As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 27, 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
ADURO BIOTECH, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 2834 | 94-3348934 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
740 Heinz Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94710
(510) 848-4400
(Address, including zip code and telephone number, of Registrants principal executive offices)
Aduro Biotech, Inc. 2015 Equity Incentive Plan
Stephen T. Isaacs
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Aduro Biotech, Inc.
740 Heinz Avenue
Berkeley, California 94710
(510) 848-4400
(Name, address, including zip code and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Alan C. Mendelson
Kathleen M. Wells
Latham & Watkins LLP
140 Scott Drive
Menlo Park, California 94025
(650) 328-4600
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
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Title of Securities to be Registered |
Amount to be Registered (1) |
Proposed Maximum Offering Price per Share |
Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price |
Amount of Registration Fee | ||||
Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share |
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Aduro Biotech, Inc. 2015 Equity Incentive Plan |
3,182,868 (2) | $3.95 (3) | $12,572,328.60 | $1,523.77 | ||||
Total |
3,182,868 | $12,572,328.60 | $1,523.77 | |||||
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(1) | Pursuant to Rule 416(a) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Registrants common stock that become issuable under the plan set forth herein by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization, or other similar transaction effected that results in an increase to the number of outstanding shares of Registrants common stock, as applicable. |
(2) | Represents shares of common stock that were automatically added to the shares authorized for issuance under the Registrants 2015 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the 2015 Plan), on January 1, 2019 pursuant to an evergreen provision contained in the 2015 Plan. Pursuant to such provision, the number of shares reserved for issuance under the 2015 Plan automatically increases on January 1 of each year, starting on January 1, 2016 and continuing through (and including) January 1, 2025 by 4% of the total number of shares of the Registrants capital stock outstanding on December 31 of the preceding fiscal year, or a lesser number of shares determined by the Registrants board of directors. |
(3) | Estimated in accordance with Rules 457(c) and (h) solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the basis of $3.95 per share, the average of the high and low prices of the Registrants common stock on February 21, 2019 as reported on The Nasdaq Global Select Market. |
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of increasing the number of securities of the same class as other securities for which a Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the same benefit plans is effective. The Registrant previously registered shares of its Common Stock for issuance under the 2015 Plan under Registration Statements on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 20, 2015 (File No. 333-203508), March 8, 2016 (File No. 333-210016), March 1, 2017 (File No. 333-216373) and March 1, 2018 (File No. 333-223382). The Registrant is hereby registering an additional 3,182,868 shares of its Common Stock issuable under the 2015 Plan. Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, this Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the Registration Statements referenced above.
PART II
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents filed by the Registrant with the SEC are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
(a) The contents of the earlier registration statements on Form S-8 relating to the 2015 Plan, previously filed with the SEC on April 20, 2015 (File No. 333-203508), March 8, 2016 (File No. 333-210016), March 1, 2017 (File No. 333-216373) and March 1, 2018 (File No. 333-223382).
(b) The Registrants Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, which includes audited financial statements for the Registrants latest fiscal year, filed with the SEC on February 27, 2019.
(c) The Registrants Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 7, 2019, February 21, 2019 and February 27, 2019 (as to Item 8.01 only).
(d) The description of the Registrants common stock which is contained in a registration statement on Form 8-A filed on April 10, 2015 (File No. 001-37345) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
(e) All other reports and documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act (other than Current Reports furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and exhibits furnished on such form that relate to such items) on or after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part of this Registration Statement from the date of the filing of such reports and documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document that also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS
(1) | Filed as Exhibit 3.3 to Registrants Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-202667), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 6, 2015, and incorporated herein by reference. |
(2) | Filed as Exhibit 3.5 to Registrants Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-202667), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 6, 2015, and incorporated herein by reference. |
(3) | Filed as Exhibit 4.1 to Registrants Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-202667), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 6, 2015, and incorporated herein by reference. |
(4) | Filed as Exhibit 10.7 to Registrants Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-202667), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 6, 2015, and incorporated herein by reference. |
(5) | Filed as Exhibit 10.8 to Registrants Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-202667), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 6, 2015, and incorporated herein by reference. |
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 the City of Berkeley, State of California, on this 27th day of February, 2019.
ADURO BIOTECH, INC. | ||||
By: | /s/ Stephen T. Isaacs | |||
Stephen T. Isaacs | ||||
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer |
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Stephen T. Isaacs and Jennifer Lew, and each or any one of them, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and 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 the same, 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 connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as 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, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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.
Signature | Title | Date | ||
/s/ Stephen T. Isaacs Stephen T. Isaacs |
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) |
February 27, 2019 | ||
/s/ Jennifer Lew Jennifer Lew |
Chief Financial Officer (principal financial and accounting officer) |
February 27, 2019 | ||
/s/ William M. Greenman William M. Greenman |
Director | February 27, 2019 | ||
/s/ Ross Haghighat Ross Haghighat |
Director | February 27, 2019 | ||
David Mack |
Director | February 27, 2019 | ||
/s/ Stephanie Monaghan OBrien Stephanie Monaghan OBrien |
Director | February 27, 2019 | ||
/s/ Stephen A. Sherwin Stephen A. Sherwin |
Director | February 27, 2019 |