S-8 1 d320640ds8.htm S-8 S-8

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 17, 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

 

 

Synlogic, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   26-1824804
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)		   (I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

301 Binney Street, Suite 402

Cambridge, MA 02142

(617) 401-9975

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

2015 Equity Incentive Award Plan

(Full Title of the Plan)

Aoife Brennan

President and Chief Executive Officer

Synlogic, Inc.

301 Binney Street, Suite 402

Cambridge, MA 02142

(617) 401-9975

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

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.  ☐

 

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of registering an additional 3,484,942 shares of the Registrant’s common stock issuable under the Registrant’s 2015 Equity Incentive Award Plan, for which a Registration Statement of the Registrant on Form S-8 (File No. 333-220841) is effective, as a result of the operation of an automatic annual increase provision therein, which added 3,484,942 shares of Common Stock. This Registration Statement registers additional securities of the same class as other securities for which registration statements filed on Form S-8 of the Registrant relating to one or more employee benefit plans is effective (File Nos. 333-207299, 333-210466, 333-220841, 333-223798, 333-230224, 333-237104, and 333-254688).

INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF CONTENTS OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8

Pursuant to Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 5, 2017 (File No. 333-220841) are incorporated by reference herein.

Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit
Number		  

Exhibit Description

    Incorporated by
Reference		      Filed
Herewith		  
   Form      Date      Number  
  4.1   Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.      8-K        10/6/2015          3.1     
  4.2   Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.      8-K        8/28/2017          3.1     
  4.3   Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.      8-K        8/28/2017          3.2     
  4.4   Amended and Restated Bylaws.      8-K        10/6/2015          3.2     
  4.5   Form of Common Stock Certificate.      S-3        10/13/2017          4.5     
  5.1   Opinion of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.               X  
23.1   Consent of KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.               X  
23.2   Consent of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. (included in Exhibit 5.1).               X  
24.1   Power of Attorney. Reference is made to the signature page to the Registration Statement.               X  
99.1(A)#   2015 Equity Incentive Award Plan.      10-K        3/20/2018        10.1     
99.1(B)#   Form of Stock Option Grant Notice and Stock Option Agreement under the 2015 Equity Incentive Award Plan.      S-1/A        9/11/2015        10.9(B)     
99.1(C)#   Form of Restricted Stock Award Grant Notice and Agreement and Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Grant Notice and Agreement under the 2015 Equity Incentive Award Plan.      S-1/A        9/11/2015        10.9(C)     
107   Calculation of Filing Fee Table               X  

 

#

Indicates management contract or compensatory plan.

Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Cambridge, Massachusetts on March 17, 2022.

 

SYNLOGIC, INC.

By:

  

/s/ Aoife Brennan

  Aoife Brennan
  President and Chief Executive Officer

Power of Attorney

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Aoife Brennan and Gregg Beloff, and each of them acting individually, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution, for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement, including post-effective amendments or any abbreviated registration statement and any amendments thereto filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) increasing the number of securities for which registration is sought, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of each to act alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully for all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his, her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully 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 in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Name

   

Title

   

Date

/s/ Aoife Brennan

    President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director    March 17, 2022

Aoife Brennan

    (Principal Executive Officer)   

/s/ Gregg Beloff

    Interim Chief Financial Officer    March 17, 2022

Gregg Beloff

    (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)   

/s/ Peter Barrett

    Chairman of the Board    March 17, 2022

Peter Barrett

      

/s/ Michael Burgess

    Director    March 17, 2022

Michael Burgess

      

/s/ Michael Heffernan

    Director    March 17, 2022

Michael Heffernan

      

/s/ Patricia Hurter

    Director    March 17, 2022

Patricia Hurter

      

/s/ Lisa Kelly-Croswell

    Director    March 17, 2022

Lisa Kelly-Croswell

      

/s/ Nick Leschly

    Director    March 17, 2022

Nick Leschly

      

/s/ Edward Mathers

    Director    March 17, 2022

Edward Mathers

      

/s/ Richard P. Shea

    Director    March 17, 2022

Richard P. Shea