Sec Form 13D Filing - Filipi Charles filing for ASENSUS SURGICAL INC (ASXC) - 2013-09-17

SECURITIES & EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13D/A

Under the Securities Act of 1934

(Amendment No. 1)*

SAFESTITCH MEDICAL, INC.

(Name of Issuer)

Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

78645Y102

(CUSIP Number)

Joshua Weingard

SafeStitch Medical, Inc.

4400 Biscayne Boulevard

Miami, Florida 33137

Telephone: (305) 575-4602

(Name, address and telephone number of person authorized to receive notices and communications)

September 3, 2013

(Date of event which requires filing of this statement)

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e), Rule 13d-1(f) or Rule 13d-1(g), check the following box  ¨.

NOTE: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the Schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 13d-7(b) for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes)

ITEM 1. Security and Issuer

This Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13D (this “Amendment”) amends certain Items of the Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on September 12, 2007 (the “Original 13D”) by furnishing the information set below. Except as set forth below, all previous Items are unchanged.

This Amendment is filed by Dr. Charles Filipi (the “Reporting Person”) with respect to the common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”) of SafeStitch Medical, Inc. (f/k/a Cellular Technical Services Company, Inc.), a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”). The principal executive offices of the Issuer are located at 4400 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, Florida 33137.

ITEM 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

Item 5 is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

Items 7-10 inclusive, set forth on the cover page to this Amendment are hereby incorporated by reference in this Item 5.

Since the filing of the Original 13D, the Reporting Person has been a party to the following transactions in respect of the Common Stock:

(a) On March 10, 2010, 1,407,046 shares of Common Stock reverted to the Reporting Person from his 2008 GRAT, following which the Reporting Person immediately gifted such shares to his 2010 GRAT.

(b) On Sept 23, 2010, the Reporting Person gifted 700,000 shares of Common Stock to his spouse.

(c) On June 5, 2013, 1,407,046 shares of Common Stock reverted to the Reporting Person from his 2010 GRAT, following which the Reporting Person gifted 703,523 shares to his spouse.

(d) On February 11, 2009 and April 23, 2013, the Issuer granted to the Reporting Person options to acquire 10,000 shares, exercisable at $0.80 per share, and 100,000 shares, exercisable at $0.45 per share, respectively.

On March 22, 2013, the Reporting Person ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the issued and outstanding Common Stock.

On August 13, 2013, the Issuer entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (as amended, the “Merger Agreement”) with Tweety Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned

subsidiary of the Issuer (“Merger Sub”), and TransEnterix, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“TransEnterix”). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, on September 3, 2013 (the “Closing Date”), Merger Sub merged with and into TransEnterix with TransEnterix surviving the merger as the Issuer’s wholly owned subsidiary (the “Merger”).

In connection with the Merger Agreement and Merger, the Reporting Person entered into a lock-up and voting agreement (the “Lock-up and Voting Agreement”), pursuant to which the Reporting Person has agreed, subject to certain exceptions, not to sell, transfer or otherwise convey any of the Company’s securities held by the Reporting Person (collectively, “Covered Securities”) for a certain period following the Closing Date. The Lock-up and Voting Agreement provides that the Reporting Person may sell, transfer or convey (i) up to 50% of his Covered Securities during the period commencing on the one-year anniversary of the Closing Date and ending on the eighteen-month anniversary of the Closing Date and (ii) up to an aggregate of 75% of his Covered Securities during the period commencing on the eighteen-month anniversary of the Closing Date and ending on the two-year anniversary of the Closing Date. The restrictions on transfer contained in the Lock-up and Voting Agreement cease to apply to the Covered Securities following the second anniversary of the Closing Date.

Additionally, pursuant to the Lock-up and Voting Agreement, the Reporting Person has agreed, for the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the one-year anniversary of the Closing Date, to vote all of his Covered Securities in favor of: (i) amending the Issuer’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to change the legal name of the Issuer to “TransEnterix, Inc.”; (ii) effecting a reverse stock split of the Common Stock on terms approved by the Issuer’s board of directors; and (iii) amending the Issuer’s 2007 Incentive Compensation Plan in order to increase the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance thereunder.

The foregoing description of the Lock-up and Voting Agreement is only a summary and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the form of Lock-up and Voting Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Amendment and incorporated by reference in this Item 6.

ITEM 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits

SIGNATURES

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

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