As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 1, 2022
Registration No. 333-205693
Registration No. 333-209897
Registration No. 333-216392
Registration No. 333-223253
Registration No. 333-228263
Registration No. 333-229933
Registration No. 333-236854
Registration No. 333-241414
Registration No. 333-254126
Registration No. 333-263411
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO:
FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-205693
FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-209897
FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-216392
FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-223253
FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-228263
FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-229933
FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-236854
FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-241414
FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-254126
FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-263411
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Sierra Oncology, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 20-0138994 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | |
1820 Gateway Drive, Suite 110 San Mateo, California | 94404 | |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
2018 Equity Inducement Plan
2015 Equity Incentive Plan
2015 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
2008 Stock Plan
(Full titles of the plans)
Stephen G. Dilly
President and Chief Executive Officer
Sierra Oncology, Inc.
1820 Gateway Drive, Suite 110 San Mateo, California, 94404
(650) 376-8679
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
Copies to:
Michael Nordtvedt
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.
650 Page Mill Road Palo Alto, California 94304
(650) 493-9300
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. ☐
DEREGISTRATION OF SHARES
Sierra Oncology, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Registrant), is filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) these post-effective amendments (the Post-Effective Amendments) to deregister any and all shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Registrant (the Shares), previously registered but unsold or otherwise unissued under the following Registration Statements on Form S-8 as of the date hereof (the Registration Statements), together with any and all plan interests and other securities registered thereunder:
On April 12, 2022, the Registrant entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the Merger Agreement) with GSK plc (formerly GlaxoSmithKline plc), a public limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales (GSK) and Orikum Acquisition Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of GSK (Acquisition Sub). The Merger Agreement provides that, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, Acquisition Sub will merge with and into the Registrant (the Merger), with the Registrant surviving the Merger as an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of GSK. The Merger became effective on July 1, 2022, upon the filing of the certificate of merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
As a result of the Merger, the Registrant has terminated all offerings and sales pursuant to the Registration Statements. In accordance with an undertaking made by the Registrant in the Registration Statements to remove from registration, by means of these Post-Effective Amendments, any of the Shares registered under the Registration Statements that remain unsold at the termination of the offerings, the Registrant hereby amends the Registration Statements to remove from registration the Shares registered but remaining unsold under the Registration Statements as of the date of these Post-Effective Amendments.
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 these Post-Effective Amendments to the Registration Statements described above to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Mateo, State of California, on this 1st day of July 2022.
SIERRA ONCOLOGY, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Stephen G. Dilly | |
Name: | Stephen G. Dilly | |
Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer |
* | Pursuant to Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, no other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment. |