S-8

Registration No. 333-

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 18, 2023

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-8 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Coherus BioSciences, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	2836	27-3615821
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

333 Twin Dolphin Drive, Suite 600

Redwood City, CA 94065

(650) 649-3530

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

Coherus BioSciences, Inc. 2014 Equity Incentive Award Plan

(Full Title of the Plan)

Dennis M. Lanfear

President and Chief Executive Officer

Coherus BioSciences, Inc.

333 Twin Dolphin Drive, Suite 600

Redwood City, CA 94065

(650) 649-3530

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

Copies to:

Benjamin A. Potter, Esq. Phillip S. Stoup, Esq. Latham & Watkins LLP 140 Scott Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025 (650) 328-4600 McDavid Stilwell Chief Financial Officer 333 Twin Dolphin Drive, Suite 600 Redwood City, CA 94065 (650) 649-3530

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	x
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 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of registering an additional 3,154,060 shares of the Registrant’s common stock issuable under the Registrant’s 2014 Equity Incentive Award Plan (the “Plan”) for which Registration Statements of the Registrant on Form S-8 (File Nos. 333-200593, 333-203356, 333-209936, 333-216679, 333-222700, 333-229480, 333-236068, 333-251876 and 333-262134) are effective, as a result of the operation of an automatic annual increase provision in such Plan.

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 Statements on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 25, 2014 (File No. 333-200593), April 10, 2015 (File No. 333-203356), March 4, 2016 (File No. 333-209936), March 14, 2017 (File No. 333-216679), January 25, 2018 (File No. 333-222700), February 1, 2019 (File No. 333-229480), January 24, 2020 (File No. 333-236068), January 4, 2021 (File No. 333-251876) and January 13, 2022 (File No. 333-262134) are incorporated by reference herein.

EXHIBIT INDEX

		Incorporated by Reference
Exhibit Number	Description	Form		Exhibit			Date Filed		Filed Herewith
4.1	Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Coherus BioSciences, Inc.		8-K		3.1			11/13/2014
4.2	Amended and Restated Bylaws of Coherus BioSciences, Inc.		8-K		3.1			11/18/2020
4.3	Specimen Common Stock Certificate.		S-1/A		4.2			10/24/2014
5.1	Opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP.									X
23.1	Consent of Latham & Watkins LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).									X
23.2	Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.									X
24.1	Power of Attorney (included in the signature page to this registration statement).									X
99.1(a)#	Coherus BioSciences, Inc. 2014 Equity Incentive Award Plan.		S-1/A		10.11			10/24/2014
99.1(b)#	Form of Stock Option Grant Notice and Stock Option Agreement under the 2014 Equity Incentive Award Plan.		S-1/A		10.11	(b)		11/4/2014
99.1(c)#	Form of Restricted Stock Award Grant Notice and Restricted Stock Award Agreement under the 2014 Equity Incentive Award Plan.		S-1/A		10.11	(c)		11/4/2014
99.1(d)#	Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Grant Notice and Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement under the 2014 Equity Incentive Award Plan.		S-1/A		10.11	(d)		11/4/2014
107	Filing Fee Table.									X

# Indicates management contract or compensatory plan.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Redwood City, California, on January 18, 2023.

COHERUS BIOSCIENCES, INC.
By:	/s/ Dennis M. Lanfear
	Dennis M. Lanfear
	President and Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below does hereby constitute and appoint Dennis M. Lanfear and McDavid Stilwell, and each of them, with full power of substitution and full power to act without the other, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to act for him or her in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file this Registration Statement, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the 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 order to effectuate the same as fully, to all intents and purposes, as they or he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, 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 date indicated.

Signature	Title		Date
/s/ Dennis M. Lanfear Dennis M. Lanfear	Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)		January 18, 2023
/s/ McDavid Stilwell McDavid Stilwell	Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)		January 18, 2023
/s/ Bryan McMichael Bryan McMichael		Senior Vice President, Accounting and Corporate Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)	January 18, 2023
/s/ Lee N. Newcomer Lee N. Newcomer		Director	January 18, 2023
/s/ Ali J. Satvat Ali J. Satvat		Director	January 18, 2023
/s/ Mark D. Stolper Mark D. Stolper		Director	January 18, 2023
/s/ Kimberly J. Tzoumakas Kimberly J. Tzoumakas		Director	January 18, 2023
/s/ Mats Wahlström Mats Wahlström		Director	January 18, 2023
/s/ Charles Newton Charles Newton		Director	January 18, 2023
/s/ Jill O’Donnell-Tormey Jill O’Donnell-Tormey		Director	January 18, 2023

