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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;18, 2024 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&#8195;&#8195;&#8195; </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:4pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES
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>Adverum Biotechnologies, 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">20-5258327</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 Number)</B></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>100 Cardinal Way</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Redwood City, California</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><B>94063</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of registrant&#146;s principal executive offices)</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Zip code</B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>2014 Equity Incentive Award Plan, as amended and restated </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 plans) </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>Linda
Rubinstein </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Chief Financial Officer </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>100 Cardinal Way </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Redwood
City, California 94063 </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">656-9323</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </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>Kenneth Guernsey </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Julia
Boesch </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Cooley <SMALL>LLP</SMALL> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>3 Embarcadero Center, 20<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> Floor </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>San Francisco, CA 94111-4004 </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; text-indent:4%; 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 definitions of &#147;large
accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; and &#147;emerging growth company&#148; in <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;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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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9744;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9746;</TD>
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</TABLE> <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:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Explanatory Note </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> (this &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) registers an
aggregate of 4,057,333 shares of the common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc. (&#147;Common Stock&#148;) that may be issued and sold under the Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc. 2014 Equity Incentive Award Plan, as
amended and restated (&#147;2014 EIAP&#148;), 614 of which are reserved for future issuance and 4,056,719 of which may be issued upon the exercise of outstanding options granted under the 2014 EIAP. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8,</FONT> this registration statement incorporates by reference
the contents of the registration statements on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> relating to the 2014 EIAP filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) on October&nbsp;
14, 2014 (<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1501756/000119312514371003/d803086ds8.htm">File<U></U>&nbsp;No.<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;333-199296</FONT></A>), April&nbsp;
14, 2015 (<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1501756/000119312515128949/d884936ds8.htm">File No.<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;333-203398</FONT></A>), May&nbsp;
18, 2016 (<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1501756/000119312516594488/d193914ds8.htm">File No.<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;333-211439</FONT></A>), June&nbsp;
2, 2017 (<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1501756/000119312517193055/d409270ds8.htm">File No.<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;333-218465</FONT></A>), March&nbsp;
23, 2018 (<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1501756/000119312518094349/d545593ds8.htm">File No.<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;
333-223894</FONT></A>), and <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1501756/000119312519067443/d720230ds8.htm">March<U></U>&nbsp;7, 2019</A>&nbsp;(as amended by&nbsp;
<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1501756/000119312519071950/d706770ds8pos.htm">Post-Effective Amendment No. 1</A>&nbsp;thereto filed on March&nbsp;
12, 2019 (<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1501756/000119312519071950/d706770ds8pos.htm">File<U></U>&nbsp;No.<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;333-230138</FONT></A>)), March&nbsp;
12, 2020 (<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1501756/000119312520071731/d825175ds8.htm">File No.<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;333-237136</FONT></A>), March&nbsp;
1, 2021 (<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1501756/000119312521063725/d61904ds8.htm">File No.<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;333-253727</FONT></A>), March&nbsp;
29, 2022 (<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1501756/000119312522088232/d354832ds8.htm">File No.<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;333-263954</FONT></A>), and March&nbsp;
30, 2023 (<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1501756/000119312523085717/d479712ds8.htm">File No.<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;333-271001</FONT></A>). </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART I </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The information called for by Part I of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> is omitted from this Registration Statement in
accordance with Rule&nbsp;428&nbsp;of the&nbsp;Securities Act, and the instructions to Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8.</FONT> In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission and the instructions to Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8,</FONT> such documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424. </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="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; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents have been filed by us with the SEC and are incorporated herein by reference:</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4.00em; text-indent:-1.50em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#149;&#8195;&#8202;The contents of the earlier registration statements on Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> relating to the 2014 EIAP, previously filed with the SEC on October&nbsp;14, 2014 (<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1501756/000119312514371003/d803086ds8.htm">File<U></U>&nbsp;No.<U></U><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;333-199296</FONT></A>), April&nbsp;14, 2015 (<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1501756/000119312515128949/d884936ds8.htm">File No.<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;333-203398</FONT></A>),
