S-8

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 7, 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

 

 

ALDEYRA THERAPEUTICS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   20-1968197

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

131 Hartwell Avenue, Suite 320

Lexington, MA

  02421
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

2016 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

(Full title of plan)

Todd C. Brady, M.D., Ph.D.,

President and Chief Executive Officer

131 Hartwell Avenue, Suite 320

Lexington, MA 02421

(Name and address of agent for service)

(781) 761-4904

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

Please send copies of all communications to:

Keith J. Scherer

Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP

One Marina Park Drive, Suite 900

Boston, MA 02210

Telephone: (617) 648-9100

Telecopy: (617) 648-9199

 

 

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. ☐

 

 

 


PART I

EXPLANATORY NOTE

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 registers additional shares of Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the Purchase Plan. The information contained in the Registrant’s registration statements on Form S-8 (SEC File Nos. 333-230161, 333-224019, 333-217043 , 333-213045, 333-210492, 333-203076, 333-196674, 333-237129, 333-254144. 333-263660 and 333-270401), together with all exhibits filed therewith or incorporated therein by reference, are hereby incorporated by reference pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8.


PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 8. Exhibits.

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number
  

Description of Exhibit

 5.1*    Opinion of Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP.
23.1*    Consent of BDO USA, P.C., independent registered public accounting firm.
23.2*    Consent of Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1*    Power of Attorney (included in the signature page to the registration statement).
107*    Filing Fee Table.

 

*

Filed herewith.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Lexington, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on this 7th day of March, 2024.

 

ALDEYRA THERAPEUTICS, INC.

/s/ Todd C. Brady, M.D., Ph.D.

Todd C. Brady, M.D., Ph.D.
President and Chief Executive Officer


POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officers and directors of Aldeyra Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint Todd C. Brady, M.D., Ph.D. and Bruce Greenberg, and each of them, the lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power and authority to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, and any one of them, determine may be necessary or advisable or required to enable said corporation to comply with the Securities Act, and any rules or regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with this Registration Statement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing power and authority, the powers granted include the power and authority to sign the names of the undersigned officers and directors in the capacities indicated below to this Registration Statement, to any and all amendments, both pre-effective and post-effective, and supplements to this Registration Statement, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as part of or in conjunction with this Registration Statement or amendments or supplements thereof, and each of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms that all said attorneys and agents, or any one of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Todd C. Brady, M.D., Ph.D.

Todd C. Brady, M.D., Ph.D.

  

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

(Principal Executive Officer)

  March 7, 2024

/s/ Bruce Greenberg

Bruce Greenberg

  

Interim Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

  March 7, 2024

/s/ Richard H. Douglas, Ph.D.

Richard H. Douglas, Ph.D.

   Chairman of the Board of Directors   March 7, 2024

/s/ Ben Bronstein, M.D.

Ben Bronstein, M.D.

   Director   March 7, 2024

/s/ Martin J. Joyce

Martin J. Joyce

   Director   March 7, 2024

/s/ Nancy Miller-Rich

Nancy Miller-Rich

   Director   March 7, 2024

/s/ Gary Phillips, M.D.

Gary Phillips, M.D.

   Director   March 7, 2024

/s/ Neal Walker, D.O.

Neal Walker, D.O.

   Director   March 7, 2024
EX-5.1

Exhibit 5.1

 

LOGO    LOGO

March 7, 2024

Aldeyra Therapeutics, Inc.

131 Hartwell Avenue, Suite 320

Lexington, MA 02421

Re:

Aldeyra Therapeutics, Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-8 for 588,897 Shares of Common Stock

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We refer to the registration statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) to be filed by Aldeyra Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”) of (i) 588,897 shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Common Stock” and such shares the “Shares”) issuable in the aggregate under the Company’s 2016 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”).

As your counsel, we have examined such matters of fact and questions of law as we have deemed necessary in order to render the opinion set forth herein. In connection with our opinion expressed below, we have relied as to certain factual matters on information obtained from public officials, officers of the Company and other sources believed by us to be responsible. We express no opinion as to matters governed by any laws other than the laws of the Delaware General Corporation Law and the federal laws of the United States.

Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we advise you that, in our opinion, when the Shares have been issued and sold pursuant to the applicable provisions of the ESPP, and in accordance with the Registration Statement, such Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of the Company’s Common Stock.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion 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 Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

Very truly yours,

 

/s/ Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve

Franklin & Hachigian, LLP

Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve

Franklin & Hachigian, LLP

EX-23.1

Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement of our report dated March 7, 2024, relating to the consolidated financial statements of Aldeyra Therapeutics, Inc. (the Company) appearing in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023.

/s/ BDO USA, P.C.

Boston, Massachusetts

March 7, 2024

EX-FILING FEES

Exhibit 107

Calculation of Filing Fee Tables

Form S-8

(Form Type)

Aldeyra Therapeutics, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Table 1: Newly Registered Securities

 

               
Security Type  

Security

Class

Title

 

Fee

Calculation

Rule(3)

 

Amount

Registered(1)

 

Proposed

Maximum

Offering

Price Per

Share

 

Maximum

Aggregate

Offering

Price

 

Fee

Rate

 

Amount of

Registration

Fee(4)

               
Equity   Common stock, par value $0.001 per share  

Rule 457(h)

Rule 457(c)

  588,897 (2)   $3.349(3)  

$1,972,216.06

  0.0001476   $291.10
         
Total Offering Amounts     $1,972,216.06    

$291.10

         
Total Fee Offsets        
         
Net Fee Due              

$291.10

 

(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 Registrant’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), that become issuable under the Registrant’s 2016 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “2016 ESPP”), as a result of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization, or other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration that results in an increase to the number of outstanding shares of Registrant’s Common Stock, as applicable. Common Stock issuable under the 2016 ESPP were previously registered on a Registration Statement on August 10, 2016 (File No. 333-213045), March 30, 2017 (File No. 333-217043), March 29, 2018 (File No. 333-224019), March 8, 2019 (File No. 333-230161), March 12, 2020 (File No. 333-237129), March 11, 2021 (File No. 333-254144), March 17, 2022 (File No. 333-263660) and March 9, 2023 (File No. 333-270401).

(2)

Represents 588,897 shares of Common Stock that were automatically added to the shares reserved for issuance under the 2016 ESPP on January 2, 2024 pursuant to an “evergreen” provision contained in the 2016 ESPP (the “2016 ESPP Evergreen Shares”). The number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the 2016 ESPP is subject to an automatic annual increase on the first business day of each fiscal year of the Registrant equal to the least of (i) 1% of the total number of shares of Common Stock actually issued and outstanding on the last business day of the prior fiscal year (excluding any rights to purchase shares of common shares that may be outstanding, such as options or warrants), or (ii) a number of shares of Common Stock determined by the Registrant’s board of directors.

(3)

This estimate is made pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1) and Rule 457(c) of the Securities Act solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee. The price per share and aggregate offering price of the 2013 EIP Evergreen Shares are based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on March 6, 2024, as reported on the Nasdaq Stock Market, which date is within five business days prior to the filing of this Registration Statement. The price per share and aggregate offering price of the 2016 ESPP Evergreen Shares are based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on March 6, 2024, as reported on the Nasdaq Stock Market, which date is within five (5) business days prior to the filing of this Registration Statement, multiplied by 85%, which is the percentage of the price per share applicable to purchasers under the 2016 ESPP.

(4)

The Registrant does not have any fee offsets.