As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 14, 2019
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
The Securities Act of 1933
ALTIMMUNE, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 20-2726770 | |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | |
| 910 Clopper Road Suite 201S Gaithersburg, Maryland |
20878 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |
ALTIMMUNE, INC.
2017 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
Dr. Vipin K. Garg
Chief Executive Officer
Altimmune, Inc.
910 Clopper Road, Suite 201S
Gaithersburg, Maryland
Telephone: (240) 654-1450
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Joseph Theis, Jr., Esq.
Seo Salimi, Esq.
Goodwin Procter LLP
100 Northern Ave
Boston, MA 02210
Telephone: (617) 570-1000
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. ☐
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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| Title of Securities to be Registered |
Amount to be Registered(1) |
Proposed Maximum Offering Price per Share(2) |
Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price |
Amount of Registration Fee | ||||
| Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share |
787,719 shares(3) | $2.28 | $1,795,999.32 | $217.68 | ||||
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| (1) | Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the Registrant’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”) that become issuable under the Altimmune, Inc. 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended (the “2017 Plan”) by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the Registrant’s receipt of consideration that results in an increase in the number of the Registrant’s outstanding shares of Common Stock. |
| (2) | Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act on the basis of $2.28, the average of the high and low sale prices of the Registrant’s common stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on August 8, 2019. |
| (3) | Represents an automatic increase to the number of shares available for issuance under the 2017 Plan, in accordance with the automatic annual increase provision of the 2017 Plan as amended. Shares available for issuance under the 2017 Plan were previously registered on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 10, 2017 (Registration No. 333-217846). |
Proposed sales to take place as soon after the effective date of the Registration Statement as awards are granted, exercised or distributed under the 2017 Plan.
STATEMENT OF INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 registers additional 787,719 shares of Common Stock under the 2017 Plan. The additional shares are of the same class as other securities relating to the 2017 Plan for which the Registrant’s registration statement filed on Form S-8 (File No. 333-217846) on May 10, 2017 (the “Registration Statement”), is effective. The information contained in the Registration Statement is hereby incorporated by reference pursuant to General Instruction E.
Part II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
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
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 Gaithersburg, State of Maryland, on the 14th day of August, 2019.
| ALTIMMUNE, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Vipin K. Garg | |
| Vipin K. Garg, Ph.D. | ||
| President and 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 Vipin K. Garg, Ph.D. and William Brown 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 person in the capacities and on the date indicated.
| Name | Title | Date | ||
| /s/ Vipin K. Garg Vipin K. Garg, Ph.D. |
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) |
August 14, 2019 | ||
| /s/ William Brown William Brown |
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
August 14, 2019 | ||
| /s/ Mitchel Sayare Mitchel Sayare, Ph.D. |
Chairman of the Board, Director | August 14, 2019 | ||
| /s/ David J. Drutz David J. Drutz, M.D. |
Director | August 14, 2019 | ||
| /s/ John M. Gill John M. Gill |
Director | August 14, 2019 | ||
| /s/ Philip L. Hodges Philip L. Hodges |
Director | August 14, 2019 | ||
| Name | Title | Date | ||
| /s/ Wayne Pisano Wayne Pisano |
Director | August 14, 2019 | ||
| /s/ Klaus O. Schafer Klaus O. Schafer, M.D., MPH |
Director | August 14, 2019 | ||