May&nbsp;18, 2016 (<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1501756/000119312516594488/d193914ds8.htm">File No.<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;333-211439</FONT></A>), June&nbsp;
2, 2017 (<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1501756/000119312517193055/d409270ds8.htm">File No.<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;333-218465</FONT></A>), March&nbsp;
23, 2018 (<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1501756/000119312518094349/d545593ds8.htm">File No.<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;333-223894</FONT></A>), and March<U></U>&nbsp;7, 2019&nbsp;
(as amended by <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1501756/000119312519071950/d706770ds8pos.htm"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Post-Effective</FONT> Amendment No. 1</A> thereto filed on March&nbsp;
12, 2019 (<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1501756/000119312519071950/d706770ds8pos.htm">File<U></U>&nbsp;No.<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;333-230138</FONT></A>)), March&nbsp;
12, 2020 (<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1501756/000119312520071731/d825175ds8.htm">File No.<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;333-237136</FONT></A>), March&nbsp;
1, 2021 (<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1501756/000119312521063725/d61904ds8.htm">File No.<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;333-253727</FONT></A>), and March&nbsp;
29, 2022 (<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1501756/000119312522088232/d354832ds8.htm">File No.<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;333-263954</FONT></A>) and March&nbsp;
30, 2023 (<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1501756/000119312523085717/d479712ds8.htm">File&nbsp;No.<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;333-271001</FONT></A>);</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4.00em; text-indent:-1.50em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#149;&#8195;&#8202;our Annual Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1501756/000162828024011648/advm-20231231.htm">Form
 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT></A> for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2023 which was filed with the SEC on March&nbsp;18, 2024 (our &#147;Annual Report&#148;); and</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4.00em; text-indent:-1.50em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#149;&#8195;&#8202;the description of our common stock contained in our <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1501756/000119312514282544/d765259d8a12b.htm">Registration
 Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A</FONT></A> filed with the SEC on July&nbsp;
28, 2014, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description, including <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1501756/000162828021003623/advm-20201231xexx42.htm">Exhibit 4.2</A> to our Annual Report for
the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2021, which was filed with the SEC on March&nbsp;1, 2021.</P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All documents subsequently filed by the us pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), other than current reports furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> and exhibits furnished on such form that relate to such items,
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all of the shares of Common Stock offered have been sold or which 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; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For
purposes of this Registration Statemensdt, 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:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;8. Exhibits. </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; 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
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc.</B></TD></TR>
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</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Laurent Fischer and Linda
Rubinstein, and each one of them, his or her 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 him or her and in his or
her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8,</FONT> and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;), and generally to do all such things in their names and behalf in their capacities as officers and directors to enable the
registrant to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of 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 each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following
persons in the capacities indicated. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 18, 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
Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
20-5258327
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
100 Cardinal Way
Redwood City, California
94063
(Address of registrant's principal executive offices)
Zip code
2014 Equity Incentive Award Plan, as amended and restated
(Full title of the plans)
Linda
Rubinstein
Chief Financial Officer
Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc.
100 Cardinal Way
Redwood
City, California 94063
(650)
656-9323
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Kenneth Guernsey
Julia
Boesch
Cooley
LLP
3 Embarcadero Center, 20
th
Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111-4004
(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 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
(this "Registration Statement") registers an
aggregate of 4,057,333 shares of the common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc. ("Common Stock") that may be issued and sold under the Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc. 2014 Equity Incentive Award Plan, as
amended and restated ("2014 EIAP"), 614 of which are reserved for future issuance and 4,056,719 of which may be issued upon the exercise of outstanding options granted under the 2014 EIAP.
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form
S-8,
this registration statement incorporates by reference
the contents of the registration statements on Form
S-8
relating to the 2014 EIAP filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on October 
14, 2014 (
File
No.
333-199296
), April 
14, 2015 (
File No.
333-203398
), May 
18, 2016 (
File No.
333-211439
), June 
2, 2017 (
File No.
333-218465
), March 
23, 2018 (
File No.
