As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 20, 2025
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
EXAGEN INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 20-0434866 | |||||||||||||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | |||||||||||||
1261 Liberty Way
Vista, California 92081
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Exagen Inc. 2019 Incentive Award Plan
Exagen Inc. 2019 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plans)
John Aballi
President and Chief Executive Officer
Exagen Inc.
1261 Liberty Way
Vista, California 92081
(760) 560-1501
(Name, address, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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. ☐
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") for the purpose of registering an additional 882,016 shares of common stock of Exagen Inc. (the "Registrant") issuable or which may become issuable under the Exagen Inc. 2019 Incentive Award Plan (the "2019 Plan") and the Exagen Inc. 2019 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "2019 ESPP") pursuant to the evergreen provision of such plans.
Pursuant to General Instruction E on Form S-8, the contents of the prior registration statements on Form S-8, File Nos. 333-233878, 333-256014, 333-264867, 333-272038 and 333-279356, previously filed with respect to the 2019 Plan and 2019 ESPP, are incorporated into this Registration Statement by reference to the extent not modified or superseded hereby or by any subsequently filed document, which is incorporated by reference herein or therein.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to participants as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). These documents and the documents incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
In this Registration Statement, Exagen Inc. is sometimes referred to as "Registrant," "we," "us" or "our."
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The Securities and Exchange Commission allows us to "incorporate by reference" the information we file with them, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this Registration Statement, and later information filed with the SEC will update and supersede this information. We hereby incorporate by reference into this Registration Statement the following documents previously filed with the SEC:
•The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the SEC on March 11, 2025, including the information incorporated by reference into our Annual Report on Form 10-K from our definitive proxy statement for our 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, filed with the SEC on April 30, 2025;
•The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, filed with the SEC on May 5, 2025;
•The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 13, 2025, March 11, 2025, April 28, 2025, May 5, 2025, May 8, 2025 and May 9, 2025; and
•The description of the Registrant's common stock set forth in the Registrant's registration statement on Form 8-A12B (Registration No. 001-39049), filed by the Registrant with the SEC under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), on September 13, 2019, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
In addition, all documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the filing of this registration statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which de-registers all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing such documents, except as to specific sections of such statements as set forth therein. 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 other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement contained herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained in any subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or 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.
Under no circumstances shall any information furnished under Item 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K be deemed incorporated herein by reference unless such Form 8-K expressly provides to the contrary.
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Incorporated by Reference | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Exhibit Number | Exhibit Description | Form | File No. | Exhibit | Exhibit Filing Date | Filed/Furnished Herewith | ||||||||||||||
| 4.1 | 8-K | 001-39049 | 3.1 | 9/23/2019 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4.2 | 8-K | 001-39049 | 3.1 | 3/22/2021 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4.3 | 8-K | 001-39049 | 3.1 | 1/23/2023 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4.4 | S-1/A | 333-233446 | 4.1 | 9/9/2019 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5.1 | X | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23.1 | X | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23.2 | X | |||||||||||||||||||
| 24.1 | X | |||||||||||||||||||
| 99.1 | S-1/A | 333-233446 | 10.3 | 9/9/2019 | ||||||||||||||||
| 99.2 | S-1/A | 333-233446 | 10.4 | 9/9/2019 | ||||||||||||||||
| 99.3 | 10-K | 001-39049 | 10.5 | 3/16/2021 | ||||||||||||||||
| 99.4 | S-1/A | 333-233446 | 10.5 | 9/9/2019 | ||||||||||||||||
| 107 | X | |||||||||||||||||||
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 Vista, State of California, on May 20, 2025.
| EXAGEN INC. | ||||||||
| by: | /s/ John Aballi | |||||||
| John Aballi | ||||||||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||
| (Principal Executive Officer) | ||||||||
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints John Aballi and Jeffrey G. Black, and each of them singly (with full power to each of them to act alone), his attorneys-in-fact, each with the full power of substitution, for him in any and all capacities, to sign this registration statement, and any amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
| Signature | Title | Date | |||||||||||||||
| /s/ John Aballi | President, Chief Executive Officer and Director | May 20, 2025 | |||||||||||||||
| John Aballi | (Principal Executive Officer) | ||||||||||||||||
| /s/ Jeffrey G. Black | Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary | May 20, 2025 | |||||||||||||||
| Jeffrey G. Black | (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | ||||||||||||||||
| /s/ Tina S. Nova, Ph.D. | Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors | May 20, 2025 | |||||||||||||||
| Tina S. Nova, Ph.D. | |||||||||||||||||
| /s/ Ana Hooker | Director | May 20, 2025 | |||||||||||||||
| Ana Hooker | |||||||||||||||||
| /s/ Scott Kahn, Ph.D. | Director | May 20, 2025 | |||||||||||||||
| Scott Kahn, Ph.D. | |||||||||||||||||
| /s/ Paul Kim | Director | May 20, 2025 | |||||||||||||||
| Paul Kim | |||||||||||||||||
| /s/ Bruce C. Robertson, Ph.D. | Director | May 20, 2025 | |||||||||||||||
| Bruce C. Robertson, Ph.D. | |||||||||||||||||
| /s/ Frank Stokes | Director | May 20, 2025 | |||||||||||||||
| Frank Stokes | |||||||||||||||||