As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 24, 2019.

Registration No. 333-            

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-1

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

CABALETTA BIO, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware
  2836
  82-1685768
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

Cabaletta Bio, Inc.

2929 Arch Street, Suite 600

Philadelphia, PA 19104

(267) 759-3100

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

 

Steven Nichtberger, M.D.

Chief Executive Officer and President

2929 Arch Street, Suite 600

Philadelphia, PA 19104

(267) 759-3100

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

Copies to:

 

Mitchell S. Bloom, Esq.

Michael J. Minahan, Esq.

Goodwin Procter LLP

100 Northern Avenue

Boston, Massachusetts 02210

(617) 570-1000

 

Patrick O’Brien, Esq.

Benjamin Kozik, Esq.

Ropes & Gray LLP

800 Boylston Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02199

(617) 951-7000

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:

As soon as practicable after this registration statement becomes effective.

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act, check the following box:  ☐

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ☒ Registration No. 333-234017

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ☐

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer      Accelerated filer  
Non-accelerated filer      Smaller reporting company  
     Emerging growth company  

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.  ☐

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

Title of Each Class of

Securities to be Registered

 

Amount

to be

Registered(1)

 

Proposed

Maximum
Aggregate

Offering Price

Per Share

 

Proposed

Maximum
Aggregate

Offering Price

  Amount of
Registration Fee(2)

Common Stock, $0.00001 par value per share

  1,150,000   $11.00   $12,650,000   $1,641.97

 

 

(1)

Represents only the additional number of shares being registered and includes 150,000 shares of Common Stock that the underwriters have the option to purchase from the Registrant. Does not include the securities that the Registrant previously registered on the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-234017).

(2)

The registration fee is calculated in accordance with Rule 457(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, based on the proposed maximum aggregate offering price. The registrant previously registered securities at an aggregate offering price not to exceed $106,720,000 on a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-234017), which was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 24, 2019. In accordance with Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, an additional amount of securities having a proposed maximum aggregate offering price of $12,650,000 is hereby registered.

 

 

This registration statement shall become effective upon filing with the Commission in accordance with Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

 

 


EXPLANATORY NOTE AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

Pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Cabaletta Bio, Inc. (the “Company”) is filing this registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). This Registration Statement relates to the public offering of securities contemplated by the registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-234017), which the Company originally filed on October 16, 2019, as amended (the “Initial Registration Statement”), and which the SEC declared effective on October 24, 2019. This Registration Statement incorporates by reference the contents of, including all amendments and exhibits thereto, the Initial Registration Statement.

The Company is filing this Registration Statement for the sole purpose of increasing the number of shares of our Common Stock to be registered for issuance and sale by 1,150,000 shares, which includes 150,000 shares of Common Stock that may be sold pursuant to the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares. The additional securities that are being registered for issuance and sale are in an amount and at a price that together represent no more than 20% of the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the Calculation of Registration Fee table contained in the Initial Registration Statement.

The required opinions and consents are listed on the exhibit index and filed with this filing.


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description of Document

  5.1    Opinion of Goodwin Procter LLP.
23.1    Consent of Ernst & Young, independent registered public accounting firm
23.2    Consent of Goodwin Procter LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1    Power of Attorney (incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-234017)).


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form S-1 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Philadelphia, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on the 24th day of October, 2019.

 

CABALETTA BIO, INC.
By:  

/s/ Steven Nichtberger

 

Steven Nichtberger

Chief Executive Officer and President

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

  

Date

/s/ Steven Nichtberger

Steven Nichtberger

  

Director, Chief Executive Officer

and President (Principal Executive Officer)

   October 24, 2019

/s/ Anup Marda

Anup Marda

   Chief Financial Officer (Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
   October 24, 2019

*

Catherine Bollard

   Director    October 24, 2019

*

Brian Daniels

   Director    October 24, 2019

*

Richard Henriques

   Director    October 24, 2019

*

Mark Simon

   Director    October 24, 2019

 

* By:  

/s/ Steven Nichtberger

 

Steven Nichtberger

Attorney-in-fact