As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 6, 2014.

 

Registration No. 333-             

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Form S-8

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

INCYTE CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED
INCYTE CORPORATION 2010 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)

 

 

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” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

Title of

Amount

Proposed Maximum

Proposed

Amount of

Securities To

To Be

Offering Price

Maximum Aggregate

Registration

Be Registered

Registered(1)

per Share(2)

Offering Price(2)

Fee

Common Stock, $.001 par value per share

3,000,000 shares

$

48.10

$

144,300,000

$

18,585.84

(1)                                 Calculated pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8.

 

(2)                                 Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1), based upon the average of the high and low sales prices of the Registrant’s Common Stock on The NASDAQ Stock Market on August 5, 2014.

 

 

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED PURSUANT

TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E TO FORM S-8

 

General Instruction E Information

 

This Registration Statement is being filed for the purpose of increasing the number of securities of the same class as other securities for which a Registration Statement of the Registrant on Form S-8 relating to the same employee benefit plan is effective.

 

The Registrant’s Form S-8 Registration Statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 15, 2010 (File No. 333-167526), June 15, 2011 (File No. 333-174918), June 19, 2012 (File No. 333-182218) and June 18, 2013 (File No. 333-193333) are hereby incorporated by reference.

 

Part II

 

Information Required in the Registration Statement

 

Item 3.   Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

 

The following documents previously filed by Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:

 

(1)                                 Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013;

 

(2)                                 Registrant’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2014 and June 30, 2014;

 

(3)                                 Registrant’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January 13, 2014, January 24, 2014, March 10, 2014 and May 29, 2014; and

 

(4)                                 The description of the Common Stock contained in Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed January 5, 1996.

 

In addition, all documents subsequently filed by Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment 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 filing of such documents.  The Registrant is not, however, incorporating, in each case, any documents or information that the Registrant is deemed to furnish and not file in accordance with Securities and Exchange Commission rules.

 

Item 8.   Exhibits

 

Exhibit
Number		Exhibit
5.1		Opinion of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP.
23.1		Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.2		Consent of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).

 

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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-8, and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Wilmington, State of Delaware, on August 6, 2014.

 

	INCYTE CORPORATION
	By	/s/ Hervé Hoppenot
		Hervé Hoppenot
		President and Chief Executive Officer
		(Principal Executive Officer)

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Hervé Hoppenot, David C. Hastings, and Eric H. Siegel, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her 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 exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact 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 date indicated:

 

Signature		Title		Date
/s/ Hervé Hoppenot		President and Chief Executive Officer		August 6, 2014
Hervé Hoppenot		(Principal Executive Officer) and Director
/s/ David C. Hastings		Executive Vice President and Chief Financial		August 6, 2014
David C. Hastings		Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Laurent Chardonnet		Vice President, Finance and Treasurer		August 6, 2014
Laurent Chardonnet		(Principal Accounting Officer)

 

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Richard U. De Schutter		Chairman		, 2014
/s/ Barry M. Ariko		Director		August 6, 2014
Barry M. Ariko
/s/ Julian C. Baker		Director		August 6, 2014
Julian C. Baker
/s/ Paul A. Brooke		Director		August 6, 2014
Paul A. Brooke
/s/ Wendy L. Dixon		Director		August 6, 2014
Wendy L. Dixon
/s/ Paul A. Friedman		Director		August 6, 2014
Paul A. Friedman

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number		Description of Exhibit
5.1		Opinion of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP.
23.1		Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.2		Consent of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).

 

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