As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 6, 2008
Registration No. 333-135793
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE
AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
The Securities Act of 1933
VIVUS, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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1172 Castro Street
Mountain View, CA 94040
(650) 934-5200
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrants principal executive offices)
LELAND F. WILSON
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
VIVUS, Inc.
1172 Castro Street
Mountain View, CA 94040
(650) 934-5200
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
MARIO M. ROSATI
MARK L. REINSTRA
JOHN L. SLEBIR
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Professional Corporation
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304
(650) 493-9300
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement.
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. o
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 of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. o
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If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box. o
If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box. o
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DEREGISTRATION OF UNSOLD SECURITIES
This post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-135793) (the Registration Statement) of VIVUS, Inc. (the Registrant), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 14, 2006, hereby amends the Registration Statement to deregister any securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement and not otherwise sold thereunder.
In accordance with the Registrants undertaking in Part II, Item 17(3) of the Registration Statement, the Registrant is deregistering by means of this post-effective amendment any securities remaining unsold under the Registration Statement.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Mountain View, State of California, on May 6, 2008.
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/S/ LELAND F. WILSON |
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Leland F. Wilson |
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President and Chief Executive Officer |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
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/s/ Leland F. Wilson |
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President, Chief Executive Officer and Director |
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May 6, 2008 |
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(Principal Executive Officer) |
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Leland F. Wilson |
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*/s/ Mark B. Logan |
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Chairman of the Board and Director |
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Mark B. Logan |
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/s/ Timothy E. Morris |
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Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer |
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(Principal Financial Officer) |
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Timothy E. Morris |
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*/s/ Lee B. Perry |
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Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal |
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May 6, 2008 |
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Accounting Officer) |
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Lee B. Perry |
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*/s/ Virgil A. Place |
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Chief Scientific Officer and Director |
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May 6, 2008 |
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Virgil A. Place |
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/s/ Charles J. Casamento |
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Director |
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May 6, 2008 |
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Charles J. Casamento |
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*/s/ Graham Strachan |
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Director |
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May 6, 2008 |
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Graham Strachan |
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*/s/ Mario M. Rosati |
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Director |
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May 6, 2008 |
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Mario M. Rosati |
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*/s/ Linda M. Dairiki Shortliffe, M.D. |
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Director |
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May 6, 2008 |
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Linda M. Dairiki Shortliffe, M.D. |
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*By: /s/ Leland F. Wilson, as attorney-in-fact |
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