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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on </font><a name="Cover"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">February</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">9</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">, 2024</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">UNITED STATES</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">FORM S</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">&#8209;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">8</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;">Richard S. Eiswirth, Jr.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Alimera Sciences, Inc.&nbsp;&nbsp;(the &#x201C;Registrant&#x201D;, the &#x201C;Company&#x201D;, &#x201C;we&#x201D; or &#x201C;us&#x201D;) has prepared this Registration Statement in accordance with the requirements of Form S-8 under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#x201C;Securities Act&#x201D;), to register 125,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#x201C;Common Shares&#x201D;) issuable pursuant to a stock option award granted to Mr. Todd Wood, President of U.S. Operations of the Registrant, to induce such individual to accept employment with the Registrant in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4) (the &#x201C;Wood Inducement Award&#x201D;). The Wood Inducement Award was granted effective as of December 11, 2023.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">This Registration Statement also registers 75,000 Common Shares issuable pursuant to a stock option award granted to Mr. Elliot Maltz, Chief Financial Officer of the Registrant, to induce such individual to accept employment with the Registrant in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4) (the &#x201C;Maltz Inducement Award&#x201D; and, together with the Wood Inducement Award, the &#x201C;Inducement Awards&#x201D;). The Maltz Inducement Award was granted effective as of January 2, 2024.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">The Inducement Awards were approved by the Registrant&#x2019;s Board of Directors in compliance with and in reliance on Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4). The Inducement Awards were granted outside of the Registrant&#x2019;s existing equity incentive plans. </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;">The information specified in Item 1 and Item 2 of Part I of this Registration Statement is omitted from this filing in accordance with the provisions of Rule </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">428</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;"> under the </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Securities Act</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;"> and the introductory note to Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be delivered to plan participants and to Mr. Wood and Mr. Maltz pursuant to the Inducement Awards as required by Rule 428(b)(1).</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">The following documents previously filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#x201C;Commission&#x201D;) are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:</font>
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			<font style="text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt; padding-right:4pt;"></font><font style="text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt; padding-right:4pt;text-align:left"><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:1pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">(a) the Registrant&#x2019;s Annual Report on </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Form 10-K</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"> for the year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the Commission on March 31, 2023;</font></font>
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			<font style="text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt; padding-right:4pt;"></font><font style="text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt; padding-right:4pt;text-align:left"><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:1pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">(b) the information under the captions &#x201C;Proposal 1: Election of Directors,&#x201D; &#x201C;Corporate Governance,&#x201D; &#x201C;Proposal 2: Ratification of Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm,&#x201D; &#x201C;Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management,&#x201D; &#x201C;Certain Relationships and Related Persons Transactions,&#x201D; &#x201C;Executive Officers&#x201D; and &#x201C;Executive Compensation,&#x201D; in the Registrant&#x2019;s Definitive Proxy Statement on </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Schedule 14A</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"> for its 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, filed with the Commission on June 29, 2023;</font></font>
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			<font style="text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt; padding-right:4pt;"></font><font style="text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt; padding-right:4pt;text-align:left"><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:1pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">(c) </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:1pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">the Registrant&#x2019;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">March 31, 2023</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"> and </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">June 30, 2023</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"> and </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">September 30, 2023</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">, filed with the Commission on May 15, 2023, August 11, 2023 and November 2, 2023, respectively;</font></font>
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			<font style="text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt; padding-right:4pt;"></font><font style="text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt; padding-right:4pt;text-align:left"><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:1pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">(d) the Registrant&#x2019;s Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">January 10, 2023</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">, &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">March 1, 2023</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">, &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">March 27, 2023</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">, &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">May 18, 2023</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">, &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">June 9, 2023</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">, &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">June 29, 2023</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">, &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">August 2, 2023</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">, &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">August 15, 2023</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">, &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">October 3, 2023</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">, &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">November 8, 2023</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">, &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">December 12, 2023</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"> and </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">January 4, 2024</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">, in each case only to the extent filed and not furnished; and</font></font>
