- Securities Registration: Employee Benefit Plan (S-8)
March 15 2012 - 5:22PM
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As filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 15, 2012
Registration
No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933
THRESHOLD
PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
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(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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94-3409596
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or
Organization)
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
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170
Harbor Way, Suite 300
South
San Francisco, California 94080
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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2004
Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan
Amended
and Restated 2004 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
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(Full Title of
the Plans)
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Harold
E. Selick, Ph.D.
Chief
Executive Officer
170
Harbor Way, Suite 300
South
San Francisco, California 94080
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(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
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(650)
474-8200
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(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent
For Service)
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Copy to:
Stephen Thau,
Esq.
Morrison & Foerster LLP
755 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, California 94304
Telephone: (650) 813-5640
Facsimile: (650)
251-3745
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.
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Large accelerated filer
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Accelerated filer
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Non-accelerated filer
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(Do
not check if a smaller reporting company)
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Smaller reporting company
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x
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CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title
of Securities
to be Registered
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Amount
to be
Registered (1)
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Proposed
Maximum
Offering
Price
per Share
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Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering
Price
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Amount of
Registration
Fee (4)
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Common
Stock, par value $0.001 per share (pursuant to the 2004 Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan)
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1,250,000
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$6.20
(2)
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$7,750,000
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$888.15
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Common
Stock, par value $0.001 per share (pursuant to the Amended and Restated 2004 Employee Stock Purchase Plan)
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100,000
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$5.27
(3)
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$527,000
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$60.39
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(1)
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Pursuant to Rule 416 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”),
this registration statement also covers any additional securities
that may be offered or issued in connection with any stock split,
stock dividend or similar transaction.
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(2)
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Estimated solely for the purpose of
computing the amount of registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c)
and (h) under the Securities Act, based on the average of the high
and low prices of the Registrant’s Common Stock reported on
the NASDAQ Capital Market on March 9, 2012.
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(3)
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Estimated solely for the purpose of
computing the amount of registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c)
and (h) under the Securities Act, based on the average of the high
and low sale prices of the Registrant’s Common Stock as reported
on the NASDAQ Capital Market on March 9, 2012, multiplied by 85%,
which is the percentage of the trading purchase price applicable to
purchases under the referenced Plan.
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(4)
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No payment of registration fee is being
made in connection with the filing of this registration statement.
Rather, $948.54 of the registration fee for this registration statement
is being offset, pursuant to Rule 457(p) under the Securities Act,
by the registration fees paid in connection with unsold securities
registered by the registrant under Registration Statement No. 333-174844
(initially filed on June 10, 2011).
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Explanatory
Note
Pursuant to
General Instruction E to Form S-8 under the Securities Act, this Registration Statement is filed for the purpose of registering
1,250,000 additional shares of common stock to be issued pursuant to the annual automatic increase provisions of the Threshold
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2004 Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan and 100,000 additional shares of common stock to be issued
pursuant to the annual automatic increase provisions of the Threshold Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Amended and Restated 2004 Employee
Stock Purchase Plan, which are the same class as those securities previously registered on effective Forms S-8 filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on June 30, 2005 (File No. 333-126276), May 31, 2006 (File No. 333-134598),
May 21, 2007 (File No. 333-143130), January 15, 2009 (File No. 333-156733), February 11, 2010 (File No. 333-164865),
June 2, 2010 (File No. 333-167260) and March 24, 2011 (File No. 333-173047), and the contents of those Registration Statements,
as amended, or as modified or superseded pursuant to Rule 412 under the Securities Act, are incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement.
PART II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item
8. Exhibits
See Index to
Exhibits
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-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in South San Francisco, California, on this 15th day of March,
2012.
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THRESHOLD PHARMACEUTICALS,
INC.
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By:
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/s/
Harold E. Selick
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Harold E. Selick, Ph.D.
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Chief Executive Officer
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POWER
OF ATTORNEY TO SIGN AMENDMENT
KNOW ALL PERSONS
BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Harold E. Selick and Joel A.
Fernandes, his attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, with the power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and
in his name, place or stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8,
and to file such amendments, together with exhibits and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting to the attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully as he might or could do in person, and ratifying
and confirming all that the attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
Pursuant to
the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement on Form S-8 has been signed by the following persons
in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
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Title
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Date
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/s/
Harold E. Selick
Harold
E. Selick, Ph.D.
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Chairman of the Board of Directors and
Chief Executive Officer
(principal executive officer)
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March 15, 2012
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/s/
Joel A. Fernandes
Joel
A. Fernandes
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Vice President, Finance and Controller (principal financial and
accounting officer)
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March 15, 2012
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/s/
Jeffrey W. Bird
Jeffrey
W. Bird, M.D., Ph.D.
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Director
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March 15, 2012
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/s/
Bruce C. Cozadd
Bruce
C. Cozadd
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Director
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March 15, 2012
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/s/
David R. Hoffmann
David
R. Hoffmann
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Director
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March 15, 2012
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/s/
Wilfred E. Jaeger
Wilfred
E. Jaeger, M.D.
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Director
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March 15, 2012
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/s/
George G. C. Parker
George
G. C. Parker, Ph.D.
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Director
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March 15, 2012
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/s/
David R. Parkinson
David
R. Parkinson, M.D.
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Director
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March 15, 2012
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Index
to Exhibits
The following
documents are filed as exhibits to this registration statement:
Item
No.
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Description
of Item
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5.1
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Opinion of Morrison & Foerster LLP
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23.1
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Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm
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23.2
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Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent
Registered Public Accounting Firm
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23.3
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Consent of Morrison & Foerster LLP (filed as part
of Exhibit 5.1)
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24.1
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Power of Attorney (See Signature Page)
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