SEC Form POS AM filed by TCR2 Therapeutics Inc.
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 1, 2023.
Registration No. 333-236965
Registration No. 333-252244
Registration No. 333-254355
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-236965
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-252244
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO FORM S-3 ASR REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-254355
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
TCR2 THERAPEUTICS INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 47-4152751 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
100 Binney Street, Suite 710
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142
(617) 949-5200
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
William Bertrand
TCR2 Therapeutics Inc.
100 Binney Street, Suite 710
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142
(617) 949-5200
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
With copies to:
Jackie Cohen Ropes & Gray LLP 1211 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036-8704 (212) 596-9000 |
David S. Bakst, Esq. Mayer Brown LLP 1221 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10020 Telephone: (212) 506-2500 |
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable
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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
These Post-Effective Amendments (these “Post-Effective Amendments”) relate to the following Registration Statements on Form S-3 (collectively, the “Registration Statements”) filed by TCR2 Therapeutics Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Registrant”), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”):
1. Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-236965) filed with the SEC on March 6, 2020, as amended on March 30, 2020, pertaining to the registration of up to $300,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of an indeterminate amount of common stock, preferred stock, debt securities, warrants and/or units.
2. Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333- 252244) filed with the SEC on January 19, 2021, pertaining to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-236965) filed with the SEC on March 6, 2020, for the sole purpose of increasing the aggregate number of securities offered by the Registrant under its Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-236965) by a proposed aggregate offering price of $3,599,984.00.
3. Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-254355) filed with the SEC on March 16, 2021, as amended on March 22, 2022, as further amended on March 22, 2022, pertaining to the registration of up to $300,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of an indeterminate amount of common stock, preferred stock, debt securities, warrants and/or units.
On June 1, 2023, pursuant to the terms of an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of March 5, 2023 (the “Merger Agreement”, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 5, 2023) by and among the Registrant, Adaptimmune Therapeutics plc, a public limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales (“Adaptimmune”) and CM Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Adaptimmune (“Merger Sub”), Merger Sub merged with and into the Registrant, with the Registrant surviving the merger as a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of CM Intermediate Sub II, Inc., a Delaware corporation and subsidiary of Adaptimmune (the “Merger”).
As a result of the Merger, the Registrant has terminated any and all offerings of its securities pursuant to the Registration Statements. In accordance with undertakings made by the Registrant in the Registration Statements to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any securities that had been registered for issuance but remain unsold at the termination of the offering, the Registrant hereby removes from registration all securities of the Registrant registered but unsold under the Registration Statements, if any, as of the date hereof.
SIGNATURES
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 these Post-Effective Amendments to the Registration Statements described above to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Cambridge, Commonwealth of Massachusetts on June 1, 2023.
TCR2 THERAPEUTICS INC. | ||
By: | /s/ William Bertrand | |
Name: | William Bertrand | |
Title: | President and Corporate Secretary |
No other person is required to sign these Post-Effective Amendments in reliance upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933.