As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 15, 2022
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
IMARA INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 81-1523849 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
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116 Huntington Avenue, 6th Floor | 02116 |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
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2020 Equity Incentive Plan
2020 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Rahul D. Ballal, Ph.D.
President and Chief Executive Officer
IMARA Inc.
116 Huntington Avenue, 6th Floor
Boston, Massachusetts 02116
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
(617) 206-2020
(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, 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 | ☐ |
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Non-accelerated filer | ☒ | Smaller reporting company | ☒ |
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| 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. ☐
STATEMENT OF INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8, relating to the 2020 Equity Incentive Plan and 2020 Employee Stock Purchase Plan of IMARA 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 relating to the 2020 Equity Incentive Plan and 2020 Employee Stock Purchase Plan has previously been filed and is effective. Accordingly, this Registration Statement incorporates by reference the contents of (i) the Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-237117, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 12, 2020 by the Registrant, relating to the Registrant’s 2016 Stock Incentive Plan, 2020 Equity Incentive Plan and 2020 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and (ii) the Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-258538, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 6, 2021 by the Registrant, relating to the Registrant’s 2020 Equity Incentive Plan and, in each case, except for Item 8, Exhibits.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit No. |
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4.1 |
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4.2 |
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5.1* |
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23.1* |
| Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm for the Registrant |
23.2* |
| Consent of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1) |
24.1* |
| Powers of Attorney (included in the signature pages to the Registration Statement) |
99.1 |
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99.2 |
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107* |
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*Filed herewith.
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 March 15, 2022.
IMARA INC. | ||
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By: |
| /s/ Rahul D. Ballal |
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| Name: Rahul D. Ballal |
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| Title: President and Chief Executive Officer |
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SIGNATURES AND POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the undersigned officers and directors of Imara Inc., hereby severally constitute and appoint Rahul D. Ballal and Michael P. Gray, 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 Imara 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.
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/s/ Rahul D. Ballal |
| President and Chief Executive Officer, Director (Principal Executive Officer) |
| March 15, 2022 |
/s/ Michael P. Gray |
| Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
| March 15, 2022 |
/s/ David M. Mott |
| Chairman of the Board |
| March 15, 2022 |
/s/ David Bonita, M.D. |
| Director |
| March 15, 2022 |
/s/ Mark Chin |
| Director |
| March 15, 2022 |
/s/ Edward Conner, M.D. |
| Director |
| March 15, 2022 |
/s/ Carl Goldfischer, M.D. |
| Director |
| March 15, 2022 |
/s/ Barbara J. Dalton, Ph.D. |
| Director |
| March 15, 2022 |
/s/ Laura Williams, M.D. |
| Director |
| March 15, 2022 |