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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 10, 2019

Registration No. 333-230399


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549



AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933



QUANTERIX CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  20-8957988
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

113 Hartwell Avenue
Lexington, MA 02421
(617) 301-9400

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



E. Kevin Hrusovsky
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Quanterix Corporation
113 Hartwell Avenue
Lexington, MA 02421
(617) 301-9400

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



Copies to:

William T. Whelan, Esq.
Megan N. Gates, Esq.
John P. Condon, Esq.
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris,
Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
One Financial Center
Boston, MA 02111
(617) 542-6000

 

Brian P. Keane, Esq.
General Counsel
Quanterix Corporation
113 Hartwell Avenue
Lexington, MA 02421
(617) 301-9400



Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:
From time to time after the effective date of this registration statement as determined by the registrant.

          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: ý

          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. o

          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. o

          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

          Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a 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 o   Accelerated filer ý   Non-accelerated filer o   Smaller reporting company ý

Emerging growth company ý

          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 Securities Act. o



          THE REGISTRANT HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT SHALL FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(a) OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION 8(a), MAY DETERMINE.

   



EXPLANATORY NOTE

        This Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-230399) is being filed for the sole purpose of updating the date of and refiling Exhibit 23.1, the consent of Ernst & Young LLP, our independent auditors. Accordingly, this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement only consists of the facing page, this explanatory note, Part II of the Registration Statement, the signature page to the Registration Statement, the Exhibit Index and Exhibit 23.1 filed herewith. Part I of the Registration Statement is unchanged and has therefore been omitted.



PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item 14.    Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution

        The following table sets forth an itemization of the various expenses payable in connection with the issuance and distribution of the securities being registered.

SEC Registration Fee

  $ 24,240.00  

FINRA Filing Fee

    30,500.00  

Printing and Engraving Expenses

      *

Legal Fees and Expenses

      *

Accounting Fees and Expenses

      *

Transfer Agent and Registrar Fees

      *

Miscellaneous

      *

Total

      *

*
Fees depend on number of issuances and amount of securities sold and accordingly cannot be estimated at this time.

Item 15.    Indemnification of Directors and Officers

        Section 145(a) of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides, in general, that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation), because he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.

        Section 145(b) of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides, in general, that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor because the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made with respect to any claim, issue or matter as to which he or she shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or other adjudicating court determines that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all of the circumstances of the case, he or she is and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses that the Court of Chancery or other adjudicating court shall deem proper.

        Section 145(g) of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides, in general, that a corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other

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enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify the person against such liability under Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law.

        Our restated certificate of incorporation, or the Charter, provides that no director of our company shall be personally liable to us or our stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (1) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to us or our stockholders, (2) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (3) in respect of unlawful dividend payments or stock redemptions or repurchases, or (4) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. In addition, our Charter provides that if the Delaware General Corporation Law is amended to authorize the further elimination or limitation of the liability of directors, then the liability of a director of our company shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as so amended.

        The Charter further provides that any repeal or modification of such article by our stockholders or amendment to the Delaware General Corporation Law will not adversely affect any right or protection existing at the time of such repeal or modification with respect to any acts or omissions occurring before such repeal or modification of a director serving at the time of such repeal or modification.

        Our restated by-laws, or the By-Laws, provide that we will indemnify each of our directors and officers and, in the discretion of our Board of Directors, certain employees, to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law as the same may be amended (except that in the case of amendment, only to the extent that the amendment permits us to provide broader indemnification rights than the Delaware General Corporation Law permitted us to provide prior to such the amendment) against any and all expenses, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts reasonably paid in settlement that are incurred by the director, officer or such employee or on the director's, officer's or employee's behalf in connection with any threatened, pending or completed proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, to which he or she is or is threatened to be made a party because he or she is or was serving as a director, officer or employee of our company, or at our request as a director, partner, trustee, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of our company and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. The By-Laws further provide for the advancement of expenses to each of our directors and officers and, in the discretion of the board of directors, to certain employees and agents.

        In addition, the By-Laws provide that the right of each of our directors and officers to indemnification and advancement of expenses shall be a contract right and shall not be exclusive of any other right now possessed or hereafter acquired under any statute, provision of the Charter or By-Laws, agreement, vote of stockholders or otherwise. Furthermore, the By-Laws authorize us to provide insurance for our directors, officers, employees and agents against any liability, whether or not we would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the Delaware General Corporation Law or the provisions of our By-Laws.

        We have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our directors and officers. These indemnification agreements may require us, among other things, to indemnify our directors and officers for some expenses, including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines and settlement amounts incurred by a director or officer in any action or proceeding arising out of his or her service as one of our directors or officers, or any of our subsidiaries or any other company or enterprise to which the person provides services at our request.

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        We also maintain a general liability insurance policy, which covers certain liabilities of directors and officers of our company arising out of claims based on acts or omissions in their capacities as directors or officers.

        In any underwriting agreement we enter into in connection with the sale of securities being registered hereby, the underwriters will agree to indemnify, under certain conditions, us, our directors, our officers and persons who control us within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, against certain liabilities.

Item 16.    Exhibits

        The exhibits to this registration statement are listed in the Exhibit Index to this registration statement, which Exhibit Index is hereby incorporated by reference.

