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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;</FONT></B></P>
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>KORRO BIO, INC. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">47-2324450</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>One Kendall Square, Building <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">600-700</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Suite <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-401</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Cambridge, MA 02139 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Zip Code) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Korro Bio, Inc. 2023 Stock Option and Incentive Plan </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Korro Bio, Inc. 2023 Employee Stock Purchase Plan </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full title of the plan) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Ram Aiyar </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>President and
Chief Executive Officer </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Korro Bio, Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>One Kendall Square, Building <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">600-700</FONT></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Suite <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-401</FONT></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Cambridge, MA 02139 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name
and address of agent for service) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(617) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">468-1999</FONT></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Kingsley L. Taft, Esq. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Marianne C. Sarrazin, Esq. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Goodwin Procter LLP </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>100
Northern Avenue </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Boston, MA 02210 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(617) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">570-1000</FONT></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-accelerated</FONT> filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;smaller reporting company,&#148; and &#147;emerging growth company&#148; in Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Exchange Act. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Large&nbsp;accelerated&nbsp;filer</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&#8194;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Korro Bio, Inc. is filing this Registration Statement on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;S-8&nbsp;for</FONT> the purpose of registering an
additional 400,826 shares of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), under the Korro Bio, Inc. 2023 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the &#147;2023 Plan&#148;) and an additional 80,165 shares of Common Stock
under the Korro Bio, Inc. 2023 Employee Stock Purchase Plan ( the &#147;2023 ESPP&#148;), pursuant to the provisions of each plan that provide for annual automatic increases in the number of shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under each
plan. In each case, the additional shares are of the same class as other securities for which a registration statement relating to the 2023 Plan and the 2023 ESPP has previously been filed and is effective. Accordingly, this registration statement
incorporates by reference the contents of the registration statement <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">on&nbsp;Form&nbsp;S-8&nbsp;(</FONT><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1703647/000119312523271472/d574866ds8.htm">File<U></U>&nbsp;
No.<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;333-275354</FONT></A>), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission&nbsp;on November&nbsp;6, 2023 relating to the 2023 Plan and the 2023 ESPP pursuant to General Instruction E, except with
respect to Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference and Item 8. Exhibits thereof. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the following documents filed with the Commission: </P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(a)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Annual Report on&nbsp;
<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1703647/000095017024036396/krro-20231231.htm"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;10-K</FONT></A>&nbsp;for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2023, filed
with the SEC on March&nbsp;26, 2024; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Current Report on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;8-K&nbsp;filed</FONT> with the SEC on&nbsp;
<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001703647/000119312524004911/d466614d8k.htm">January<U></U>&nbsp;9, 2024</A>; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(c)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The description of the registrant&#146;s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the &#147;Common
Stock&#148;) contained in the registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1703647/000119312519251258/d799941d8a12b.htm">Form<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;8-A</FONT></A><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;(File&nbsp;No.&nbsp;001-39062),&nbsp;filed</FONT> by the registrant with the SEC under Section&nbsp;12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), on September&nbsp;23, 2019,
including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description, including <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1703647/000095017024036396/krro-ex4_1.htm">Exhibit 4.1</A> to the registrant&#146;s Annual Report on
Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2023. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All documents that the registrant
subsequently files pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates that all of the shares of Common Stock offered have been sold or
that deregisters all of such shares then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent
that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed,
except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under no circumstances will any information filed under current
items 2.02 or 7.01 of <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;8-K&nbsp;be</FONT> deemed incorporated herein by reference unless such <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;8-K&nbsp;expressly</FONT> provides to the contrary. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1703647/000119312519263787/d796545dex31.htm">Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form <FONT
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1703647/000119312523270898/d549338dex31.htm">Certificate of Amendment to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated November&nbsp;
3, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed on November&nbsp;6, 2023).</A></TD></TR>
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3, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed on November&nbsp;6, 2023).</A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Cambridge, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on this
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>KORRO BIO, INC.</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Ram Aiyar</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Name: Ram Aiyar</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Title: President, Chief
Executive Officer and Director</P></TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each individual whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints each of Ram Aiyar and Vineet Agarwal,
as such person&#146;s true and lawful <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorney-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person in such person&#146;s name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the
Commission granting unto each said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorney-in-fact</FONT></FONT> 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 to all intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that any said
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorney-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agent, or any substitute or substitutes of any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following person in the capacities and on the date
indicated. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Vineet Agarwal</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Chief Financial Officer</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Principal Financial
Officer and Principal Accounting Officer</I></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Ali Behbahani</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Ali Behbahani</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Nessan Birmingham</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 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
KORRO BIO, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
47-2324450
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
One Kendall Square, Building
600-700
Suite
6-401
Cambridge, MA 02139
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Zip Code)
Korro Bio, Inc. 2023 Stock Option and Incentive Plan
Korro Bio, Inc. 2023 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Ram Aiyar
President and
Chief Executive Officer
Korro Bio, Inc.