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			<font style="text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt; padding-right:4pt;"></font><font style="text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt; padding-right:4pt;text-align:left"><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:1pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">(e) the description of the Registrant&#x2019;s Common Stock contained in the Registrant&#x2019;s Registration Statement No. 001-34703 on </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Form 8-A</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"> filed with the Commission on April 19, 2010, pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#x201C;Exchange Act&#x201D;), including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.</font></font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents, except that information furnished to the Commission under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 in Current Reports on Form 8-K and any exhibit relating to such information, shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in this Registration Statement, or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement, modifies or supersedes such earlier statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers. </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">We have entered or will enter into indemnification agreements with each of our directors and executive officers. The agreements provide that we will indemnify each of our directors and executive officers against any and </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">Our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws contain provisions relating to the limitation of liability and indemnification of directors. The Certificate of Incorporation provides that our directors will not be personally liable to us or our stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability:</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">Our Certificate of Incorporation also provides that if Delaware law is amended in the future to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of our directors will be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law. The foregoing provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation are not intended to limit the liability of directors or officers for any violation of applicable federal securities laws. As permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, our Certificate of Incorporation provides that we may indemnify our directors to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law and the Certificate of Incorporation provisions relating to indemnity may not be retroactively repealed or modified so as to adversely affect the protection of our directors.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">In addition, as permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, our Bylaws authorize us (a) to enter into indemnification agreements with our directors and executive officers and (b) to purchase directors&#x2019; and officers&#x2019; liability insurance, which we currently maintain to cover our directors and executive officers.</font>
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			<font style="text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt; padding-right:4pt;"><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">Exhibit Number</font></font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;;font-size: 10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 36pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">Description of Exhibit</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">3.1</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;;font-size: 10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 48pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"></font><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1267602/000126760220000029/exhibit31_12311910-k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit"><font style="display: inline;color:#0000EE;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant, as amended on various dates (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&#x2019;s Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed on March 2, 2020, and incorporated herein by reference).</font></a>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">3.2</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;;font-size: 10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 48pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"></font><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1267602/000126760220000029/exhibit32_12311910-k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit"><font style="display: inline;color:#0000EE;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant, as amended (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant&#x2019;s Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed on March 2, 2020, and incorporated herein by reference).</font></a>
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			<font style="text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt; padding-right:41pt;"><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">5.1*</font></font><font style="text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt; padding-right:4pt;text-align:left"><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"></font><a href="alim-20240209xex5_1.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit"><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Opinion of DLA Piper LLP (US).</font></a></font>
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			<font style="text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt; padding-right:37pt;"><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">23.1*</font></font><font style="text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt; padding-right:4pt;text-align:left"><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"></font><a href="alim-20240209xex23_1.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit"><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Consent of Grant Thornton LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.</font></a></font>
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			<font style="text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt; padding-right:37pt;"><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">23.2*</font></font><font style="text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt; padding-right:4pt;text-align:left"><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"></font><a href="alim-20240209xex5_1.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit"><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Consent of DLA Piper LLP (US) (included in Exhibit 5.1).</font></a></font>
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			<font style="text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt; padding-right:37pt;"><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">24.1*</font></font><font style="text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt; padding-right:4pt;text-align:left"><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"></font><a href="#Power_of_Attorney"><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Power of Attorney (included in the signature page to the registration statement).</font></a></font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">99.</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">1</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;;font-size: 10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 48pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"></font><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1267602/000126760223000129/alim-20231211xex10_3.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit"><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Inducement Stock Option Agreement, dated as of December 11, 2023, by and between Alimera Sciences, Inc. and Todd Wood (Non-Plan Inducement Award) (filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant&#x2019;s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed on December 12, 2023, and incorporated herein by reference).</font></a>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">99.</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">2</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;;font-size: 10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 48pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"></font><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1267602/000110465924001326/tm241885d1_ex10-3.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit"><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Inducement Stock Option Agreement, dated as of January 2, 2024, by and between Alimera Sciences, Inc. and Elliot Maltz (Non-Plan Inducement Award) (filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant&#x2019;s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed on January 4, 2024, and incorporated herein by reference).</font></a>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Item 9. Undertakings. </font>
