S-8 1 d280171ds8.htm S-8 S-8

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 11, 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

 

 

UroGen Pharma Ltd.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

State of Israel   98-1460746

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

400 Alexander Park Drive, 4th Floor

Princeton, New Jersey

  08540
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

2017 Equity Incentive Plan

(Full titles of the plans)

UroGen Pharma Ltd.

Jason Smith

General Counsel

400 Alexander Park Drive, 4th Floor

Princeton, New Jersey 08540

Telephone: +1 (646) 768-9780

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

Copies to:

Charles J. Bair

Asa M. Henin

Cooley LLP

4401 Eastgate Mall

San Diego, California 92121

+1 (858) 550-6000

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, 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.  ☐

 

 

 


INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

This Registration Statement is being filed for the purpose of increasing the number of securities of the same class as other securities for which a Registration Statement of the Registrant on Form S-8 relating to the same employee benefit plan is effective. The Registrant previously registered its Ordinary Shares for issuance under the Registrant’s 2017 Equity Incentive Plan under Registration Statements on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June  27, 2017 (File No. 333-218992), February 9, 2018 (File No. 333-222955), October 12, 2018 (File No.  333-227812), August 10, 2020 (File No.  333-243750) and August 5, 2021 (File No. 333-258496). Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, this Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the Registration Statements referenced above.


ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

4.1    Articles of Association of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Report on Form 6-K, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 18, 2017).
5.1    Opinion of Erdinast Ben Nathan, Toledano & Co. With Hamburger Evron, Israeli counsel to the Registrant, as to the validity of the Registrant’s Ordinary Shares.
23.1    Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.2    Consent of Erdinast Ben Nathan, Toledano & Co. With Hamburger Evron. Reference is made to Exhibit 5.1.
24.1    Powers of Attorney. Reference is made to the signature page hereto.
99.1    UroGen Pharma Ltd. 2017 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 13, 2022).
107    Calculation of Filing Fee Table


SIGNATURES

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 Princeton, State of New Jersey, on August 11, 2022.

 

UROGEN PHARMA LTD.
By:  

/s/ Elizabeth Barrett

  Elizabeth Barrett
  President and Chief Executive Officer

POWERS OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Elizabeth Barrett and Don Kim, and each of them, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each 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 Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, 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 or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, 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 dates indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Elizabeth Barrett

  

President, Chief Executive Officer and

Member of the Board of Directors

(Principal Executive Officer)

  August 11, 2022

Elizabeth Barrett

 

/s/ Don Kim

  

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

  August 11, 2022
Don Kim

/s/ Arie Belldegrun, M.D.

   Chairman of the Board of Directors   August 11, 2022
Arie Belldegrun, M.D.     

/s/ Cynthia M. Butitta

   Member of the Board of Directors   August 11, 2022
Cynthia M. Butitta     

/s/ Fred E. Cohen

   Member of the Board of Directors   August 11, 2022
Fred E. Cohen     

/s/ Stuart Holden

   Member of the Board of Directors   August 11, 2022
Stuart Holden     

/s/ Ran Nussbaum

   Member of the Board of Directors   August 11, 2022
Ran Nussbaum