AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JUNE 6, 2011
Registration No. 333-116422
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
SPHERIX INCORPORATED
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
52-0849320
(I.R.S. employer identification number)
6430 Rockledge Drive #503, Bethesda Maryland 20817
(301) 897-2540
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
Claire L. Kruger
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer
Spherix Incorporated
6430 Rockledge Drive #503
Bethesda, Maryland 20817
(301) 897-2540
(301) 897-2567 (Fax)
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
COPIES TO:
James E. Baker, Jr.
Baxter, Baker, Sidle, Conn & Jones, P.A.
120 E. Baltimore Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
(410) 385-8122
(410) 230-3801 (Fax)
APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC: Not Applicable
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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
Spherix Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), previously filed a registration statement (File No. 333-116422) for the purpose of registering 43,029 shares of its common stock on behalf of a selling shareholder.
The Company is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 in accordance with the undertaking contained in that registration statement to deregister any and all remaining unsold shares of common stock covered by such registration statement as of the date hereof. The Company is deregistering the shares as its contractual commitment to maintain the effectiveness of the registration statement has expired.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the provisions of Rule 478 promulgated thereunder, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Bethesda, Maryland on June 6, 2011.
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/s/ Claire L. Kruger |
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Claire L. Kruger |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
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Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Director (Principal Executive |
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/s/ Robert L. Clayton |
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Robert L. Clayton |
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Director |
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/s/ Douglas T. Brown |
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Douglas T. Brown |
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Director and President |
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/s/ Robert A. Lodder, Jr. |
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Robert A. Lodder, Jr. |
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Director |
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/s/ Aris Melissaratos |
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Aris Melissaratos |
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Director |
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/s/ Thomas B. Peter |
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Thomas B. Peter |
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/s/ Robert J. Vander Zanden |
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Robert J. Vander Zanden |
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Claire L. Kruger