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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Edge Therapeutics, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 
Delaware
2834
26-4231384
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
 
200 Connell Road, Suite 1600
Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922
(800) 208-3343
(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

Brian A. Leuthner
President and Chief Executive Officer
Edge Therapeutics, Inc.
200 Connell Drive, Suite 1600
Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922
(800) 208-3343
 (Name, address, including zip code and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
 
copies to:
 
David S. Rosenthal, Esq.
Dechert LLP
1095 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10036
(212) 698-3500
Mitchell S. Bloom Esq.
Arthur R. McGivern, Esq.
Goodwin Procter LLP
53 State Street
Boston, MA 02109
(617) 570-1000
 

 
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 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.   333-206416
 
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
 

 
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
 
Title of each class of
securities to be registered
Amount
to be
registered (1)(2)
 
Proposed
maximum
offering price
per share
   
Proposed
maximum
aggregate
offering price (3)
   
Amount of
registration fee (4)
 
Common Stock, $0.00033 par value per share
1,895,756  shares
 
$
11.00
   
$
20,853,316
   
$
2,424
 
 
(1)
Includes 247,272 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of an option to purchase additional shares to cover over-allotments granted to the underwriters.
(2)
The Registrant is registering 1,895,756 shares pursuant to this Registration Statement, which shares are in addition to the 6,516,667 shares registered pursuant to the Form S-1 Registration Statement (Registration No. 333-206416).
(3)
Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(4)
The Registrant previously paid $13,363 in connection with the filing of the Form S-1 Registration Statement (Registration No. 333-206416), of which $12,116 was paid in connection with registering 6,516,667 shares of common stock. Pursuant to Rule 457(p) of the Securities Act, the outstanding balance was applied in part to the amount due under this Registration Statement.
 
This Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing in accordance with Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
 

 
EXPLANATORY NOTE AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
 
This Registration Statement on Form S-1 relating to the public offering of common stock of Edge Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), contemplated by the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-206416), as amended (the “Prior Registration Statement”) is filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and General Instruction V of Form S-1 solely to increase the number of shares to be offered in the public offering by 1,895,756 shares, including 247,272 shares that may be sold pursuant to an over-allotment option granted to the underwriters. The contents of the Prior Registration Statement, including all exhibits thereto, which was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on September 30, 2015, are hereby incorporated by reference.
 

 
SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Berkeley Heights, State of New Jersey, on the 30th day of September, 2015.

 
EDGE THERAPEUTICS, INC.
     
 
By:
/s/ Brian A. Leuthner
   
Brian A. Leuthner
   
President and Chief Executive Officer
 
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature
Title
Date
     
 /s/ Brian A. Leuthner
President and Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
September 30, 2015
Brian A. Leuthner
 
     
 /s/ Andrew J. Einhorn
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
September 30, 2015
Andrew J. Einhorn
 
     
     
 /s/ Albert N. Marchio, II
Chief Accounting and Operations Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
September 30, 2015
Albert N. Marchio, II
 
     
*
Chairman, Board of Directors
September 30, 2015
Sol Barer, Ph.D.
   
     
*
Vice Chairman, Board of Directors
September 30, 2015
Isaac Blech
   
     
*
Chief Scientific Officer and Director
September 30, 2015
R. Loch Macdonald, M.D., Ph.D.
   
     
*
Director
September 30, 2015
Kurt Conti
   
     
Director
September 30, 2015
James Loughlin
   
     
*
Director
September 30, 2015
Robert Spiegel, M.D.
   
     
 *
   
James I. Healy, M.D., Ph.D
Director
September 30, 2015
     
*
   
Anders D. Hove, M.D.
Director
September 30, 2015

* By:
/s/ Andrew J. Einhorn
 
Andrew J. Einhorn
 
Attorney-in-fact

 
EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit
No.
 
Description
 
 
 
5.1*
 
Opinion of Dechert LLP regarding the validity of the securities being registered.
 
 
 
23.1
 
Consent of KPMG LLP.
 
 
 
23.2*
 
Consent of Dechert LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
 
 
 
24.1**
 
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page).
 

*
Filed as Exhibit 5.1 to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-206416) filed with the Commission on September 21, 2015.
**
Filed as Exhibit 24.1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-206416) filed with the Commission on August 14, 2015.