S-1MEF 1 a19-7601_9s1mef.htm S-1MEF

As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 26, 2019.

Registration No. 333-

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-1

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Under

The Securities Act of 1933

 

 

MORPHIC HOLDING, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

2834

 

47-3878772

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization)

 

(Primary Standard Industrial Classification
Code Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

 

35 Gatehouse Drive, A2

Waltham, Massachusetts 02451

(781) 996-0955

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

 

Praveen P. Tipirneni, M.D.

Chief Executive Officer

Morphic Holding, Inc.

35 Gatehouse Drive, A2

Waltham, Massachusetts 02451

(781) 996-0955

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

 

 

Copies to:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Effie Toshav, Esq.

 

William D. DeVaul, Esq.

 

Divakar Gupta, Esq.

Robert A. Freedman, Esq.

 

Morphic Holding, Inc.

 

Richard Segal, Esq.

Julia Forbess, Esq.

 

35 Gatehouse Drive, A2

 

Marc Recht, Esq.

Fenwick & West LLP

 

Waltham, Massachusetts 02451

 

Cooley LLP

555 California Street

 

(781) 996-0955

 

500 Boylston Street, 14th Floor

San Francisco, California 94104

 

 

 

Boston, Massachusetts 02116

(415) 875-2300

 

 

 

(617) 937-2300

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:

As soon as practicable after the effective date of this registration statement.

 

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. o

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 333-231837

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 post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. 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, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer o

 

Accelerated filer o

 

Non-accelerated filer x

 

Smaller reporting company x

 

 

 

 

 

 

Emerging growth company x

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. o

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered

 

Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price(1)

 

Amount of Registration
Fee

Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share

 

$11,500,000

 

$1,394.00

 

(1)              The registration fee is calculated in accordance with Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, based on the proposed maximum aggregate offering price. The Registrant previously registered securities with an aggregate offering price not to exceed $92,000,000 on a Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-231837), which was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 26, 2019. In accordance with Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, an additional amount of shares having a proposed maximum aggregate offering price of $11,500,000 are hereby registered, which includes the additional shares that the underwriters have the option to purchase.

 

This Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing in accordance with Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act.

 

 

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE AND INCORPORATION OF
CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE

 

Pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Securities Act”), Morphic Holding, Inc. (“Registrant”) is filing this Registration Statement on Form S-1 (this “Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”). This Registration Statement relates to the public offering of securities contemplated by the Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-231837) (the “Prior Registration Statement”), which the Registrant originally filed with the Commission on May 30, 2019, and which the Commission declared effective on June 26, 2019.

 

The Registrant is filing this Registration Statement for the sole purpose of increasing the aggregate offering price of shares to be offered in the public offering by $11,500,000, including the offering price of shares that may be sold upon exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares of the Registrant’s common stock. The additional securities that are being registered for sale 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 to the Prior Registration Statement are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.

 

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

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement on Form S-1 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Waltham, State of Massachusetts, on the 26th day of June, 2019.

 

 

MORPHIC HOLDING, INC.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Praveen P. Tipirneni, M.D.

 

 

Praveen P. Tipirneni, M.D.

 

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement on Form S-1 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature

 

Title

 

Date

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

 

 

/s/ Praveen P. Tipirneni, M.D.

 

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

June 26, 2019

PraveenTipirneni, M.D.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vice President of Finance and Operations and Treasurer

(Principal Accounting and Financial Officer)

 

June 26, 2019

/s/ Robert E. Farrell Jr.

 

 

 

Robert E. Farrell Jr., CPA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

June 26, 2019

Gustav Christensen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

June 26, 2019

Norbert Bischofberger

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

June 26, 2019

Vikas Goyal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

June 26, 2019

Nilesh Kumar, Ph.D.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

June 26, 2019

Amir Nashat

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

June 26, 2019

Joseph P. Slattery, CPA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

June 26, 2019

Timothy A. Springer, Ph.D.

 

 

 

 

 

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*

 

Director

 

June 26, 2019

Otello Stampacchia, Ph.D.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* By Attorney-in-Fact

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ William DeVaul

 

 

 

 

William DeVaul

 

 

 

 

 

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