As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 26, 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
BIOAGE LABS, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 47-4721157 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of | (I.R.S. Employer | |
incorporation or organization) | Identification Number) |
1445A South 50th Street
Richmond, California 94804
(510) 806-1445
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrants principal executive offices)
2015 Equity Incentive Plan
2024 Equity Incentive Plan
2024 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plans)
Kristen Fortney, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer and President
BioAge Labs, Inc.
1445A South 50th Street
Richmond, California 94804
(510) 806-1445
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Please send copies of all communications to:
Matthew Rossiter, Esq.
Robert A. Freedman, Esq.
Julia Forbess, Esq.
Michael S. Pilo, Esq.
Fenwick & West LLP
555 California Street, 12th Floor
San Francisco, California 94104
(415) 875-2300
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 definition 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. ☐
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The information called for by Part I of Form S-8 is omitted from this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this Registration Statement) and has been or will be sent or given to participating service providers in accordance with Rule 428 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act) and the instructions to Form S-8. In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) and the instructions to Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. | Incorporation of Documents by Reference |
The following documents filed by BioAge Labs, Inc. (the Registrant) with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act) are incorporated herein by reference:
(a) | the Registrants prospectus filed on September 26, 2024 pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act relating to the Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-281901), which contains audited financial statements for the Registrants latest fiscal year for which such statements have been filed; and |
(b) | The description of the Registrants common stock contained in the Registrants registration statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-42279) filed on September 18, 2024 under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description. |
All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the filing of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing such documents, except as to specific sections of such documents as set forth therein. 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 in any subsequently filed document which also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.
Item 4. | Description of Securities |
Not applicable.
Item 5. | Interests of Named Experts and Counsel |
As of the date of this registration statement, individuals and entities associated with Fenwick & West LLP beneficially own an aggregate of 16,655 shares of the Registrants common stock.
Item 6. | Indemnification of Directors and Officers |
The Registrant is incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware. Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the DGCL) authorizes a court to award, or a corporations board of directors to grant, indemnity to directors and officers under certain circumstances and subject to certain limitations. The terms of Section 145 of the DGCL are sufficiently broad to permit indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities, including reimbursement of expenses incurred, arising under the Securities Act.
As permitted by the DGCL, the Registrants restated certificate of incorporation to be effective immediately upon the completion of the Registrants initial public offering contains provisions that eliminate the personal liability of its directors and officers for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duties in their role, except liability for the following:
| any breach of the directors or officers duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders; |
| acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; |
| under Section 174 of the DGCL (regarding unlawful dividends, stock purchases or redemptions); or |
| any transaction from which the director or officer derived an improper personal benefit. |
As permitted by the DGCL, the Registrants restated bylaws to be effective immediately upon the completion of the Registrants initial public offering provide that:
| the Registrant is required to indemnify its directors and executive officers to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, subject to limited exceptions; |
| the Registrant may indemnify its other employees and agents as set forth in the DGCL; |
| the Registrant is required to advance expenses, as incurred, to its directors and executive officers in connection with a legal proceeding to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, subject to limited exceptions; and |
| the rights conferred in the Registrants restated bylaws are not exclusive. |
In addition, prior to the completion of the Registrants initial public offering, the Registrant has or intends to enter into indemnification agreements with each of its current directors and executive officers to provide these directors and executive officers additional contractual assurances regarding the scope of the indemnification set forth in the Registrants restated certificate of incorporation and restated bylaws and to provide additional procedural protections. There is no pending litigation or proceeding involving a director or executive officer of the Registrant for which indemnification is sought. Reference is also made to the underwriting agreement entered into by the Registrant and the underwriters in connection with the Registrants initial public offering, which provides for the indemnification of executive officers, directors and controlling persons of the Registrant against certain liabilities. The indemnification provisions in the Registrants restated certificate of incorporation, restated bylaws and the indemnification agreements entered into between the Registrant and each of its directors and executive officers may be sufficiently broad to permit indemnification of the Registrants directors and executive officers for liabilities arising under the Securities Act.
The Registrant currently carries directors and officers liability insurance for securities matters.
See also the undertakings set out in response to Item 9 hereof.
Item 7. | Exemption From Registration Claimed |
Not applicable.
