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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 Statements.
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, check the following box. ☒
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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 relates to the Registration Statements on Form S-1 (each a “Registration Statement,” and collectively, the “Registration Statements”), filed with the Securities Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) by Renovacor, Inc. (the “Registrant”):
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Registration Statement No. 333-236977, as amended, originally filed with the SEC on March 9, 2020, pertaining to the registration of an aggregate of 9,775,000 Units each consisting of one share of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share,
and one Warrant entitling the holder to purchase one-half of a share of common stock, 9,775,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and 9,775,000 Warrants included as part of the units; and
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Registration Statement No. 333-260299, filed with the SEC on October 15, 2021, pertaining to the registration of an aggregate of 7,811,322 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, issuable upon the exercise of the Public
Warrants and Private Placement Warrants, 715,224 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, issuable upon the exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants, 12,668,314 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and 3,500,000 Private
Placement Warrants to purchase common stock.
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The Company is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statements to deregister any and all securities that remain unsold under the Registration Statements as of the date hereof.
On December 1, 2022, pursuant to the terms of an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), dated as of September 19, 2022, by and among the
Registrant, Rocket Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Rocket”), a Delaware corporation, Zebrafish Merger Sub, Inc. (“Merger Sub I”), a
Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Rocket, and Zebrafish Merger Sub II, LLC (“Merger Sub II”), a Delaware limited liability company and a direct wholly owned
subsidiary of Rocket, (i) Merger Sub I merged with and into the Registrant (the “First Merger”) and (ii) the Registrant, as the surviving company of the First Merger, merged with and into
Merger Sub II (the “Second Merger” and together with the First Merger, the “Mergers”), with Merger Sub II as the surviving company
and successor-in-interest to the Registrant following the Mergers, at which time the separate corporate existence of the Registrant ended.
As a result of the Mergers, the Registrant has terminated any and all offerings of its securities pursuant to the Registration Statements. In accordance with an undertaking made by the Registrant in the Registration
Statements to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the securities registered under the Registration Statements that remain unissued at the termination of the offerings, the Registrant hereby removes from
registration all securities registered but unsold under such Registration Statements, if any, 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-1 and has duly caused
this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statements on Form S-1 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Cambridge, Commonwealth of Massachusetts on this 1st day of December, 2022.
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Zebrafish Merger Sub II, LLC
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(as successor by merger to Renovacor, Inc.)
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By:
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/s/ Gaurav Shah
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Name:
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Gaurav Shah
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Title:
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Authorized Person
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No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment in reliance upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933.