As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on February 25, 2022
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
BRIDGEBIO PHARMA, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 84-1850815 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
421 Kipling Street
Palo Alto, CA 94301
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
2021 AMENDED AND RESTATED BRIDGEBIO PHARMA, INC. STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Brian C. Stephenson
Chief Financial Officer
BridgeBio Pharma, Inc.
421 Kipling Street
Palo Alto, CA 94301
(Name and address of agent for service)
(650) 391-9740
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Mitchell S. Bloom, Esq.
Maggie L. Wong, Esq.
Natalie T. Martirossian, Esq.
Goodwin Procter LLP
3 Embarcadero Center, 28th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
Telephone: (415) 733-6000
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 definition 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. ☐
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SHARES
PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. is filing this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) to register 7,367,166 additional shares of its common stock under the 2021 Amended and Restated BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. Stock Option and Incentive Plan (formerly known as the Amended and Restated BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. 2019 Stock Option and Incentive Plan) (the “2021 Plan”), pursuant to the provisions of the 2021 Plan providing for an automatic increase in the number of shares of common stock reserved and available for issuance under the 2021 Plan on January 1, 2022. In accordance with the instructional note to Part I of Form S-8 as promulgated by the Commission, the information specified by Part I of the Form S-8 has been omitted from this Registration Statement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. | Incorporation of Documents by Reference. |
The following documents filed with the Commission by the registrant are incorporated by reference into this registration statement:
(a) | The contents of the Registrant’s Registration Statements on Form S-8 (File Nos. 333-232491, 333-236872, 333-239718 and 333-252394), filed with the Commission on July 1, 2019, March 4, 2020, July 7, 2020 and January 25, 2021, respectively; |
(b) | The registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 (“Annual Report”); and |
(c) | The description of the registrant’s common stock, which is registered under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), contained in Exhibit 4.3 to the Annual Report, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description. |
All documents that the registrant subsequently files pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this registration statement which indicates that all of the shares of common stock offered have been sold or which deregisters all of such shares 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 the filing of such documents, except as to any portion of any future annual or quarterly report to stockholders or document or current report furnished under current Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K that is not deemed filed under such provisions.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded 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 superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.
Under no circumstances will any information filed under current items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K be deemed incorporated herein by reference unless such Form 8-K expressly provides to the contrary.
Item 8. | Exhibits. |
See the Exhibit Index below for a list of exhibits filed as part of this registration statement on Form S-8, which Exhibit Index is incorporated herein by reference.
EXHIBIT INDEX
* | Filed herewith. |
(1) | Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on July 3, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference. |
(2) | Filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-4, filed on November 6, 2020 and incorporated herein by reference. |
(3) | Filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Amendment No. 3 to Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed on June 24, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference. |
(4) | Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed on February 25, 2022 and incorporated herein by reference. |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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, this 25th day of February, 2022.
BRIDGEBIO PHARMA, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Neil Kumar | |
Neil Kumar, Ph.D. Chief Executive Officer |
POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENT, that each individual whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints each of Neil Kumar and Brian C. Stephenson as such person’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person in such person’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, 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 all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission granting unto each 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 such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that any said attorney-in-fact and agent, or any substitute or substitutes of any of them, 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 date indicated below.
Signature | Title | Date | ||
/s/ Neil Kumar Neil Kumar, Ph.D. | Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) | February 25, 2022 | ||
/s/ Brian C. Stephenson Brian C. Stephenson, Ph.D., CFA | Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) | February 25, 2022 | ||
/s/ Eric Aguiar Eric Aguiar, M.D. | Director | February 25, 2022 | ||
/s/ Jennifer E. Cook Jennifer E. Cook | Director | February 25, 2022 | ||
/s/ Douglas A. Dachille Douglas A. Dachille | Director | February 25, 2022 | ||
/s/ Ronald J. Daniels Ronald J. Daniels | Director | February 25, 2022 | ||
/s/ Andrea Ellis Andrea Ellis | Director | February 25, 2022 | ||
/s/ Fred Hassan Fred Hassan | Director | February 25, 2022 | ||
/s/ Charles Homcy Charles Homcy, M.D. | Director | February 25, 2022 |
/s/ Andrew W. Lo Andrew W. Lo, Ph.D. | Director | February 25, 2022 | ||
/s/ James C. Momtazee James C. Momtazee | Director | February 25, 2022 | ||
/s/ Ali Satvat Ali Satvat | Director | February 25, 2022 | ||
/s/ Brenton L. Saunders Brenton L. Saunders | Director | February 25, 2022 | ||
/s/ Richard H. Scheller Richard H. Scheller, Ph.D. | Director | February 25, 2022 | ||
/s/ Randal Scott Randal Scott, Ph.D. | Director | February 25, 2022 | ||
/s/ Hannah A. Valantine Hannah A. Valantine, M.D. | Director | February 25, 2022 |