As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 28, 2023
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
Registration statement
under
the securities act of 1933
Zynerba Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 26-0389433 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
80 W. Lancaster Avenue, Suite 300 Devon, PA | 19333 (Zip Code) |
ZYNERBA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
AMENDED AND RESTATED 2014 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Armando Anido
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Zynerba Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
80 W. Lancaster Avenue, Suite 300
Devon, PA 19333
(Name and address of agent for service)
(484) 581-7505
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
with a copy to:
Rachael M. Bushey, Esq.
Jennifer L. Porter, Esq.
Goodwin Procter LLP
2929 Arch Street, Suite 1700
Philadelphia, PA 19104
(445) 207-7805
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 | ¨ |
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. ¨
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement is being filed for the purpose of registering an additional 1,500,000 shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share (the "Common Stock"), of Zynerba Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the "Registrant") that were added to the shares authorized for issuance under the Zynerba Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Amended and Restated 2014 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended (the "Plan") for which a Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the same employee benefit plan is effective.
The Registrant previously filed the Registration Statements on Form S-8 (File Nos. 333-207973, 33-216968, 333-223597, 333-230182, 333-237051, 333-256028 and 333-263128) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") to register 10,209,030 shares of Common Stock that were authorized for issuance under the Plan. Upon the effectiveness of this Registration Statement, an aggregate of 11,709,030 shares of Common Stock will be registered for issuance from time to time under the Plan. Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the Registration Statements on Form S-8 (File Nos. 333-207973, 333-216968, 333-223597, 333-230182, 333-237051, 333-256028 and 333-263128) filed with the Commission on November 13, 2015, March 27, 2017, March 12, 2018, March 11, 2019, March 10, 2020, May 12, 2021 and March 1, 2022, are incorporated herein by reference except to the extent supplemented, amended or superseded by the information set forth herein. Only those items of Form S-8 containing new information not contained in the earlier registration statements are presented herein.
PART ii
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents of the Registrant filed with the Commission are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement as of their respective dates:
(b) The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K (other than portions thereof furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and exhibits accompanying such reports that are related to such items) filed on January 9, 2023 and March 28, 2023; and
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents; provided, however, that documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with Commission rules shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. Any statement contained herein or in a document, all or a portion of which is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or amended, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 8 Exhibits.
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 Devon, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on March 28, 2023.
ZYNERBA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Armando Anido | |
Name: | Armando Anido | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors |
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Armando Anido and James Fickenscher, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with the full power of substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place or stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this registration statement (including post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully 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 by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature | Title | Date | ||
/s/ Armando Anido | Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors | March 28, 2023 | ||
Armando Anido | (Principal Executive Officer) | |||
/s/ James Fickenscher | Chief Financial Officer | March 28, 2023 | ||
James Fickenscher | (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | |||
/s/ John Butler | Director | March 28, 2023 | ||
John Butler | ||||
/s/ Warren D. Cooper | Director | March 28, 2023 | ||
Warren D. Cooper | ||||
/s/ William J. Federici | Director | March 28, 2023 | ||
William J. Federici | ||||
/s/ Daniel L. Kisner | Director | March 28, 2023 | ||
Daniel L. Kisner | ||||
/s/ Kenneth I. Moch | Director | March 28, 2023 | ||
Kenneth I. Moch | ||||
/s/ Pamela Stephenson | Director | March 28, 2023 | ||
Pamela Stephenson |