As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 28,
2023
Registration No. 333-272752
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Amendment No. 1 to
FORM S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
APTOSE BIOSCIENCES INC. |
(Exact Name of Registrant As Specified In Its Charter) |
Canada |
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2836 |
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98-1136802 |
(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) |
251 Consumers Road, Suite 1105
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M2J 4R3
(647) 479-9828
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area
code, of registrant’s principal executive offices) |
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Aptose Biosciences U.S. Inc.
Unit 120, 12770 High Bluff Drive
San Diego, California 92130
(858) 926-2730 |
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
agent for service) |
COPIES TO:
Daniel M. Miller
Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Suite 1070, 1095 West Pender Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada V6E 2M6
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Fletcher Payne
Chief Financial Officer
Aptose Biosciences Inc.
251 Consumers Road, Suite 1105
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M2J 4R3
(647) 479-9828 |
From time to time after the effective
date of this Registration Statement |
(Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public) |
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, please check the following box. ☒
If this Form is used 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(d)
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. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the Company 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. (Check one):
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 Company 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 Company hereby amends this registration statement on such date
or date(s) as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Company 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 Registration Statement
on Form S-1 (File No. 333-272752) is filed solely to amend Item 16 of Part II thereof and to file certain exhibits thereto. This Amendment
No. 1 does not modify any provision of the preliminary prospectus contained in Part I. Accordingly, the preliminary prospectus has been
omitted.
PART II
INFORMATION
NOT REQUIRED IN THE PROSPECTUS
Item 13. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.
The following table sets forth all expenses to be
paid by the Company, other than underwriting discounts and commissions, upon the completion of this offering. All amounts shown are estimates
except for the SEC filing fee.
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Approximate
Amount |
SEC registration fee | |
$ | 839.27 | |
Legal fees and expenses | |
| 100,000 | |
Accounting fees and expenses | |
| 30,000 | |
Transfer agent and registrar fees | |
| 6,000 | |
Miscellaneous | |
| 13,000 | |
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Total | |
$ | 149,839.27 | |
Item 14. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Under the Canada
Business Corporations Act, or the “CBCA”, the Company may indemnify its current or former directors or officers or another
individual who acts or acted at the Company’s request as a director or officer, or an individual acting in a similar capacity,
of another entity, against all costs, charges and expenses, including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably
incurred by the individual in respect of any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other proceeding in which the individual
is involved because of his or her association with the Company or another entity, and the individual seeking indemnity shall have a right
to such indemnity if such individual was not judged by the court or other competent authority to have committed any fault or omitted
to do anything that such individual ought to have done. The CBCA also provides that the Company may advance moneys to such an individual
for the costs, charges and expenses of such a proceeding.
The CBCA also provides that
the Company may with the approval of a court, indemnify such an individual or advance moneys against all costs, charges and expenses
reasonably incurred by the individual in connection with an action by or on behalf of the Company or other entity to procure a judgment
in its favour, to which the individual is made a party because of the individual’s association with the Company or other entity
at the Company’s request.
However, indemnification
under any of the foregoing circumstances is prohibited under the CBCA unless the individual:
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acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the Company’s best interests, or the best interests
of the other entity for which the individual acted as director or officer or in a similar capacity at the Company’s request;
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in the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty,
the individual had reasonable grounds for believing that his or her conduct was lawful. |
The Company’s by-law
No. 2 provides that the Company will indemnify its directors or officers, former directors or officers or other individuals who act or
have acted at the Company’s request as a director or officer, or in a similar capacity, of another entity, and his or her heirs
and legal representatives to the extent permitted by the CBCA.
The Company’s by-law
No. 2 further provides that, except as otherwise required by the CBCA, the Company may from time to time indemnify and save harmless
any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding,
whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the Company) by reason of the fact
that he or she is or was an employee or agent of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as an employee, agent
of or participant in another entity against expenses (including legal fees), judgments, fines and any amount actually and reasonably
incurred by him or her in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he or she acted honestly and in good faith with a view to
the best interests of the Company or, as the case may be, to the best interests of the other entity for which he or she served at the
Company’s request and, with respect to any criminal or administrative action or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty,
had reasonable grounds for believing that his or her conduct was lawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment,
order, settlement or conviction will not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act honestly and in good faith with
a view to the best interests of the Company or other entity and, with respect to any criminal or administrative action or proceeding
that is enforced by a monetary penalty, had no reasonable grounds for believing that his or her conduct was lawful.
