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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 20, 2001

Registration No. 333-     



SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933


INTRABIOTICS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware 94-3200380
(State of Incorporation) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

1245 Terra Bella Avenue
Mountain View, CA 94043
(Address of principal executive offices)


2000 Equity Incentive Plan
2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plans)

Kenneth J. Kelley
President and Chief Executive Officer
IntraBiotics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
1245 Terra Bella Avenue
Mountain View, CA 94043
(650) 526 - 6800
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)


Copies to:

Robert L. Jones
Laura A. Berezin
COOLEY GODWARD LLP
Five Palo Alto Square
3000 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, CA 94306
(650) 843 - 5000


CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE



Title of Securities
to be Registered
  Amount to
be Registered
  Proposed Maximum
Offering
Price Per Share(1)
  Proposed Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price(1)
  Amount of
Registration Fee

Stock Options and Common
Stock (par value $.001)
  1,683,910 shares   $0.975   $1,641,812   $410

(1)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h). The price per share and aggregate offering price are based upon the average of the high and low prices of Registrant's Common Stock on July 16, 2001 as reported on the Nasdaq Stock Market.

    The chart below details the calculations of the registration fee:



Securities   Number of Shares   Proposed Maximum
Offering
Price Per Share
  Proposed Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price

Shares issuable pursuant to the
2000 Equity Incentive Plan
  1,634,623   $0.975   $1,593,757
Shares issuable pursuant to the
2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  49,287   $0.975   $     48,055
Proposed Maximum Offering Price           $1,641,812
Registration Fee           $          410





INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF CONTENTS OF
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8 NO. 333-40524

    The contents of Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-40524) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 30, 2000 are incorporated by reference herein.


EXHIBITS


Exhibit
Number


 

 

5.1   Opinion of Cooley Godward LLP.
23.1   Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors.
23.2   Consent of Cooley Godward LLP is contained in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement.
24.1   Power of Attorney is contained on the signature pages.
99.1   2000 Equity Incentive Plan and related documents.
99.2 * 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and related documents.

*
Documents incorporated by reference from the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (No. 333-95461), filed with the SEC on January 27, 2000.


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-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Mountain View, State of California, on July 20, 2001.

    INTRABIOTICS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Kenneth J. Kelley

Kenneth J. Kelley
Chairman of the Board,
President and Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

    KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Kenneth J. Kelley and Gary Titus, and each or any one of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature
  Title
  Date

 

 

 

 

 
/s/ KENNETH J. KELLEY   
KENNETH J. KELLEY
  Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)   July 20, 2001

/s/ 
GARY TITUS   
GARY TITUS

 

Sr. Director of Finance (Principal Financial Officer and Accounting Officer)

 

July 20, 2001

/s/ 
JANE E. SHAW   
JANE E. SHAW

 

Director

 

July 20, 2001

/s/ 
MICHAEL F. BIGHAM   
MICHAEL F. BIGHAM

 

Director

 

July 20, 2001

/s/ 
FRITZ BUHLER   
FRITZ BUHLER

 

Director

 

July 20, 2001

/s/ 
KATHLEEN D. LAPORTE   
KATHLEEN D. LAPORTE

 

Director

 

July 20, 2001

/s/ 
GARY A. LYONS   
GARY A. LYONS

 

Director

 

July 20, 2001

/s/ 
LIZA PAGE NELSON   
LIZA PAGE NELSON

 

Director

 

July 20, 2001


/s/ 
JOHN M. PADFIELD   
JOHN M. PADFIELD

 

Director

 

July 20, 2001

/s/ 
JACK S. REMINGTON   
JACK S. REMINGTON

 

Director

 

July 20, 2001


EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit
Number


 

Description

5.1   Opinion of Cooley Godward LLP.
23.1   Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors.
23.2   Consent of Cooley Godward LLP is contained in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement.
24.1   Power of Attorney is contained on the signature pages.
99.1   2000 Equity Incentive Plan and related documents.
99.2 * 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and related documents.

*
Documents incorporated by reference from the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (No. 333-95461), filed with the SEC on January 27, 2000.



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EXHIBITS
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX