SEC Form POSASR filed by DICE Therapeutics Inc.

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 9, 2023

Registration No. 333-270581

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

DICE THERAPEUTICS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware		47-2286244
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

400 East Jamie Court, Suite 300

South San Francisco, California 94080

(650) 566-1420

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

 

 

Philip L. Johnson

President

DICE Therapeutics, Inc.

Lilly Corporate Center

Indianapolis, Indiana 46285

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

(317) 276-2000

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

Copy to:

Sophia Hudson, P.C.

Julia Danforth

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

601 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Telephone: (212) 446-4800

 

 

(Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public): Not applicable.

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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (this “Post-Effective Amendment”) relates to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-270581) (the “Registration Statement”) filed by DICE Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Registrant”) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on March 15, 2023, which became effective automatically upon filing, registering the issuance and sale by the Registrant of up to $150,000,000 of the Registrant’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and an unlimited amount of the Registrant’s common stock, preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, debt securities, warrants to purchase the Registrant’s common stock, preferred stock or debt securities, subscription rights to purchase the Registrant’s common stock, preferred stock or debt securities and/or units consisting of some or all of these securities.

On August 9, 2023, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 18, 2023 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Registrant, Eli Lilly and Company (“Parent”) and Durning Acquisition Corporation (“Purchaser”), Purchaser merged with and into the Registrant (the “Merger”), with the Registrant surviving such Merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent. As a result of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the Registrant has terminated any and all offerings and sales of securities pursuant to the Registration Statement. In accordance with an undertaking made by the Registrant in the Registration Statement to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the securities of the Registrant registered under the Registration Statement which remain unsold at the termination of the offering, the Registrant hereby terminates the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and removes from registration all of the securities that remain unsold under the Registration Statement as of the date hereof, if any.

The Registrant is filing this Post-Effective Amendment to withdraw and remove from registration all securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement that remain unsold as of the date hereof. The Registration Statement is hereby amended, as appropriate, to reflect the deregistration of such securities. After giving effect to this Post-Effective Amendment, there will be no remaining securities registered by the Registrant pursuant to the Registration Statement.

SIGNATURE

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 Post-Effective Amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Indianapolis, Indiana, on August 9, 2023.

 

Pursuant to Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, no other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment.