S-8 1 tmb-20210329xs8.htm S-8

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 29, 2021

Registration No. 333-__________

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

FORM S-8

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

 

Akouos, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware

 

81-1716654

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)  

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)  

 

645 Summer Street

Suite 200

Boston, Massachusetts

 

02210

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

2020 Stock Plan

2020 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

(Full Title of the Plan)

 

Emmanuel Simons, Ph.D., M.B.A.

President and Chief Executive Officer

Akouos, Inc.

645 Summer Street

Suite 200

Boston, Massachusetts 02210

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

 

(857) 410-1818

(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

 

Copy to:

 


Karoline Shair, Ph.D., J.D.

Akouos, Inc.

645 Summer Street

Suite 200

Boston, Massachusetts 02210

(857) 410-1818

 

 

 

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

 

x

 

Smaller reporting company

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Emerging growth company

 

x

 

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

 

Title 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

 

1,719,185 shares (2)

 

$17.75 (3)

 

$30,515,533.75 (3)

 

$3,330

 

 

 

(1)

In accordance with Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement shall be deemed to cover any additional securities that may from time to time be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.

 

(2)

Consists of an additional (i) 1,375,348 shares issuable under the 2020 Stock Plan and (ii) 343,837 shares issuable under the 2020 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

 

(3)

Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant’s Common Stock as reported on The Nasdaq Global Select Market on March 26, 2021.

 

 

 

Statement of Incorporation by Reference

This Registration Statement on Form S-8, relating to the 2020 Stock Plan and 2020 Employee Stock Purchase Plan of Akouos, Inc. (the “Registrant”), is being filed for the purpose of registering additional securities of the same class


as other securities for which a Registration Statement on Form S-8 has previously been filed and is effective. Accordingly, this Registration Statement incorporates by reference the contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-239571, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 30, 2020 by the Registrant, relating to the Registrant’s 2016 Stock Plan, 2020 Stock Plan and 2020 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, except for Item 8, Exhibits.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 8. Exhibits.

 

The following exhibits are incorporated herein by reference:

 

Number

 

Description

 

 

 

4.1

 

Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-39343) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 30, 2020).

 

 

 

4.2

 

Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-39343) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 30, 2020).

 

 

 

5.1*

 

Opinion of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, counsel to the Registrant.

 

 

 

23.1*

 

Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

 

 

 

23.2*

 

Consent of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).

 

 

 

24.1*

 

Power of attorney (included on the signature pages of this registration statement).

 

 

 

99.1

 

2020 Stock Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-238977) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 22, 2020).

 

 

 

99.2

 

2020 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 to Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-238977) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 22, 2020).

 

 

 

*

Filed herewith

 

 


 

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 Boston, Commonwealth of Massachusetts on this 29th day of March, 2021.

 

 

AKOUOS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Emmanuel Simons

 

 

Emmanuel Simons, Ph.D., M.B.A.

 

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES

 

We, the undersigned officers and directors of Akouos, Inc., hereby severally constitute and appoint Emmanuel Simons, Ph.D., M.B.A., Sachiyo Minegishi, M.B.A., and Karoline Shair, Ph.D., J.D., and each of them singly (with full power to each of them to act alone), our true and lawful attorneys with full power of substitution and resubstitution in each of them for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, and in any and all capacities, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the registration statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any and all subsequent amendments to said registration statement, and generally to do all such things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable Akouos, Inc. to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all amendments thereto.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature

 

Title

 

Date

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Emmanuel Simons

 

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

 

March 29, 2021

Emmanuel Simons, Ph.D., M.B.A.  

 

(Principal Executive Officer)  

 

 

/s/ Sachiyo Minegishi

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

March 29, 2021

Sachiyo Minegishi

(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

/s/ Arthur O. Tzianabos

 

Chairman of the Board of Directors

 

March 29, 2021

Arthur O. Tzianabos, Ph.D.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Edward T. Mathers

 

Director

 

March 29, 2021

Edward T. Mathers  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Kush M. Parmar

 

Director

 

March 29, 2021

Kush M. Parmar, M.D., Ph.D.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Heather Preston

 

Director

 

March 29, 2021

Heather Preston, M.D.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Saira Ramasastry

 

Director

 

March 29, 2021 

Saira Ramasastry

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

/s/ Vicki Sato

 

Director

 

March 29, 2021

Vicki Sato, Ph.D.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Chris Smith

 

Director

 

March 29, 2021

Chris Smith