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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 17, 2010
Registration No. 333-                     
 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Biodel Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
     
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
  90-0136863
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
     
100 Saw Mill Road
Danbury, Connecticut

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
06810
(Zip Code)
2010 Stock Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Errol B. De Souza
Chief Executive Officer
Biodel Inc.
100 Saw Mill Road
Danbury, Connecticut 02421
(203) 796-5000

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Stuart R. Nayman
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
399 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Telephone: (212) 230-8800
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 12b2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer  o Accelerated filer  þ   Non-accelerated filer  o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company  o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
                             
 
  Title of           Proposed
Maximum
    Proposed
Maximum
       
  Securities to be     Amount to be     Offering Price Per     Aggregate     Amount of  
  Registered     Registered(1)     Share     Offering Price     Registration Fee  
 
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share
    5,400,000 shares(2)     $4.14 to $4.70(3)     $21,483,600(3)     $1,531.78  
 
 
(1)   In accordance with Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement shall be deemed to cover any additional securities that may from time to time be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
 
(2)   Represents 5,400,000 shares of Common Stock initially available for future grants under the 2010 Stock Incentive Plan.
 
(3)   Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The price per share and aggregate offering price are calculated on the basis of (a) $4.18, the weighted average exercise price of the 865,000 shares subject to outstanding stock option grants under the 2010 Stock Incentive Plan, at prices ranging from $4.14 to $4.70, and (b) the average of the high and low sale prices of the Registrant’s Common Stock on the Nasdaq Global Market on August 12, 2010, in accordance with Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended for the 4,535,000 shares issuable under the 2010 Stock Incentive Plan which are not subject to outstanding options.
 
 

 


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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
     Item 1. Plan Information.
     Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
     Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
     Item 4. Description of Securities.
     Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
     Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
     Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
     Item 8. Exhibits.
     Item 9. Undertakings.
SIGNATURES
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
      Item 1. Plan Information.
     The information required by Item 1 is included in documents sent or given to participants in the plans covered by this registration statement pursuant to Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).
      Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
     The written statement required by Item 2 is included in documents sent or given to participants in the plans covered by this registration statement pursuant to Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
      Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
     The registrant is subject to the informational and reporting requirements of Sections 13(a), 14, and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and in accordance therewith files reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”). The following documents, which are on file with the Commission, are incorporated in this registration statement by reference:
     (a) The registrant’s latest annual report filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or the latest prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act that contains audited financial statements for the registrant’s latest fiscal year for which such statements have been filed.
     (b) All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the document referred to in (a) above.
     (c) The description of the securities contained in the registrant’s registration statements on Form 8-A filed under the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
     All documents subsequently filed by the registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby 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 part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.
      Item 4. Description of Securities.
     Not applicable.

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      Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
     Not applicable.
      Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
     The Registrant is incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware. Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”) provides that a Delaware corporation may indemnify any persons who are, or are threatened to be made, parties to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of such corporation), by reason of the fact that such person is or was an officer, director, employee or agent of such corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such corporation as an officer, director, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, provided that such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation’s best interests and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was illegal. A Delaware corporation may indemnify any persons who are, or are threatened to be made, a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit provided such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation’s best interests except that no indemnification is permitted without judicial approval if the officer or director is adjudged to be liable to the corporation. Where an officer or director is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action referred to above, the corporation must indemnify him or her against the expenses which such officer or director has actually and reasonably incurred.
     The Registrant’s second amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws, provide for the indemnification of the Registrant’s directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted under the DGCL. As permitted by Delaware law, the Registrant has entered into indemnity agreements with each of its directors and executive officers. These agreements generally require the Registrant to indemnify its directors and executive officers against any and all expenses (including attorneys’ fees), witness fees, damages, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts incurred (including expenses of a derivative action) in connection with any action, suit or proceeding, whether actual or threatened, to which any of these individuals may be made a party by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee, or other agent of the Registrant or serving at its request as a director, officer, employee, or other agent of another corporation or enterprise, provided that he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the Registrant’s best interests and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. Under the indemnification agreements, all expenses incurred by one of the Registrant’s directors or executive officers in defending any such action, suit or proceeding in advance of its final disposition shall be paid by the Registrant upon delivery to it of an undertaking, by or on behalf of the director or executive officer, to repay all advanced amounts if it is ultimately determined that the director or executive officer is not entitled to be indemnified by the Registrant under his or her indemnification agreement, the Registrant’s amended and restated bylaws or the DGCL. The indemnification agreements also set forth certain procedures that will apply in the event any of the Registrant’s directors or executive officers brings a claim for indemnification under his or her indemnification agreement.

