As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 12, 2020

Registration No. 333-

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

FORM S-8

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

 

Catabasis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   26-3687168
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

100 High Street

Floor 28
Boston, Massachusetts

 

02110
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Amended and Restated 2015 Stock Incentive Plan

2015 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

(Full Title of the Plan)

 

Jill C. Milne, Ph.D.
President and Chief Executive Officer
100 High Street

Floor 28
Boston, Massachusetts 02110

(Name and Address of Agent For Service)

 

(617) 349-1971

(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)

 

 

 

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    x Smaller reporting company x
    Emerging growth company x

 

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.  x

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

                   
Title of Securities
to be Registered
  Amount
to be
Registered (1)
  Proposed
Maximum
Offering
Price
Per Share
  Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering
Price
  Amount of
Registration Fee
 
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share   2,036,470  shares   $6.26(2)   $12,748,302.20(2)   $1,655.00  

 

(1) In accordance with Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement shall be deemed to cover any additional securities that may from time to time be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
(2) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant’s Common Stock as reported on The Nasdaq Global Market on June 8, 2020.

 

 

 

 

 

  

Statement of Incorporation by Reference

 

This Registration Statement on Form S-8, relating to the Amended and Restated 2015 Stock Incentive Plan and 2015 Employee Stock Purchase Plan of Catabasis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Registrant”), is being filed for the purpose of registering additional securities of the same class as other securities for which a Registration Statement on Form S-8 has previously been filed and is effective. Accordingly, this Registration Statement incorporates by reference the contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-206394, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 14, 2015 by the Registrant, relating to the Registrant’s Amended and Restated 2008 Equity Incentive Plan, 2015 Stock Incentive Plan and 2015 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, the Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-210229, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 16, 2016 by the Registrant, relating to the Registrant’s 2015 Stock Incentive Plan and 2015 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, the Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-216793, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 17, 2017 by the Registrant, relating to the Registrant’s 2015 Stock Incentive Plan and 2015 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, the Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-223721, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 16, 2018 by the Registrant, relating to the Registrant’s 2015 Stock Incentive Plan and 2015 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and the Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333- 229643, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 13, 2019 by the Registrant, relating to the Registrant’s Amended and Restated 2015 Stock Incentive Plan and 2015 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, except in each case for Item 8, Exhibits.

 

 

 

 

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 8. Exhibits.

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

        Incorporated by Reference    
Exhibit
Number
  Description of Exhibit   Form   File Number   Date of Filing   Exhibit
Number
  Filed
Herewith
4.1   Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant   8-K   001-37467   July 1, 2015   3.1    
                         
4.2   Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant   8-K   001-37467   December 31, 2018   3.1    
                         
4.3   Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant   8-K   001-37467   July 1, 2015   3.2    
                         
5.1   Opinion of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, counsel to the Registrant                   X
                         
23.1   Consent of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)                   X
                         
23.2   Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm                   X
                         
24.1   Power of attorney (included on the signature pages of this registration statement)                   X
                         
99.1   Amended and Restated 2015 Stock Incentive Plan   8-K   001-37467   June 12, 2020        
                         
99.2   2015 Employee Stock Purchase Plan   S-1   333-204144   June 3, 2015   10.22    

 

 

 

 

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 Boston, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on this 12th day of June, 2020.

 

  CATABASIS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Jill C. Milne
    Jill C. Milne, Ph.D.
    President and Chief Executive Officer

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES

 

We, the undersigned officers and directors of Catabasis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., hereby severally constitute and appoint Jill C. Milne, Ph.D. and Noah C. Clauser , and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the registration statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any and all subsequent amendments to said registration statement, and generally to do all such things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable Catabasis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all amendments thereto. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature   Title   Date
         
/s/ Jill C. Milne, Ph.D.   President and Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)   June 12, 2020
Jill C. Milne, Ph.D.      
         
         
/s/ Noah C. Clauser   Vice President of Finance and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)   June 12, 2020
Noah C. Clauser      
         
/s/ Kenneth Bate   Chairman of the Board of Directors   June 12, 2020  
Kenneth Bate      
         
/s/ Burt Adelman, M.D.  

Director

 

  June 12, 2020  
Burt Adelman, M.D.      
         
/s/ Joanne T. Beck, Ph.D.    Director   June 12, 2020
Joanne T. Beck, Ph.D.        
         
/s/ Hugh Cole    Director   June 12, 2020
Hugh Cole        
         
/s/ Michael Kishbauch   Director   June 12, 2020  
Michael Kishbauch        
         
/s/ Gregg Lapointe   Director   June 12, 2020  
Gregg Lapointe        

 

 

 

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