Item 8. | Exhibits |
The following exhibits are filed herewith:
Exhibit | Incorporated by Reference |
Filed | ||||||||||
Number | Exhibit Description | Form | File No. | Exhibit | Filing Date | Herewith | ||||||
3.1 | Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, as currently in effect | S-1/A | 333-281901 | 3.1 | 09/18/2024 | |||||||
3.2 | Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant | S-1 | 333-281901 | 3.3 | 09/03/2024 | |||||||
3.3 | Form of Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant (to be effective upon the completion of the Registrants initial public offering) | S-1/A | 333-281901 | 3.2 | 09/18/2024 | |||||||
3.4 | Form of Restated Bylaws of the Registrant (to be effective upon the completion of the Registrants initial public offering) | S-1/A | 333-281901 | 3.4 | 09/18/2024 |
4.1 | Form of Common Stock certificate | S-1/A | 333-281901 | 4.1 | 09/03/2024 | |||||||
5.1 | Opinion of Fenwick & West LLP | X | ||||||||||
23.1 | Consent of Fenwick & West LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1) | X | ||||||||||
23.2 | Consent of KPMG LLP | X | ||||||||||
24.1 | Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement) | X | ||||||||||
99.1 | 2015 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, and forms of award agreements | S-1 | 333-281901 | 10.2 | 09/03/2024 | |||||||
99.2 | 2024 Equity Incentive Plan, and forms of award agreements thereunder | S-1/A | 333-281901 | 10.3 | 09/18/2024 | |||||||
99.2 | 2024 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and forms of award agreements thereunder | S-1/A | 333-281901 | 10.4 | 09/18/2024 | |||||||
107 | Fee Table | X |
Item 9. | Undertakings |
A. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in the volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the Calculation of Registration Fee table in the effective Registration Statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
provided, however, that clauses (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those clauses is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
B. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrants annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plans annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
C. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered hereby, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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 Richmond, State of California, on this 26th day of September, 2024.
BIOAGE LABS, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Kristen Fortney, Ph.D. | |
Kristen Fortney, Ph.D. | ||
Chief Executive Officer and President |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Kristen Fortney, Ph.D. and Dov Goldstein, M.D., and each of them, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution, for him or her 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 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 connection therewith, as fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her 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 on behalf of the Registrant in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Name |
Title |
Date | ||
/s/ Kristen Fortney Kristen Fortney, Ph.D. |
Chief Executive Officer, President and Director (Principal Executive Officer) |
September 26, 2024 | ||
/s/ Dov Goldstein Dov Goldstein, M.D. |
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) |
September 26, 2024 | ||
/s/ Shane Barton Shane Barton |
Vice President of Finance (Principal Accounting Officer) |
September 26, 2024 | ||
/s/ Jean-Pierre Garnier Jean-Pierre Garnier, Ph.D. |
Chair of the Board of Directors | September 26, 2024 | ||
/s/ Michael Davidson Michael Davidson, M.D. |
Director | September 26, 2024 | ||
/s/ Patrick Enright Patrick Enright |
Director | September 26, 2024 | ||
/s/ James Healy James Healy, M.D., Ph.D. |
Director | September 26, 2024 |
/s/ Rekha Hemrajani Rekha Hemrajani |
Director | September 26, 2024 | ||
/s/ Eric Morgen Eric Morgen, M.D. |
Director | September 26, 2024 | ||
/s/ Vijay Pande Vijay Pande, Ph.D. |
Director | September 26, 2024 |
Exhibit 5.1
September 26, 2024
BioAge Labs, Inc.
1445A South 50th Street
Richmond, California 94004
Re: | Registration Statement on Form S-8 |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
As counsel to BioAge Labs, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), we have examined the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the Registration Statement) to be filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) on or about September 26, 2024 in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), of an aggregate of 8,720,369 shares (the Shares) of the Companys Common Stock, $0.00001 par value per share (the Common Stock), that consists of (a) 3,650,000 Shares that are subject to issuance by the Company upon the exercise or settlement of awards granted or to be granted under the 2024 Equity Incentive Plan (the 2024 EIP), (b) 330,000 Shares that are subject to issuance by the Company upon the exercise or settlement of awards granted or to be granted under the 2024 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the 2024 ESPP) and (c) an aggregate of 4,740,369 Shares that are subject to issuance by the Company upon the exercise or settlement of awards outstanding under the Companys 2015 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the 2015 Plan, and, together with the 2024 EIP and 2024 ESPP, the Plans).
As to matters of fact relevant to the opinions rendered herein, we have examined such documents, certificates and other instruments which we have deemed necessary or advisable, including a certificate addressed to us and dated the date hereof executed by the Company (the Opinion Certificate). We have not undertaken any independent investigation to verify the accuracy of any such information, representations or warranties or to determine the existence or absence of any fact, and no inference as to our knowledge of the existence or absence of any fact should be drawn from our representation of the Company or the rendering of the opinion set forth below. We have not considered parol evidence in connection with any of the agreements or instruments reviewed by us in connection with this letter.
In our examination of documents for purposes of this letter, we have assumed, and express no opinion as to, the genuineness and authenticity of all signatures on original documents, the authenticity and completeness of all documents submitted to us as originals, that each document is what it purports to be, the conformity to originals of all documents submitted to us as copies or facsimile copies, the absence of any termination, modification or waiver of or amendment to any
document reviewed by us (other than as has been disclosed to us), the legal competence or capacity of all persons or entities (other than the Company) executing the same and (other than the Company) the due authorization, execution and delivery of all documents by each party thereto. We have also assumed the conformity of the documents filed with the Commission via the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (EDGAR), except for required EDGAR formatting changes, to physical copies submitted for our examination.
The opinions in this letter are limited to the existing General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware now in effect. We express no opinion with respect to any other laws.
