As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2018

Registration No. 333-            

 

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

 

Arsanis, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   27-3181608

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

890 Winter Street, Suite 230

Waltham, Massachusetts

  02451
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

2017 Equity Incentive Plan

(Full Title of the Plan)

René Russo, Pharm.D., BCPS

President and Chief Executive Officer

Arsanis, Inc.

890 Winter Street, Suite 230

Waltham, Massachusetts

(Name and Address of Agent For Service)

(781) 819-5704

(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   ☒ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    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

 

 

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, par value $0.001 per share

  571,776 shares (2)   $15.55 (3)   $8,891,116.80 (3)   $1,107.00

 

 

(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) Consists of 571,776 shares issuable under the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan.
(3) 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 March 2, 2018.

 

 

 


EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Registration Statement on Form S-8, relating to the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan of Arsanis, 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. 333-221622, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 16, 2017 by the Registrant, relating to the Registrant’s 2010 Special Stock Incentive Plan, 2011 Stock Incentive Plan, 2017 Equity Incentive Plan and 2017 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, except for Item 8, Exhibits, with respect to which the Exhibit Index below is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 8. Exhibits.

 

         

Incorporation by Reference

    

Exhibit

No.

  

Description

  

Form

  

SEC Filing

Date

  

Exhibit

Number

  

Filed with

this S-8

  4.1

   Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company    8-K    11/20/2017    3.1   

  4.2

   Amended and Restated By-laws of the Company    8-K    11/20/2017    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 PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC, independent registered public accounting firm             X

24.1

   Power of attorney (included on the signature pages of this registration statement)             X

99.1

   2017 Equity Incentive Plan    S-1    10/20/2017    10.7   


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 Waltham, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on this 9th day of March, 2018.

 

ARSANIS, INC.
By:  

        /s/ René Russo

          René Russo
          President and Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES

We, the undersigned officers and directors of Arsanis, Inc., hereby severally constitute and appoint René Russo and Michael 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 Arsanis, 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/ René Russo

   President and Chief Executive Officer, Director    March 9, 2018
René Russo    (Principal Executive Officer)   

/s/ Michael Gray

   Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer    March 9, 2018
Michael Gray    (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)   

/s/ Tillman U. Gerngross

   Chairman of the Board    March 9, 2018
Tillman U. Gerngross      

/s/ William Clark

   Director    March 9, 2018
William Clark      

/s/ Carl Gordon

   Director    March 9, 2018
Carl Gordon      

/s/ David McGirr

   Director    March 9, 2018
David McGirr      

/s/ Terrance McGuire

   Director    March 9, 2018

Terrance McGuire

     

/s/ Claudio Nessi

   Director    March 9, 2018
Claudio Nessi      

/s/ Michael Ross

   Director    March 9, 2018
Michael Ross      

/s/ Amy Schulman

   Director    March 9, 2018
Amy Schulman      
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