As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 9, 2019
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-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, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
| Large accelerated filer |
☒ | Accelerated filer |
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| Non-accelerated filer |
☐ | Smaller reporting company |
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| Emerging growth company |
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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 |
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| – 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 Form S-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 Forms S-8 filed on November 18, 2014 (File No. 333-200348), September 27, 2016 (File No. 333-213816) and March 1, 2017 (File No. 333-216369) (the “Prior Registration Statements”).
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF CONTENTS OF
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-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 Form 8-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 Form 8-K (File No. 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 Form S-1 (File No. 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 Form 8-K (File No. 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 Form S-1 (File No. 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 Form S-1 (File No. 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 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 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 lawful attorneys-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 Form S-8, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-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 said attorneys-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.
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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 Financial and Accounting 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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Exhibit 5.1
August 9, 2019
FibroGen, Inc.
409 Illinois Street
San Francisco, CA 94158
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to FibroGen, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the filing of a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission covering the offering of up to an aggregate of 8,396,511 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, including (a) 6,717,209 shares of Common Stock (the “2014 Plan Shares”) pursuant to the Company’s 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2014 Plan”) and (b) 1,679,302 shares of Common Stock (the “2014 ESPP Shares”) pursuant to the Company’s 2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “2014 ESPP”, and together with the 2014 Plan, the “Plans”).
In connection with this opinion, we have examined and relied upon (a) the Registration Statement and related prospectuses, (b) the Plans, (c) the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws, as in effect as of the date of the Plans and as currently in effect as of the date hereof and (d) such other documents, records, certificates, memoranda and other instruments as in our judgment are necessary or appropriate to enable us to render the opinion expressed below. We have assumed the genuineness and authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, and the conformity to originals of all documents submitted to us as copies thereof, and the due execution and delivery of all documents by all persons other than the Company where due execution and delivery are a prerequisite to the effectiveness thereof. As to certain factual matters, we have relied upon a certificate of an officer of the Company and have not sought independently to verify such matters.
Our opinion is expressed only with respect to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. We express no opinion to the extent that any other laws are applicable to the subject matter hereof and express no opinion and provide no assurance as to compliance with any federal or state securities law, rule or regulation.
On the basis of the foregoing, and in reliance thereon, we are of the opinion that the 2014 Plan Shares and the 2014 ESPP Shares, when sold and issued in accordance with the 2014 Plan and the 2014 ESPP, respectively, and the Registration Statement and related prospectuses, will be validly issued, fully paid, and nonassessable (except as to shares issued pursuant to certain deferred payment arrangements, which will be fully paid and nonassessable when such deferred payments are made in full).
Cooley LLP 3175 Hanover Street Palo Alto, CA 94304-1130
t: (650) 843-5000 f: (650) 849-7400 cooley.com
August 9, 2019
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We consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.
Sincerely,
| Cooley LLP | ||
| By: | /s/ Michael E. Tenta | |
| Michael E. Tenta | ||
Cooley LLP 3175 Hanover Street Palo Alto, CA 94304-1130
t: (650) 843-5000 f: (650) 849-7400 cooley.com
Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of FibroGen, Inc. of our report dated February 27, 2019 relating to the financial statements, financial statement schedule and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in FibroGen, Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
San Jose, California
August 9, 2019