As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 15, 1999. File No. 333-_______ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 VICAL INCORPORATED (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 93-0948554 - ------------------------------------ --------------------------- (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification Number) 9373 Towne Centre Drive, Suite 100 San Diego, California 92121 - ------------------------------------ --------------------------- (Address of Principal (Zip Code) Executive Offices) STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN OF VICAL INCORPORATED (Full title of the plan) Copy to: ALAIN B. SCHREIBER, M.D. THOMAS E. SPARKS, JR. President and Chief Executive Officer PILLSBURY VICAL INCORPORATED MADISON & SUTRO LLP 9373 Towne Centre Drive, Suite 100 Post Office Box 7880 San Diego, California 92121 San Francisco, California 94120 (619) 453-9900 (415) 983-1000 - ------------------------------------------ -------------------------------- (Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE - -------------------------- --------------------- ------------------------- -------------------------- ---------------------- Title of Securities To Amount To Be Proposed Maximum Proposed Maximum Amount of Be Registered Registered(1) Offering Price Per Aggregate Offering Registration Fee Share(2) Price(2) - -------------------------- --------------------- ------------------------- -------------------------- ---------------------- Common Stock, $.01 par 750,000 shares $11.25 $8,437,500 $2,345.63 value - -------------------------- --------------------- ------------------------- -------------------------- ----------------------
(1) Calculated pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8 (2) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c), based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant's Common Stock as reported on The Nasdaq National Market on June 1, 1999. ---------------- The Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing in accordance with Rule 462 under the Securities Act of 1933. INFORMATION REQUIRED PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E TO FORM S-8 GENERAL INSTRUCTION E INFORMATION This Registration Statement is being filed for the purpose of increasing the number of securities of the same class as other securities for which a Registration Statement of the Registrant on Form S-8 relating to the same employee benefit plan is effective. Registrant's Form S-8 Registration Statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 9, 1993 (File No. 33-60826), July 15, 1994 (File No. 33-81602), June 27, 1997 (File No. 333-30181) and July 31, 1998 (File No. 333-60293) are hereby incorporated by reference. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE The following documents filed by Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement: (1) Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 0-21088) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998, which contains, among other things, the financial statements of Registrant for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998 together with the report thereon of Arthur Andersen LLP, independent public accountants. (2) Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 1999. (3) The description of Registrant's common stock contained in Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed as of January 8, 1993 and the description of the Preferred Stock Purchase Rights for Series A Participating Preferred Stock, par value $.001 per share, of the Registrant contained in Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed March 23, 1995. In addition, all documents subsequently filed by Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. 1 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-8, and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Diego, State of California, on June 11, 1999. VICAL INCORPORATED By /s/ Alain B. Schreiber ------------------------------------ President and Chief Executive Officer POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN AND WOMEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Alain B. Schreiber or Martha J. Demski his or her attorney-in-fact, with power of substitution for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue thereof. 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 date indicated:
Signature Title Date --------- ----- ----- /s/ Alain B. Schreiber, M.D. President, Chief Executive Officer June 11, 1999 - --------------------------------------- (Principal Executive Officer) and Director /s/ Martha J. Demski Vice President, Chief Financial June 11, 1999 - --------------------------------------- Officer, Secretary and Treasurer /s/ R. Gordon Douglas, Jr. Director June 11, 1999 - --------------------------------------- /s/ Patrick F. Latterell Director June 11, 1999 - --------------------------------------- /s/ Philip M. Young Director June 11, 1999 - --------------------------------------- /s/ Dale A. Smith Director June 11, 1999 - --------------------------------------- /s/ M. Blake Ingle Director June 11, 1999 - --------------------------------------- /s/ Gary A. Lyons Director June 11, 1999 - ---------------------------------------
2 INDEX TO EXHIBITS Exhibit Number Exhibit ------ ------------ 5.1 Opinion regarding legality of securities to be offered. 10.1 Stock Incentive Plan of Vical Incorporated. 23.1 Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP. 23.2 Consent of Pillsbury Madison & Sutro LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1). 25.1 Power of Attorney (see page 3). 3