As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 22, 2022
Registration No. 333-256998

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

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2
ON FORM S-3 TO
FORM S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

ABCELLERA BIOLOGICS INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

British Columbia
8731
Not Applicable
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

2215 Yukon Street
Vancouver, BC, V5Y 0A1
(604) 559-9005
(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

The Corporation Trust Company
Corporation Trust Center
1209 Orange Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
(302) 658-7581
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copies to:
Sam Zucker
Deepa M. Rich
Mitchell S. Bloom
James Xu
Goodwin Procter LLP
601 Marshall Street
Redwood City, CA 94063
(650) 752-3100
Carl L. G. Hansen, Ph.D.
Andrew Booth
Tryn T. Stimart
AbCellera Biologics Inc.
2215 Yukon Street
Vancouver, BC V5Y 0A1
Canada
(604) 559-9005

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after this registration statement becomes effective, as determined by the selling shareholders.

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3, as previously amended by Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (File No. 333-256998) (as so amended, the “Registration Statement”) of AbCellera Biologics Inc. (the “Registrant”) is being filed solely for the purpose of replacing Exhibit 23.1 and Exhibit 23.2, the consents of independent registered public accounting firms, filed with the Post-Effective Amendment No. 1. Accordingly, this Amendment No. 2 consists only of the cover page, this explanatory note and Item 16 (Exhibits) of the Registration Statement and does not modify any other part of the Registration Statement.




Item 16. Exhibits

 (a) Exhibits

Exhibit
Number
Description
Form of Specimen Common Share Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-250838) filed on December 7, 2020).
Opinion of Blake, Cassels & Graydon, LLP.
Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
Consent of Armanino LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
Consent of Blake, Cassels & Graydon, LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to the Registration Statement).

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Previously filed.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, AbCellera Biologics Inc. has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 on Form S-3 to S-1 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Vancouver, Province of British Columbia, Canada on the 22nd day of July, 2022.
 
ABCELLERA BIOLOGICS INC.
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Carl L.G. Hansen
 
 
Carl L.G. Hansen, Ph.D.
 
 
Chief Executive Officer and President


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities held on the dates indicated.
Name
Title
Date
 
 
 
/s/ Carl L.G. Hansen
Chief Executive Officer, President and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
July 22, 2022
Carl L.G. Hansen, Ph.D.
   
 
 
 
*
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
July 22, 2022
Andrew Booth
   
 
 
 
*
Chief Operating Officer and Director
July 22, 2022
Véronique Lecault, Ph.D.
   
 
 
 
*
Director
July 22, 2022
Peter Thiel
         
 
 
 
*
Director
July 22, 2022
Michael Hayden, Ph.D.
         
 
 
 
*
Director
July 22, 2022
Andrew W. Lo, Ph.D.
         
 
 
 
*
Director
July 22, 2022
John S. Montalbano
 
 

*
/s/ Carl L.G. Hansen
 
By:
Carl L.G. Hansen, Attorney-in-fact
 


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