S-1MEF

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 29, 2015

Registration No. 333-            

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-1

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

Spark Therapeutics, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware 2836 46-2654405

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

 

(Primary Standard Industrial

Classification Code Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

3737 Market Street

Suite 1300

Philadelphia, PA 19104

(888) 772-7560

(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

 

 

Jeffrey D. Marrazzo

Chief Executive Officer

Spark Therapeutics, Inc.

3737 Market Street

Suite 1300

Philadelphia, PA 19104

(888) 772-7560 (Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

 

 

 

Steven D. Singer, Esq.

Lia Der Marderosian, Esq.

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich Street

New York, NY 10007

Telephone: (212) 230-8800

 

Joseph W. La Barge, Esq.      

General Counsel      

Spark Therapeutics, Inc.      

3501 Civic Center Boulevard      

Philadelphia, PA 19104      

Telephone: (888) 772-7560      

 

Richard Truesdell, Jr., Esq.

Sophia Hudson, Esq.

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

450 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10017

Telephone: (212) 450-4000

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box.  ¨

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  x 333-201318

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ¨

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

Large accelerated filer   ¨    Accelerated filer   ¨
Non-accelerated filer   x  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    Smaller reporting company   ¨

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

Title of each class of securities

to be registered

 

Amount

to be

registered (1)

 

Proposed

maximum

offering price

per share (2)

 

Proposed

maximum

aggregate

offering price (2)

 

Amount of

registration fee

Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share

  575,000 shares   $23.00   $13,225,000   $1,537

 

 

(1) Includes 75,000 shares of common stock the underwriters have the option to purchase.
(2) Calculated in accordance with Rule 457(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 solely on the basis of $23.00, the initial public offering price set forth on the cover page of the Registrant’s Prospectus dated January 29, 2015 relating to its initial public offering pursuant to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-201318).

 

 

 


EXPLANATORY NOTE AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

This registration statement is being filed with respect to the registration of additional shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Spark Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation, pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The contents of the earlier registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-201318), which was declared effective by the Commission on January 29, 2015, are incorporated in this registration statement by reference.

The required opinions and consents are listed on an Exhibit Index attached hereto and filed herewith.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Philadelphia, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on this 29th day of January, 2015.

 

Spark Therapeutics, Inc.
By:

/s/ Jeffrey D. Marrazzo

Jeffrey D. Marrazzo
Chief Executive Officer


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities held on the dates indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Jeffrey D. Marrazzo

  

Director and Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

  January 29, 2015

Jeffrey D. Marrazzo

    

/s/ Stephen W. Webster

  

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

  January 29, 2015
Stephen W. Webster     

*

   Director   January 29, 2015
Katherine A. High, M.D.     

*

   Director   January 29, 2015
Steven M. Altschuler, M.D.     

*

   Director   January 29, 2015
A. Lorris Betz, M.D., Ph.D.     

*

   Director   January 29, 2015
Lars Ekman, M.D., Ph.D.     

*

   Director   January 29, 2015
Anand Mehra, M.D.     

*

   Director   January 29, 2015
Vincent Milano     

*

   Director   January 29, 2015
Elliott Sigal, M.D., Ph.D.     

 

* By:  

/s/ Jeffrey D. Marrazzo

  Jeffrey D. Marrazzo
  Attorney-in-Fact


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

5    Opinion of WilmerHale
23.1    Consent of KPMG LLP
23.2    Consent of WilmerHale (included in Exhibit 5)
24*     Powers of Attorney

 

* Filed as Exhibits 24.1 and 24. 2 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-201318) filed with the Commission on December 30, 2014 and January 20, 2015, respectively.