The Company has entered into
indemnity agreements with its directors and certain officers pursuant to which it has agreed to indemnify its officers and directors
for:
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all costs, charges and expenses, including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment,
reasonably incurred by them in respect of any civil, criminal or administrative action or proceeding to which they are made a party
by reason of being or having been a director and/or officer of the Company, if (i) they acted honestly and in good faith with a view
to the best interests of the Company, and (ii) in the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding that is enforced
by a monetary penalty, they had reasonable grounds for believing that their conduct was lawful. |
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all costs, charges and expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with any action by or on
behalf of the Company to procure a judgment in the Company’s favour to which they are made a party by reason of being or having
been a director and/or officer of the Company. |
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all costs, charges and expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with the defense of any
civil, criminal or administrative proceeding to which they are made a party by reason of being or having been a director and/or officer
of the Company if they have been substantially successful on the merits in their defense of the action or proceeding and they fulfil
the conditions set forth in the two foregoing clauses (a)(i) and (a)(ii) above. |
Insofar as indemnification
for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the
Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the Company has been informed that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is therefore unenforceable.
Item 15. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities.
We sold the
securities described below within the past three years which were not registered under the Securities Act.
On May 25, 2023,
we entered into Purchase Agreement with Keystone, pursuant to which Keystone has committed to purchase from us, at our direction, up
to $25 million Common Shares, subject to the terms and conditions specified in such purchase agreement. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement,
we issued to Lincoln Park 7,547 Initial Commitment Shares concurrently with our execution
of the Purchase Agreement as consideration for its irrevocable commitment to purchase the Common Shares thereunder, subject the terms
and conditions contained therein. As of the date hereof, other than the Commitment Shares, we have not issued and sold any Common Shares
under such the Purchase Agreement. The securities were issued pursuant to an exemption from registration provided for under Section
4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. We relied on this exemption from registration based in part on representations made by the investor.
Item 16. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.
(a) See the Exhibit Index on the page immediately preceding the signature
page hereto for a list of exhibits filed as part of this registration statement on Form S-1, which Exhibit Index is incorporated herein
by reference.
(b) No financial statement schedules are provided because the information
called for is not required or is shown either in the financial statements or the notes thereto.
Item 17. Undertakings.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or
sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually
or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which
was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent
no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee”
table in the effective registration statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect
to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the
registration statement.; provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i), (1)(ii) and (1)(iii) above do not apply if the information required
to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Securities and
Exchange Commission by the Company pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated
by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the
registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability
under the Securities Act to any purchaser:
(A) Each prospectus filed by the Company pursuant
to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and
included in the registration statement; and
(B) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant
to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5) or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant
to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act shall
be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used
after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided
in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be
a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus
relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however,
that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated
or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as
to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration
statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective
date.
(5) That, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each filing of the Company’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and,
where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(6) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising
under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to any charter provision,
by law or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification
is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person
of the Company in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person
in connection with the securities being registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled
by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
EXHIBIT INDEX
The following documents are being filed with the Commission as exhibits
to this registration statement on Form S-1.
Exhibit
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Description of Document |
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3.1 |
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Articles of
Incorporation, Arrangement and Amendment (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.3 to the Company’s Current Report
on Form 6-K filed with the SEC on June 12, 2015) |
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3.2 |
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Certificate
of Amendment (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC
on June 5, 2023) |
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3.3 |
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By-law #2 of
the Company (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 6-K filed with the SEC
on June 12, 2015) |
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4.1 |
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Description
of Securities (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Annual report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 22,
2022) |
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5.1 |
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Opinion of McCarthy Tétrault LLP (incorporated by referenced to Exhibit 5.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC on June 16, 2023) |
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10.1 |
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Indemnification
Agreement dated July 10, 2007 between Lorus Therapeutics Inc. and the Company (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.1
to the Company’s Current Report on Form 6-K filed with the SEC on September 4, 2007) |
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10.2+ |
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Amended
and Restated Executive Employment Agreement between the Company and Dr. William G. Rice dated August 19, 2014 (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 4.9A to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the SEC on March 4, 2015) |
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10.3+ |
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Share Option
Plan as amended May 5, 2015 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 6-K filed
with the SEC on June 12, 2015) |
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10.4+ |
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Stock Incentive
Plan as adopted May 5, 2015 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 6-K filed
with the SEC on June 12, 2015) |
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10.5+ |
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Form
of Executive Employment Agreement, dated December 4, 2019, between the Company and Dr. Rafael Bejar (incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 10.7 to the Company’s Annual Report filed on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 10, 2020) |
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10.6 |
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License
agreement dated June 13, 2018 by and between the Company and CrystalGenomics, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 1.1
