As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 21, 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
VINCERX PHARMA, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 83-3197402 | |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) | |
| 260 Sheridan Avenue, Suite 400 Palo Alto, CA (Address of Principal Executive Offices) |
94306 (Zip Code) | |
Vincerx Pharma, Inc. 2020 Stock Incentive Plan
Vincerx Pharma, Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Dr. Ahmed M. Hamdy
Chief Executive Officer
Vincerx Pharma, Inc.
260 Sheridan Avenue, Suite 400
Palo Alto, CA 94306
(Name and address of agent for service)
(650) 800-6676
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
| Tom C. Thomas, Esq. General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer Vincerx Pharma, Inc. 260 Sheridan Avenue, Suite 400 Palo Alto, CA 94306 (650) 800-6676 |
Gabriella A. Lombardi, Esq. Julie Park, Esq. Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 2550 Hanover Street Palo Alto, CA 94304 Tel: (650) 233-4500 Fax: (650) 233-4545 |
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) or the Securities Act. ☐
The Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing in accordance with Rule 462 under the Securities Act.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) is being filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) for the purpose of increasing the number of securities of the same class as other securities for which certain Registration Statements on Form S-8 relating to the same employee benefit plans are effective. Specifically, this Registration Statement is being filed to register (i) 1,500,000 additional shares of common stock of Vincerx Pharma, Inc. (the “Registrant”) for issuance under the Vincerx Pharma, Inc. 2020 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended (the “Stock Incentive Plan”), that have become available for issuance under an amendment to the Stock Incentive Plan, approved by the Registrant’s stockholders on May 23, 2024, (ii) 1,070,375 additional shares of common stock of the Registrant for issuance under the Stock Incentive Plan, pursuant to the provision of such plan that provides for automatic annual increases in the number of shares reserved for issuance thereunder, and (iii) 214,075 additional shares of common stock of the Registrant for issuance under the Vincerx Pharma, Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, pursuant to the provision of such plan that provides for automatic annual increases in the number of shares reserved for issuance thereunder. This Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the Registrant’s Registration Statements on Form S-8 filed with the Commission (File Nos. 333-254583, 333-257042, 333-263929 and 333-270908), excluding reports that the Registrant filed with the Commission that were incorporated into such registration statements to maintain current information about the Registrant, pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
(a) Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023;
(b) Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2024;
(c) Registrant’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 16, 2024, March 29, 2024, April 8, 2024, April 25, 2024, April 26, 2024, and May 28, 2024; and
(d) The description of the Registrant’s common stock contained in Exhibit 4.7 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 filed with the Commission on March 29, 2022, and any amendment or report filed with the Commission for the purpose of updating the description.
In addition, all documents filed by Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) (excluding any portions thereof furnished by the Registrant, including but not limited to information furnished under Item 2.02 and Item 7.01 and any exhibits relating to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 furnished under Item 9.01 of Form 8-K and any certification required by 18 U.S.C. § 1350), on or after the date of this Registration Statement, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment 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 in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in this Registration Statement or in a document incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in this Registration Statement or in any subsequently filed document that is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement modifies or supersedes such statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145(a) of the DGCL provides, in general, that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party to or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation), because the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, if the person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the person’s conduct was unlawful.
Section 145(b) of the DGCL provides, in general, that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor because the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, 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 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, he or she is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses that the Court of Chancery or other adjudicating court shall deem proper.
Section 145(g) of the DGCL provides, in general, that a corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person’s status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify the person against such liability under Section 145 of the DGCL.
The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and executive officers. These agreements provide that the Registrant will indemnify each of its directors and such officers to the fullest extent permitted by law and its charter and its bylaws.
The Registrant also maintains a general liability insurance policy, which will cover certain liabilities of directors and officers of the Registrant arising out of claims based on acts or omissions in their capacities as directors or officers.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
| * | Filed herewith. |
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 (the “Securities Act”);
(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 hereof) 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 Commission 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” or “Calculation of Registration Fee,” as applicable, table in the effective registration statement;
(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 clauses (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, 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, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this 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 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 Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities 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 Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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 Palo Alto, State of California, on June 21, 2024.
| VINCERX PHARMA, INC. |
| /s/ Dr. Ahmed M. Hamdy |
| Name: Dr. Ahmed M. Hamdy Title: Chief Executive Officer |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Dr. Ahmed M. Hamdy, Dr. Raquel E. Izumi and Alexander A. Seelenberger, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, 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 other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, 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 each of said attorneys-in-facts and agents, or his or her substitute or substitutes, or any of them, shall 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 in the capacities and on the date indicated.
| Signature |
Title |
Date | ||
| /s/ Dr. Ahmed M. Hamdy Dr. Ahmed M. Hamdy |
Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) |
June 21, 2024 | ||
| /s/ Alexander A. Seelenberger Alexander A. Seelenberger |
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) |
June 21, 2024 | ||
| /s/ Dr. Raquel E. Izumi Dr. Raquel E. Izumi |
President, Chief Operations Officer and Director |
June 21, 2024 | ||
| /s/ Laura I. Bushnell Laura I. Bushnell |
Director |
June 21, 2024 | ||
| /s/ Dr. Brian J. Druker Dr. Brian J. Druker |
Director |
June 21, 2024 | ||
| /s/ Dr. John H. Lee Dr. John H. Lee |
Director |
June 21, 2024 | ||
| /s/ Dr. Ruth E. Stevens Dr. Ruth E. Stevens |
Director |
June 21, 2024 | ||
| /s/ Francisco D. Salva Francisco D. Salva |
Director |
June 21, 2024 | ||