Registration No. 333-253897
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-253897
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
IVERIC bio, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware (State or jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
20-8185347 (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
8
Sylvan Way
Parsippany, NJ 07054
(800) 727-7003
(Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)
Catherine Levitt
General Counsel
Astellas Pharma US, Inc.
2375 Waterview Drive
Northbrook, IL 60062-6111
(800) 727-7003
(Name, Address, and Telephone Number, including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Copy to:
Jonn Beeson
Ben Chouka
Jones Day
3161 Michelson Drive, Suite 800
Irvine, CA 92612
(949) 851-3939
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable.
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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
This Post-Effective Amendment (the “Post-Effective Amendment”) relates to the following Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”) filed by IVERIC bio, Inc. (“IVERIC” or the “Company”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”):
On July 11, 2023, Berry Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub”) and a wholly owned subsidiary of Astellas US Holding, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), completed its merger (the “Merger”) with and into IVERIC pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated April 28, 2023 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Parent, Merger Sub, IVERIC, and solely as provided by Section 8.10(b) of the Merger Agreement, Astellas Pharma Inc., a company organized under the laws of Japan. IVERIC was the surviving corporation in the Merger and, as a result, is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent.
As a result of the Merger, IVERIC has terminated all offerings and sales of securities pursuant to the Registration Statement. In accordance with an undertaking made by IVERIC 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 under the Registration Statement that remain unsold at the termination of such offering, IVERIC hereby removes from registration all of such securities registered but remaining unsold under the Registration Statement as of the date hereof.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 Post-Effective Amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Parsippany, New Jersey, on July 11, 2023.
| IVERIC bio, Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ Mark Reisenauer | |
| Name: | Mark Reisenauer | |
| Title: | President, Secretary and Treasurer | |
No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment in reliance on Rule 478 of the Securities Act of 1933.
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