Item 17.    Undertakings

        (a)   The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

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        (b)   That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act:

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        (c)   The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

        (d)   Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

        (e)   The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to file an application for the purpose of determining the eligibility of the trustee to act under subsection (a) of Section 310 of the Trust Indenture Act ("Act") in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Commission under section 305(b)(2) of the Act.

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number   Exhibit Description   Filed
Herewith
  Incorporated
by Reference
herein from
Form or
Schedule
  Filing Date   SEC File/
Reg. Number
  1.1 * Form of Underwriting Agreement                
                        
  1.2   Sales Agreement, dated as of March 19, 2019, by and between the Registrant and Cowen and Company,  LLC       S-3   3/19/2019   333-230399
                        
  3.1   Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant       8-K   12/15/2017   001-38319
                        
  3.2   Restated Bylaws of the Registrant       8-K   12/15/2017   001-38319
                        
  4.1   Form of Common Stock Certificate       S-1   11/9/2017   333-221475
                        
  4.2   Form of Warrant to Purchase Series C Preferred Stock of the Registrant       S-1   11/9/2017   333-221475
                        
  4.3   Warrant Agreement, dated as of April 14, 2014, by and between the Registrant and Hercules Capital, Inc. (formerly known as Hercules Technology Group Capital, Inc.)       S-1   11/9/2017   333-221475
                        
  4.4   Warrant Agreement, dated as of January 29, 2016, by and between the Registrant and Hercules Capital, Inc. (formerly known as Hercules Technology Group Capital, Inc.)       S-1   11/9/2017   333-221475
                        
  4.5   Warrant Agreement, dated as of March 31, 2017, by and between the Registrant and Hercules Capital, Inc. (formerly known as Hercules Technology Group Capital, Inc.)       S-1   11/9/2017   333-221475
                        
  4.6   Fourth Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement, dated as of June 2, 2017, by and among the Registrant and the stockholders named therein       S-1   11/9/2017   333-221475
                        
  4.7   Fourth Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June 2, 2017, by and among the Registrant and the investors named therein       S-1   11/9/2017   333-221475
                        
  4.8   Warrant Agreement, dated as of January 30, 2018, by and between the Registrant and Azul Divinal Consultoria Unipessoal LDA       10-K   3/19/2018   001-38319
                        
  4.9 * Form of Certificate of Amendment or Designation with respect to Preferred Stock                
                        
  4.10 * Form of Senior Debt Security                
                        
  4.11 * Form of Subordinated Debt Security                
                        
  4.12   Form of Senior Indenture       S-3   3/19/2019   333-230399

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Exhibit Number   Exhibit Description   Filed
Herewith
  Incorporated
by Reference
herein from
Form or
Schedule
  Filing Date   SEC File/
Reg. Number
                        
  4.13   Form of Subordinated Indenture       S-3   3/19/2019   333-230399
                        
  4.14 * Form of Warrant Agreement and Warrant Certificate                
                        
  4.15 * Form of Rights Agreement and Right Certificate                
                        
  4.16 * Form of Unit Agreement and Unit                
                        
  5.1   Opinion of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. with respect to the legality of the securities being registered       S-3   3/19/2019   333-230399
                        
  23.1   Consent of Ernst & Young LLP   X            
                        
  23.2   Consent of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)       S-3   3/19/2019   333-230399
                        
  24.1   Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page of the initial Registration Statement).                
                        
  25.1 * The Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of the Trustee under the Senior Indenture will be incorporated herein by reference from a subsequent filing in accordance with Section 305(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939                
                        
  25.2 * The Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of the Trustee under the Subordinated Indenture will be incorporated herein by reference from a subsequent filing in accordance with Section 305(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939                

*
To be subsequently filed, if applicable, by an amendment to this registration statement or as part of a Current Report on Form 8-K.

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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 registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Town of Lexington, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on May 10, 2019.

    Quanterix Corporation

 

 

By:

 

/s/ E. KEVIN HRUSOVSKY

E. Kevin Hrusovsky
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

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

Signature
 
Title
 
Date

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
/s/ E. KEVIN HRUSOVSKY

E. Kevin Hrusovsky
  Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer and Director (principal executive officer)   May 10, 2019

/s/ AMOL CHAUBAL

Amol Chaubal

 

Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer and principal accounting officer)

 

May 10, 2019

*

Douglas G. Cole, M.D.

 

Director

 

May 10, 2019

*

John M. Connolly

 

Director

 

May 10, 2019

*

Keith L. Crandell

 

Director

 

May 10, 2019

*

Marijn Dekkers, Ph.D.

 

Director

 

May 10, 2019

*

Martin D. Madaus, Ph.D.

 

Director

 

May 10, 2019

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Signature
 
Title
 
Date

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
*

Paul M. Meister
  Director   May 10, 2019

*

David R. Walt, Ph.D.

 

Director

 

May 10, 2019

*By:

 

/s/ E. KEVIN HRUSOVSKY

E. Kevin Hrusovsky,
Attorney-in-Fact

 

 

 

 

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EXPLANATORY NOTE
PART II INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit 23.1

 

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption “Experts” and to the use of our report dated March 18, 2019, in Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement (Form S-3 No. 333-230399) and related Prospectus of Quanterix Corporation for the registration of (a) shares of common stock, preferred stock, debt securities, warrants, rights, and units for the issuance and sale of up to $200,000,000; and (b) common stock for the issuance and sale of up to $50,000,000.

 

 

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

 

 

Boston, Massachusetts

 

May 10, 2019