S-3MEF 1 appy_s3.htm FORM S-3MEF appy_s3.htm
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 3, 2014
    Registration No.  333-             

 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549
 
FORM S-3
 
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 
VENAXIS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
 
Colorado    84-1553387
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)    (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
                                                            
1585 South Perry Street
Castle Rock, Colorado 80104
(303) 794-2000
 (Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)
 
Jeffrey G. McGonegal
Chief Financial Officer
1585 South Perry Street
Castle Rock, Colorado 80104
(303) 794-2000
 
(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
 
With a copy to:
 
Mary J. Mullany, Esquire
Ballard Spahr LLP
1735 Market Street, 51st Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 864-8631
 
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:  From time to time after this registration statement becomes effective.
 
If the only securities being registered on this form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. o
 
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, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box.  x
 
If this form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to 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
 
Registration No. 333-191853
 
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. o
 
If this form is a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box. o
 
If this form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box. o
 
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 definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act (Check one):
 
     
Large Accelerated Filer o
 
Accelerated Filer o
Non-Accelerated Filer o
 
Smaller Reporting Company x
 
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
 
                 
Title of Securities
to be Registered
 
Amount to be
Registered (1)
 
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price Per
Security (2)
 
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price (2)
 
Amount of
Registration Fee (3)
Common stock, no par value
 
1,251,917
 
$2.40
 
$3,004,600
 
$387
 
(1)
Includes shares the underwriters have the option to purchase.
 
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, based on the proposed maximum aggregate offering price.
 
(3)
The registrant previously registered securities at an aggregate offering price not to exceed $20,000,000 on a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-191853), which was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 18, 2013. In accordance with Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, an additional amount of securities having a proposed maximum aggregate offering price of $3,004,600 is hereby registered, which includes shares issuable upon the exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares.
 

 This registration statement shall become effective upon filing with the Commission in accordance with Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
 
 
 

 
EXPLANATORY NOTE AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
 
This Registration Statement is being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. This Registration Statement relates to the public offering of common stock of the Registrant contemplated by the Registration Statement on Form S-3, as amended (File No. 333-191853), originally filed by the Registrant on October 22, 2013, as amended (the “Prior Registration Statement”), and which the SEC declared effective on November 18, 2013.
 
This Registration Statement is being filed for the sole purpose of increasing by shares 1,251,917 the number of shares of common stock to be registered for issuance and sale. The additional securities that are being registered for issuance and sale are in an amount and at a price that together represent no more than 20% of the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the Calculation of Registration Fee table contained in the Prior Registration Statement. The information set forth in the Prior Registration Statement and all exhibits thereto are hereby incorporated by reference in this filing.
 
The required opinions and consents are listed on the exhibit index and filed with this filing.
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
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-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Castle Rock, State of Colorado on the 3rd of April, 2014.
 
 
Venaxis, Inc.
 
       
 
By:
/s/ Stephen T. Lundy  
   
Stephen T. Lundy
President and Chief Executive Officer
(principal executive officer)
 
       
       

     
       
 
By:
/s/ Jeffrey G. McGonegal  
   
Jeffrey G. McGonegal
Chief Financial Officer
(principal financial officer and
principal accounting officer)
 
       
       


 
 

 

 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
 
Signature   Title  
Date
 
         
/s/ Stephen T. Lundy
 
President, Chief Executive
 
April 3, 2014
Stephen T. Lundy
   Officer and Director (principal
executive officer)
   
         
/s/ Jeffrey G. McGonegal
 
Chief Financial Officer
 
April 3, 2014
Jeffrey G. McGonegal
 
(principal financial officer and
principal accounting officer)
   
         
*
 
Non-Executive Chair
 
April 3, 2014
Gail S. Schoettler
       
 
*
 
Director
 
April 3, 2014
Susan A. Evans
       
         
*
 
Director
 
April 3, 2014
Daryl J. Faulkner
       
         
*
 
Director
 
April 3, 2014
John H. Landon
       
 
*
 
Director
 
April 3, 2014
David E. Welch
       
         
*
 
Director
 
April 3, 2014
Stephen A. Williams
       
 
 
 
 
       
*By:
/s/ Jeffrey G. McGonegal
 
 
 
 
 
Jeffrey G. McGonegal
Attorney-in-fact
       
 

 
 
 

 
EXHIBIT INDEX
 
     
   
5.1*
  
Opinion of Ballard Spahr LLP.
   
23.1*
  
Consent of GHP Horwath, P.C.
   
23.2*
  
Consent of Ballard Spahr LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
   
24.1+
  
Power of Attorney.
 
 

*
Filed herewith.

+
Incorporated by reference from the Prior Registration Statement.