As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 26, 2007

Registration No.  333-79241

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

 


 

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO

FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-79241

Under

The Securities Act of 1933

 


 

MedImmune, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

55-1555759

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Incorporation or Organization)

 

Identification Number)

 

One MedImmune Way

Gaithersburg, MD 20878

(301) 398-0000

(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

 

1999 Stock Option Plan

(Full Titles of Plans)

 

David M. Mott

Chief Executive Officer, President

MedImmune, Inc.

One MedImmune Way

Gaithersburg, MD 20878

(301) 398-0000

(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)

 


 




DEREGISTRATION OF UNSOLD SECURITIES

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 relates to the following Registration Statement on Form S-8 of MedImmune, Inc. (the “Company”) (the “Registration Statement”):

File No. 333-79241, pertaining to the registration of 2,750,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share of the Company (“Common Stock”), which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and became effective on May 25, 1999, as modified pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8 by Registration Statements on Form S-8 filed on May 8, 2001 (File No. 333-60408), June 13, 2002 (File No. 333-90402) and May 27, 2003 (File No. 333-105579) and as amended on August 5, 2004 by Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 and on June 14, 2005 by Post-Effective Amendment No. 2.

On April 22, 2007, the Company, AstraZeneca PLC, a public limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales (“Parent”), and AstraZeneca Biopharmaceuticals Inc., a Delaware corporation and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Purchaser”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger pursuant to which Purchaser merged with and into the Company, with the Company surviving as an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (the “Merger”).  The Merger became effective on June 18, 2007 as a result of the filing of a certificate of ownership and merger effectuating the Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

As a result of the Merger, the offering pursuant to the Registration Statement has been terminated.  In accordance with undertakings made by the Company in the Registration Statement to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the securities which remain unsold at the termination of the offering, the Company hereby removes from registration the securities of the Company registered but unsold under the Registration Statement.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, MedImmune, Inc. 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 Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Town of Gaithersburg, State of Maryland, on June 26, 2007.

 

MEDIMMUNE, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ DAVID M. MOTT

 

 

Name:

 

David M. Mott

 

 

Title:

 

Chief Executive Officer and President

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 has been signed by the following persons, in the capacities indicated, as of June 26, 2007.

Signature

 

 

 

Title

 

 

 

 

/s/ DAVID M. MOTT

 

Chief Executive Officer and President

Name:  David M. Mott

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ LOTA S. ZOTH

 

Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President

Name:  Lota S. Zoth

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ GLENN M. ENGELMANN

 

Director

Name:  Glenn M. Engelmann

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ SHAUN F. GRADY

 

Director

Name:  Shaun F. Grady

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ CHRISTOPHER R. W. PETTY

 

Director

Name:  Christopher R. W. Petty

 

 

 

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