As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 7, 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
ALDEYRA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 20-1968197 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | |
131 Hartwell Avenue, Suite 320 Lexington, MA | 02421 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |
2016 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of plan)
Todd C. Brady, M.D., Ph.D.,
President and Chief Executive Officer
131 Hartwell Avenue, Suite 320
Lexington, MA 02421
(Name and address of agent for service)
(781) 761-4904
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Please send copies of all communications to:
Keith J. Scherer
Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP
One Marina Park Drive, Suite 900
Boston, MA 02210
Telephone: (617) 648-9100
Telecopy: (617) 648-9199
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) of the Securities Act. ☐
PART I
EXPLANATORY NOTE
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 registers additional shares of Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the Purchase Plan. The information contained in the Registrant’s registration statements on Form S-8 (SEC File Nos. 333-230161, 333-224019, 333-217043 , 333-213045, 333-210492, 333-203076, 333-196674, 333-237129, 333-254144. 333-263660 and 333-270401), together with all exhibits filed therewith or incorporated therein by reference, are hereby incorporated by reference pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 8. Exhibits.
EXHIBIT INDEX
| * | Filed herewith. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Lexington, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on this 7th day of March, 2024.
| ALDEYRA THERAPEUTICS, INC. |
/s/ Todd C. Brady, M.D., Ph.D. |
| Todd C. Brady, M.D., Ph.D. |
| President and Chief Executive Officer |
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officers and directors of Aldeyra Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint Todd C. Brady, M.D., Ph.D. and Bruce Greenberg, and each of them, the lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power and authority to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, and any one of them, determine may be necessary or advisable or required to enable said corporation to comply with the Securities Act, and any rules or regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with this Registration Statement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing power and authority, the powers granted include the power and authority to sign the names of the undersigned officers and directors in the capacities indicated below to this Registration Statement, to any and all amendments, both pre-effective and post-effective, and supplements to this Registration Statement, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as part of or in conjunction with this Registration Statement or amendments or supplements thereof, and each of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms that all said attorneys and agents, or any one of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature | Title | Date | ||
/s/ Todd C. Brady, M.D., Ph.D. Todd C. Brady, M.D., Ph.D. | President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) | March 7, 2024 | ||
/s/ Bruce Greenberg Bruce Greenberg | Interim Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | March 7, 2024 | ||
/s/ Richard H. Douglas, Ph.D. Richard H. Douglas, Ph.D. | Chairman of the Board of Directors | March 7, 2024 | ||
/s/ Ben Bronstein, M.D. Ben Bronstein, M.D. | Director | March 7, 2024 | ||
/s/ Martin J. Joyce Martin J. Joyce | Director | March 7, 2024 | ||
/s/ Nancy Miller-Rich Nancy Miller-Rich | Director | March 7, 2024 | ||
/s/ Gary Phillips, M.D. Gary Phillips, M.D. | Director | March 7, 2024 | ||
/s/ Neal Walker, D.O. Neal Walker, D.O. | Director | March 7, 2024 | ||
