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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13G
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
(Amendment No. 1)*
Aurora BioSciences Corp.
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(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock, $.001 par value
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(Title of Class of Securities)
051920106
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(Cusip Number)
July 24, 1998
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(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)
Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this
Schedule is filed:
/ / Rule 13d-1(b)
/ / Rule 13d-1(c)
/X/ Rule 13d-1(d)
* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting
person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of
securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which
would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be
deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section
of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however,
see the Notes).
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ITEM 1(a). NAME OF ISSUER: Aurora BioSciences Corp.
ITEM 1(b). ADDRESS OF ISSUER'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES:
11149 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037
ITEM 2(a). NAMES OF PERSONS FILING: New Enterprise Associates VI,
Limited Partnership ("NEA VI"), NEA Partners VI, Limited
Partnership ("NEA Partners VI"), which is the sole general
partner of NEA VI; and Peter J. Barris ("Barris"), Nancy
L. Dorman ("Dorman"), Ronald Kase ("Kase"), C. Richard
Kramlich ("Kramlich"), Arthur J. Marks ("Marks"), Thomas C.
McConnell ("McConnell"), John M. Nehra ("Nehra") and
Charles W. Newhall III ("Newhall") (the "General
Partners"). The General Partners are individual general
partners of NEA Partners VI. The persons named in this
paragraph are referred to individually herein as a
"Reporting Person" and collectively as the "Reporting
Persons".
ITEM 2(b). ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL BUSINESS OFFICE OR, IF NONE,
RESIDENCE: The address of the principal business office of
NEA VI, NEA Partners VI, Barris, Dorman, Marks, and Newhall
is New Enterprise Associates, 1119 St. Paul Street,
Baltimore, Maryland 21202. The address of the principal
business office of Kase, Kramlich and McConnell is New
Enterprise Associates, 2490 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park,
California 94025.
ITEM 4. OWNERSHIP
Not Applicable.
ITEM 5. OWNERSHIP OF FIVE PERCENT OR LESS OF A CLASS
Each Reporting Person has ceased to own beneficially more
than 5% of the outstanding Common Stock of Aurora
BioSciences Corp.
ALL OTHER ITEMS REPORTED ON THE SCHEDULE 13G DATED AS OF FEBRUARY 10, 1995
AND FILED ON BEHALF OF THE REPORTING PERSONS WITH RESPECT TO THE COMMON STOCK
OF AURORA BIOSCIENCES CORP. REMAIN UNCHANGED.
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SIGNATURE
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of its knowledge and belief,
each of the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this
statement is true, complete and correct.
Date: February 10, 1999
NEW ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATES VI, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
By: NEA PARTNERS VI, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
By: *
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Charles W. Newhall III
General Partner
NEA PARTNERS VI, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
By: *
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Charles W. Newhall III
General Partner
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Peter J. Barris
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Ronald Kase
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John M. Nehra
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C. Richard Kramlich
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Arthur J. Marks
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Thomas C. McConnell
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Charles W. Newhall III
*By: /s/ Nancy L. Dorman
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Nancy L. Dorman, in her individual
capacity and as Attorney-in-Fact
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This Schedule 13G was executed by Nancy L. Dorman pursuant to Powers of
Attorney filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 13,
1992 in connection with a Schedule 13G for Advanced Interventional Systems
Inc., and on February 13, 1995 in connection with a Schedule 13G for Acuity
Imaging, Inc., which Powers of Attorney are incorporated herein by reference
and copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibit 2.
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EXHIBIT 1
AGREEMENT
Pursuant to Rule 13d-1(f)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the undersigned hereby agree that only one statement containing the
information required by Schedule 13G need be filed with respect to the
ownership by each of the undersigned of shares of Common Stock of Aurora
BioSciences Corp.
EXECUTED as a sealed instrument this 10th day of February, 1999.
