As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 10, 2023.

Registration No. 333-261489

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO:

Form S-3

Registration No. 333-261489

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

KINETA, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware		20-8436652
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

219 Terry Ave. N., Suite 300

Seattle, Washington 98109

Telephone: (206) 378-0400

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

 

 

Shawn Iadonato, Ph.D.

Chief Executive Officer

Kineta, Inc.

219 Terry Ave. N., Suite 300

Seattle, WA 98109

Telephone: (206) 378-0400

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

 

 

Copies to:

 

Albert W. Vanderlaan, Esq. Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP 222 Berkeley Street, Suite 2000 Boston, MA 02116 (617) 880-1800		Pauline Kenny, Esq. General Counsel Kineta, Inc. 219 Terry Ave. N., Suite 300 Seattle, WA 98109 (206) 378-0400

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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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 to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.  ☐

 

 

 

DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 relates to the following Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”), filed with the Securities Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) by Kineta, Inc. (the “Registrant”):

 

•	Registration Statement No.  333-261489, originally filed with the SEC on December  3, 2021, as amended by Amendment No. 1 on December 20, 2021 and declared effective on December 22, 2021.

The Registrant is filing this Post-Effective Amendment to deregister any and all securities that remain unsold under the Registration Statement as of the date hereof. On January  20, 2023, the Registrant filed a new Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No.  333-269340) (the “New Registration Statement”) to replace the Registration Statement. The New Registration Statement was declared effective by the SEC on January 30, 2023. Therefore, in accordance with the undertakings made by the Registrant in the Registration Statement to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any securities that had been registered for issuance but remain unsold at the termination of the offering, the Registrant hereby removes and withdraws from registration any and all securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement that remain unsold as of the date hereof.

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-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Seattle, Washington, on February 10, 2023.

 

KINETA, INC.
By:		/s/ Shawn Iadonato
		Shawn Iadonato, Chief Executive Officer and Director

No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment in reliance upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933.