FORM S-8
DURECT CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 94-3297098
(State of incorporation) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
10240 Bubb Road
Cupertino, CA 95014
(Address of principal executive offices)
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DURECT Corporation 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Copy to:
Mark B. Weeks
Stephen B. Thau
Venture Law Group
A Professional Corporation
2800 Sand Hill Road
Menlo Park, California 94025
(650) 854-4488
(Calculation of Registration Fee on following page)
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed Proposed
Maximum Amount Maximum Maximum
to be Offering Aggregate Amount of
Title of Securities to be Registered Registered(1) Price Per Offering Price Registration Fee
Share
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2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Common Stock, $0.0001 par value........... 150,000 Shares $11.7406 (2) $1,761,098 $ 464.93
1998 Stock Option Plan
Common Stock, $0.0001 par value........... 325,750 Shares $ 0.21 (3) $68,408 $ 18.06
2000 Stock Plan
Common Stock, $0.0001 par value........... 1,179,800 Shares $13.8125 (4) $16,295,988 $4,302.14
2000 Directors' Stock Option Plan
Common Stock, $0.0001 par value........... 300,000 Shares $13.8125 (4) $ 4,143,750 $1,093.95
TOTAL 1,955,550 Shares $22,269,236 $5,879.08
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(3) Computed in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. The computation is based on the weighted average per share exercise price (rounded to nearest cent) of outstanding options under the referenced plan, the shares issuable under which are registered hereby.
(4) 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 on the average of the high and low sale prices of the Common Stock as reported on The Nasdaq National Market on October 4, 2000.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
The following documents filed with the SEC are hereby incorporated by reference:
(a) Our Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on April 20, 2000, as amended (No. 333-35316), which contains audited financial statements for our latest fiscal year for which such statements have been filed.
(b) Not Applicable.
(c) The description of our Common Stock in our Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the SEC under Section 12 of the Exchange Act on September 22, 2000 (File No. 000-31615), including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
We will furnish without charge to you, on written or oral request, a copy of any or all of the documents incorporated by reference, other than exhibits to those documents. You should direct any requests for documents to James E. Brown, c/o DURECT Corporation, 10240 Bubb Road, Cupertino, CA 95014.
Our Certificate of Incorporation reduces the liability of a director to the corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for breaches of his or her fiduciary duty of care to the fullest extent permissible under Delaware law. Our Bylaws further provide for indemnification of corporate agents to the maximum extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law. In addition, we have entered into indemnification agreements with our officers and directors.
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5.1 Opinion of Venture Law Group, a Professional Corporation
23.1 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors
23.2 Consent of Venture Law Group, a Professional Corporation (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1 Power of Attorney (see signature page).
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 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.
(2) that, for purposes 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.
(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.
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.
Insofar as the 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 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 a successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered hereunder, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the question has already been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question of 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, DURECT Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, 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 Menlo Park, State of California, on this 5th day of October, 2000.
DURECT Corporation
By: /s/ James E. Brown
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James E. Brown
Chief Executive Officer
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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, jointly and severally, his or her attorney-in-fact and agent, 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 the 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-fact and agent, 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/ Felix Theeuwes Chairman, Chief Scientific Officer October 5, 2000 ------------------------------------ and Director Felix Theeuwes, D.Sc. /s/ James E. Brown President, Chief Executive Officer October 5, 2000 ------------------------------------ and Director James E. Brown, D.V.M. /s/ Thomas A. Schreck Chief Financial Officer and Director October 5, 2000 ------------------------------------ Thomas A. Schreck /s/ James R. Butler Director October 5, 2000 ------------------------------------ James R. Butler /s/ John L. Doyle Director October 5, 2000 ------------------------------------ John L. Doyle /s/ Douglas A. Lee Director October 5, 2000 ------------------------------------ Douglas A. Lee /s/ Matthew V. McPherron Director October 5, 2000 ------------------------------------ Matthew V. McPherron /s/ Albert L. Zesiger Director October 5, 2000 ------------------------------------ Albert L. Zesiger |
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
5.1 Opinion of Venture Law Group, a Professional Corporation
23.1 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP Independent Auditors
23.2 Consent of Venture Law Group, a Professional Corporation (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1 Power of Attorney (see signature page)
Venture Law Group, A Professional Corporation 2800 Sand Hill Road Menlo Park, CA 94025 Tel: (650) 854-4488 Fax: (650) 854-1121
October 5, 2000
DURECT Corporation
10240 Bubb Road
Cupertino, CA 95014
Ladies and Gentlemen:
It is our opinion that upon conclusion of the proceedings being taken or contemplated by us, as your counsel, to be taken prior to the issuance of the Shares, and upon completion of the proceedings being taken in order to permit such transactions to be carried out in accordance with the securities laws of the various states where required, the Shares when issued and sold in the manner described in the Registration Statement will be legally and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
We consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and further consent to the use of our name wherever appearing in the Registration Statement, including the Prospectus constituting a part thereof, and in any amendment thereto.
Very truly yours,
VENTURE LAW GROUP
A Professional Corporation
/s/ Venture Law Group |
Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8) pertaining to the DURECT Corporation 1998 Incentive Stock Plan, DURECT Corporation 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, DURECT Corporation 2000 Stock Plan and DURECT Corporation 2000 Directors' Stock Option Plan of DURECT Corporation of our report dated February 9, 2000, with respect to the financial statements of DURECT Corporation included in its Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-35316) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
/s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP
October 3, 2000
Palo Alto, California
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