SEC Form S-8 filed by Absci Corporation
$ABSI
Biotechnology: Commercial Physical & Biological Resarch
Health Care
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March [24], 2026
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under The Securities Act of 1933
ABSCI CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 85-3383487 | |||||||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | |||||||
18105 SE Mill Plain Blvd Vancouver, WA | 98683 | |||||||
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |||||||
Absci Corporation 2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan
Absci Corporation 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plans)
Sean McClain
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
18105 SE Mill Plain Blvd
Vancouver, WA 98683
(Name and address of agent for service)
(360) 949-1041
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Maggie Wong Alicia Tschirhart Goodwin Procter LLP 525 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94105 (415) 733-6000 | Zachariah Jonasson Chief Financial Officer and Chief Business Officer Absci Corporation 18105 SE Mill Plain Blvd Vancouver, WA 98683 (360) 949-1041 | |||||||
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
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 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 registers (i) 7,575,754 additional shares of the Registrant’s common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”) under the Absci Corporation 2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the “2021 Plan”) and (ii) 1,515,151 additional shares of Common Stock under the Absci Corporation 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “2021 ESPP”).
The number of shares of Common Stock reserved and available for issuance under the 2021 Plan is subject to an automatic annual increase on each January 1, beginning January 1, 2022, by an amount equal to the lesser of: (i) 5% of the number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding on the immediately preceding December 31, and (ii) such lesser number of shares of Common Stock as determined by the Administrator (as defined in the 2021 Plan). The number of shares of Common Stock reserved and available for issuance under the 2021 ESPP is subject to an automatic annual increase on each January 1, beginning January 1, 2022 and each January 1 thereafter through January 1, 2031, by an amount equal to the lesser of: (i) 1,807,500 shares of Common Stock, (ii) 1% of the number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding on the immediately preceding December 31, and (iii) such number of shares of Common Stock as determined by the Administrator (as defined in the 2021 ESPP). Accordingly, on January 1, 2026, the number of shares of Common Stock reserved and available for issuance under the (i) 2021 Plan increased by 7,575,754 and (ii) 2021 ESPP increased by 1,515,151 The additional shares are of the same class as other securities relating to the 2021 Plan and 2021 ESPP for which the Registrant’s registration statements filed on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on July 28, 2021 (File No. 333-258209), on March 22, 2022 (File No. 333-263772), on March 30, 2023 (File No. 333-270995), on March 21, 2024 (File No. 333-278140) and on March 18, 2025 (File No. 333-285883) are effective, which registration statements are hereby incorporated by reference pursuant to General Instruction E, except to the extent supplemented, amended or superseded by the information set forth herein. In accordance with the instructional note to Part I of Form S-8 as promulgated by the Commission, the information specified by Part I of the Form S-8 has been omitted from this registration statement.
Part II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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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 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 Vancouver, Washington, on this 24th day of March, 2026.
| ABSCI CORPORATION | ||||||||||||||
| By: | /s/ Sean McClain | |||||||||||||
| Name: | Sean McClain | |||||||||||||
| Title: | Founder and CEO | |||||||||||||
POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENT, that each individual whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints each of Sean McClain and Zachariah Jonasson as such person’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person in such person’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that any said attorney-in-fact and agent, or any substitute or substitutes of any of them, 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 their capacities and on the date indicated.
| NAME | TITLE | DATE | ||||||||||||
/s/ Sean McClain | Founder, CEO and Director (Principal Executive Officer) | March 24, 2026 | ||||||||||||
Sean McClain | ||||||||||||||
/s/ Zachariah Jonasson | Chief Financial Officer and Chief Business Officer (Principal Financial Officer) | March 24, 2026 | ||||||||||||
| Zachariah Jonasson, Ph.D. | ||||||||||||||
/s/ Todd Bedrick | Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer) | March 24, 2026 | ||||||||||||
| Todd Bedrick | ||||||||||||||
/s/ Frans van Houten | Chair of the Board | March 24, 2026 | ||||||||||||
Frans van Houten, MSc | ||||||||||||||
/s/ Karen McGinnis | Director | March 24, 2026 | ||||||||||||
Karen McGinnis, C.P.A | ||||||||||||||
/s/ Menelas Pangalos | Director | March 24, 2026 | ||||||||||||
| Prof Sir Menelas Pangalos, Ph.D. | ||||||||||||||
/s/ Daniel Rabinovitsj | Director | March 24, 2026 | ||||||||||||
| Daniel Rabinovitsj | ||||||||||||||
/s/ Joseph Sirosh | Director | March 24, 2026 | ||||||||||||
| Joseph Sirosh, Ph.D. | ||||||||||||||
/s/ Mary Szela | Director | March 24, 2026 | ||||||||||||
| Mary Szela | ||||||||||||||