in accordance with the Plan.
3. The Shares when issued in accordance with the Plan will, upon
such issuance, constitute legally issued, fully paid and
nonassessable shares of common stock, $.001 par value, of the
Company.
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PathoGenesis Corporation
September 21, 1999
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We hereby consent to the filing of this Opinion Letter as an exhibit
to the Registration Statement for the registration of the Shares under the
Securities Act of 1933. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are
within the category of persons whose consent is required by Section 7 of the
Securities Act of 1933.
Very truly yours,
BELL, BOYD & LLOYD
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EXHIBIT 23.1
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Consent of Independent Certified Public Accountants
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The Board of Directors
PathoGenesis Corporation
We consent to the use of our report in this registration statement on Form S-8
of our report dated January 25, 1999, except as to note 11, which is as of March
29, 1999, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of PathoGenesis
Corporation and subsidiary as of December 31, 1998 and 1997, and the related
consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity, and cash flows for
each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1998, which report
appears in the December 31, 1998, annual report on Form 10-K of PathoGenesis
Corporation, incorporated herein by reference.
KPMG LLP
Seattle, Washington
September 22, 1999
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EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Wilbur H. Gantz and Alan R. Meyer, or any one of
them, his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him/her and in his/her name, place, and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all pre- or post-effective
amendments to this Registration Statement, and to file the same with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and
agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he/she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or their, his/her
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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/s/ Wilbur H. Gantz Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, August 26, 1999
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Wilbur H. Gantz President and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Alan R. Meyer Executive Vice President, Chief August 26, 1999
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Alan R. Meyer Financial Officer and Director
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
/s/ John Gordon Director August 26, 1999
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John Gordon
/s/ Elizabeth M. Greetham Director August 26, 1999
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Elizabeth M. Greetham
/s/ Michael J. Montgomery Director August 26, 1999
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Michael J. Montgomery
/s/ Arthur W. Nienhuis Director September 6, 1999
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Arthur W. Nienhuis
/s/ Talat M. Othman Director August 26, 1999
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Talat M. Othman
/s/ Eugene L. Step Director August 26, 1999
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Eugene L. Step
/s/ James R. Tobin Director August 26, 1999
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James R. Tobin
/s/ Fred Wilpon Director September 2, 1999
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Fred Wilpon
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