S-8

As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on February 6, 2023

Registration No. 333-

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

BRIDGEBIO PHARMA, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   84-1850815
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

3160 Porter Drive, Suite 250

Palo Alto, CA

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

94304

(Zip Code)

2021 AMENDED AND RESTATED BRIDGEBIO PHARMA, INC. STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN

(Full title of the plan)

Brian C. Stephenson

Chief Financial Officer

BridgeBio Pharma, Inc.

3160 Porter Drive, Suite 250

Palo Alto, CA 94304

(Name and address of agent for service)

(650) 391-9740

(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copies to:

Mitchell S. Bloom, Esq.

Maggie L. Wong, Esq.

Natalie T. Martirossian, Esq.

Goodwin Procter LLP

3 Embarcadero Center, 28th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: (415) 733-6000

 

 

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 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.  ☐

 

 

 


REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SHARES

PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E

Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. is filing this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) to register 7,531,278 additional shares of its common stock under the 2021 Amended and Restated BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. Stock Option and Incentive Plan (formerly known as the Amended and Restated BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. 2019 Stock Option and Incentive Plan) (the “2021 Plan”), pursuant to the provisions of the 2021 Plan providing for an automatic increase in the number of shares of common stock reserved and available for issuance under the 2021 Plan on January 1, 2023. In accordance with the instructional note to Part I of Form S-8 as promulgated by the Commission, the information specified by Part I of the Form S-8 has been omitted from this Registration Statement. The contents of the Registrant’s Registration Statements on Form S-8 (File Nos. 333-232491, 333-236872, 333-239718, 333-252394 and 333-263009), filed with the Commission on July 1, 2019, March 4, 2020, July 7, 2020, January 25, 2021 and February 25, 2022, respectively, are hereby incorporated by reference pursuant to General Instruction E.


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

 

Exhibit

No.

   Description
  4.1    Form of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (1)
  4.2    Form of Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant (2)
  4.3    Specimen Common Stock Certificate (3)
  5.1*    Opinion of Goodwin Procter LLP
23.1*    Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm to BridgeBio Pharma, Inc.
23.2*    Consent of Goodwin Procter LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1*    Power of Attorney (included on signature page)
99.1    2021 Amended and Restated Stock Option and Incentive Plan and Forms thereunder (4)
107*    Filing Fee Table

 

*

Filed herewith.

(1)

Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on July 3, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference.

(2)

Filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-4, filed on November 6, 2020 and incorporated herein by reference.

(3)

Filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Amendment No. 3 to Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed on June 24, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference.

(4)

Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed on February 25, 2022 and incorporated herein by reference.


SIGNATURES

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 Palo Alto, State of California, this 6th day of February, 2023.

 

BRIDGEBIO PHARMA, INC.
By:  

/s/ Neil Kumar

 

Neil Kumar, Ph.D.

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 Neil Kumar and Brian C. Stephenson 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, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated below.

 

Signature    Title   Date

/s/ Neil Kumar

Neil Kumar, Ph.D.

  

Chief Executive Officer and Director

(Principal Executive Officer)

  February 6, 2023

/s/ Brian C. Stephenson

Brian C. Stephenson, Ph.D., CFA

  

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

  February 6, 2023

/s/ Eric Aguiar

Eric Aguiar, M.D.

  

Director

  February 6, 2023

/s/ Jennifer E. Cook

Jennifer E. Cook

  

Director

  February 6, 2023

/s/ Douglas A. Dachille

Douglas A. Dachille

  

Director

  February 6, 2023

/s/ Ronald J. Daniels

Ronald J. Daniels

  

Director

  February 6, 2023

/s/ Andrea Ellis

Andrea Ellis

  

Director

  February 6, 2023


/s/ Fred Hassan

Fred Hassan

  

Director

  February 6, 2023

/s/ Charles Homcy

Charles Homcy, M.D.

  

Director

  February 6, 2023

/s/ Andrew W. Lo

Andrew W. Lo, Ph.D.

