As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 1, 2017
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
SAREPTA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
93-0797222
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
215 First Street, Suite 415
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
2014 Employment Commencement Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Douglas S. Ingram
President and Chief Executive Officer
Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.
215 First Street, Suite 415
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142
(Name and address of agent for service)
(617) 274-4000
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Paul M. Kinsella
Ropes & Gray LLP
Prudential Tower
800 Boylston Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02119
(617) 951-7000
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 | ☐ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) | 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. ☐
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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| Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered |
Amount to be Registered (1) |
Proposed Maximum Offering Price per Share |
Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price |
Amount of Registration Fee | ||||
| Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share |
2,938,266 (2) | $34.65 (3) | $101,810,916.90 | $12,675.46 | ||||
| Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share |
861,734 (4) | $47.45 (5) | $40,889,278.30 | $5,090.72 | ||||
| Total |
3,800,000 | — | $142,700,195.20 | $17,766.18 | ||||
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| (1) | Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this “Registration Statement”) shall also cover any additional shares of the Registrant’s common stock that become issuable under the Registrant’s 2014 Employment Commencement Incentive Plan, as amended (the “2014 Plan”), by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or similar transaction effected without the Registrant’s receipt of consideration which would increase the number of outstanding shares of common stock. |
| (2) | Represents shares of common stock reserved for issuance upon the exercise of unvested options to purchase shares of common stock (the “Options”) previously issued under the 2014 Plan. |
| (3) | Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457 under the Securities Act, based upon the exercise price of the Options of $34.65. |
| (4) | Represents shares of common stock reserved for issuance pursuant to future awards under the 2014 Plan. |
| (5) | This estimate is made pursuant to Rule 457 of the Securities Act solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee. The Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share is $47.45 per share, which is the average of the high and low prices for the Registrant’s common stock as reported on The NASDAQ Global Select Market on October 27, 2017. |
EXPLANTORY NOTE
This Registration Statement is being filed to register an additional 3,800,000 shares of the Registrant’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”), for issuance under the 2014 Plan. This Registration Statement is submitted in accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8 regarding registration of additional securities, and pursuant to such instruction, the contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-199037) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on September 30, 2014 and the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-209710) filed with the Commission on February 25, 2016 are incorporated by reference herein.
EXHIBIT INDEX
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 Cambridge, State of Massachusetts, on this 1st day of November, 2017.
| SAREPTA THERAPEUTICS, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Douglas S. Ingram | |
| Name: | Douglas S. Ingram | |
| Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer | |
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each individual whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Douglas S. Ingram, Sandesh Mahatme and David Tyronne Howton, or any of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution and full power to act without the other, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to act in his or her 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 all documents in connection therewith, with the 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, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their substitute or substitutes, 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/ Douglas S. Ingram Douglas S. Ingram |
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) |
November 1, 2017 | ||
| /s/ Sandesh Mahatme Sandesh Mahatme |
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Business Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
November 1 , 2017 | ||
| /s/ M. Kathleen Behrens M. Kathleen Behrens, Ph.D. |
Chairwoman of the Board |
November 1 , 2017 | ||
| /s/ Richard J. Barry Richard J. Barry |
Director |
November 1 , 2017 | ||
| /s/ Claude Nicaise Claude Nicaise, M.D. |
Director |
November 1 , 2017 | ||
| /s/ Hans Wigzell Hans Wigzell, M.D., Ph.D. |
Director |
November 1 , 2017 | ||