As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 9, 2019
RegistrationNo. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORMS-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
FibroGen, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 77-0357827 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
409 Illinois St.
San Francisco, CA 94158
(415)978-1200
(Address of principal executive offices)
2014 Equity Incentive Plan
2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full titles of the plans)
Thomas B. Neff
Chief Executive Officer
FibroGen, Inc.
409 Illinois Street
San Francisco, CA 94158
(415)978-1200
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Michael E. Tenta
Cooley LLP
3175 Hanover Street
Palo Alto, CA 94304
(650)843-5000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, anon-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
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. ☐
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of Securities to be Registered | Amount to be Registered(1) | Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share(3) | Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price(3) | Amount of Registration Fee | ||||
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share | ||||||||
– 2014 Equity Incentive Plan | 6,717,209(2) | $45.105 | $302,979,711.95 | $36,721.15 | ||||
– 2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan | 1,679,302(2) | $45.105 | $75,744,916.71 | $9,180.29 | ||||
Total | 8,396,511(2) | $378,724,628.66 | $45,901.44 | |||||
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(1) | Pursuant to Rule 416(a) promulgated 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 plans set forth herein by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without receipt of consideration that increases the number of outstanding shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock. |
(2) | Represents additional shares of Registrant’s Common Stock reserved for future issuance under the Registrant’s 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2014 EIP”) and the Registrant’s 2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “2014 ESPP”) by reason of the automatic increase provisions of the 2014 EIP and 2014 ESPP. |
(3) | Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) and Rule 457(c) promulgated under the Securities Act solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. The offering price per share and the 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 Select Market on August 5, 2019. |
EXPLANATORY NOTE
FibroGen, Inc. (the “Registrant”) is filing this Registration Statement on FormS-8 for the purpose of registering (a) an additional 6,717,209 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), issuable to eligible persons under the 2014 EIP, and (b) an additional 1,679,302 shares of its Common Stock, issuable to eligible persons under the 2014 ESPP, in each case which Common Stock is in addition to the shares of Common Stock registered on the Registrant’s FormsS-8 filed on November 18, 2014 (FileNo. 333-200348), September 27, 2016 (FileNo. 333-213816) and March 1, 2017 (FileNo. 333-216369) (the “Prior Registration Statements”).
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF CONTENTS OF
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORMS-8
Pursuant to General Instruction E to FormS-8, the contents of the Prior Registration Statements are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof.
All other reports and documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (other than Current Reports furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form8-K and exhibits furnished on such form that relate to such items) on or after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part of this Registration Statement from the date of the filing of such reports and documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document that also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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ITEM 8. | EXHIBITS |
(1) | Previously filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form8-K (FileNo. 001-36740), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on November 21, 2014, and incorporated by reference herein. |
(2) | Previously filed as Exhibit 3.4 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on FormS-1 (FileNo. 333-199069), filed with the Commission on October 23, 2014, and incorporated by reference herein. |
(3) | Previously filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form8-K (FileNo. 001-36740), filed with the Commission on November 21, 2014, and incorporated by reference herein. |
(4) | Previously filed as Exhibit 10.4 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on FormS-1 (FileNo. 333-199069), filed with the Commission on November 12, 2014, and incorporated by reference herein. |
(5) | Previously filed as Exhibit 10.5 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on FormS-1 (FileNo. 333-199069), filed with the Commission on November 12, 2014, and incorporated by reference herein. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on FormS-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Francisco, State of California, on this 9th day of August 2019.
FIBROGEN, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Thomas B. Neff | |
Name: | Thomas B. Neff | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Thomas B. Neff and Pat Cotroneo, jointly and severally, as his or her true and lawfulattorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and 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 on FormS-8, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto saidattorneys-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 connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that saidattorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature | Title | Date | ||
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/s/ Thomas B. Neff Thomas B. Neff | Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board (Principal Executive Officer) | August 9, 2019 | ||
/s/ Pat Cotroneo Pat Cotroneo | Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer (Principal FinancialandAccounting Officer) | August 9, 2019 | ||
/s/ Suzanne Blaug Suzanne Blaug | Director | August 9, 2019 | ||
/s/ Jeffrey L. Edwards Jeffrey L. Edwards | Director | August 9, 2019 | ||
/s/ Jeffrey W. Henderson Jeffrey W. Henderson | Director | August 9, 2019 | ||
/s/ Maykin Ho, Ph.D. Maykin Ho, Ph.D. | Director | August 9, 2019 | ||
/s/ Thomas F. Kearns Jr. Thomas F. Kearns Jr. | Director | August 9, 2019 |
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/s/ Kalevi Kurkijärvi, Ph.D. Kalevi Kurkijärvi, Ph.D. | Director | August 9, 2019 | ||
/s/ Gerald Lema Gerald Lema | Director | August 9, 2019 | ||
/s/ Rory B. Riggs Rory B. Riggs | Director | August 9, 2019 | ||
/s/ Robert Pedro Rosenkranz, Ph.D. M.B.A. Robert Pedro Rosenkranz, Ph.D. M.B.A. | Director | August 9, 2019 | ||
/s/ James A. Schoeneck James A. Schoeneck | Director | August 9, 2019 | ||
/s/ Toshinari Tamura, Ph.D. Toshinari Tamura, Ph.D. | Director | August 9, 2019 |
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