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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 28, 2019

Registration No. 333-            

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

 

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

2834

(Primary Standard Industrial

Classification Code Number)

45-2748244

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

8000 Marina Blvd, Suite 300

Brisbane, CA 94005

(650) 614-5220

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

 

2015 Equity Incentive Award Plan

2015 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

(Full Title of the Plan)

 

Jayson Dallas, M.D.

President and Chief Executive Officer

Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.

8000 Marina Blvd, Suite 300

Brisbane, CA 94005

(650) 614-5220

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

 

 

 

 

Copies to:

Douglas T. Sheehy, Esq.

General Counsel & Corporate Secretary

Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.

8000 Marina Blvd, Suite 300

Brisbane, CA 94005

Telephone: (650) 614-5220

Patrick A. Pohlen, Esq.

Brian J. Cuneo, Esq.

Latham & Watkins LLP

140 Scott Drive

Menlo Park, CA 94025

Telephone: (650) 328-4600

Facsimile: (650) 463-2600

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer

 

Accelerated filer

Non-accelerated filer

 

Smaller reporting company

 

 

 

Emerging growth company

 

 

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



 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title of Each Class of

Securities to be Registered

 

Amount

to be

Registered(1)

 

Proposed

Maximum
Offering Price

Per Share(2)

 

Proposed

Maximum
Aggregate Offering 

Price

 

Amount of
Registration Fee

Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share

 

2,485,691(3)

 

$24.89

 

$61,868,848.99

 

$7,498.51

Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share

 

621,423(4)

 

$24.89

 

$15,467,218.47

 

$1,874.63

Total:

 

3,107,114

 

$24.89

 

$77,336,067.46

 

$9,373.14

 

 

(1)

Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this registration statement shall also cover any additional shares of the Registrant’s common stock that become issuable under the 2015 Equity Incentive Award Plan (the “2015 Plan”) and the 2015 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”) by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or similar transaction effected without the Registrant’s receipt of consideration which would increase the number of outstanding shares of common stock.

 

(2)

This estimate is made pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee. The Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share for shares available for future grant is the average of the high and low prices for the registrant’s common stock as reported on The Nasdaq Global Select Market on February 27, 2019, which is $24.89.

(3)

Represents the additional shares of common stock available for future issuance under the 2015 Plan resulting from an annual increase as of January 1, 2019.

 

(4)

Represents the additional shares of common stock available for future issuance under the ESPP resulting from an annual increase as of January 1, 2019.

 

Proposed sale to take place as soon after the effective date of the

registration statement as awards under the plans are exercised and/or vest.  

 

 

 



EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of registering an additional 3,107,114 shares of the Registrant’s common stock issuable under the following employee benefit plans for which Registration Statements of the Registrant on Form S-8 (File Nos. 333-206307, 333-210142, 333-216724 and 333-223102) are effective: (i) the 2015 Equity Incentive Award Plan, as a result of the operation of an automatic annual increase provision therein, which added 2,485,691 shares of common stock, and (ii) the 2015 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as a result of the operation of an automatic annual increase provision therein, which added 621,423 shares of common stock.

INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF CONTENTS OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON

FORM S-8

 

Pursuant to Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the Registration Statements on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 11, 2015, March 11, 2016, March 15, 2017 and February 20, 2018 (File Nos. 333-206307, 333-210142, 333-216724 and 333-223102) are incorporated by reference herein.

 

Exhibit Index

 

 

 

 

Incorporated by Reference

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Filed Herewith

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Exhibit Description

 

Form

 

Date

 

Number

 

 

  4.1

 

Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

 

8-K

 

8/11/2015

 

3.1

 

 

  4.2

 

Amended and Restated Bylaws.

 

8-K

 

8/11/2015

 

3.2

 

 

  4.3

 

Form of Common Stock Certificate.

 

S-1/A

 

7/27/2015

 

4.2

 

 

  4.4

 

Amended and Restated Investors’ Rights Agreement, dated January 20, 2015, by and

among Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. and the investors listed therein.

 

S-1

 

7/6/2015

 

10.1

 

 

  4.5

 

Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated November 11, 2018, by and between the Company and Nestle Health Science US Holdings, Inc.

 

10-K

 

2/28/2019

 

4.4

 

 

  4.6

 

Amended and Restated Standstill Agreement, dated November 11, 2018, by and between the Company and Nestle Health Science US Holdings, Inc.

 

10-K

 

2/28/2019

 

4.5

 

 

  5.1

 

Opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

23.1

 

Consent of independent registered public accounting firm.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

23.2

 

Consent of Latham & Watkins LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

24.1

 

Power of Attorney. Reference is made to the signature page to the Registration Statement.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

99.1(a)#

 

2015 Equity Incentive Award Plan.

 

S-8

 

8/11/2015

 

99.2(a)

 

 

99.1(b)#

 

Form of Stock Option Grant Notice and Stock Option Agreement under the 2015 Equity Incentive Award Plan.

 

S-1/A

 

7/27/2015

 

10.6(b)

 

 

99.1(c)#

 

Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement and Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement under the 2015 Equity Incentive Award Plan.

 

S-1/A

 

7/27/2015

 

10.6(c)

 

 

99.2#

 

Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. 2015 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

 

S-8

 

8/11/2015

 

99.3

 

 

 

#Indicates management contract or compensatory plan.


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-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Brisbane, California, on this 28th day of February, 2019.  

Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.

By:

 

/s/ Jayson Dallas

 

 

Jayson Dallas, M.D.

 

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below does hereby constitute and appoint Eric H. Bjerkholt and Douglas T. Sheehy, and each of them, with full power of substitution and full power to act without the other, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to act for him or her in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to file this registration statement, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully, to all intents and purposes, as they or he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

Signature

 

Title

 

Date

 

 

 

 

/s/ Jayson Dallas

 

Jayson Dallas, M.D.

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

(Principal Executive Officer)

February 28, 2019

 

 

 

/s/ Eric H. Bjerkholt

 

Eric H. Bjerkholt

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

February 28, 2019

 

 

 

/s/ Gregory Behar

 

Gregory Behar

Director

February 28, 2019

 

 

 

/s/ Patrick G. Enright

 

Patrick G. Enright

Director

February 28, 2019

 

 

 

/s/ Kathryn E. Falberg

 

Kathryn E. Falberg

Director

February 28, 2019

 

 

 

/s/ Brett Haumann

 

Brett Haumann

Director

February 28, 2019

 

 

 

/s/ Mark T. Iwicki

 

Mark T. Iwicki

Director

February 28, 2019

 

 

 

/s/ Mark D. McDade

 

Mark D. McDade

Director

February 28, 2019

 

 

 


Signature

 

Title

 

Date

 

/s/ Stacey D. Seltzer

 

Stacey D. Seltzer

Director

February 28, 2019