As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 14, 2024
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Verastem, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 27-3269467 | |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S Employer Identification No.) | |
| 117 Kendrick St., Suite 500 Needham, MA |
02494 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
2014 Inducement Award Program
(Full title of the plan)
Daniel Paterson
President and Chief Executive Officer
Verastem, Inc.
117 Kendrick St., Suite 500
Needham, MA 02494
(781) 292-4200
(Name, address, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
With copies to:
Marko S. Zatylny
Ropes & Gray LLP
Prudential Tower
800 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02199
(617) 951-7000
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 x | Smaller reporting company x | |
| 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 is being filed to register an additional 500,000 shares under the Registrant’s 2014 Inducement Award Program. Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the Registrant incorporates by reference, except to the extent supplemented, amended or superseded by the information set forth herein, into this Registration Statement the entire contents of its Registration Statements on Form S-8 (File Nos. 333-201075, 333-218768, 333-223616, 333-228309 and 333-229430) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 19, 2014, June 15, 2017, March 13, 2018, November 9, 2018 and January 30, 2019, respectively.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 8. Exhibits.
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 Needham, Commonwealth of Massachusetts on March 14, 2024.
| VERASTEM, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Daniel Paterson | |
| Daniel Paterson | ||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Daniel Paterson and Daniel Calkins, and each of them singly, either of whom may act without the joinder of the other, 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 singly, 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 either of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, 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 below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
| SIGNATURES | TITLE | DATE | ||
| /s/ Daniel Paterson | President, Chief Executive Officer and | March 14, 2024 | ||
| Daniel Paterson | Director (Principal executive officer) | |||
| /s/ Daniel Calkins | Chief Financial Officer | March 14, 2024 | ||
| Daniel Calkins | (Principal financial and accounting officer) | |||
| /s/ Paul A. Bunn, M.D. | Director | March 14, 2024 | ||
| Paul A. Bunn, M.D. | ||||
| /s/ Robert Gagnon | Director | March 14, 2024 | ||
| Robert Gagnon | ||||
| Director | March 14, 2024 | |||
| John H. Johnson | ||||
| /s/ Anil Kapur | Director | March 14, 2024 | ||
| Anil Kapur | ||||
| /s/ Michael Kauffman | Director | March 14, 2024 | ||
| Michael Kauffman, M.D., Ph.D. | ||||
| /s/ Michelle Robertson | Director | March 14, 2024 | ||
| Michelle Robertson | ||||
| /s/ Eric Rowinsky, M.D. | Director | March 14, 2024 | ||
| Eric Rowinsky, M.D. | ||||
| /s/ Brian Stuglik | Director | March 14, 2024 | ||
| Brian Stuglik | ||||
| /s/ Karin Tollefson | Director | March 14, 2024 | ||
| Karin Tollefson |
Exhibit 5.1
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ROPES & GRAY LLP |
| PRUDENTIAL TOWER | |
| 800 BOYLSTON STREET | |
| BOSTON, MA 02199-3600 | |
| WWW.ROPESGRAY.COM |
March 14, 2024
Verastem, Inc.
117 Kendrick Street, Suite 500
Needham, MA 02494
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This opinion letter is furnished to you in connection with the registration statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”), filed by Verastem, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), on the date hereof, with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), for the registration of 500,000 shares of Common Stock, $0.0001 par value, of the Company (the “Shares”). The Shares are issuable under the Company’s 2014 Inducement Award Program (the “Program”).
We are familiar with the actions taken by the Company in connection with the adoption of the Program. We have examined such certificates, documents and records and have made such investigation of fact and such examination of law as we have deemed appropriate in order to enable us to render the opinions set forth herein. In conducting such investigation, we have relied, without independent verification, upon certificates of officers of the Company, public officials and other appropriate persons.
The opinions expressed below are limited to the Delaware General Corporation Law.
Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized and, when the Shares have been issued and sold in accordance with the terms of the Program, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder.
| Very truly yours, | |
| /s/Ropes & Gray LLP | |
| Ropes & Gray LLP |
Exhibit 23.2
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8) pertaining to the 2014 Inducement Award Program of Verastem, Inc. of our report dated March 14, 2024, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Verastem, Inc. included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
March 14, 2024
Exhibit 107
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Form S-8
(Form Type)
Verastem, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Table 1: Newly Registered Securities
| Security Type |
Security Class Title |
Fee Calculation Rule |
Amount Registered (1) |
Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Unit |
Maximum
|
Fee Rate | Amount of Registration Fee |
| Equity | Common stock, $0.0001 par value per share | Rule 457(c) and 457(h)(1) | 500,000 (2) | $11.65 (3) | $5,825,000 | 0.00014760 | $859.77 |
| Total Offering Amounts | $5,825,000 | - | |||||
| Total Fee Offsets (4) | - | ||||||
| Net Fee Due | $859.77 | ||||||
| (1) | Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement also covers such additional shares of the Registrant’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), as may be issued under the Registrant’s 2014 Inducement Award Program (the “Inducement Award Plan”) to prevent dilution from stock splits, stock dividends and similar transactions. |
| (2) | Represents an aggregate of 500,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to awards granted or to be granted in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4), as an inducement material to an individual’s entering into employment with the Registrant under the Registrant’s Inducement Award Plan. |
| (3) | Pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h)(1) under the Securities Act, the proposed maximum offering price per share and the maximum aggregate offering price for the shares have been calculated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee on the basis of the average high and low prices of the Common Stock as reported by the Nasdaq Capital Market on March 11, 2024 to be $11.65 and $5,825,000, respectively. |
| (4) | The Registrant does not have any fee off-sets. |