| As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 11, 2016 | Registration No. 333-192649 |
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 to
FORM S-1 ON FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
LION BIOTECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Nevada | 75-3254381 | |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or | (I.R.S. Employer | |
| organization) | Identification Number) |
112 West 34th Street,
17th Floor, New York, New York, 10120
(212) 946-4856
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
Maria Fardis,
President and Chief Executive Officer
Lion Biotechnologies, Inc.
112 West 34th Street,
17th Floor, New York, New York, 10120
(212) 946-4856
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
With copies to:
Istvan Benko
TroyGould PC
1801 Century Park East, 16th Floor
Los Angeles, California 90067
(310) 553-4441
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: This Post-Effective Amendment is being filed to deregister all of the unsold securities previously registered under the Registration Statement.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE: DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 (“Post-Effective Amendment”) is filed by Lion Biotechnologies, Inc. (the “Company”) and amends the registration statement initially filed on Form S-1 (File No. 333-192649) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on December 4, 2013 (the “Registration Statement”). By Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement that was filed with the Commission on July 6, 2015, the Company converted the Form S-1 into a registration statement on Form S-3.
The Company has determined to terminate the Registration Statement. Accordingly, pursuant to the undertaking contained in the Registration Statement to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment all of the securities being registered which remain unsold, the Company hereby amends the Registration Statement to remove from registration all of the securities covered by the Registration Statement which remain unsold.
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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-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 to Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of New York, State of New York, on October 11, 2016.
| LION BIOTECHNOLOGIES, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Maria Fardis | |
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
Note: No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 to Registration Statement in reliance upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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