As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 27, 2025
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Dyne Therapeutics, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
| Delaware | 36-4883909 | |
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | |
| 1560 Trapelo Road Waltham, Massachusetts |
02451 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |
2024 Inducement Stock Incentive Plan, as amended
(Full Title of the Plan)
John G. Cox
President and Chief Executive Officer
1560 Trapelo Road
Waltham, Massachusetts 02451
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(781) 786-8230
(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 | ☐ | 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. ☐
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8, relating to the 2024 Inducement Stock Incentive Plan, as amended (the “2024 Plan”) of Dyne Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Registrant”), is being filed for the purpose of registering an additional 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share, of the Registrant issuable under the 2024 Plan. Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, except as otherwise set forth below, this Registration Statement incorporates by reference the contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-279070, relating to the 2024 Plan filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 2, 2024.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The following exhibits are incorporated herein by reference:
| * | 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 Waltham, Commonwealth of Massachusetts on this 27th day of March, 2025.
| DYNE THERAPEUTICS, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ John G. Cox | |
| John G. Cox | ||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
We, the undersigned officers and directors of Dyne Therapeutics, Inc., hereby severally constitute and appoint John G. Cox and Richard Scalzo, and each of them singly (with full power to each of them to act alone), our true and lawful attorneys with full power of substitution and resubstitution in each of them for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, and in any and all capacities, 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 Dyne Therapeutics, 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.
| Name |
Title |
Date | ||
| /s/ John G. Cox John G. Cox |
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (principal executive officer) |
March 27, 2025 | ||
| /s/ Richard Scalzo Richard Scalzo |
Senior Vice President, Head of Finance and Administration (principal financial and accounting officer) |
March 27, 2025 | ||
| /s/ Jason Rhodes |
Director and Chairman of the Board | March 27, 2025 | ||
| Jason Rhodes | ||||
| /s/ Ed Hurwitz |
Director | March 27, 2025 | ||
| Ed Hurwitz | ||||
| /s/ Carlo Incerti, M.D. |
Director | March 27, 2025 | ||
| Carlo Incerti, M.D. | ||||
| /s/ Dirk Kersten |
Director | March 27, 2025 | ||
| Dirk Kersten | ||||
| /s/ David Lubner |
Director | March 27, 2025 | ||
| David Lubner | ||||
| /s/ Catherine Stehman-Breen, M.D. |
Director | March 27, 2025 | ||
| Catherine Stehman-Breen, M.D. | ||||