Form S-8

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 6, 2005

Registration No. 333-            


UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM S-8

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 


 

DURECT CORPORATION

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

Delaware   94-3297098

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

10240 Bubb Road

Cupertino, CA 95014

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 


 

DURECT Corporation 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

DURECT Corporation 2000 Stock Plan

(Full title of the plan)

 


 

James E. Brown

Chief Executive Officer

DURECT Corporation

10240 Bubb Road

Cupertino, CA 95014

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

(408) 777-1417

(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 


 

Copy to:

Mark B. Weeks

Stephen B. Thau

Heller Ehrman LLP

275 Middlefield Road

Menlo Park, California 94025

(650) 324-7000

(Calculation of Registration Fee on following page)

 


 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE


Title of each class of securities to be registered    Amount to be
registered(1)
   Proposed
maximum
offering price
per share
    Proposed
maximum
aggregate
offering price
  

Amount of
registration

fee

DURECT Corporation 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Common Stock, $0.0001 par value

   225,000 Shares    $ 2.43 (2)   $ 546,750    $ 64.35

DURECT Corporation 2000 Stock Plan

Common Stock, $0.0001 par value

   2,250,000 Shares    $ 2.86 (3)   $ 6,435,000    $ 757.40

Total

   2,475,000 Shares            $ 6,981,750    $ 821.75

(1) This registration statement shall also cover any additional shares of common stock which become issuable under any of the plans being registered pursuant to this registration statement by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the registrant’s outstanding shares of common stock.
(2) Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. The computation is based upon the average of the high and low sale prices of the common stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on May 3, 2005, multiplied by 85%, which is the percentage of the trading purchase price applicable to purchases under the referenced Plan.
(3) Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. The computation with respect to unissued options is based upon the average high and low sale prices of the common stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on May 3, 2005.

 

The contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed by the issuer on November 12, 2004, file number 333-120405, are incorporated by reference. This Registration Statement relates solely to the registration of additional securities of the same class as other securities for which a registration statement on this form relating to an employee benefit plan is effective.

 

[Signature Pages Follow]

 



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-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Cupertino, State of California, on May 6, 2005.

 

DURECT CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ James E. Brown


   

James E. Brown

President, Chief Executive Officer and a

Director

 

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POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints James E. Brown and Jian Li, jointly and severally, his or her attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with the power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place or stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file such amendments, together with exhibits and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to each 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 and about the premises, as fully as he or she might or could do in person, and ratifying and confirming all that the attorney-in-facts and agents, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature


  

Title


 

Date


/s/ James E. Brown


James E. Brown

  

President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director (Principal Executive Officer)

  May 6, 2005

/s/ Felix Theeuwes


Felix Theeuwes

  

Chairman of the Board and Chief Scientific Officer

  May 6, 2005

/s/ Jian Li


Jian Li

  

Principal Financial and Accounting Officer

  May 6, 2005

/s/ Simon X. Benito


Simon X. Benito

  

Director

  May 6, 2005

/s/Michael D. Casey


Michael D. Casey

  

Director

  May 6, 2005

/s/ David R. Hoffmann


David R. Hoffmann

  

Director

  May 6, 2005

/s/ Armand P. Neukermans


Armand P. Neukermans

  

Director

  May 6, 2005

/s/ Jon S. Saxe


Jon S. Saxe

  

Director

  May 6, 2005

 

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit

Number


   
5.1   Opinion of Heller Ehrman LLP.
23.1  

Consent of Heller Ehrman LLP

(included in Exhibit 5.1).

23.2   Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
24.1   Powers of Attorney (see signature page).