As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 17, 2019

Registration No. 333-207600

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

FORM S-3/A

(Post-Effective Amendment No. 4)

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

ANAVEX LIFE SCIENCES CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) 

51 West 52^nd Street, 7^th Floor
New York, NY 10019-6163
Telephone: 1-844-689-3939
(Address and Telephone Number of Principal Executive Offices)

Christopher Missling, PhD
Chief Executive Officer
51 West 52^nd Street, 7^th Floor
New York, NY 10019-6163
Telephone: 1-844-689-3939
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Agent for Service)

Copies to:

Clayton E. Parker, Esq.
John C. Scarborough, Jr., Esq.
K&L Gates LLP
200 South Biscayne Boulevard, Suite 3900
Miami, Florida 33131-2399
Telephone: (305) 539-3300
Facsimile: (305) 358-7095

Approximate Date of Proposed Sale to the Public: This post−effective amendment no. 4 deregisters those securities that remain unsold hereunder as of the effective date hereof. 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

If an emerging growth company, 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 Securities Act. ☐

EXPLANATORY NOTE

DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 (this “Amendment”) relates to the following Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”), filed by Anavex Life Sciences Corp., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), with the Securities and Exchange Commission:

As of the date hereof, the Company has terminated all offerings of securities pursuant to the Registration Statement. In accordance with the undertakings made by the Company in the Registration Statement to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the securities that had been registered for issuance that remain unsold at the termination of such offering, the Company hereby removes from registration by means of this Amendment, all of such securities registered but unsold under the Registration Statement.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of New York, New York on September 17, 2019. No other person is required to sign this Amendment in reliance upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act.