to the Company’s Current Report on Form 6-K filed with the SEC filed on June 22, 2018) |
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10.7 |
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Option and
License Agreement between the Company and CrystalGenomics, Inc. dated March 21, 2016 (incorporated herein by reference on Form
10-KA/3 filed with the SEC on April 22, 2019) |
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10.8 |
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Amendment
to Option and License Agreement between the Company and CrystalGenomics, Inc., dated April 26, 2016 (incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 99.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 6-K filed with the SEC on June 8, 2016) |
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10.9 |
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Second
Amendment to Option and License Agreement between the Company and CrystalGenomics, Inc., dated May 13, 2016 (incorporated herein
by reference to Exhibit 99.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 6-K filed with the SEC on June 8, 2016) |
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10.10 |
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Third Amendment
to Option and License Agreement between the Company and CrystalGenomics, Inc., dated May 19, 2016 (incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 99.4 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 6-K filed with the SEC on June 8, 2016) |
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10.11 |
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Fourth Amendment
to Option and License Agreement between the Company and CrystalGenomics, Inc., dated June 1, 2016 (incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 99.5 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 6-K filed with the SEC on June 8, 2016) |
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10.12 |
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License
Agreement dated as of March 6, 2018 by and between the Company and Ohm Oncology Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
99.2 on Form 6-K filed with the SEC filed on March 8, 2018) |
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10.13+ |
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Aptose
Biosciences Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to the Definitive Proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed
with the SEC on April 1, 2021) |
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10.14+ |
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Aptose
Biosciences Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to the Definitive Proxy statement on Schedule 14A
filed with the SEC on April 1, 2021) |
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10.15 |
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Exclusive
License Agreement, dated November 4, 2021, by and between Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. and Aptose Biosciences Inc. (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report filed on Form 8-K on November 4, 2021) |
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10.16 |
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Employment
Agreement dated June 3, 2019 between Aptose Biosciences Inc. and Philippe Ledru (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1
to the Company’s Current Report filed on Form 8-K on April 11, 2022) |
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10.17 |
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Employment
Agreement, dated June 27, 2022, between Aptose Biosciences Inc. and Fletcher Payne (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1
to the Company’s Current Report filed on Form 8-K on June 28, 2022) |
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10.18 |
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Equity Distribution
Agreement, dated December 9, 2022, among Aptose Biosciences Inc. and JonesTrading Institutional Services LLC (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report filed on Form 8-K on December 12, 2022) |
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10.19 |
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Common Share Purchase Agreement, dated May 25, 2023, between Aptose Biosciences Inc. and Keystone Capital Partners, LLC (incorporated by reference herein to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report filed on Form 8-K on May 26, 2023) |
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10.20 |
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Registration Rights Agreement, dated May 25, 2023, between Aptose Biosciences Inc. and Keystone Capital Partners, LLC (incorporated by reference herein to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's Current Report filed on Form 8-K on May 26, 2023) |
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21.1 |
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List of Subsidiaries (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 21.1 to the Company’s Current Report filed on Form 10-K on March 24, 2023) |
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23.1 |
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Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (KPMG) (incorporated by referenced to Exhibit 23.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC on June 16, 2023) |
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23.2 |
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Consent of McCarthy Tétrault LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1) |
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24.1 |
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Powers of Attorney (incorporated by referenced to Exhibit 24.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC on June 16, 2023) |
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107 |
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Filing Fees (incorporated by referenced to Exhibit 107 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC on June 16, 2023) |
+ Indicates management contract or compensatory plan.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act
of 1933, the Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-1
and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City
of Toronto, Ontario, Canada on June 28, 2023.
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Aptose Biosciences Inc. |
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By: |
/s/ William G. Rice |
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William G. Rice |
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President and Chief Executive Officer |
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act
of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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Positions |
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Date |
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/s/ William G. Rice
William G. Rice |
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President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors (Principal Executive Officer) |
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June 28, 2023 |
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Fletcher Payne |
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Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
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June 28, 2023 |
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Denis Burger |
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Director |
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June 28, 2023 |
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Carol Ashe |
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Director |
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June 28, 2023 |
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Dr. Erich M. Platzer |
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Director |
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June 28, 2023 |
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Dr. Bernd R. Seizenger |
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Director |
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June 28, 2023 |
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Dr. Mark Vincent |
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Director |
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June 28, 2023 |
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Warren Whitehead |
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Director |
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June 28, 2023 |
*By: /s/ William G. Rice
William G. Rice
Attorney-in-Fact
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 6(a) of the
Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned has signed this registration statement, solely in the capacity of the duly authorized representative
of Aptose Biosciences Inc. in the United States, on this 28th day of June, 2023.
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APTOSE BIOSCIENCES U.S. INC. |
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By: |
/s/ William G. Rice |
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Name: |
William G. Rice |
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Title: |
President and Chief Executive Officer |
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