As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 12, 2013
Registration No. 333-186855
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
NEUROMETRIX, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
04-3308180 (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
62 Fourth Avenue
Waltham, Massachusetts 02451
(781) 890-9989
(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)
Shai N. Gozani, M.D., Ph.D.
President and Chief Executive Officer
NeuroMetrix, Inc.
62 Fourth Avenue
Waltham, Massachusetts 02451
(781) 890-9989
(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Copies to:
Megan N. Gates, Esq.
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris,
Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
One Financial Center
Boston, MA 02111
Telephone: (617) 542-6000
Fax: (617) 542-2241
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. ¨
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, please 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(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 registration statement 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. ¨
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. ¨
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 (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) ¨ | Smaller reporting company x |
The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Amendment No. 1 (the “Amendment”) relates to NeuroMetrix, Inc.’s (the “Registrant”) Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-186855), initially filed with the Commission on February 25, 2013 (the “Registration Statement”). The Registrant is filing this Amendment for the sole purpose of updating the signature page to the Registration Statement and replacing Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement. This Amendment does not modify any provision of Part I or Part II of the Registration Statement other than the signature page of Part II as set forth below and Item 16 of Part II.
PART II.
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.
| SEC registration fee | $ | - | ||
| Printing and engraving | 4,000 | * | ||
| Accounting services | 5,000 | * | ||
| Legal fees of registrant’s counsel | 10,000 | * | ||
| Miscellaneous | 1,000 | * | ||
| Total | $ | 20,000 | * |
* All amounts except the registration fee are estimates.
Item 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Our restated certificate provides that we shall indemnify, to the fullest extent authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law, each person who is involved in any litigation or other proceeding because such person is or was our director or officer or is or was serving as an officer or director of another entity at our request, against all expense, loss or liability reasonably incurred or suffered in connection therewith. Our restated certificate provides that the right to indemnification includes the right to be paid expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that such advance payment will only be made upon delivery to us of an undertaking, by or on behalf of the director or officer, to repay all amounts so advanced if it is ultimately determined that such director is not entitled to indemnification. If we do not pay a proper claim for indemnification in full within 10 days after we receive a written claim for such indemnification, our restated certificate and our restated by-laws authorize the claimant to bring an action against us and prescribe what constitutes a defense to such action.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits a corporation to indemnify any director or officer of the corporation against expenses (including attorney’s fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in right of the corporation) brought by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the corporation, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner that he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, if he or she had no reason to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. In a derivative action, (i.e., one brought by or on behalf of the corporation), indemnification may be provided only for expenses actually and reasonably incurred by any director or officer in connection with the defense or settlement of such an action or suit if such person acted in good faith and in a manner that he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification shall be provided if such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court in which the action or suit was brought shall determine that the defendant is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses despite such adjudication of liability.
Pursuant to Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, Article Seventh of our restated certificate eliminates the liability of a director to us or our stockholders for monetary damages for such a breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liabilities arising:
| · | from any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to us or our stockholders; |
| · | from acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; |
| · | under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law; and |
| · | from any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. |
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As permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, we carry insurance policies insuring our directors and officers against certain liabilities that they may incur in their capacity as directors and officers.
Any underwriting agreements that we may enter into will likely provide for the indemnification of us, our controlling persons, our directors and certain of our officers by the underwriters against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Item 16. Exhibits.
The exhibits listed in the accompanying Exhibit Index are filed or incorporated by reference as part of this registration statement.
Item 17. Undertakings
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act of 1933”);
(ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement;
(iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this registration statement or any material change to such information in this registration statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i), (1)(ii) and (1)(iii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of this registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at the time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:
(i) each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and
(ii) each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii) or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.
