As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 12, 2021
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
The Securities Act of 1933
Adicet Bio, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware |
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81-3305277 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
200 Clarendon Street, Floor 6
Boston, MA 02116
(857) 315-5528
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Adicet Bio, Inc. 2018 Stock Option and Incentive Plan
Adicet Bio, Inc. 2018 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full Title of the Plans)
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Chen Schor
President and Chief Executive Officer
Adicet Bio, Inc.
200 Clarendon Street, Floor 6
Boston, MA 02116
(857) 315-5528
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Danielle Lauzon, Esq.
Mitchell S. Bloom, Esq.
Goodwin Procter LLP
100 Northern Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02210
(617) 570-1000
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.
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Large accelerated filer ☐ |
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Accelerated filer ☐ |
Non-accelerated filer x |
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Smaller reporting company ☒ |
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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. ☐
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of Securities to be Registered |
Amount to be Registered(1) |
Proposed Maximum Offering Price per Share |
Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price |
Amount of Registration Fee |
Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share |
1,500,000 shares(2) |
$6.96 (3) |
$10,440,000.00 (3) |
$1,139.00(3) |
Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share |
315,640 shares(4) |
$5.92 (5) |
$ 1,867,326.24 (5) |
$ 203.73 (5) |
Total |
1,815,640 shares |
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$12,307,326.24 |
$1,342.73 |
(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, $0.0001 par value per share (“Common Stock”) which become issuable under the Registrant’s 2018 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the “2018 Plan”) and the Registrant’s 2018 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “2018 ESPP”), 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 the Registrant’s outstanding shares of Common Stock. |
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Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457 (c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act and based upon the average of the high and low prices reported for the Common Stock on the Nasdaq Global Market on August 9, 2021. |
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Represents shares of Common Stock that were added to the shares authorized for issuance under the 2018 ESPP, effective as of April 27, 2021, pursuant to the approval of the stockholders of the Registrant at the 2021 Annual Meeting held on April 27, 2021. |
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The price of $5.92 per share, which is 85% of the average of the high and low sale prices of the Common Stock of the Registrant as quoted on the Nasdaq Global Market on August 9, 2021, is set forth solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c) and (h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and has been used as these shares are without a fixed price. Pursuant to the 2018 ESPP, the purchase price of the shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance thereunder will be 85% of the fair market value of a share of Common Stock on the first trading day of the offering period or on the exercise date, whichever is less. |
STATEMENT OF INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of registering (i) an additional 1,500,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”) of Adicet Bio, Inc. (the “Registrant”) to be issued under the Registrant’s 2018 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the “2018 Plan”) and (ii) an additional 315,640 shares of Common Stock of the Registrant to be issued under the Registrant’s 2018 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “2018 ESPP”), for which a Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the same employee benefit plans is effective.
These additional shares are of the same class as other securities relating to the 2018 Plan and 2018 ESPP for which the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-222746) filed with the Commission on January 29, 2018 is effective.
Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-222746) filed with the Commission on January 29, 2018 is incorporated by reference except to the extent supplemented, amended or superseded by the information set forth herein. Only those items of Form S-8 containing new information not contained in the earlier registration statements is presented herein.
Part II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 8. Exhibits.
The exhibits to this Registration Statement are listed in the Exhibit Index attached hereto and incorporated by reference herein.
EXHIBIT INDEX
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Description |
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4.1 |
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4.2 |
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4.3 |
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4.4 |
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4.5 |
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4.6 |
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4.7 |
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5.1* |
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23.1* |
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Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. |
23.2* |
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Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. |
23.3* |
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24.1* |
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99.1 |
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99.2 |
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Filed herewith. |
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 Boston, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the 12th day of August, 2021.
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ADICET BIO, INC. |
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/s/ Chen Schor |
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Chen Schor |
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President, Chief Executive Officer and Principal 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 Chen Schor and Nick Harvey 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, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following person in the capacities and on the date indicated.
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/s/ Chen Schor |
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Director, President, Chief Executive Officer |
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August 12, 2021 |
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Chen Schor |
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(Principal Executive Officer) |
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/s/ Nick Harvey |
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Chief Financial Officer |
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August 12, 2021 |
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Nick Harvey |
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(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
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/s/ Jeffrey Chodakewitz |
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Director |
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August 12, 2021 |
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Jeffrey Chodakewitz |
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/s/ Steve Dubin |
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Director |
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August 12, 2021 |
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Steve Dubin |
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/s/ Carl Gordon |
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Director |
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August 12, 2021 |
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Carl Gordon |
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/s/ Aya Jakobovits |
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Director |
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August 12, 2021 |
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Aya Jakobovits |
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/s/ Bastiano Sana |
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Director |
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August 12, 2021 |
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Bastiano Sana |
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/s/ Andrew Sinclair |
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Director |
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August 12, 2021 |
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Andrew Sinclair |
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August 12, 2021
Adicet Bio, Inc.
200 Clarendon Street, Floor 6
Boston, MA 02116
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 1,815,640 shares (the “Shares”) of common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (“Common Stock”), of Adicet Bio, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), that may be issued pursuant to the Company’s 2018 Stock Option and Incentive Plan and 2018 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (collectively, the “Plans”).
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 Plans, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
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.
Adicet Bio, Inc.
August 12, 2021
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Very truly yours,
/s/ Goodwin Procter LLP
GOODWIN PROCTER LLP
Exhibit 23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors
Adicet Bio, Inc.:
We consent to the use of our report dated March 11, 2021, with respect to the consolidated balance sheet of Adicet Bio, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2020, the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, redeemable convertible preferred stock and stockholders’ equity (deficit), and cash flows for the year then ended, and the related notes, incorporated herein by reference.
Our report refers to our audit of the adjustments to retrospectively apply the exchange ratio to the 2019 and 2018 consolidated financial statements, as more fully described in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements. However, we were not engaged to audit, review, or apply any procedures to the 2019 and 2018 consolidated financial statements other than with respect to such adjustments.
Our report refers to a change in the method of accounting for leases as of January 1, 2020 due to the adoption of Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842).
/s/ KPMG LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
August 12, 2021
Exhibit 23.2
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Adicet Bio, Inc. of our report dated June 23, 2020 relating to the financial statements, which appears in Adicet Bio, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
San Jose, California
August 12, 2021