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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 22, 2024

Registration No. 333-

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

Intellia Therapeutics, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-37766   36-4785571
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
Identification No.)
40 Erie Street, Suite 130  
Cambridge, Massachusetts     02139
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)     (Zip Code)

Intellia Therapeutics, Inc. 2015 Amended and Restated Stock Option and Incentive Plan

(Full title of the plan)

John Leonard, M.D.

President and Chief Executive Officer

40 Erie Street, Suite 130

Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

(857) 285-6200

(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

Copies to:

 

Michael H. Bison, Esq.

Gabriela Morales-Rivera, Esq.

Goodwin Procter LLP

100 Northern Ave.

Boston, Massachusetts 02210

(617) 570-1000

 

James Basta, Esq.

Executive Vice President, General Counsel

Intellia Therapeutics, Inc.

40 Erie Street, Suite 130

Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

(857) 285-6200

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  
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. ☐

 

 

 


Statement of Incorporation by Reference

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed to register the offer and sale of an additional 3,719,886 shares of the Registrant’s common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, to be issued under the Registrant’s Amended and Restated 2015 Stock Option and Incentive Plan.

Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the Registration Statements on Form S-8 filed by the Registrant on May 6, 2016 (File No. 333-211200), June 5, 2017 (File No 333-218511) February 27, 2019 (File No. 333-229900), February  27, 2020 (File No. 333-236714), February  26, 2021 (File No. 333-253562), February  24, 2022 (File No. 333-262997), and February  23, 2023 (File No. 333-269947), related to the Registrant’s Amended and Restated 2015 Stock Option and Incentive Plan are 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 Statements are presented herein.

Part II

Information Required in the Registration Statement

Item 8. Exhibits.

See the Exhibit Index below for a list of exhibits filed as part of this registration statement on Form S-8, which Exhibit Index is incorporated herein by reference.

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Number   

Description

4.1    Form of Common Stock Certificate of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-37766) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 17, 2016)
4.2    Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-37766) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 17, 2016)
4.3    Second Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant, as amended on April  3, 2020 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No.  001-37766) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 7, 2020)
5.1*    Opinion of Goodwin Procter LLP
23.1*    Consent of Goodwin Procter LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2*    Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
24.1*    Power of attorney (included on the signature pages of this registration statement)
99.1    Amended and Restated 2015 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-210689) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 27, 2016)
107.1*    Filing Fee Table.

 

 

*

Filed herewith.


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 Cambridge, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on this 22nd day of February, 2024.

 

INTELLIA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
By:  

/s/ John Leonard

  John Leonard, M.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 each of John Leonard, M.D., James Basta, J.D. and Glenn Goddard 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 each 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/ John Leonard

   President, Chief Executive Officer and Director   February 22, 2024
John Leonard, M.D.    (Principal Executive Officer)  

/s/ Glenn Goddard

   Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer   February 22, 2024
Glenn Goddard    (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)  

/s/ Fred Cohen

   Director   February 22, 2024
Fred Cohen, M.D., D.Phil.     

/s/ Bill Chase

   Director   February 22, 2024
Bill Chase     

/s/ Jesse Goodman

   Director   February 22, 2024
Jesse Goodman, M.D.     

/s/ Georgia Keresty

   Director   February 22, 2024
Georgia Keresty, Ph.D.     

/s/ Frank Verwiel

   Director   February 22, 2024
Frank Verwiel, M.D.     

/s/ Muna Bhanji

   Director   February 22, 2024
Muna Bhanji, R.Ph.