As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 15, 2011

Registration No. 333-           

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM S-1

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 


 

PACIRA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Delaware

 

2834

 

51-0619477

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

 

(Primary Standard Industrial

Classification Code Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

 

5 Sylvan Way, Suite 100

Parsippany, New Jersey 07054

(973) 254-3560

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 


 

David M. Stack
President and Chief Executive Officer
5 Sylvan Way, Suite 100
Parsippany, New Jersey 07054

(973) 254-3560

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 


 

Copies to:

 

Joseph K. Wyatt, Esq.

 

Marc D. Jaffe Esq.

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

 

Gregory P. Rodgers, Esq.

950 Page Mill Road

 

Latham & Watkins LLP

Palo Alto, California 94304

 

885 Third Avenue

(650) 858-6000

 

New York, NY 10022

 

 

(212) 906-1200

 


 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.

 

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. o

 

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant 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.  x 333-177776

 

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. o

 

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.  o

 

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.  (Check one):

 

Large accelerated filer o

 

Accelerated filer o

Non-accelerated filer x (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

 

Smaller reporting company o

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title of each class of securities
to be registered

 

Amount to be
registered (1)

 

Proposed maximum
offering price
per share (2)

 

Proposed maximum
aggregate
offering price (2)

 

Amount of
registration fee

 

Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share

 

1,150,000 shares

 

$

6.50

 

$

7,475,000

 

$

857

 

(1) Includes 150,000 shares which the Underwriters have the option to purchase from the Company to cover over-allotments, if any.

(2)  Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(a) of the Securities Act of 1933.

 

This Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing with the Commission in accordance with Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

 

 



 

EXPLANATORY NOTE AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

 

This registration statement is being filed with respect to the registration of additional shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation, pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.  The contents of the earlier registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-177776) filed by Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc., which was declared effective by the Commission on November 15, 2011, are incorporated in this registration statement by reference.

 

The required opinions and consents are listed on an Exhibit Index attached hereto and filed herewith.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Parsippany, State of New Jersey, on this 15th day of November, 2011.

 

 

Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ David Stack

 

 

David Stack

 

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

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.

 

Signature

 

Title

 

Date

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ David Stack

 

Director, President and Chief

 

November 15, 2011

David Stack

 

Executive Officer (Principal

 

 

 

 

Executive Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ James Scibetta

 

Chief Financial Officer (Principal

 

November 15, 2011

James Scibetta

 

Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

November 15, 2011

Fred Middleton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

November 15, 2011

Luke Evnin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

November 15, 2011

Laura Brege

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

November 15, 2011

John Longenecker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

November 15, 2011

Gary Pace

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

November 15, 2011

Andreas Wicki

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

November 15, 2011

Paul Hastings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*By:

/s/ David Stack

 

 

 

 

David Stack

 

 

 

 

Attorney-in-Fact

 

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

 

5.1

 

 

Opinion of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

23.1

 

 

Consent of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP (Included in Exhibit 5.1)

23.2

 

 

Consent of J.H. Cohn LLP

24.1*

 

 

Powers of Attorney

 


*     Filed as Exhibit 24.1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-177776) filed with the Commission on November 7, 2011, as amended, and incorporated in this registration statement by reference.

 

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