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			<a name="ElPgBr3"></a><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">(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; and </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">(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; </font><font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;font-size:10pt;">provided, however</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs 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. </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">(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</font><font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;font-size:10pt;"> bona fide</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> offering thereof. </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">(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. </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#x2019;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#x2019;s 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</font><font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;font-size:10pt;"> bona fide</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> offering thereof. </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">(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 </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">(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, 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.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">SIGNATURES</font><a name="Signatures"></a>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">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 Alpharetta, State of Georgia on this </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">9th</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;day of </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">February</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">, 2024.</font>
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			<font style="text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt; padding-right:7.75pt;"><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">&#xFEFF;</font></font><font style="text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt; padding-right:4pt;text-align:left"><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">ALIMERA SCIENCES, INC.</font></font>
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			<font style="text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt; padding-right:5.75pt;"><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"> &nbsp;&#xFEFF;</font></font><font style="text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt; padding-right:47.35pt;text-align:left"><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;"></font></font><font style="text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt; padding-right:4pt;text-align:left"><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">Richard S. Eiswirth, Jr.</font></font>
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alim s-8 inducement grants
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
February
9
, 2024
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM S
‑
8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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﻿
ALIMERA SCIENCES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
20-0028718
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
﻿
6310 Town Square, Suite 400
Alpharetta, GA 30005
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
___________________
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INDUCEMENT STOCK OPTION AWARDS
(Full title of the plan)
___________________
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Richard S. Eiswirth, Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer
6310 Town Square, Suite 400
Alpharetta, GA 30005
(Name and address of agent for service)
(678) 990-5740
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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Copies to:
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Andrew P. Gilbert
Christopher S. Visick
DLA Piper LLP (US)
Vice President and General Counsel
51 John F. Kennedy Parkway, Suite 120
6310 Town Square, Suite 400
Short Hills, NJ 07078
Alpharetta, GA 30005
(973) 520-2550
(678) 990-5740
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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
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Accelerated filer
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Non-accelerated filer
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Smaller reporting company
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Emerging Growth Company
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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
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Explanatory Note
Alimera Sciences, Inc.  (the "Registrant", the "Company", "we" or "us") has prepared this Registration Statement in accordance with the requirements of Form S-8 under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), to register 125,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Shares") issuable pursuant to a stock option award granted to Mr. Todd Wood, President of U.S. Operations of the Registrant, to induce such individual to accept employment with the Registrant in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4) (the "Wood Inducement Award"). The Wood Inducement Award was granted effective as of December 11, 2023.
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This Registration Statement also registers 75,000 Common Shares issuable pursuant to a stock option award granted to Mr. Elliot Maltz, Chief Financial Officer of the Registrant, to induce such individual to accept employment with the Registrant in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4) (the "Maltz Inducement Award" and, together with the Wood Inducement Award, the "Inducement Awards"). The Maltz Inducement Award was granted effective as of January 2, 2024.
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The Inducement Awards were approved by the Registrant's Board of Directors in compliance with and in reliance on Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4). The Inducement Awards were granted outside of the Registrant's existing equity incentive plans.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
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The information specified in Item 1 and Item 2 of Part I of this Registration Statement is omitted from this filing in accordance with the provisions of Rule
428
under the
Securities Act
and the introductory note to Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be delivered to plan participants and to Mr. Wood and Mr. Maltz pursuant to the Inducement Awards as required by Rule 428(b)(1).
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents previously filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
(a) the Registrant's Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the Commission on March 31, 2023;
(b) the information under the captions "Proposal 1: Election of Directors," "Corporate Governance," "Proposal 2: Ratification of Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm," "Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management," "Certain Relationships and Related Persons Transactions," "Executive Officers" and "Executive Compensation," in the Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement on
Schedule 14A
for its 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, filed with the Commission on June 29, 2023;
(c)
the Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended
March 31, 2023
and
June 30, 2023
and
September 30, 2023
, filed with the Commission on May 15, 2023, August 11, 2023 and November 2, 2023, respectively;
(d) the Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on
January 10, 2023
,
March 1, 2023
,
March 27, 2023
,
May 18, 2023
,
June 9, 2023
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June 29, 2023
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August 2, 2023
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August 15, 2023
,
October 3, 2023
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November 8, 2023
,
December 12, 2023
and
January 4, 2024
, in each case only to the extent filed and not furnished; and
(e) the description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement No. 001-34703 on
Form 8-A
filed with the Commission on April 19, 2010, pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents, except that information furnished to the Commission under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 in Current Reports on Form 8-K and any exhibit relating to such information, shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in this Registration Statement, or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement, modifies or supersedes such earlier statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
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Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
We have entered or will enter into indemnification agreements with each of our directors and executive officers. The agreements provide that we will indemnify each of our directors and executive officers against any and
all expenses incurred by that director or executive officer because of his status as one of our directors or executive officers, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, our restated certificate of incorporation (the "Certificate of Incorporation") and our amended and restated bylaws (the "Bylaws"). In addition, the agreements provide that, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, but subject to various exceptions, we will advance all expenses incurred by our directors in connection with a legal proceeding.
