Post-effective Amendment to Registration Statement (pos Am)
April 11 2023 - 9:07AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on April 11, 2023
Registration No. 333-245385
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM F-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
NEOVASC INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its
charter)
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(I.R.S. Employer
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Suite 5138 – 13562 Maycrest Way
Richmond, British Columbia, Canada V6V 2J7
(604) 270-4344
(Address and telephone number of Registrant’s
principal executive offices)
CT Corporation System
28 Liberty Street
New York, New York 10011
(212) 894-8940
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Agent
for Service)
Copy to:
Michael J. Hong, Esq.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
222 Bay Street
Toronto, Ontario M5K 1J5
(416) 777-4700 |
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Joseph A. Garcia, Esq.
Kyle Misewich, Esq.
Blakes, Cassels & Graydon LLP
595 Burrard Street, Suite 2600
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V7X
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(604) 631-3300 |
Approximate
date of commencement of proposed sale to public: Not applicable. Removal from registration of securities that were not sold
pursuant to this registration statement.
If 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, check the following box.
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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.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) under the Securities Act, check the following box. ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is
an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933.
Emerging growth company ¨
If an emerging growth company that prepares its
financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, 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. ¨
† The term “new or revised financial
accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification
after April 5, 2012
EXPLANATORY NOTE – DEREGISTRATION
OF UNSOLD SECURITIES
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (this
“Post-Effective Amendment”) is being filed by Neovasc Inc. (the “Registrant”) to withdraw from registration all
of the unsold securities registered under the Registration Statement on Form F-3 (Registration No. 333-245385), filed by the Registrant
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on August 13, 2020 (the “Registration Statement”).
Effective on April 11, 2023, Shockwave Medical,
Inc. (“Shockwave”) acquired all of the issued and outstanding common shares of the Registrant pursuant to an arrangement agreement
dated January 16, 2023, by and between the Registrant and Shockwave, in accordance with a court-approved plan of arrangement (the “Arrangement”)
under the Canada Business Corporations Act.
As a result of the Arrangement, the Registrant
has terminated any and all offerings of its securities pursuant to the Registration Statement. In accordance with an undertaking contained
in the Registration Statement to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities registered under
the Registration Statement that remain unsold at the termination of the offering, the Registrant hereby removes from registration all
of its securities registered but unsold under the Registration Statement as of the date hereof.
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 Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement
on Form F-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Richmond, British Columbia, Canada,
on April 11, 2023.
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NEOVASC INC. |
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By: |
/s/ Chris Clark |
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Name: |
Chris Clark |
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Title: |
Chief Financial Officer |
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned certifies that it is the duly authorized United States
representative of Neovasc Inc. and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on
behalf of it by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Richmond, British Columbia, Canada on April 11, 2023.
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NEOVASC (US) INC.
(Authorized U.S. Representative) |
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By: |
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Chris Clark |
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Name: |
Chris Clark |
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Title: |
Director |
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