S-1MEF

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 2, 2013

Registration No. 333-            

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-1

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

Prothena Corporation plc

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Ireland   2834   43-1256213

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(Primary Standard Industrial

Classification Code Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

650 Gateway Boulevard

South San Francisco, CA 94080

(650) 837-8550

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

 

 

Dale B. Schenk

Chief Executive Officer

Prothena Corporation plc

650 Gateway Boulevard

South San Francisco, CA 94080

(650) 837-8550

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

 

 

Copies to:

Alan C. Mendelson, Esq.

Robert W. Phillips, Esq.

Latham & Watkins LLP

140 Scott Drive
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Telephone: (650) 328-4600
Facsimile: (650) 463-2600

  

Mark B. Weeks, Esq.
John T. McKenna, Esq.
Cooley LLP
3175 Hanover Street

Palo Alto, CA 94304
Telephone: (650) 843-5000
Facsimile: (650) 849-7400

 

 

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 333-191218

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   ¨  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    Smaller reporting company   x

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

Title of each class of

securities to be registered

  Amount to be
registered (1)
  Proposed maximum
offering price per
share
 

Proposed maximum

aggregate

offering price (2)(3)

 

Amount of

registration fee

Ordinary Shares, $0.01 par value per share

  1,046,500 shares   $22.00   $23,023,000   $2,966

 

 

(1) Includes ordinary shares that the underwriters have the option to purchase from the selling shareholder, if any.
(2) In accordance with Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, an additional amount of securities having a proposed maximum offering price of no more than 20% of the maximum aggregate offering price of the securities eligible to be sold under the related Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-191218), is hereby registered.
(3) Estimated solely for the purposes of computing the amount of the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(a) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

 

The Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing in accordance with Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

 

 


EXPLANATORY NOTE AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

This registration statement is being filed with respect to the registration of additional ordinary shares, par value $0.01 per share, of Prothena Corporation plc, a public limited company formed under the laws of Ireland, pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The contents of the earlier registration statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-191218), which was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 2, 2013, are incorporated in this registration statement by reference.

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


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 South San Francisco, California, on October 2, 2013.

 

    Prothena Corporation plc
Date: October 2, 2013     By:  

/s/ Dale B. Schenk

      Dale B. Schenk
      President and Chief Executive Officer
Date: October 2, 2013     By:  

/s/ Tran B. Nguyen

      Tran B. Nguyen
      Chief Financial Officer


SIGNATURES

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

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Dale B. Schenk

Dale B. Schenk, Ph.D.

  

President and Chief Executive

Officer (Principal Executive

Officer) and Director

  October 2, 2013

/s/ Tran B. Nguyen

Tran B. Nguyen

  

Chief Financial Officer (Principal

Financial Officer)

  October 2, 2013

/s/ Karin L. Walker

Karin L. Walker

  

Controller, Chief Accounting

Officer and Head of Accounting

(Principal Accounting Officer)

  October 2, 2013

*

Lars Ekman, M.D., Ph.D.

   Chairman of the Board   October 2, 2013

 

    
Richard T. Collier    Director  

*

Shane Cooke

   Director   October 2, 2013

 

    
Christopher S. Henney, D.Sc., Ph.D.    Director  

*

Dennis J. Selkoe, M.D.

   Director   October 2, 2013

 

*By:  

/s/ Dale B. Schenk

      October 2, 2013
 

Dale B. Schenk, Ph.D.

Attorney-in-fact

     


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

No.

 

Description

  1.1(1)   Form of Underwriting Agreement
  5.1   Opinion of A&L Goodbody
23.1   Consent of independent registered public accounting firm, KPMG LLP
23.2   Consent of independent registered public accounting firm, KPMG
23.3   Consent of A&L Goodbody (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1(2)   Powers of Attorney

 

(1) Previously filed as Exhibit 1.1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-191218), originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 17, 2013 and incorporated by reference herein.
(2) Previously filed on the signature page to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-191218), originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 17, 2013 and incorporated by reference herein.