Our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws contain provisions relating to the limitation of liability and indemnification of directors. The Certificate of Incorporation provides that our directors will not be personally liable to us or our stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability:
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for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to us or our stockholders;
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for acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;
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in respect of unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful stock repurchases or redemptions as provided in Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law; or
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for any transaction from which the director derives any improper personal benefit.
Our Certificate of Incorporation also provides that if Delaware law is amended in the future to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of our directors will be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law. The foregoing provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation are not intended to limit the liability of directors or officers for any violation of applicable federal securities laws. As permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, our Certificate of Incorporation provides that we may indemnify our directors to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law and the Certificate of Incorporation provisions relating to indemnity may not be retroactively repealed or modified so as to adversely affect the protection of our directors.
In addition, as permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, our Bylaws authorize us (a) to enter into indemnification agreements with our directors and executive officers and (b) to purchase directors' and officers' liability insurance, which we currently maintain to cover our directors and executive officers.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
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Item 8.Exhibits.
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Exhibit Number
Description of Exhibit
3.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant, as amended on various dates (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed on March 2, 2020, and incorporated herein by reference).
3.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant, as amended (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed on March 2, 2020, and incorporated herein by reference).
5.1*
Opinion of DLA Piper LLP (US).
23.1*
Consent of Grant Thornton LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.
23.2*
Consent of DLA Piper LLP (US) (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1*
Power of Attorney (included in the signature page to the registration statement).
99.
1
Inducement Stock Option Agreement, dated as of December 11, 2023, by and between Alimera Sciences, Inc. and Todd Wood (Non-Plan Inducement Award) (filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed on December 12, 2023, and incorporated herein by reference).
99.
2
Inducement Stock Option Agreement, dated as of January 2, 2024, by and between Alimera Sciences, Inc. and Elliot Maltz (Non-Plan Inducement Award) (filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed on January 4, 2024, and incorporated herein by reference).
107*
Filing Fee Table.
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* Filed herewith.
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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; 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 paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs 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 Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's 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, 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.
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 Alpharetta, State of Georgia on this
9th
day of
February
, 2024.
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ALIMERA SCIENCES, INC.
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By:
/s/ Richard S. Eiswirth, Jr.
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Richard S. Eiswirth, Jr.
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President and Chief Executive Officer
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned officers and directors of Alimera Sciences, Inc., a Delaware corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint Richard S. Eiswirth, Jr.,
Elliot Maltz
, and Christopher S. Visick, and any 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 of them, determine may be necessary or advisable or required to enable said corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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, including post-effective amendments, 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 all that said attorneys and agents, or either one of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney may be signed in several counterparts.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF
, each of the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of the date indicated.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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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.
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Richard S. Eiswirth, Jr.
Richard S. Eiswirth, Jr.
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
February
9
, 2024
/s/ Elliot Maltz
Elliot Maltz
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
February 9, 2024
/s/ Ross DeMont
Ross DeMont
Director
February 9, 2024
/s/ Michael Kaseta
Michael Kaseta
Director
February 9, 2024
/s/ Adam Morgan
Adam Morgan
Director
February 9, 2024
/s/ Erin Parsons
Erin Parsons
Director
February 9, 2024
/s/ Margaret Pax
Margaret Pax
Director
February 9, 2024
/s/ Peter J. Pizzo, III
Peter J. Pizzo, III
Director
February 9, 2024
/s/ John Snisarenko
John Snisarenko
Director
February 9, 2024
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