Post-effective Amendment to Registration Statement (pos Am)

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 1, 2022

Registration Nos. 333-255008

333-225286

333-204064

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3, Registration Statement No. 333-255008

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3, Registration Statement No. 333-225286

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3, Registration Statement No. 333-204064

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware		59-3553710
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

14193 NW 119^th Terrace, Suite 10

Alachua, Florida 32615

(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: [phone]

Susan B. Washer

President and Chief Executive Officer

Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation

14193 NW 119th Terrace, Suite 10

Alachua, Florida 32615

[phone]

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

 

 

With copies to:

 

Stacie S. Aarestad, Esq. Hemmie Chang, Esq. Foley Hoag LLP Seaport West 155 Seaport Boulevard Boston, Massachusetts 02210 Telephone: [phone] Telecopy: [phone]		Susan B. Washer President and Chief Executive Officer Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation 14193 NW 119th Terrace, Suite 10 Alachua, Florida 32615

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable.

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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

These post-effective amendments (the “Post-Effective Amendments”) are being filed by Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Registrant”), to withdraw and remove from registration all of the Registrant’s (i) debt securities, (ii) common stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Shares”), (iii) preferred stock, $0.001 par value per share, (iv) units and (v) warrants (together, the “Securities”), remaining unsold under the following Registration Statements on Form S-3 (collectively, the “Registration Statements”) filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”):

 

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Registration Statement No.  333-255008, filed with the SEC on April 2, 2021 registering an indeterminate amount of Securities up to an aggregate offering price of $250,000,000;

 

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Registration Statement No.  333-225286, filed with the SEC on May 30, 2018 registering an indeterminate amount of Securities up to an aggregate offering price of $125,000,000; and

 

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Registration Statement No.  333-204064, filed with the SEC on May 11, 2015 registering an indeterminate number of shares of common stock of the Registrant up to an aggregate offering price of $125,000,000.

On November 30, 2022, pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 23, 2022, by and among the Registrant, Alliance Holdco Limited, a private limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales (“Parent”), and Alliance Acquisition Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Purchaser”), Purchaser merged with and into the Registrant (the “Merger”), with the Registrant continuing as the surviving corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent. As a result of the Merger, the offerings pursuant to the Registration Statements have been terminated. In accordance with an undertaking made by the Registrant in the Registration Statements to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the Shares registered under the Registration Statements that remain unsold at the termination of the offerings, the Registrant hereby removes from registration the Shares registered but unsold under the Registration Statements as of the date hereof, if any. The Registration Statements are hereby amended, as appropriate, to reflect the deregistration of such securities. After giving effect to these Post-Effective Amendments, there will be no remaining Securities registered by the Company pursuant to the Registration Statements.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended 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 these Post-Effective Amendments to the Registration Statements to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Alachua, State of Florida, on November 30, 2022.

 

APPLIED GENETIC TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
By:		/s/ Susan B. Washer
		Name: Susan B. Washer
		Title: Chief Executive Officer and President

No other person is required to sign these Post-Effective Amendments in reliance upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.