S-3MEF

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 24, 2006

Registration No. 333-            


UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 


FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 


ACADIA PHARMACEUTICALS INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   06-1376651

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

3911 Sorrento Valley Boulevard, San Diego, CA 92121

(858) 558-2871

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

 


Uli Hacksell, Ph.D.

Chief Executive Officer

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc.

3911 Sorrento Valley Boulevard, San Diego, CA 92121

(858) 558-2871

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

 


Copies to:

 

Glenn F. Baity

General Counsel

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc.

3911 Sorrento Valley Boulevard, San Diego, CA 92121

(858) 558-2871

   D. Bradley Peck
J. Patrick Loofbourrow
Cooley Godward LLP
4401 Eastgate Mall, San Diego, CA 92121-9109
(858) 550-6000

 


Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:

As soon as practicable 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:  ¨

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.  x 333-131079

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.  ¨

 


CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 


Title of Each Class of Securities

to Be Registered

  

Proposed Maximum

Aggregate

Offering Price(1)

  

Amount of

Registration Fee(1)

Common Stock, $0.0001 par value

   $ 19,032,270    $ 2,037

(1) The registration fee has been calculated in accordance with Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 



EXPLANATORY NOTE

This registration statement is being filed to register an additional $19,032,270 worth of shares of our common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. In accordance with Rule 462(b), this registration statement incorporates by reference the contents of our registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-131079) which was declared effective on February 10, 2006, including all amendments, supplements and exhibits thereto and all information incorporated by reference therein, other than the exhibits included herein.

The required opinions and consents are listed on the Index to Exhibits attached to and filed with this registration statement.


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-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Diego, State of California, on April 21, 2006.

 

ACADIA PHARMACEUTICALS INC.

By:

 

/s/    ULI HACKSELL        

 

Uli Hacksell

Chief Executive Officer

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/    ULI HACKSELL        

Uli Hacksell

  

Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)

   April 21, 2006

/s/    THOMAS H. AASEN        

Thomas H. Aasen

  

Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

   April 21, 2006

*

Mark R. Brann

  

President, Chief Scientific Officer and Director

   April 21, 2006

*

Leslie Iverson

  

Chairman of the Board

   April 21, 2006

*

Gordon Binder

  

Director

   April 21, 2006

*

Michael Borer

  

Director

   April 21, 2006

*

Mary Ann Gray

  

Director

   April 21, 2006

*

Lester Kaplan

  

Director

   April 21, 2006

*

Torsten Rasmussen

  

Director

   April 21, 2006

*

Alan Walton

  

Director

   April 21, 2006

 

*By:

 

/s/    ULI HACKSELL        

    Uli Hacksell
  Attorney-in-fact


INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description

5.1    Opinion of Cooley Godward LLP.
23.1    Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.2    Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1    Power of Attorney (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 24.1 to Registration Statement File No. 333-131079).
Opinion of Cooley Godward LLP

EXHIBIT 5.1

 

LOGO   

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

 

4401 Eastgate Mall

San Diego, CA

92121-1909

Main            858 550-6000

Fax              858 550-6420

 

www.cooley.com

  

Broomfield, CO

720 566-4000

 

Palo Alto, CA

650 843-5000

 

Reston, VA

703 456-8000

 

San Francisco, CA

415 693-2000

Washington, DC

202-842-7800

April 21, 2006

 

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc.

3911 Sorrento Valley Boulevard

San Diego, CA 92121

  

JULIE M. ROBINSON

(858) 550-6092

robinsonjm@cooley.com

  

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the filing of a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”) pursuant to Rule 462(b) of Regulation C promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), relating to an aggregate of $19,032,270 of shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”), of the Company (the “Shares”). The Shares are being registered for offering and sale from time to time pursuant to Rule 415 of the General Rules and Regulations promulgated under the Securities Act (the “Securities Act Rules”). The Registration Statement incorporates by reference the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-131079), which was declared effective on February 10, 2006, including the prospectus which forms a part of such Registration Statement (the “Prospectus”), as supplemented from time to time by one or more prospectus supplements (each, a “Prospectus Supplement”).

In connection with this opinion, we have examined and relied upon the originals, or copies certified to our satisfaction, of such records, documents, certificates, opinions, memoranda and other instruments as in our judgment are necessary or appropriate to enable us to render the opinion expressed below. As to certain factual matters, we have relied upon certificates of the officers of the Company and have not sought to independently verify such matters.

In rendering this opinion, we have assumed the genuineness and authenticity of all signatures on original documents; the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals; the conformity to originals of all documents submitted to us as copies; the accuracy, completeness and authenticity of certificates of public officials; and the due authorization, execution and delivery of all documents where authorization, execution and delivery are prerequisites to the effectiveness of such documents. We have also assumed that, at the time of issuance and sale, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock is authorized and reserved or available for issuance and that the consideration for the issuance and sale of such shares of Common Stock is not less than the par value of the Common Stock, and that, prior to any offering and sale of the Shares, the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”), including any appropriate committee appointed thereby, will duly authorize the price at which the Shares are to be issued and sold.

Our opinion herein is expressed solely with respect to the federal laws of the United States and the Delaware General Corporation Law. We express no opinion as to whether the laws of any jurisdiction are applicable to the subject matter hereof. We are not rendering any opinion as to compliance with any federal or state antifraud law, rule or regulation relating to securities, or to the sale or issuance thereof.


On the basis of the foregoing and in reliance thereon, and subject to the qualifications herein stated, we are of the opinion that, with respect to any offering of the Shares, provided that (i) the Registration Statement, as finally amended, has become effective; (ii) an appropriate prospectus supplement with respect to the Shares has been prepared, delivered and filed in compliance with the Securities Act and the applicable Securities Act Rules; (iii) the Board, including any appropriate committee appointed thereby, and appropriate officers of the Company have taken all necessary corporate action to approve the issuance of the Shares and related matters; and (iv) the issuance and sale of the Shares do not violate any applicable law or the operative certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Company or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Company and comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company, then the Shares, when issued and sold in accordance with any duly authorized, executed and delivered purchase, underwriting or similar agreement, will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to our firm under the caption “Legal Matters” in the Prospectus included in the Registration Statement.

Very truly yours,

Cooley Godward LLP

 

By:

 

/s/    JULIE M. ROBINSON        

  Julie M. Robinson
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our report dated March 15, 2006 relating to the financial statements, management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005. We also consent to the reference to us under the headings “Experts” in such Registration Statement.

/s/    PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

San Diego, California

April 20, 2006