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(5) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities:
The undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
(i) any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
(ii) any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;
(iii) the portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and
(iv) any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the indemnification provisions described herein, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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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 this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Waltham, Massachusetts on March 12, 2013.
| NeuroMetrix, Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ SHAI N. GOZANI, M.D. PH.D. | |
| Name: Title: |
Shai
N. Gozani, M.D., Ph.D. Chairman, President and Chief Executive 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 | |||
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| By: | /s/ SHAI N. GOZANI, M.D., PH.D. | Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) | March 12, 2013 | ||
| Shai N. Gozani, M.D., Ph.D. | |||||
| By: | /s/ THOMAS T. HIGGINS | Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (principal financial and accounting officer) | March 12, 2013 | ||
| Thomas T. Higgins | |||||
| By: | * | Director | March 12, 2013 | ||
| David E. Goodman, M.D. | |||||
| By: | * | Director | March 12, 2013 | ||
| Allen J. Hinkle M.D. | |||||
| By: | * | Director | March 12, 2013 | ||
| Nancy E. Katz | |||||
| By: | * | Director | March 12, 2013 | ||
| Timothy R. Surgenor | |||||
| *By: | /s/ THOMAS T. HIGGINS | March 12, 2013 | |||
| Thomas T. Higgins | |||||
| Attorney-in-fact | |||||
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EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 1 | * | Form of Underwriting Agreement |
| 4.1 | Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on August 9, 2004, File No. 333-118059, and incorporated in this document by reference) | |
| 4.1.1 | Certificate of Designations for Series A Junior Cumulative Preferred Stock (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on March 8, 2007, File No. 001-33351, and incorporated in this document by reference) | |
| 4.1.2 | Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation of NeuroMetrix, Inc. dated September 1, 2011 (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 1, 2011, File No. 001-33351, and incorporated in this document by reference) | |
| 4.2 | Second Amended and Restated By-laws of the Registrant (filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on August 9, 2004, File No. 333-118059, and incorporated in this document by reference) | |
| 4.2.1 | Amendment No. 1 to Second Amended and Restated By-laws of the Registrant (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 17, 2007, File No. 001-33351, and incorporated in this document by reference) | |
| 4.3 | Shareholder Rights Agreement, dated as of March 7, 2007, between NeuroMetrix, Inc. and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as Rights Agent (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on March 8, 2007, File No. 001-33351, and incorporated in this document by reference) | |
| 4.3.1 | Amendment to Shareholder Rights Agreement, dated September 8, 2009, between NeuroMetrix, Inc. and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as Rights Agent (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 14, 2009, File No. 001-33351, and incorporated in this document by reference) | |
| 4.4 | Specimen certificate for shares of common stock (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on May 13, 2004, as amended, File No. 333-115440, and incorporated in this document by reference) | |
| 4.5 | Form of Unit Warrant to purchase Common Stock (filed as Exhibit 4.5 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on November 23, 2011, as amended, File No. 333-178165, and incorporated in this document by reference) | |
| 4.6 | Form of Placement Agent Warrant (filed as Exhibit 4.6 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on November 23, 2011, as amended, File No. 333-178165, and incorporated in this document by reference) | |
| 4.7 | * | Form of Preferred Stock Certificate |
| 4.8 | * | Form of Certificate of Amendment or Designation with respect to Preferred Stock |
| 4.9 | * | Form of Warrant Agreement and Warrant Certificate |
| 4.10 | * | Form of Subscription Rights Agreement and Right Certificate |
| 4.11 | * | Form of Stock Purchase Contract |
| 4.12 | * | Form of Unit Agreement and Unit Certificate |
| 5.1 | + | Opinion of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. |
| 23.1 | ** | Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm |
| 23.2 | Consent of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. (included in Exhibit 5.1) | |
| 24 | ** | Powers of Attorney (included in the signature page to the Registration Statement, as initially filed on February 25, 2013) |
| * | To be filed, if applicable, by amendment or by a Current Report on Form 8-K prior to the issuance of the applicable securities. |
| + | Replaces previously filed Exhibit. |
| ** | Previously filed. |
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