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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 13, 2025
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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GOSSAMER BIO, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | 47-5461709 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | |||||||
3115 Merryfield Row, Suite 120 San Diego, CA 92121 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | 92121 (ZIP Code) | |||||||
Gossamer Bio, Inc. 2019 Incentive Award Plan
Gossamer Bio, Inc. 2019 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plans)
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Faheem Hasnain
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Gossamer Bio, Inc.
3115 Merryfield Row, Suite 120
San Diego, CA 92121
(Name and address of agent for service)
(858) 684-1300
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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Copies to:
| Matthew T. Bush, Esq. | ||
| Kevin C. Reyes, Esq. | ||
| Latham & Watkins LLP | ||
| 12670 High Bluff Drive | ||
| San Diego, CA 92130 | ||
| (858) 523-5400 | ||
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or 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. ☐
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of registering an additional 17,547,707 shares of common stock of Gossamer Bio, Inc. issuable or which may become issuable under the Gossamer Bio, Inc. 2019 Incentive Award Plan (the “2019 Plan”) and 2019 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”), pursuant to the evergreen provisions of such plans. In accordance with Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the prior registration statements on Form S-8, File Nos. 333-229586, 333-263260 and 333-277653, previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) with respect to the 2019 Plan, and File No. 333-229586, previously filed with SEC with respect to the ESPP Plan, are hereby incorporated by reference to the extent not modified or superseded hereby or by any subsequently filed document.
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. 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, Gossamer Bio, Inc. is sometimes referred to as “registrant,” “we,” “us” or “our.”
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) 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:
(a) the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, filed by the registrant with the SEC on March 13, 2025, which contains the registrant’s audited financial statements for the latest fiscal year for which such statements have been filed;
(b) our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 19, 2025; and
(c) the description of the registrant’s common stock set forth in the registrant’s registration statement on Form 8-A12B (Registration No. 001-38796), filed by the registrant with the SEC under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), on February 4, 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.
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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.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 102 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware permits a corporation to eliminate the personal liability of directors and officers of a corporation to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director or an officer, as applicable, except for liability (a) for any breach of the duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (b) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (c) of a director under Section 174 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, (d) for any transaction from which the director or officer derived an improper personal benefit or (e) of an officer in any action by or in the right of the corporation. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, as amended, provides that no director or officer of the registrant shall be personally liable to it or its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty as a director or officer, notwithstanding any provision of law imposing such liability, except to the extent that the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware prohibits the elimination or limitation of liability of directors or officer for breaches of fiduciary duty.
Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware provides that a corporation has the power to indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or a person serving at the request of the corporation for another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise in related capacities against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with an action, suit or proceeding to which he was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, ending or completed action, suit or proceeding by reason of such position, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, in any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful, except that, in the case of actions brought by or in the right of the corporation, no indemnification shall be made with respect to any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or other adjudicating court determines that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all of the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
Our amended and restated bylaws provide that we will indemnify each person who was or is a party or threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of us) by reason of the fact that he or she is or was, or has agreed to become, a director or officer, or is or was serving, or has agreed to serve, at our request as a director, officer, partner, employee or trustee of, or in a similar capacity with, another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise (all such persons being referred to as an “Indemnitee”), or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in such capacity, against all expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with such action, suit or proceeding and any appeal therefrom, if such Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, our best interests, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, he or she had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. Our amended and restated bylaws provide that we will indemnify any Indemnitee who was or is a party to an action or suit by or in the right of us to procure a judgment in our favor by reason of the fact that the Indemnitee is or was, or has agreed to become, a director or officer, or is or was serving, or has agreed to serve, at our request as a director, officer, partner, employee or trustee of, or in a similar capacity with, another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in such capacity, against all expenses (including attorneys’ fees) and, to the extent permitted by law, amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, and any appeal therefrom, if the Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, our best interests, except that no indemnification shall be made with respect to any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to us, unless a court determines that, despite such adjudication but in view of all of the circumstances, he or she is entitled to indemnification of such expenses. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that any Indemnitee has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, he or she will be indemnified by us against all expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred in connection therewith. Expenses must be advanced to an Indemnitee under certain circumstances.
We have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our directors and officers. These indemnification agreements may require us, among other things, to indemnify our directors and officers for some expenses, including
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attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and settlement amounts incurred by a director or officer in any action or proceeding arising out of his or her service as one of our directors or officers, or any of our subsidiaries or any other company or enterprise to which the person provides services at our request.
We maintain a general liability insurance policy that covers certain liabilities of directors and officers of our corporation arising out of claims based on acts or omissions in their capacities as directors or officers.
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Item 8. Exhibits.
| Incorporated by Reference | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Exhibit Number | Description of Document | Form | File No. | Exhibit | Filing Date | Filed Herewith | ||||||||||||||
| 3.1 | 10-Q | 001-38796 | 3.1 | 8/8/2023 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3.2 | 8-K | 001-38796 | 3.1 | 11/27/2023 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4.1 | S-1/A | 333-228984 | 4.1 | 1/23/2019 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4.2 | 10-K | 001-38796 | 4.3 | 2/26/2021 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5.1 | X | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10.1 | S-1/A | 333-228984 | 10.5 | 1/23/2019 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10.2 | 10-Q | 001-38796 | 10.1 | 5/12/2020 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10.3 | S-1/A | 333-228984 | 10.6 | 1/23/2019 | ||||||||||||||||
| 23.1 | X | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23.3 | X | |||||||||||||||||||
| 24.1 | X | |||||||||||||||||||
| 107 | X | |||||||||||||||||||
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Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement,
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Filing Fee Tables” in the effective registration statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this registration statement or any material change to such information in this registration statement;
Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if this registration statement is on Form S-8 and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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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 San Diego, State of California, on March 13, 2025.
| GOSSAMER BIO, INC. | ||||||||
| By: | /s/ Faheem Hasnain | |||||||
| Faheem Hasnain | ||||||||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||
Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Faheem Hasnain and Bryan Giraudo, jointly and severally, his or her attorneys-in-fact, each with the full power of substitution, for him or her 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 Securities and Exchange Commission, 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 of 1933, 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/ Faheem Hasnain | President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors | March 13, 2025 | ||||||||||||
| Faheem Hasnain | (Principal Executive Officer) | |||||||||||||
| /s/ Bryan Giraudo | Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer | March 13, 2025 | ||||||||||||
| Bryan Giraudo | (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | |||||||||||||
| /s/ Russell Cox | Director | March 13, 2025 | ||||||||||||
| Russell Cox | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ Thomas Daniel, M.D. | Director | March 13, 2025 | ||||||||||||
| Thomas Daniel, M.D. | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ Sky Drynan | Director | March 13, 2025 | ||||||||||||
| Sky Drynan | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ Sandra Milligan, M.D., J.D. | Director | March 13, 2025 | ||||||||||||
| Sandra Milligan, M.D., J.D. | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ Steven Nathan, M.D. | Director | March 13, 2025 | ||||||||||||
| Steven Nathan, M.D. | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ John Quisel, J.D., Ph.D. | Director | March 13, 2025 | ||||||||||||
| John Quisel, J.D., Ph.D. | ||||||||||||||