CELL THERAPEUTICS, INC. (Exact Name of Registrant As Specified in Its Charter)
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Table of Contents As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 16, 2011 Registration No. 333-161442 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 CELL THERAPEUTICS, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Washington 2834 91-1533912 (State of other jurisdiction of (Primary Standard Industrial (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Classification Code Number) Identification No.) 501 Elliott Avenue West, Suite 400 Seattle, Washington 98119 (206) 282-7100 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices) James A. Bianco, M.D. Chief Executive Officer Cell Therapeutics, Inc. 501 Elliott Avenue West, Suite 400 Seattle, Washington 98119 (206) 282-7100 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) Copy to: C. Brophy Christensen, Jr., Esq. Todd A. Hamblet, Esq. O’Melveny & Myers LLP Two Embarcadero Center, 28th Floor San Francisco, California 94111-3823 (415) 984-8700 Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the effective date of this registration statement. If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. ¨ Table of Contents 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, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. x 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.D. 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.D. 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 a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See definition of “accelerated filer,” “large accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one): Large accelerated filer ¨ Accelerated filer x Non-accelerated filer ¨ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) Smaller reporting company ¨ CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE Proposed Proposed Amount Maximum Maximum to be Aggregate Aggregate Amount of Title of Each Class of Registered Offering Price Offering Price Registration Securities To Be Registered (1)(2) Per Unit (3)(4) Fee (5) Primary Offering Common Stock, no par value per share Preferred Stock, no par value per share Debt Securities Warrants Rights Units Total $150,000,000 $17,415.00 Secondary Offering Common Stock to be sold by selling shareholder 251,760 $0.34 $86,643.20 $10.06 Total for Primary and Secondary Offering $150,086,643.20 $17,425.06(6)(7) (1) With respect to the primary offering, there is being registered hereunder such indeterminate number of shares of common stock and preferred stock, such indeterminate principal amount of debt securities, such indeterminate number of warrants to purchase common stock, preferred stock and/or debt securities of one or more series, such indeterminate number of rights to purchase common stock, preferred stock and/or debt securities of one or more series, and such indeterminate number of units representing an interest in one or more shares of common stock or preferred stock, debt securities, warrants and/or rights in any combination as shall have an aggregate initial offering price not to exceed $150,000,000. If any debt securities are issued at an original issue discount, then the offering price of such debt securities shall be in such greater principal amount as shall result in an aggregate initial offering price not to exceed $150,000,000, less the aggregate dollar amount of all securities previously issued hereunder. Any securities registered hereunder may be sold separately or as units with other securities registered hereunder. Table of Contents The proposed maximum initial offering price per unit will be determined by the registrant, from time to time, in connection with the issuance by the registrant of the securities registered hereunder. The securities registered also include such indeterminate amounts and numbers of shares of common stock and preferred stock and debt securities as may be issued upon conversion of, or exchange for, preferred stock or debt securities that provide for conversion or exchange, upon exercise of warrants or rights or pursuant to the antidilution provisions of such securities. In addition, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act, the shares being registered hereunder include such indeterminate number of shares of common stock and preferred stock as may be issuable with respect to the shares being registered hereunder as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions. (2) With respect to the secondary offering, there is being registered hereunder 251,760 shares of our common stock which may be sold by the selling shareholder from time to time. Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act, the shares of common stock being registered hereunder include such indeterminate number of shares of common stock as may be issuable with respect to the shares being registered hereunder as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions. (3) With respect to the primary offering, the proposed maximum aggregate offering price per class of security will be determined from time to time by the registrant in connection with the issuance by the registrant of the securities registered hereunder and is not specified as to each class of security pursuant to General Instruction II.D of Form S-3 under the Securities Act. (4) With respect to the secondary offering, the proposed maximum aggregate offering price is estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act on the basis of the high and low sales prices for the common stock as reported on The NASDAQ Capital Market on February 14, 2011. (5) With respect to the primary offering, calculated in accordance with Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act. (6) The registrant previously registered the resale of an aggregate of 4,060 shares of Series 6 Preferred Stock and 11,600,000 shares of common stock by the selling shareholder by filing a prospectus supplement under Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, filed by the registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 27, 2010, to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-161442), originally filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on August 19, 2009. In connection with the filing of the prospectus supplement, the registrant paid a filing fee of $289.48 in accordance with Rule 457(r) under the Securities Act. 251,760 shares of common stock registered for resale by the selling shareholder pursuant to the prospectus supplement remain unsold. Nevertheless, the registrant is paying an additional registration fee for the 251,760 shares of common stock registered for resale by the selling shareholder hereunder. (7) Previously paid. Table of Contents EXPLANATORY NOTE This Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 (for purposes of this Explanatory Note, this Post-Effective Amendment) to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-161442) (for purposes of this Explanatory Note, the Registration Statement) of Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (for purposes of this Explanatory Note, the Registrant) is being filed to reflect that the Registrant is no longer a well-known seasoned issuer (as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) because the worldwide market value of its outstanding common stock held by non-affiliates was less than $700 million as of the most recent determination date. This Registration Statement contains a prospectus relating to a primary offering by us of shares of our common stock, shares of our preferred stock, debt securities, warrants, rights and units (for purposes of this Explanatory Note, the Company Prospectus), together with separate prospectus pages relating to the resale of shares of our common stock by the selling shareholder (for purposes of this Explanatory Note, the Resale Prospectus). The complete Company Prospectus follows immediately. Following the Company Prospectus are the following alternative and additional pages for the Resale Prospectus: • front cover page, which will replace the front cover page of the Company Prospectus; • pages for the “About This Prospectus”