SEC Form S-8 filed by Neurocrine Biosciences Inc.
$NBIX
Biotechnology: Biological Products (No Diagnostic Substances)
Health Care
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 1, 2024
Registration No. 333-
| UNITED STATES | ||||||||
| SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION | ||||||||
| Washington, D.C. 20549 | ||||||||
| FORM S-8 | ||||||||
| REGISTRATION STATEMENT | ||||||||
| UNDER | ||||||||
| THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 | ||||||||
| NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES, INC. | ||||||||
| (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) | ||||||||
| Delaware | 33-0525145 | |||||||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | |||||||
6027 Edgewood Bend Court | ||||||||
| San Diego, CA 92130 | ||||||||
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | ||||||||
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. 2020 Equity Incentive Plan | ||||||||
| (Full Title of the Plan) | ||||||||
| Kevin C. Gorman, Ph.D. | ||||||||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | ||||||||
| 12780 El Camino Real | ||||||||
| San Diego, CA 92130 | ||||||||
| (Name and Address of Agent for Service) | ||||||||
| (858) 617-7600 | ||||||||
| (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service) | ||||||||
| Copies to: | ||||||||
| Darin M. Lippoldt | Jason L. Kent, Esq. | |||||||
| Chief Legal Officer | Carlos A. Ramirez, Esq. | |||||||
| Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | Cooley LLP | |||||||
| 12780 El Camino Real | 10265 Science Center Drive | |||||||
| San Diego, CA 92130 | San Diego, CA 92121 | |||||||
| (858) 617-7600 | (858) 550-6000 | |||||||
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INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF CONTENTS
OF REGISTRATION STATEMENTS ON FORM S-8
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 Registration Statements on Form S-8 relating to the same benefit plan are effective. This Registration Statement on Form S-8 registers the offer and sale of an additional 3,635,000 shares of the Registrant’s common stock for issuance under the Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. 2020 Equity Incentive Plan (as amended and restated, the “2020 Plan”). The Registrant previously registered shares of its common stock for issuance under the 2020 Plan on August 3, 2020 (File No. 333-240301), August 4, 2022 (File No. 333-266530) and August 1, 2023 (File No. 333-273554). Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, this Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the Registration Statements referenced above.
| ITEM 8. | EXHIBITS. | |||||||
| Exhibit | Description | |||||||
| 3.1 | ||||||||
| 3.2 | ||||||||
| 3.3 | ||||||||
| 4.1 | ||||||||
| 4.2 | ||||||||
| 5.1 | ||||||||
| 23.1 | ||||||||
| 23.2 | ||||||||
| 24.1 | ||||||||
| 99.1 | ||||||||
| 107 | ||||||||
(1) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on November 5, 2018. | ||||||||
(2) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 1, 2023. | ||||||||
(3) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 28, 2024. | ||||||||
(4) Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-03172). | ||||||||
(5) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 1, 2024. | ||||||||
| 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 San Diego, State of California, on August 1, 2024. | ||||||||||||||
| NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES, INC. | ||||||||||||||
| By: | /s/ Kevin C. Gorman | |||||||||||||
| Kevin C. Gorman, Ph.D. | ||||||||||||||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||||||||
| POWER OF ATTORNEY | ||||||||||||||
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints KEVIN C. GORMAN, PH.D., and DARIN LIPPOLDT, and each or either of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his 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 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, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. | ||||||||||||||
| Signature | Title | Date | ||||||||||||
| /s/ Kevin C. Gorman | Chief Executive Officer and Director | August 1, 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Kevin C. Gorman, Ph.D. | (Principal Executive Officer) | |||||||||||||
| /s/ Matthew C. Abernethy | Chief Financial Officer | August 1, 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Matthew C. Abernethy | (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | |||||||||||||
| /s/ William H. Rastetter | Chairman of the Board of Directors | August 1, 2024 | ||||||||||||
| William H. Rastetter, Ph.D. | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ Gary A. Lyons | Director | August 1, 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Gary A. Lyons | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ Johanna Mercier | Director | August 1, 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Johanna Mercier | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ George J. Morrow | Director | August 1, 2024 | ||||||||||||
| George J. Morrow | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ Leslie V. Norwalk | Director | August 1, 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Leslie V. Norwalk | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ Christine A. Poon | Director | August 1, 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Christine A. Poon | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ Richard F. Pops | Director | August 1, 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Richard F. Pops | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ Shalini Sharp | Director | August 1, 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Shalini Sharp | ||||||||||||||
/s/ Stephen A. Sherwin | Director | August 1, 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Stephen A. Sherwin, M.D. | ||||||||||||||