As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 31, 2020
Registration
No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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33-0969592
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(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
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660 West Germantown Pike, Suite 110
Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania 19462
(877) 446-6846
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code of registrants principal executive offices)
J. Joseph Kim, Ph.D.
President and Chief Executive Officer
Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
660 West Germantown Pike, Suite 110
Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania 19462
(267) 440-4200
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Brian F.
Leaf
Jeffrey Libson
Darah Protas
Cooley LLP
11951 Freedom Drive
Reston, VA 20190
(703) 456-8000
From time to
time after the effective date of this Registration Statement
(Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public)
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. ☒
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, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of large accelerated filer, accelerated filer, smaller reporting
company, and emerging growth company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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Large accelerated filer
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Accelerated filer
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Non-accelerated filer
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Smaller reporting company
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Emerging growth company
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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended
transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of each class of
securities to be registered
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Amount
to be
Registered (1)(2)
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Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share (3)
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Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price (3)
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Amount of
Registration Fee
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Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share
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8,014,201 shares
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$4.24
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$33,980,212.24
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$4,410.63
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(1)
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Represents the initial maximum number of shares issuable upon conversion of convertible bonds acquired by the
selling stockholders named in this registration statement in private placement transactions.
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(2)
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Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement also registers a
currently indeterminate number of additional shares of the registrants common stock that may be issuable with respect to the shares being registered hereunder as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
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(3)
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Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The calculation of the proposed maximum aggregate offering price of the common stock was based on the average of the high and low price for the common stock on January 29, 2020, as reported on the Nasdaq
Global Select Market.
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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 that specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act or until the registration statement shall become
effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.