Based upon, and subject to, the foregoing, it is our opinion that the Shares, when issued and sold by the Company in accordance with the terms (including, without limitation, payment and authorization provisions) of the applicable Plan and the applicable form of award agreement thereunder, against the Companys receipt of payment therefor (in an amount and type of consideration not less than the par value per Share), and duly registered on the books of the transfer agent and registrar for the Shares in the name or on behalf of the holders thereof, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
We consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and further consent to all references to us, if any, in the Registration Statement, the prospectuses constituting a part thereof and any amendments thereto. We do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
This opinion is intended solely for your use in connection with the issuance and sale of the Shares subject to the Registration Statement and is not to be relied upon for any other purpose. In providing this letter, we are opining only as to the specific legal issues expressly set forth above, and no opinion shall be inferred as to any other matter or matters. This opinion is rendered on, and speaks only as of, the date of this letter first written above, and does not address any potential change in facts or law that may occur after the date of this opinion letter. We assume no obligation to advise you of any fact, circumstance, event or change in the law or the facts that may hereafter be brought to our attention, whether or not such occurrence would affect or modify any of the opinions expressed herein.
Very truly yours, |
/s/ Fenwick & West LLP |
FENWICK & WEST LLP |
Exhibit 23.2
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
We consent to the use of our report dated May 31, 2024, except for the effects of the reverse stock split discussed in Note 12E, as to which the date is September 18, 2024, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of BioAge Labs, Inc., incorporated herein by reference.
/s/ KPMG LLP
San Francisco, California
September 26, 2024
Exhibit 107
Calculation of Filing Fee Table
Form S-8
(Form Type)
BioAge Labs, 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 Share |
Maximum Price |
Fee Rate |
Amount of Fee | |||||||
Equity | Common Stock, per share |
Rule 457(h) | 3,139,533(2) | $18.00(3) | $56,511,594(3) | $0.00014760 | $8,342 | |||||||
Equity | Common Stock, per share |
Rule 457(h) | 510,467(4) | $18.00(5) | $9,188,406(5) | $0.00014760 | $1,357 | |||||||
Equity | Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share |
Rule 457(h) | 330,000(6) | $15.30(7) | $5,049,000(7) | $0.00014760 | $746 | |||||||
Equity | Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share |
Rule 457(h) | 4,740,369(8) | $8.55(9) | $40,530,155(9) | $0.00014760 | $5,983 | |||||||
Total Offering Amounts | $111,279,155 | $N/A | $16,428 | |||||||||||
Total Fee Offsets(10) | | |||||||||||||
Net Fee Due | $16,428 |
(1) | Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the Registrants common stock that becomes issuable in respect of the securities identified in the above table by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration that increases the number of the Registrants outstanding shares of common stock. |
(2) | Shares of common stock reserved for issuance under the 2024 Equity Incentive Plan (the 2024 Plan) including 943,682 shares of common stock previously reserved but unissued under the 2015 Equity Incentive Plan (the 2015 Plan) that are now available for issuance under the 2024 Plan. In addition, any shares of common stock that (i) are subject to options or other awards granted under the 2015 Plan that cease to be subject to such options or other awards by forfeiture or otherwise, (ii) were or are issued under the 2015 Plan pursuant to the exercise of options that are forfeited or repurchased at the original issue price, (iii) are subject to options under the 2015 Plan and are used to pay the exercise price of an option or withheld to satisfy tax withholding obligations related to any award will be available for future grant and issuance under the 2015 Plan, or (iv) are subject to outstanding restricted shares granted under Stock Restriction Agreements that are forfeited or repurchased. See footnote 6 below. |
(3) | Calculated solely for the purpose of this offering under Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act on the basis of the initial public offering price per share of $18.00. |
(4) | Represents shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options that are outstanding under the 2024 Plan |
(5) | Calculated solely for the purpose of this offering under Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act and based upon the exercise price of $15.30 per share. |
(6) | Represents shares of common stock reserved for issuance under the 2024 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the ESPP) as of the date of this Registration Statement. |
(7) | Calculated solely for the purpose of this offering under Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act on the basis of the initial public offering price per share of the Registrants common stock multiplied by 85%, which is the percentage of the price per share applicable to purchases under the ESPP. |
(8) | Represents shares of common stock reserved for issuance pursuant to outstanding stock option awards under the 2015 Plan as of the date of this Registration Statement. Any such shares of common stock that (i) are subject to options under the 2015 Plan that cease to be subject to such options by forfeiture or otherwise, (ii) were or are issued under the 2015 Plan pursuant to the exercise of options and are forfeited or repurchased at the original issue price, (iii) are subject to options under the 2015 Plan and are used to pay the exercise price of an option or withheld to satisfy tax withholding obligations relating to any awards will be available for issuance under the 2024 Plan, or (iv) are subject to outstanding restricted shares granted under Stock Restriction Agreements that are forfeited or repurchased. See footnote 2 above. |
(9) | Calculated solely for the purpose of this offering under Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act on the basis of the weighted average exercise price for outstanding stock option awards of $8.55 per share (rounded up to the nearest cent) as of the date of this Registration Statement. |
(10) | The Registrant has no fee offsets. |