S-8 1 a2021marchbhvns-8.htm S-8 Document


As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 1, 2021
Registration No. 333-

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

 
FORM S-8
 
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 

 
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
 
British Virgin Islands Not applicable
(State or other jurisdiction of Incorporation or
organization)
 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
c/o Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
215 Church Street
New Haven, Connecticut 06510
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
 

 
2017 Equity Incentive Plan
2017 Employee Share Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plan)
 

 
Vlad Coric, M.D.
Chief Executive Officer
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd.
215 Church Street
New Haven, Connecticut 06510
(203) 404-0410
(Name and address of agent for service) (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
 

Copies to:
 
Robert W. Downes
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
125 Broad Street
New York, NY 10004
(212) 558-4000
 

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,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
 
Large accelerated filer ý   Accelerated filer o
Non-accelerated filer o (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) Smaller reporting company o
Emerging growth company o


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 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  o
 








CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities to be RegisteredAmount to be
Registered (1)
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price Per
Share (2)
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price (2)
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common Shares, no par value5,636,156$79.63 $448,807,102.28 $48,964.85 
 

(1)                      Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of the additional Common Shares, no par value (the “Common Shares”) of Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. (the “Registrant” or the “Company”) that may become issuable under the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan and the 2017 Employee Share Purchase Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without receipt of consideration that increases the number of the Registrant’s outstanding Common Shares.
 
(2)                      Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) promulgated under the Securities Act. The proposed maximum offering price per share and the proposed maximum aggregate offering price are calculated using the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant’s Common Shares as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on February 23, 2021.
 
SecuritiesNumber of SharesOffering Price
Per Share (2)
Aggregate Offering Price
Additional shares reserved for future grant under the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan4,512,303 $79.63 $359,314,687.89 
Additional shares reserved for future grant under the 2017 Employee Share Purchase Plan1,123,853 $79.63 $89,492,414.39 
Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price  $448,807,102.28 
Amount of Registration Fee  $48,964.85 

EXPLANATORY NOTE
 
Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8 under the Securities Act, this Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of registering an additional 5,636,156 Common Shares of the Company consisting of (i) 4,512,303 Common Shares to be issued pursuant to the Company’s 2017 Equity Incentive Plan and (ii) 1,123,853 Common Shares to be issued pursuant to the Company’s 2017 Employee Share Purchase Plan.
 



PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
 
Item 3.    Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

    This Registration Statement is registering additional securities of the same class as registered under the effective Registration Statements of the Registrant on Form S-8 (File numbers 333-218193, 333-225224 and 333-233197) filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on May 23, 2017, May 25, 2018 and August 9, 2019, respectively (the “Earlier Registration Statements”). The contents of the Earlier Registration Statements are hereby incorporated by reference.

The Company hereby incorporates by references the following additional documents:

(a) its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, filed with the Commission on March 1, 2021;

(b) its Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 8, 2021; and

(d) the description of its Common Shares contained in its Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on May 1, 2017 and any amendments or reports filed with the SEC for the purpose of updating the description.

All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the 1934 Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents.  Any statement contained herein or in a document, all or a portion of which is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein (or in any other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein) modifies or supersedes such statement.  Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.




Item 8.    Exhibits.

EXHIBIT INDEX

    The following is a complete list of exhibits filed as part of this Registration Statement:
 
Exhibit 
Number
 Description
4.1 
   
4.2 
4.3 
   
4.4 
   
4.5 
   
5.1 
   
23.1 
   
23.2
23.3 
   
24.1 Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Form S-8).






SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New Haven, State of Connecticut, on this 1st day of March, 2021.
 
 BIOHAVEN PHARMACEUTICAL HOLDING COMPANY LTD.
  
 By:/s/ Vlad Coric, M.D.
  Vlad Coric, M.D.
  Chief Executive Officer




POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENT, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Vlad Coric his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
 
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 and on the dates indicated. 
Signature Title Date
     
/s/ Vlad Coric, M.D. 
Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
 March 1, 2021
Vlad Coric, M.D.    
    
/s/ James Engelhart 
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
 March 1, 2021
James Engelhart    
    
/s/ Declan Doogan, M.D. Chairman of the Board of Directors March 1, 2021
Declan Doogan, M.D.    
    
/s/ Gregory H. Bailey, M.D. Director March 1, 2021
Gregory H. Bailey, M.D.    
    
/s/ John W. Childs Director March 1, 2021
John W. Childs    
    
/s/ Julia P. Gregory Director March 1, 2021
Julia P. Gregory
    
/s/ Michael T. Heffernan Director March 1, 2021
Michael T. Heffernan
/s/ Robert J. HuginDirectorMarch 1, 2021
Robert J. Hugin