Securities Registration (foreign Private Issuer) (f-3/a)
November 29 2016 - 4:34PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 29, 2016.
Registration
No. 333-214439
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
PRE-EFFECTIVE
AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM
F-3
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
BiondVax
Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
(Exact
name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
State
of Israel
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2836
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Not
Applicable
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
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(Primary
standard industrial
classification code number)
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(I.R.S.
employer
identification number)
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14
Einstein Street
Nes Ziona, Israel 74036
(+972) (8) 930-2529
(+972) (8) 930-2531 (facsimile)
(Address,
including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
Puglisi
& Associates
850 Library Avenue, Suite 204
Newark, Delaware
(302) 738-6680
(302) 738-7210 (facsimile)
(Name,
address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
With
copies to:
Ilan
Gerzi, Adv.
David
Aboudi, Esq.
Tammy Zoppo, Esq.
Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz
One Azrieli Center,
Round Tower,
18
th
Floor
Tel-Aviv 6702101, Israel
+972 (3) 607-3777
+972 (3) 607-3778
(facsimile)
Approximate
date of commencement of proposed sale to the 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
cheek 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, 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. ☐
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.C. 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.C. filed to register
additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) of the Securities Act, check the following box. ☐
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 to the Company’s Form F-3 is being filed solely to:
1.
File as an exhibit a legal opinion from Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz LLP, U.S. counsel to the Company; and
2.
Revise and replace “Legal Matters” in the base prospectus with the following:
LEGAL
MATTERS
Pearl
Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz, Tel Aviv, has passed upon certain legal matters regarding the securities offered hereby under Israeli
Law, and Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz, LP, New York, has passed upon certain legal matters regarding the securities offered
hereby under U.S. law.
3. Revise and replace “Legal Matters”
in the sales agreement prospectus with the following:
LEGAL MATTERS
Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz, Tel
Aviv, has passed upon certain legal matters regarding the securities offered hereby under Israeli Law, and Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer
Baratz, LP, New York, has passed upon certain legal matters regarding the securities offered hereby under U.S. law. Certain legal
matters will be passed upon for FBR by Duane Morris LLP.
Item
9. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
(a)
The Exhibit Index is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
(b)
Financial Statement Schedules.
All
financial statement schedules have been omitted because either they are not required, are not applicable or the information required
therein is otherwise set forth in the Registrant's consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto.
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 F-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Tel Aviv, State of Israel on this 29th day of November,
2016.
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BIONDVAX PHARMACEUTICALS
LTD.
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By:
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/s/
Ron Babecoff
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Dr.
Ron Babecoff
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Chief
Executive Officer
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Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons
on November 29, 2016, in the capacities indicated:
Name
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Title
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Date
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/s/ Ron Babecoff
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Chief Executive Officer and Director
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November 29, 2016
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Ron Babecoff
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(Principal Executive Officer)
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/s/ Uri Ben Or
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Chief Financial Officer
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November 29, 2016
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Uri Ben Or
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(Principal Financial Officer & Principal Accounting Officer)
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*
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Chief Scientific Officer
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November 29, 2016
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Tamar Ben Yedidia
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(Principal Scientific Officer)
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*
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Chairman of the Board
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November 29, 2016
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Avner Rotman
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Director
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November 29, 2016
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Michal Brikman Marom
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Director
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November 29, 2016
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George H. Lowell
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/s/ Jack Rosen
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Director
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November 29, 2016
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Jack Rosen
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Director
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November 29, 2016
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Irit Ben Ami
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Director
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November 29, 2016
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Liora Katzenstein
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Director
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November 29, 2016
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Ruth Ben Yakar
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Director
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November 29, 2016
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Ori Mor
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* By:
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Ron
Babecoff
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Ron
Babecoff
Attorney-in-fact
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AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE
Pursuant
to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative in the United States of BiondVax
Pharmaceuticals Ltd. has signed this registration statement in the city of Newark, the State of Delaware, on November 29, 2016.
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Puglisi
& Associates
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By:
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/s/
Donald J. Puglisi
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Name:
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Donald
J. Puglisi, Managing Director
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Title:
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Authorized
Representative
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit
No.
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Exhibit
Description
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1.1*
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Form
of underwriting agreement
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1.2**
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At
Market Issuance Sales Agreement with FBR Capital Markets & Co.
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3.1
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Articles
of Association of BiondVax Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (unofficial English translation from Hebrew original), incorporated by reference
to exhibit 3.1 to the Registration Statement on Form F-1 filed with the SEC on December 29, 2014.
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4.1
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Form
of Deposit Agreement between BiondVax Pharmaceuticals Ltd., The Bank of New York Mellon as Depositary, and owners and holders
from time to time of ADSs issued thereunder, incorporated by reference to exhibit 4.1 to the Registration Statement on Form
F-1 filed with the SEC on April 6, 2015.
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4.2
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Specimen
American Depositary Receipt (included in Exhibit 4.1).
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4.3
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Form
of Representative ADS Purchase Warrant, incorporated by reference to exhibit 4.4 to the Registration Statement on Form F-1
filed with the SEC on April 28, 2015.
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4.4
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Form
of Warrant Agent Agreement, incorporated by reference to exhibit 4.5 to the Registration Statement on Form F-1 filed with
the SEC on May 6, 2015.
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5.1**
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Opinion
of Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz
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5.2***
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Opinion
of Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz, LLP
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23.1**
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Consent
of Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer, a member of EY Global, independent registered public accounting firm
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23.2**
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Consent
of Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz (included in Exhibit 5.1).
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24**
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Power
of Attorney (included in the signature page of this registration statement).
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Previously
filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement on Form F-3 filed with the SEC on November 4, 2016, which exhibit is incorporated
herein by reference.
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***
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Filed
herewith.
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