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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 11, 2006

Registration No. 333-134945

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

PRE-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 ON
FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

CYCLACEL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware 91-1707622
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(IRS employer
Identification number)

150 John F. Kennedy Parkway, Suite 100
Short Hills, NJ 07078
(973) 847-5955

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

Spiro Rombotis
Chief Executive Officer
Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
150 John F. Kennedy Parkway, Suite 100
Short Hills, NJ 07078
(973) 847-5955

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

With a copy to:

Todd E. Mason, Esq.
Ivan K. Blumenthal, Esq.
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
666 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10017
(212) 935-3000

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to public: As soon as practicable after this registration statement becomes effective.

If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box: [ ]

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: [X]

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: [ ]

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: [ ]

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: [ ]

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: [ ]

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE


 
Title of each Class of Securities to be Registered Amount to be
Registered(1)
Proposed Maximum
Offering
Price Per Security(2)
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price(2)
Amount of
Registration
Fee
Common Stock, $0.001 par value 9,000,001 shares $ 6.55
$ 58,950,006.55
$ 6,308
*
* Previously paid.
(1) Includes 2,571,429 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding warrants. Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement shall be deemed to cover any additional securities issuable pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of these warrants from stock splits, stock dividends and similar transactions.
(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 for the common stock of Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on June 8, 2006.

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.




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PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item 14.  Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution

The following table sets forth the Company’s estimates of the expenses in connection with the sale and distribution of the securities being registered, all of which will be paid by the Company.


Item Amount
SEC registration fee $ 6,308.00
Legal fees and expenses. $ 25,000.00
*
Accounting fees and expenses $ 20,000.00
*
Printing fees and expenses. $ 5,000.00
*
Miscellaneous fees and expenses. $ 3,692.00
*
Total. $ 60,000.00
*
* estimated
Item 15.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

Section 102 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (‘‘DGCL’’), as amended, allows a corporation to eliminate the personal liability of directors of a corporation to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except where the director breached his duty of loyalty, failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional misconduct or knowingly violated a law, authorized the payment of a dividend or approved a stock repurchase in violation of Delaware corporate law or obtained an improper personal benefit.

Section 145 of the DGCL provides, among other things, that the company 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 (other than an action by or in the right of the company) by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, agent or employee of the company or is or was serving at the company’s request as a director, officer, agent or employee of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, judgment, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding. The power to indemnify applies (a) if such person is successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding, or (b) if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in the best interest, or not opposed to the best interest, of the company, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The power to indemnify applies to actions brought by or in the right of the company as well but only to the extent of defense expenses (including attorneys’ fees but excluding amounts paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred and not to any satisfaction of judgment or settlement of the claim itself, and with the further limitation that in such actions no indemnification shall be made in the event of any adjudication of negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duties to the company, unless the court believes that in light of all the circumstances indemnification should apply.

Section 174 of the DGCL provides, among other things, that a director, who willfully or negligently approves of an unlawful payment of dividends or an unlawful stock purchase or redemption, may be held liable for such actions. A director who was either absent when the unlawful actions were approved or dissented at the time, may avoid liability by causing his or her dissent to such actions be entered in the books containing the minutes of the meetings of the board of directors at the time such action occurred or immediately after such absent director receives notice of the unlawful acts.

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Article Nine of the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that a director of the Company shall not be personally liable to the Company or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL.

The indemnification provision contained in the Amended and Restated Company’s Certificate of Incorporation is not exclusive of any other rights to which a person may be entitled by law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. In addition, the company maintains insurance on behalf of its directors and executive directors or officers insuring them against any liability asserted against them in their capacities as directors or officers or arising out of such status. The foregoing descriptions are only general summaries. For additional information we refer you to the full text of our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation filed on October 10, 2003 as an Exhibit to our Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-109653) which we incorporate by reference with this filing.

Item 16.  Exhibits

The Exhibits listed on the Exhibit Index of this Registration Statement are filed herewith or are incorporated herein by reference to other filings.