EX-5.1

Exhibit 5.1

140 Scott Drive

Menlo Park, California  94025

Tel: +1.650.328.4600  Fax: +1.650.463.2600

www.lw.com

	FIRM / AFFILIATE OFFICES
	Austin	Milan
	Beijing	Munich
	Boston	New York
	Brussels	Orange County
	Century City	Paris

January 18, 2023	Chicago	Riyadh
	Dubai	San Diego
	Düsseldorf	San Francisco
	Frankfurt	Seoul
	Hamburg	Shanghai
	Hong Kong	Silicon Valley
	Houston	Singapore
	London	Tel Aviv
	Los Angeles	Tokyo
	Madrid	Washington, D.C.

Coherus BioSciences, Inc.

333 Twin Dolphin Drive, Suite 600
Redwood City, CA 94065

Re: Registration Statement on Form S-8; 3,154,060 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special counsel to Coherus BioSciences, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the registration by the Company of 3,154,060 shares of Common Stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Shares”), issuable under the Company’s 2014 Equity Incentive Award Plan (the “Plan”). The Shares are included in a registration statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on January 18, 2023 (the “Registration Statement”). This opinion is being furnished in connection with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Act, and no opinion is expressed herein as to any matter pertaining to the contents of the Registration Statement or the related prospectus, other than as expressly stated herein with respect to the issue of the Shares.

As such counsel, we have examined such matters of fact and questions of law as we have considered appropriate for purposes of this letter. With your consent, we have relied upon certificates and other assurances of officers of the Company and others as to factual matters without having independently verified such factual matters. We are opining herein as to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, and we express no opinion with respect to any other laws.

January 18, 2023

Page 2

Subject to the foregoing and the other matters set forth herein, it is our opinion that, as of the date hereof, when the Shares shall have been duly registered on the books of the transfer agent and registrar therefor in the name or on behalf of the purchasers, and have been issued by the Company against payment therefor (not less than par value) in the circumstances contemplated by the Plan, assuming in each case that the individual issuances, grants or awards under the Plan are duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and duly issued, granted or awarded and exercised in accordance with the requirements of law and the Plan (and the agreements and awards duly adopted thereunder and in accordance therewith), the issuance and sale of the Shares will have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company, and the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. In rendering the foregoing opinion, we have assumed that the Company will comply with all applicable notice requirements regarding uncertificated shares provided in the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

This opinion is for your benefit in connection with the Registration Statement and may be relied upon by you and by persons entitled to rely upon it pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Act. We consent to your filing this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Latham & Watkins LLP

EX-23.2

Exhibit 23.2

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8) pertaining to the Coherus BioSciences, Inc. 2014 Equity Incentive Award Plan of Coherus BioSciences, Inc. of our reports dated February 23, 2022, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Coherus BioSciences, Inc. and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Coherus BioSciences, Inc. included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

San Mateo, California

January 18, 2023

EX-FILING FEES

Exhibit 107

Calculation of Filing Fee Tables

S-8

(Form Type)

Coherus BioSciences, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Table 1: Newly Registered Securities

Security Type	Security Class Title	Fee Calculation Rule	Amount to be Registered(1)			Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share			Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price			Fee Rate		Amount of Registration Fee
Equity	Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share	Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h)		3,154,060	(2)	$	10.123	(3)	$	31,926,972.35	(3)		0.0001102	$	3,518.35
	Total Offering Amounts			3,154,060					$	31,926,972.35				$	3,518.35
	Total Fee Offsets
	Net Fee Due													$	3,518.35

(1)	Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the Registration Statement to which this exhibit is attached 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 Coherus BioSciences, Inc. 2014 Equity Incentive Award Plan (the “2014 Plan”) by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or similar transaction effected without the Registrant’s receipt of consideration which would increase the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock.
(2)	Represents the additional shares of Common Stock available for future issuance under the Registrant’s 2014 Plan resulting from an annual increase as of January 1, 2023.
(3)	This estimate is made pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee. The proposed maximum offering price per share and proposed maximum aggregate offering price are based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant’s Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Market on January 17, 2023, which date is within five business days prior to the filing of the Registration Statement to which this exhibit is attached.