  

Director

  February 6, 2023

/s/ James C. Momtazee

James C. Momtazee

  

Director

  February 6, 2023

/s/ Ali Satvat

Ali Satvat

  

Director

  February 6, 2023

/s/ Brenton L. Saunders

Brenton L. Saunders

  

Director

  February 6, 2023

/s/ Richard H. Scheller

Richard H. Scheller, Ph.D.

  

Director

  February 6, 2023

/s/ Randal Scott

Randal Scott, Ph.D.

  

Director

  February 6, 2023

/s/ Hannah A. Valantine

Hannah A. Valantine, M.D.

  

Director

  February 6, 2023
EX-5.1

Exhibit 5.1

 

LOGO   

Goodwin Procter LLP

Three Embarcadero Center

San Francisco, CA 94111

 

goodwinlaw.com

+1 415 733 6000

February 6, 2023

BridgeBio Pharma, Inc.

3160 Porter Drive, Suite 250

Palo Alto, CA 94304

 

Re:

Securities Being Registered under Registration Statement on Form S-8

We have acted as counsel to you in connection with your filing of a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), on or about the date hereof relating to an aggregate of 7,531,278 shares (the “Shares”) of common stock, $0.001 par value per share (“Common Stock”), of BridgeBio Pharma, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), that may be issued pursuant to the Company’s 2021 Amended and Restated Stock Option and Incentive Plan (formerly known as the Amended and Restated BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. 2019 Stock Option and Incentive Plan) (the “2021 Plan”).

We have reviewed such documents and made such examination of law as we have deemed appropriate to give the opinions set forth below. We have relied, without independent verification, on certificates of public officials and, as to matters of fact material to the opinion set forth below, on certificates of officers of the Company.

The opinion set forth below is limited to the Delaware General Corporation Law.

For purposes of the opinion set forth below, we have assumed that no event occurs that causes the number of authorized shares of Common Stock available for issuance by the Company to be less than the number of then unissued Shares.

Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized and, upon issuance and delivery against payment therefor in accordance with the terms of the 2021 Plan, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

This opinion letter and the opinion it contains shall be interpreted in accordance with the Core Opinion Principles as published in 74 Business Lawyer 815 (Summer 2019).

We hereby consent to the inclusion of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement. In giving our consent, we do not 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/ Goodwin Procter LLP
GOODWIN PROCTER LLP
EX-23.1

Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our reports dated February 24, 2022, relating to the financial statements of BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. and the effectiveness of BridgeBio Pharma, Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting, appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2021.

 

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
San Francisco, California
February 6, 2023
EX-FILING FEES

Exhibit 107

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Form S-8

(Form Type)

BridgeBio Pharma, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Newly Registered Securities

 

               
Security Type   Security Class Title  

Fee Calculation

Rule

 

Amount

Registered(1)

  Proposed
Maximum
Offering
Price Per
Share(2)
  Maximum Aggregate
Offering Price
  Fee Rate   Amount of
Registration
Fee
               
Equity   Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share, 2021 Amended and Restated Stock Option and Incentive Plan   Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h)   7,531,278 (3)   $9.19   $69,212,444.82   $0.00011020   $7,627.21
         
Total Offering Amounts     $69,212,444.82     —  
         
Total Fees Previously Paid         —  
         
Total Fee Offsets         —  
         
Net Fee Due               $7,627.21

 

(1)

Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this registration statement shall also cover any additional shares of common stock which become issuable under the above-named plans by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of our outstanding shares of common stock.

(2)

Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457 of the Securities Act, and based on the average of the high and low sales prices of the registrant’s common stock, as quoted on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on January 31, 2023.

(3)

Represents 7,531,278 additional shares of common stock that were automatically added to the shares authorized for issuance under the 2021 Amended and Restated Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the “2021 Plan”) on January 1, 2023, pursuant to an “evergreen” provision contained in the 2021 Plan. Pursuant to the provision contained in the 2021 Plan, on January 1, 2022 and each January 1 thereafter, the number of shares authorized for issuance under the 2021 Plan is automatically increased by 5% of the outstanding number of shares of common stock on the immediately preceding December 31 or such lesser amount of shares as determined by the administrator of the 2021 Plan.