333-223894
), and
March
7, 2019
(as amended by
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1
thereto filed on March 
12, 2019 (
File
No.
333-230138
)), March 
12, 2020 (
File No.
333-237136
), March 
1, 2021 (
File No.
333-253727
), March 
29, 2022 (
File No.
333-263954
), and March 
30, 2023 (
File No.
333-271001
).
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
The information called for by Part I of Form
S-8
is omitted from this Registration Statement in
accordance with Rule 428 of the Securities Act, and the instructions to Form
S-8.
In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission and the instructions to Form
S-8,
such documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents have been filed by us with the SEC and are incorporated herein by reference:
•  The contents of the earlier registration statements on Form
S-8
relating to the 2014 EIAP, previously filed with the SEC on October 14, 2014 (
File
No.
333-199296
), April 14, 2015 (
File No.
333-203398
),
May 18, 2016 (
File No.
333-211439
), June 
2, 2017 (
File No.
333-218465
), March 
23, 2018 (
File No.
333-223894
), and March
7, 2019 
(as amended by
Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1
thereto filed on March 
12, 2019 (
File
No.
333-230138
)), March 
12, 2020 (
File No.
333-237136
), March 
1, 2021 (
File No.
333-253727
), and March 
29, 2022 (
File No.
333-263954
) and March 
30, 2023 (
File No.
333-271001
);
•  our Annual Report on
Form
10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2023 which was filed with the SEC on March 18, 2024 (our "Annual Report"); and
•  the description of our common stock contained in our
Registration
 Statement on Form
8-A
filed with the SEC on July 
28, 2014, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description, including
Exhibit 4.2
to our Annual Report for
the year ended December 31, 2021, which was filed with the SEC on March 1, 2021.
All documents subsequently filed by the us pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), other than current reports furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form
8-K
and exhibits furnished on such form that relate to such items,
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all of the shares of Common Stock offered have been sold or which 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.
For
purposes of this Registration Statemensdt, 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.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit Index
Incorporated by Reference
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit Description
Form
SEC
File No.
Exhibit
Number
Date
Filed
Herewith
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.
10-K
001-36579
3.1
March 9, 2017
4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws.
8-K
001-36579
3.1
June 29, 2020
5.1
Opinion of Cooley LLP.
X
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
X
23.2
Consent of Cooley LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
X
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page hereto).
X
99.1
2014 Equity Incentive Award Plan, as amended and restated.
10-K
001-36579
10.12
March 6, 2019
107
Filing Fee Table.
X
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 Redwood
City, State of California on March 18, 2024.
Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc.
By:
/s/ Laurent Fischer
Laurent Fischer, M.D.
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Laurent Fischer and Linda
Rubinstein, and each one of them, his or her true and lawful
attorney-in-fact
and agent, 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, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form
S-8,
and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), and generally to do all such things in their names and behalf in their capacities as officers and directors to enable the
registrant to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of 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 he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact
and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following
persons in the capacities indicated.
SIGNATURE
TITLE
DATE
/s/ Laurent Fischer
Laurent Fischer, M.D.
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
March 18, 2024
/s/ Linda Rubinstein
Linda Rubinstein
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
March 18, 2024
/s/ Patrick Machado
Patrick Machado, J.D.
Chairman of the Board
March 18, 2024
/s/ Soo Hong
Soo Hong, M.B.A
Director
March 18, 2024
/s/ Mark Lupher
Mark Lupher, Ph.D.
Director
March 18, 2024
/s/ C. David Nicholson
C. David Nicholson, Ph.D.
Director
March 18, 2024
/s/ Rabia Gurses Ozden
Rabia Gurses Ozden, M.D.
Director
March 18, 2024
/s/ James Scopa
James Scopa, J.D., M.B.A.
Director
March 18, 2024
/s/ Dawn Svoronos
Dawn Svoronos
Director
March 18, 2024
/s/ Reed Tuckson
Reed Tuckson, M.D.
Director
March 18, 2024
/s/ Scott Whitcup
Scott Whitcup, M.D.
Director
March 18, 2024