S-8

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 9, 2018

Registration No. 333-         

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

LOXO ONCOLOGY, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware	46-2996673
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

Loxo Oncology, Inc.

281 Tresser Boulevard, 9th Floor
Stamford, CT 06901

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)  (Zip Code)

2014 Equity Incentive Plan

Non-Plan Stock Option Agreements (Inducement Stock Option Awards)

(Full Title of the Plan)

Joshua H. Bilenker, M.D.

President and Chief Executive Officer

Loxo Oncology, Inc.
281 Tresser Boulevard, 9th Floor
Stamford, CT 06901

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

(203) 653-3880

(Telephone Number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copies to:

Robert A. Freedman, Esq.

Fenwick & West LLP

Silicon Valley Center

801 California Street

Mountain View, California 94041

(650) 988-8500

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 definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer x	Accelerated filer o
Non-accelerated filer o	Smaller reporting company o
	Emerging growth company o

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. o

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Title of Securities To Be Registered	Amount To Be Registered		Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share (3)		Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price		Amount of Registration Fee (4)
Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share
— To be issued under the 2014 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended	1,500,000	(1)	$	167.75	$	251,625,000.00	$	31,327.32
— Non-Plan Stock Option Agreements (Inducement Stock Option Awards)	98,525	(2)	$	167.75	$	16,527,568.75	$	2,057.69
Total	1,598,525		N/A		$	268,152,568.75	$	33,385.01

(1)Pursuant to Rule 416(a) 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 that become issuable under the Registrant’s 2014 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the “2014 EIP”) in respect of the securities identified in the above table by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the Registrant’s receipt of consideration that increases the number of the outstanding shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock.

(2)Represents shares of the Registrant’s common stock issuable pursuant to Non-Plan Stock Option Agreements (Inducement Stock Option Awards) to employees.

(3)Estimated in accordance with Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.  The proposed maximum offering price per share was computed by averaging the high and low prices of a share of Registrant’s Common Stock as reported on The Nasdaq Global Select Market on August 3, 2018.

(4)Calculated in accordance with Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant’s Common Stock as reported on The Nasdaq Global Select Market on August 3, 2018.

STATEMENT PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E TO FORM S-8

REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES

This registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the earlier registration statements on Form S-8 (registration numbers 333-197800, 333-203081, 333-210214, 333-216503 and 333-223359) filed by Loxo Oncology, Inc.

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PART II

Information Required in the Registration Statement

Item 8. Exhibits.

Exhibit		Incorporated by Reference				Filed
Number	Exhibit Description	Form	File No.	Exhibit	Filing Date	Herewith
5.1	Opinion and Consent of Fenwick & West LLP.					X
23.1	Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.					X
23.2	Consent of CohnReznick LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.					X
23.3	Consent of Fenwick & West LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1).					X
24.1	Power of Attorney (incorporated by reference to Page II-3 of this Registration Statement).					X
99.1	2014 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended April 23, 2018 and forms of award agreements.	10-Q	001-36562	10.1	8/9/18
99.2	Non-Plan Stock Option Agreement (Inducement Stock Option Award).	10-Q	001-36562	10.2	8/9/18

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 Stamford, State of Connecticut, on this 9th day of August, 2018.

Loxo Oncology, Inc.
By:	/s/ Joshua H. Bilenker, M.D.
	Joshua H. Bilenker, M.D.
	President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officers and directors of Loxo Oncology, Inc., a Delaware corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint Joshua H. Bilenker, M.D., President, Chief Executive Officer and Director and Jennifer Burstein, Senior Vice President of Finance, the lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power and authority to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, and any one of them, determine may be necessary or advisable or required to enable said corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules or regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with this Registration Statement.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing power and authority, the powers granted include the power and authority to sign the names of the undersigned officers and directors in the capacities indicated below to this Registration Statement, to any and all amendments, both pre-effective and post-effective, and supplements to this Registration Statement, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as part of or in conjunction with this Registration Statement or amendments or supplements thereof, and each of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms that all said attorneys and agents, or any one of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of the date indicated.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature	Title	Date
/s/ Joshua H. Bilenker, M.D.	President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)	August 9, 2018
Joshua H. Bilenker, M.D.
/s/ Jennifer Burstein	Senior Vice President of Finance (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)	August 9, 2018
Jennifer Burstein
/s/ Steven A. Elms	Director	August 9, 2018
Steven A. Elms
/s/ Keith T. Flaherty, M.D.	Director	August 9, 2018
Keith T. Flaherty, M.D.
/s/ Alan Fuhrman	Director	August 9, 2018
Alan Fuhrman
/s/ Steve D. Harr, M.D.	Director	August 9, 2018
Steve Harr, M.D.
/s/ Lori Kunkel, M.D.	Director	August 9, 2018
Lori Kunkel, M.D.
/s/ Timothy Mayleben	Director	August 9, 2018
Timothy Mayleben
/s/ Avi Z. Naider	Director	August 9, 2018
Avi Z. Naider

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EX-5.1

EXHIBIT 5.1

August 9, 2018

Loxo Oncology, Inc.