Item 17.  Undertakings

The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

(a)  1. To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
i.  To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
ii.  To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the ‘‘Calculation of Registration Fee’’ table in the effective registration statement.
iii.  To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement.

Provided however, That:

A.  Paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement; and
B.  Paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) of this section do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form F-3 and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.

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2.  That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment 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.
3.  To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
4.  That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:
i.  If the registrant is subject to Rule 430C, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use.
(b)  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 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.
(c)  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.

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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 Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 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 City of Short Hills and State of New Jersey on the 11th day of July, 2006.


Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
By: /s/ Spiro Rombotis
  Spiro Rombotis
Chief Executive Officer

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 dates indicated.

Name Title Date
/s/ Spiro Rombotis Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
July 11, 2006
    Spiro Rombotis
/s/ Paul McBarron     Chief Operating Officer and
Executive Vice President Finance
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
July 11, 2006
Paul McBarron
*     Chairman July 11, 2006
Dr. David U’Prichard
*     Director July 11, 2006
Sir John Banham
*     Director July 11, 2006
Christopher Henney
*         Director July 11, 2006
Prof. Gordon McVie
*     Director July 11, 2006
Daniel Spiegelman
* By executing his name hereto, Paul McBarron is signing this document on behalf of the persons indicated above pursuant to the powers of attorney duly executed by such persons and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
By:  /s/ Paul McBarron                            
Paul McBarron



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EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit Number Description
4 .1
Form of Warrant to Purchase Common Stock (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.3 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 28, 2006).
5 .1
Opinion of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. regarding legality of the shares of common stock being registered.
10 .1
Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 26, 2006, by and among Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and the investors listed therein (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 28, 2006).
23 .1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.*
23 .2
Consent of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. (included in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement on Form S-3).
24 .1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page).*
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EXHIBIT 5.1    Opinion of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.

[Letterhead of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.]

July 11, 2006

Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
150 John F. Kennedy Parkway, Suite 100
Short Hills, NJ 07078

Ladies and gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel for Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the ‘‘Company’’), in connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the ‘‘Registration Statement’’) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the ‘‘Commission’’) on June 12, 2006 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the ‘‘Act’’), for registration under the Act of the following shares of the Company’s $.001 par value common stock (the ‘‘Common Stock’’):

1.  6,428,572 shares issued in a private placement to certain of Selling Stockholders at a price of $7.05 per unit (each unit consisting of one share of Common Stock and a warrant to purchase 0.40 shares of Common Stock pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of April 26, 2006.
2.  2,571,429 shares underlying five year warrants issued in connection with the transaction described in paragraph 1 above. The exercise price of these warrants is $7.00 per share.

As counsel to the Company, we have examined such corporate records, documents, agreements and such matters of law as we have considered necessary or appropriate for the purpose of this opinion. Upon the basis of such examination, we advise you that in our opinion:

1.  The 6,428,572 shares of Common Stock issued to certain Selling Stockholders in connection with the transaction described in paragraph 1 above were duly authorized and validly issued by the Company, and are fully paid and non-assessable.
2.  Up to 2,571,429 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the five year warrants described in paragraph 2 above, if and when paid for and issued upon exercise of such warrants in accordance with the terms thereof, will be duly authorized and validly issued by the Company, and will be fully paid and non-assessable.

We are members of the Bar of the State of New York, and the opinions expressed herein are limited to questions arising under the laws of the State of New York, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and the Federal laws of the United States of America, and we disclaim any opinion whatsoever with respect to matters governed by the laws of any other jurisdiction.

We consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the references to this firm under the caption ‘‘Legal Matters’’ in the Prospectus which is a part of the Registration Statement. Reference is made to the section of the Registration Statement entitled ‘‘Legal Matters’’ for a description of ownership of the Company’s securities by a member of this firm.

Very truly yours,
/s/ MINTZ, LEVIN, COHN, FERRIS, GLOVSKY AND POPEO, P.C.