One Kendall Square, Building
600-700
Suite
6-401
Cambridge, MA 02139
(Name
and address of agent for service)
(617)
468-1999
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Kingsley L. Taft, Esq.
Marianne C. Sarrazin, Esq.
Goodwin Procter LLP
100
Northern Avenue
Boston, MA 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.
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. ☐
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Korro Bio, Inc. is filing this Registration Statement on
Form S-8 for
the purpose of registering an
additional 400,826 shares of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Common Stock"), under the Korro Bio, Inc. 2023 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the "2023 Plan") and an additional 80,165 shares of Common Stock
under the Korro Bio, Inc. 2023 Employee Stock Purchase Plan ( the "2023 ESPP"), pursuant to the provisions of each plan that provide for annual automatic increases in the number of shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under each
plan. In each case, the additional shares are of the same class as other securities for which a registration statement relating to the 2023 Plan and the 2023 ESPP has previously been filed and is effective. Accordingly, this registration statement
incorporates by reference the contents of the registration statement
on Form S-8 (
File
No.
333-275354
), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 6, 2023 relating to the 2023 Plan and the 2023 ESPP pursuant to General Instruction E, except with
respect to Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference and Item 8. Exhibits thereof.
Part II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the following documents filed with the Commission:
(a)
Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, filed
with the SEC on March 26, 2024;
(b)
Current Report on
Form 8-K filed
with the SEC on
January
9, 2024
; and
(c)
The description of the registrant's common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Common
Stock") contained in the registrant's Registration Statement on
Form
8-A
(File No. 001-39062), filed
by the registrant with the SEC under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), on September 23, 2019,
including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description, including
Exhibit 4.1
to the registrant's Annual Report on
Form
10-K
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.
All documents that the registrant
subsequently files pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates that all of the shares of Common Stock offered have been sold or
that deregisters all of such shares then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent
that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed,
except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Under no circumstances will any information filed under current
items 2.02 or 7.01 of
Form 8-K be
deemed incorporated herein by reference unless such
Form 8-K expressly
provides to the contrary.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
No.
Description
4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the registrant's Current Report on Form
8-K
filed on October 17, 2019).
4.2
Certificate of Amendment to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated November 
3, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the registrant's Current Report on Form
8-K
filed on November 6, 2023).
4.3
Certificate of Amendment to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated November 
3, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the registrant's Current Report on Form
8-K
filed on November 6, 2023).
4.4
Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the registrant's Current Report on Form
8-K
filed on September 23, 2020).
5.1*
Opinion of Goodwin Procter LLP.
23.1*
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.2*
Consent of Goodwin Procter LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1*
Power of Attorney (included on signature page).
99.1
Korro Bio, Inc. 2023 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, and forms of award agreements thereunder (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to
 the registrant's Registration Statement on Form
S-1/A
filed on December 20, 2023).
99.2
Korro Bio, Inc. 2023 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the registrant's Registration Statement
 on Form
S-1/A
filed on December 20, 2023).
107*
Filing Fee table.
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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 Cambridge, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on this
26th day of March, 2024.
KORRO BIO, INC.
By:
/s/ Ram Aiyar
Name: Ram Aiyar
Title: President, Chief
Executive Officer and Director
POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each individual whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints each of Ram Aiyar and Vineet Agarwal,
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, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the
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 connection therewith, 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, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following person in the capacities and on the date
indicated.
NAME
TITLE
DATE
/s/ Ram Aiyar
Ram Aiyar
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Principal Executive Officer
March 26, 2024
/s/ Vineet Agarwal
Vineet Agarwal
Chief Financial Officer
Principal Financial
Officer and Principal Accounting Officer
March 26, 2024
/s/ Ali Behbahani
Ali Behbahani
Director
March 26, 2024
/s/ Nessan Birmingham
Nessan Birmingham
Director
March 26, 2024
/s/ Jean-Francois Formela
Jean-Francois Formela
Director
March 26, 2024
/s/ David L. Lucchino
David L. Lucchino
Director
March 26, 2024
/s/ Rachel Meyers
Rachel Meyers
Director
March 26, 2024
/s/ Timothy Pearson
Timothy Pearson
Director
March 26, 2024