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     Section 102 of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits a corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation that a director of the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duties as a director, except for liability:
    for any transaction from which the director derives an improper personal benefit;
 
    for acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;
 
    for acts related to unlawful stock repurchases, redemptions or other distributions or payment of dividends; or
 
    for any breach of a director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders.
     The Registrant’s second amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws include such a provision.
      Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
     Not applicable.
      Item 8. Exhibits.
     The Exhibit Index immediately preceding the exhibits is incorporated herein by reference.
      Item 9. Undertakings.
     1.  Item  512(a) of Regulation S-K . The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
     (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
          (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
          (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement; and
          (iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (i) and (ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
     (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

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     (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
     2.  Item  512(b) of Regulation S-K . The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
     3.  Item  512(h) of Regulation S-K . Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

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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 Danbury, State of Connecticut, on this 17 day of August, 2010.
         
  BIODEL INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ ERROL B. DE SOUZA    
    Dr. Errol B. De Souza   
    Chief Executive Officer   
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
     We, the undersigned officers and directors of Biodel Inc., hereby severally constitute and appoint Errol B. De Souza, Gerard Michel and Paul S. Bavier, and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the registration statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any and all subsequent amendments to said registration statement, and generally to do all such things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable Biodel Inc. to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all amendments thereto.
     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/ ERROL B. DE SOUZA
 
Errol B. De Souza
  Chief Executive Officer,
Director (Principal executive
officer)
  August 17, 2010
 
       
/s/ GERARD MICHEL
 
Gerard Michel
  Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer (Principal financial
and accounting officer)
  August 17, 2010
 
       
 
       
/s/ BARRY H. GINSBERG
 
Barry H. Ginsberg
  Director    August 17, 2010
 
       
/s/ IRA W. LIEBERMAN
 
Ira W. Lieberman
  Director    August 17, 2010
 
       

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Signature   Title   Date
 
       
/s/ DANIEL LORBER
 
Daniel Lorber
  Director    August 17, 2010
 
       
/s/ BRIAN J.G. PEREIRA
 
Brian J.G. Pereira
  Director    August 17, 2010
 
       
/s/ SOLOMON S. STEINER
 
Solomon S. Steiner
  Director    August 17, 2010

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
     
Number   Description
 
   
4.1(1)
  Registrant’s Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to the registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (SEC File No. 333-140504))
 
   
4.2(1)
  Registrant’s Amended and Restated Bylaws (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.6 to the registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (SEC File No. 333-140504))
 
   
5
  Opinion of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, counsel to the Registrant
 
   
23.1
  Consent of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP (included in Exhibit 5)
 
   
23.2
  Consent of BDO USA, LLP
 
   
24
  Power of attorney (included on the signature pages of this registration statement)
 
   
99.1(1)
  2010 Stock Incentive Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on May 7, 2010 (SEC File No. 001-33451))
 
(1)   Filed previously.

 

EXHIBIT 5
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wilmerhale.com
August 17, 2010
Biodel Inc.
100 Saw Mill Road
Danbury, Connecticut 06810
Re: 2010 Stock Incentive Plan
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have assisted in the preparation of a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), relating to an aggregate of 5,400,000 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Shares”), of Biodel Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), issuable under the Company’s 2010 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).
We have examined the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company, each as amended and restated to date, and originals, or copies certified to our satisfaction, of all pertinent records of the meetings of the directors and stockholders of the Company, the Registration Statement and such other documents relating to the Company as we have deemed material for the purposes of this opinion.
In our examination of the foregoing documents, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified, photostatic or other copies, the authenticity of the originals of any such documents and the legal competence of all signatories to such documents.
We assume that the appropriate action will be taken, prior to the offer and sale of the Shares in accordance with the Plan, to register and qualify the Shares for sale under all applicable state securities or “blue sky” laws.
We express no opinion herein as to the laws of any state or jurisdiction other than the state laws of the State of New York, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and the federal laws of the United States of America.
It is understood that this opinion is to be used only in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares while the Registration Statement is in effect.
Please note that we are opining only as to the matters expressly set forth herein, and no opinion should be inferred as to any other matters.
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr llp , 399 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10022
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Biodel Inc.
August 17, 2010
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Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized for issuance and, when the Shares are issued and paid for in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Plan, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission in connection with the Registration Statement in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act. In giving such consent, we do not hereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission.
         
Very truly yours,

WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR llp
 
   
By:   /s/ STUART R. NAYMAN      
  Stuart R. Nayman, a Partner     
       
 
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr llp , 399 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10022
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Exhibit 23.2
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Biodel Inc.
Danbury, Connecticut
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Prospectus constituting a part of this Form S-8 of our reports dated December 14, 2009, relating to the financial statements and the effectiveness of Biodel Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting appearing in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2009.
/s/ BDO USA, LLP
BDO USA, LLP
New York, New York
August 16, 2010