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AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P> <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>
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<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>KODIAK SCIENCES 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><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">27-0476525</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>1200 Page Mill Road </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Palo Alto, California 94304 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>2018 Equity Incentive 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="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" ALIGN="center"><B>D. Victor
Perlroth, M.D. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Chairman 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>1200 Page Mill Road </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Palo
Alto, CA 94304 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(650) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">281-0850</FONT> </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>Copies to: </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>David
Peinsipp </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Steven M. Przesmicki </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Cooley LLP </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>3 Embarcadero
Center, 20th Floor </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>San Francisco, California 94111 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(415) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">693-2000</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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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">This Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> is being filed by Kodiak Sciences Inc. (the
&#147;<B><I>Registrant</I></B>&#148;) for the purpose of registering an additional 2,100,344 shares of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (&#147;<B><I>Common Stock</I></B>&#148;), under the Registrant&#146;s 2018 Equity
Incentive Plan (the &#147;<B><I>2018 Plan</I></B>&#148;), pursuant to the provisions of the 2018 Plan providing for an automatic increase in the number of shares of Common Stock reserved and available for issuance under the 2018 Plan. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">These additional shares of Common Stock are securities of the same class as other securities for which a Registration Statement of the Registrant on Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> relating to the 2018 Plan are effective. The Registrant previously registered shares of its Common Stock for issuance under the 2018 Plan on Registration Statements on Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October&nbsp;
9, 2018 (<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001468748/000119312518296001/d553126ds8.htm">No. <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-227755</FONT></A>), May&nbsp;
15, 2019 (<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001468748/000156459019019387/kod-s8.htm"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-231503</FONT></A>), March&nbsp;
2, 2021 (<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001468748/000156459021009962/kod-s8.htm">No. <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-253751</FONT></A>), May&nbsp;
10, 2022 (<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1468748/000156459022019301/kod-s8.htm">No. <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-264829</FONT></A>) and March&nbsp;
28, 2023 (<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1468748/000095017023010344/kod-s-8_evergreen-230101.htm">No. <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-270907</FONT></A>) (collectively, the &#147;Prior Registration Statements&#148;). Pursuant to
General Instruction E to Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8,</FONT> the contents of such Prior Registration Statements are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>ITEM&#8201;3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE. </B></P>
<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 previously filed with the Commission: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1468748/000095017024038025/kod-20231231.htm">Form
 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT></A> for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2023 (the &#147;Annual Report&#148;), filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;28, 2024 pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;);&nbsp;and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2) The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock contained in the Company&#146;s
Registration Statement on&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001468748/000119312518289151/d553229d8a12b.htm">Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A</FONT></A>&nbsp;(File
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-38682)</FONT> filed with the Commission on October&nbsp;1, 2018, pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(b) of the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description,
including&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1468748/000156459020011186/kod-ex46_599.htm">Exhibit 4.6</A>&nbsp;of the Annual Report. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>ITEM&#8201;8. EXHIBIT INDEX </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1468748/000156459018029743/kod-ex31_303.htm">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Kodiak Sciences Inc., as currently in effect. </A></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1468748/000156459018029743/kod-ex32_302.htm">Amended and Restated Bylaws of Kodiak Sciences Inc., as currently in effect. </A></TD>
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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 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 <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 Palo Alto, California, on the 28<SUP
STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> day of March, 2024. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Victor Perlroth</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Victor Perlroth and John Borgeson as his or her
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all capacities (including his or her capacity as a director or officer of Kodiak Sciences Inc.) to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
all other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, granting unto said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform
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S-8
As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 28, 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
KODIAK SCIENCES INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
27-0476525
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
1200 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, California 94304
(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)
2018 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
D. Victor
Perlroth, M.D.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
1200 Page Mill Road
Palo
Alto, CA 94304
(650)
281-0850
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
David
Peinsipp
Steven M. Przesmicki
Cooley LLP
3 Embarcadero
Center, 20th Floor
San Francisco, California 94111
(415)
693-2000
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
This Registration Statement on Form
S-8
is being filed by Kodiak Sciences Inc. (the
"
Registrant
") for the purpose of registering an additional 2,100,344 shares of the Registrant's Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share ("
Common Stock
"), under the Registrant's 2018 Equity
Incentive Plan (the "
2018 Plan
"), pursuant to the provisions of the 2018 Plan providing for an automatic increase in the number of shares of Common Stock reserved and available for issuance under the 2018 Plan.
These additional shares of Common Stock are securities of the same class as other securities for which a Registration Statement of the Registrant on Form
S-8
relating to the 2018 Plan are effective. The Registrant previously registered shares of its Common Stock for issuance under the 2018 Plan on Registration Statements on Form
S-8
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 
9, 2018 (
No.
333-227755
), May 
15, 2019 (
No. 333-231503
), March 
2, 2021 (
No.
333-253751
), May 
10, 2022 (
No.
333-264829
) and March 
28, 2023 (
No.
333-270907
) (collectively, the "Prior Registration Statements"). Pursuant to
General Instruction E to Form
S-8,
the contents of such Prior Registration Statements are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.
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 previously filed with the Commission:
(1) The Registrant's Annual Report on
Form
10-K
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 (the "Annual Report"), filed with the Commission on March 28, 2024 pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"); and
(2) The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Company's
Registration Statement on
Form
8-A
(File
No. 001-38682)
filed with the Commission on October 1, 2018, pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description,
including
Exhibit 4.6
of the Annual Report.
ITEM 8. EXHIBIT INDEX
Incorporated by Reference
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit Description
Form
File No.
Exhibit
Filing Date
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Kodiak Sciences Inc., as currently in effect.
10-Q
3001-38682
3.1
November 16, 2018
4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Kodiak Sciences Inc., as currently in effect.
10-Q
001-38682
3.2
November 16, 2018
4.3
Form of Common Stock Certificate of the Company.
S-1/A
333-227237
4.1
September 24, 2018
5.1*
Opinion of Cooley LLP
23.1*
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2*
Consent of Cooley LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1 hereto)
24.1*
Power of Attorney (contained on signature page hereto)
99.1
2018 Equity Incentive Plan
S-1/A
333-227237
10.6
September 24, 2018
107*
Filing Fee Table
*
Filed herewith
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 Palo Alto, California, on the 28
th
day of March, 2024.
KODIAK SCIENCES INC.
By:
/s/ Victor Perlroth
Victor Perlroth, M.D.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Victor Perlroth and John Borgeson as his or her
true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact
and agents, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and
all capacities (including his or her capacity as a director or officer of Kodiak Sciences Inc.) to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
all other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact
and agents, and each of them, 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 they, he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact
and agents or any of them, or their, his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement on Form
S-8
has been signed by
the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Victor Perlroth
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
March 28, 2024
Victor Perlroth, M.D.
(
Principal Executive Officer
)
/s/ John Borgeson
Chief Financial Officer
March 28, 2024
John Borgeson
(
Principal Financial and Accounting Officer
)
/s/ Felix J. Baker
Director
March 28, 2024
Felix J. Baker, Ph.D.
/s/ Charles Bancroft
Director
March 28, 2024
Charles Bancroft
/s/ Bassil I. Dahiyat
Director
March 28, 2024
Bassil I. Dahiyat, Ph.D.
/s/ Richard S. Levy
Director
March 28, 2024
Richard S. Levy, M.D.
/s/ Robert A. Profusek
Director
March 28, 2024
Robert A. Profusek, J.D.
/s/ Taiyin Yang
Director
March 28, 2024
Taiyin Yang, Ph.D.