81 Tresser Boulevard, 9th Floor

Stamford, CT 06901

Ladies and Gentlemen:

At your request, as your counsel, we have examined the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) to be filed by Loxo Oncology, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on or about August 9, 2018 in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), of an aggregate of 1,598,525 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s Common Stock (the “Common Stock”),  subject to issuance by the Company (a) upon the exercise or settlement of awards (including any stock option, restricted stock, stock bonus, stock appreciation right, restricted stock unit or award of performance shares) to be granted under the Company’s 2014 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended to date (the “Plan”) and (b) upon the exercise of stock options granted pursuant to Non-Plan Stock Option Agreements by and between the Company and certain other parties thereto (the “Non-Plan Inducement Option Grants”).

At your request we are providing this letter to express our opinion on the matters set forth below in this letter (“our opinion”).

In connection with our opinion, we have examined such matters of fact as we have deemed necessary, which included examination of originals or copies of: the Company’s current Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, as amended (collectively, the “Charter Documents”), the Plan, the Registration Statement; certain corporate proceedings of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) and the Company’s stockholders relating to adoption or approval of the Company Charter Documents, the Plan, the reservation of the Shares for sale and issuance, the filing of the Registration Statement and the registration of the Shares under the Securities Act and documents regarding the Company’s outstanding and reserved capital stock and other securities and such other documents as we have deemed advisable, and we have examined such questions of law as we have considered necessary.

In our examination of documents for purposes of this opinion, we have assumed, and express no opinion as to, the authenticity and completeness of all documents submitted to us as originals, the genuineness of signatures on documents reviewed by us, the conformity to originals and the completeness of all documents submitted to us as copies, the legal capacity of all parties executing any documents (other than the Company), the lack of any undisclosed termination or modification or waiver

of any document, the absence of any extrinsic agreements or documents that might change or affect the interpretation or terms of documents, and the due authorization, execution and delivery of all documents by each party thereto other than the Company.  We have also assumed that any certificates or instruments representing the Shares, when issued, will be executed by the Company by officers of the Company duly authorized to do so.  In rendering our opinion, we have also relied upon a Certificate of Good Standing dated August 9, 2018 issued by the Delaware Secretary of State with respect to the Company) and representations and certifications made to us by the Company, including without limitation representations in a Management Certificate addressed to us of even date herewith that the Company has available a sufficient number of authorized shares of Common Stock that are not currently outstanding or reserved for issuance under other outstanding securities or plans of the Company, to enable the Company to issue and deliver all of the Shares as of the date of this letter.

We render this opinion only with respect to, and we express no opinion herein concerning the application or effect of the laws of any jurisdiction other than, the existing Delaware General Corporation Law now in effect.  We express no opinion with respect to the securities or “blue sky” laws of any state.

Based upon, and subject to, the foregoing, it is our opinion that when the 1,598,525 Shares of Common Stock that may be issued and sold by the Company upon the exercise or settlement of awards (including any stock option, restricted stock, stock bonus, stock appreciation right, restricted stock unit or award of performance shares) to be granted under the Plan or pursuant to the Non-Plan Inducement Option Grants, have been issued and sold by the Company against the Company’s receipt of payment therefor (in an amount and type of consideration not less than the par value per Share) in accordance with the terms (including without limitation payment and authorization provisions) of the Plan, the forms of award agreement under the Plan and the Non-Plan Stock Option Agreements related to the Non-Plan Inducement Option Grants, and have been duly registered on the books of the transfer agent and registrar for the Shares in the name or on behalf of the holders thereof, such Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

We consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and further consent to all references to us, if any, in the Registration Statement, the prospectus constituting a part thereof and any amendments thereto.  We do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.  This opinion is intended solely for use in connection with issuance and sale of the Shares subject to the Registration Statement and is not to be relied upon for any other purpose.  In providing this letter, we are opining only as to the specific legal issues expressly set forth above, and no opinion shall be inferred as to any other matter or matters.  This opinion is rendered on, and speaks only as of, the date of this letter first written above, and does not address any potential change in facts or law that may occur after the date of this opinion letter.  We assume no obligation to advise you of any fact, circumstance, event or change in the law or the facts that may hereafter be brought to our attention, whether or not such occurrence would affect or modify any of the opinions expressed herein.

Very truly yours,
FENWICK & WEST LLP
By:	/s/ Robert Freedman
	Robert Freedman, a Partner

EX-23.1

Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8) pertaining to the 2014 Equity Incentive Plan and Non-Plan Stock Option Agreements (Inducement Stock Option Awards) of Loxo Oncology, Inc. of our reports dated March 1, 2018, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Loxo Oncology, Inc. and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Loxo Oncology, Inc. included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2017, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Hartford, Connecticut

August 9, 2018

EX-23.2

Exhibit 23.2

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Loxo Oncology, Inc. of our report dated March 6, 2017 on our audits of the financial statements of Loxo Oncology, Inc. as of December 31, 2016 and for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, which report is included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Loxo Oncology, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2017.

/s/ CohnReznick LLP

Roseland, New Jersey

August 9, 2018