As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 17, 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
IKENA ONCOLOGY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 81-1697316 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
645 Summer Street, Suite 101
Boston, MA 02210
857) 273-8343
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Ikena Oncology, Inc. 2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plans)
Mark Manfredi, Ph.D.
President and Chief Executive Officer
Ikena Oncology, Inc.
645 Summer Street, Suite 101
Boston, MA 02210
(857) 273-8343
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Richard Hoffman, Esq.
Stephanie Richards, Esq.
William D. Collins, Esq.
Goodwin Procter LLP
100 Northern Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02210
(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. ☐
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of registering an additional 1,439,001 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”) of Ikena Oncology, Inc. (the “Registrant”) to be issued under the Registrant’s 2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the “2021 Plan”). The number of shares of Common Stock reserved and available for issuance under the 2021 Plan is subject to an automatic annual increase on each January 1, beginning in 2022, by four percent (4%) of the number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding on the immediately preceding December 31 or such lesser number of shares of Common Stock as determined by the Company’s’ compensation committee of the board of directors. Accordingly, on January 1, 2022, the number of shares of Common Stock reserved and available for issuance under the Plan increased by 1,439,001
These additional shares are of the same class as other securities relating to the 2021 Plan for which the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-254858) filed with the Commission on March 30, 2021 is effective.
Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-254858) filed with the Commission on March 30, 2021 is incorporated by reference except to the extent supplemented, amended or superseded by the information set forth herein. Only those items of Form S-8 containing new information not contained in the earlier registration statement is presented herein.
Part II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 8. Exhibits.
The exhibits to this Registration Statement are listed in the Exhibit Index attached hereto and incorporated by reference herein.
EXHIBIT INDEX
* | 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 the 17th day of March, 2022.
IKENA ONCOLOGY, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Mark Manfredi | |
Mark Manfredi, 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 Mark Manfredi, Ph.D. 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 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, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following person in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Name | Title | Date | ||
/s/ Mark Manfredi | President, Chief Executive Officer and Director | March 17, 2022 | ||
Mark Manfredi, Ph.D. | (Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer) | |||
/s/ Francisco Oliveira | Vice President of Finance and Administration | March 17, 2022 | ||
Francisco Oliveira | (Principal Accounting Officer) | |||
/s/ Ron Renaud | Director | March 17, 2022 | ||
Ron Renaud | ||||
/s/ David Bonita | Director | March 17, 2022 | ||
David Bonita, M.D. | ||||
/s/ Iain D. Dukes | Director | March 17, 2022 | ||
Iain D. Dukes, D.Phil. | ||||
/s/ Jean-François Formela | Director | March 17, 2022 | ||
Jean-François Formela, M.D. | ||||
/s/ Maria Koehler | Director | March 17, 2022 | ||
Maria Koehler, M.D., Ph.D. | ||||
/s/ Otello Stampacchia | Director | March 17, 2022 | ||
Otello Stampacchia, Ph.D. | ||||
/s/ Richard Wooster | Director | March 17, 2022 | ||
Richard Wooster, M.D. |