NEW ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATES VI, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
By: NEA PARTNERS VI, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
By: *
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Charles W. Newhall III
General Partner
NEA PARTNERS VI, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
By: *
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Charles W. Newhall III
General Partner
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Peter J. Barris
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Ronald Kase
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John M. Nehra
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C. Richard Kramlich
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Arthur J. Marks
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*
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Thomas C. McConnell
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Charles W. Newhall III
*By: /s/ Nancy L. Dorman
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Nancy L. Dorman, in her individual
capacity and as Attorney-in-Fact
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This Agreement was executed by Nancy L. Dorman pursuant to Powers of
Attorney filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 13,
1992 in connection with a Schedule 13G for Advanced Interventional Systems
Inc., and on February 13, 1995 in connection with a Schedule 13G for Acuity
Imaging, Inc., which Powers of Attorney are incorporated herein by reference
and copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibit 2.
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EXHIBIT 2
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below hereby constitutes and appoints Nancy L. Dorman and Charles W. Newhall
III, and each of them, with full power to act without the other, his true and
lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, to sign any and all
instruments, certificates and documents that may be necessary, desirable or
appropriate to be executed on behalf of himself as an individual or in his
capacity as a general partner of any partnership, pursuant to section 13 or
16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"),
and any and all regulations promulgated thereunder, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto, and any other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and with any other entity when
and if such is mandated by the Exchange Act or by the By-laws of the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., granting unto said attorney-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
necessary, desirable or appropriate, fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person, thereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact, or his substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney has been signed as of the
23rd day of April, 1991.
/s/ Raymond L. Bank
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Raymond L. Bank
/s/ Thomas R. Baruch
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Thomas R. Baruch
/s/ Cornelius C. Bond, Jr.
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Cornelius C. Bond, Jr.
/s/ Frank A. Bonsal, Jr.
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Frank A. Bonsal, Jr.
/s/ James A. Cole
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James A. Cole
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/s/ Nancy L. Dorman
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Nancy L. Dorman
/s/ Neal M. Douglas
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Neal M. Douglas
/s/ John W. Glynn, Jr.
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John W. Glynn, Jr.
/s/ Curran W. Harvey
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Curran W. Harvey
/s/ Ronald Kase
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Ronald Kase
/s/ C. Richard Kramlich
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C. Richard Kramlich
/s/ Robert F. Kuhling
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Robert F. Kuhling
/s/ Arthur J. Marks
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Arthur J. Marks
/s/ Thomas C. McConnell
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Thomas C. McConnell
/s/ Donald L. Murfin
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Donald L. Murfin
/s/ H. Leland Murphy
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H. Leland Murphy
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/s/ John M. Nehra
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John M. Nehra
/s/ Charles W. Newhall III
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Charles W. Newhall III
/s/ Terry L. Opdendyk
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Terry L. Opdendyk
/s/ Barbara J. Perrier
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Barbara J. Perrier
/s/ C. Vincent Prothro
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C. Vincent Prothro
/s/ C. Woodrow Rea, Jr.
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C. Woodrow Rea, Jr.
/s/ Howard D. Wolfe, Jr.
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Howard D. Wolfe, Jr.
/s/ Nora M. Zietz
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Nora M. Zietz
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below hereby constitutes and appoints Nancy L. Dorman and Charles W. Newhall
III, and each of them, with full power to act without the other, his true and
lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, to sign any and all
instruments, certificates and documents that may be necessary, desirable or
appropriate to be executed on behalf of himself as an individual or in his
capacity as a general partner of any partnership, pursuant to section 13 or
16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"),
and any and all regulations promulgated thereunder, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto, and any other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and with any other entity when
and if such is mandated by the Exchange Act or by the By-laws of the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., granting unto said attorney-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
necessary, desirable or appropriate, fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person, thereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact, or his substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney has been signed as of the 1st
day of January 1994.
/s/ Peter J. Barris
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Peter J. Barris
/s/ Debra E. King
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Debra E. King
/s/ Peter T. Morris
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Peter T. Morris
/s/ Hugh Y. Rienhoff, Jr.
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Hugh Y. Rienhoff, Jr.
/s/ Alexander Slusky
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Alexander Slusky
/s/ Louis B. Van Dyck
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Louis B. Van Dyck
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