Pursuant to Rule 462(b)

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 12, 2005

Registration No. 333-            


SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 


 

FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 


 

ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

Delaware   13-364831

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

352 Knotter Drive

Cheshire, Connecticut 06410

(203) 272-2596

(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

 


 

Thomas I.H. Dubin, Esq.

352 Knotter Drive

Cheshire, Connecticut 06410

(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

 


 

Copies of all communications, including all communications sent to the agent for service, should be sent to:

 

Patrick O’Brien

Ropes & Gray LLP

One International Place

Boston, Massachusetts 02110

(617)-951-7000

 


 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to public:    As soon as practicable 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 being offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act, check the following box.  ¨

 

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 333-114449

 

        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 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 registration statement for the same offering.  ¨

 

If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434, please check the following box.  ¨

 


 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 


Title of each class of securities to be registered(4)   

Proposed Maximum Aggregate

Offering Price (1)(2)(3)

  

Amount of

Registration Fee

Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share

   $2,125,000    $250.11

(1) An aggregate of $150,000,000 of securities were previously registered on a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-114449), all of which were previously registered on the registrant’s Form S-3 Registration Statement (File No. 333-110828) declared effective on December 23, 2003 (including $44,475,000 of securities carried forward from the registrant’s prior Form S-3 Registration Statement (File No. 333-47594), declared effective on October 16, 2000 (such registration statements are collectively referred to as the “Prior Registration Statements”). A filing fee was paid with the Prior Registration Statements. The Registrant has sufficient funds in its Securities and Exchange Commission account to cover the registration fee for this filing.
(2) An indeterminate number of, or aggregate principal amount of, the securities is being registered as may at various times be issued at indeterminate prices, with an aggregate public offering price not to exceed $2,125,000 or the equivalent thereof.
(3) Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act of 1933.
(4) The rights to purchase Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock are attached to and trade with all common stock of the registrant, including each share of common stock previously registered on the Prior Registration Statements. Value attributable to such rights, if any, is reflected in the market price of the common stock.

 



EXPLANATORY NOTE AND INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE

 

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) is filing this Registration Statement with respect to the registration of an additional $2,125,000 of securities, pursuant to General Instruction IV of Form S-3 and Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. This Registration Statement relates to the public offering of our securities contemplated by the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-114449), as amended (the “Original Registration Statement”), which was originally filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 14, 2004 and declared effective by the Commission on May 14, 2004.

 

The contents of the Original Registration Statement and all exhibits to the Original Registration Statement are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.

 

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


PART II

 

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

Item 16. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.

 

All exhibits filed with or incorporated by reference in the Original Registration Statement are incorporated by reference into, and shall be deemed a part of, this Registration Statement, and the following additional exhibits are filed herewith:

 

Exhibit
Number


  

Description of Exhibit


5.1    Opinion of Ropes & Gray LLP regarding legality of the shares of common stock being registered.
23.1    Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2    Consent of Ropes & Gray LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1    Power of Attorney*

* Previously filed in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-114449) and incorporated herein by reference.


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 Cheshire, State of Connecticut, State of Connecticut, on this 11th day of August, 2005.

 

ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Leonard Bell


   

Leonard Bell

Chief Executive Officer, Secretary and Treasurer

By:  

*


   

David W. Keiser

President and Chief Operating Officer

 

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

 

Signature


  

Title


 

Date


/s/ Leonard Bell


Leonard Bell

  

Chief Executive Officer and Director

(Principal Executive Officer)

  August 11, 2005

*


David W. Keiser

  

President, Chief Operating Officer,

Chief Financial Officer, and Director

  August 11, 2005

*


Barry P. Luke

   Vice President, Finance and Administration (Principal Accounting Officer)   August 11, 2005

*


Max Link

   Chairman of the Board of Directors   August 11, 2005

*


Joseph A. Madri

   Director   August 11, 2005

*


R. Douglas Norby

   Director   August 11, 2005

*


Larry L. Mathis

   Director   August 11, 2005

 

*By:  

/s/ Leonard Bell


    Leonard Bell
    Attorney-in-fact

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

All exhibits filed with or incorporated by reference in the Original Registration Statement are incorporated by reference into, and shall be deemed a part of, this Registration Statement, and the following additional exhibits are filed herewith:

 

Exhibit
Number


  

Description of Exhibit


5.1    Opinion of Ropes & Gray LLP regarding legality of the shares of common stock being registered.
23.1    Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2    Consent of Ropes & Gray LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1    Power of Attorney*

* Previously filed in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-114449) and incorporated herein by reference.