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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;12, 2025 </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>CARGO Therapeutics, 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">84-4080422</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>835 Industrial Road, Suite 400</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>San Carlos, California</B></P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><B>94070</B></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of 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>CARGO Therapeutics, Inc. 2023 Incentive Award 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>Gina Chapman
  </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Chief Executive Officer </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CARGO Therapeutics, Inc. </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>1900 Alameda De Las Pulgas, Suite 350 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>San Mateo, California </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">379-6143</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>B.
  Shayne Kennedy </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Benjamin A. Potter </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>J. Ross McAloon </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Latham&nbsp;&amp; Watkins LLP </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>140 Scott Drive </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Menlo
  Park, California 94025 </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">328-4600</FONT> </B></P>
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  <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> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9744;</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: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; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The information called for in Part I of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> is not being filed with or included in this Form <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> (by incorporation by reference or otherwise) in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;). </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: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"><I>In this registration statement, CARGO Therapeutics, Inc. is sometimes referred to as
  &#147;Registrant,&#148; &#147;we,&#148; &#147;us&#148; or &#147;our.&#148; </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E OF FORM <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT></B></P>
  <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 filed by the Registrant, relating to 2,302,126 shares of its common stock,
  $0.001 par value (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), issuable to eligible employees, directors and consultants of the Registrant under the Registrant&#146;s 2023 Incentive Award Plan (the &#147;2023 Plan&#148;). Shares available for issuance under the
  2023 Plan were previously registered on registration statements on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> filed with the SEC on November&nbsp;14, 2023 (File No.&nbsp;
  <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1966494/000119312523277290/d316610ds8.htm"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-275556</FONT></A>) and March&nbsp;22, 2024 (File No.&nbsp;
  <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1966494/000119312524074104/d632288ds8.htm"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-278160</FONT></A>) (collectively, the &#147;Prior Registration Statements&#148;). The Prior Registration Statements are
  currently effective. This Registration Statement relates to securities of the same class as those to which the Prior Registration Statements relate and is submitted in accordance with Section E of the General Instructions to Form <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> regarding Registration of Additional Securities. Pursuant to Section E of the General Instructions to Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8,</FONT> the contents of the Prior Registration Statements are
  incorporated herein by reference and made part of this Registration Statement, except as amended hereby. <I></I> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; 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 SEC allows us to incorporate by reference the information we file with them, which means that we can disclose important
  information to you by referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this registration statement, and later information filed with the SEC will update and supersede this information. We hereby
  incorporate by reference into this registration statement the following documents previously filed with the SEC: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</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">The contents of the Registrant&#146;s earlier Registration Statements on Form
  <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> relating to the 2023 Plan, previously filed with the SEC on November&nbsp;14, 2023 (File No.&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1966494/000119312523277290/d316610ds8.htm"><FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-275556</FONT></A>) and March&nbsp;22, 2024 (File No.&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1966494/000119312524074104/d632288ds8.htm"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-278160</FONT></A>);
  </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(b)</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 Registrant&#146;s Annual Report <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">on&nbsp;Form&nbsp;10-K&nbsp;for</FONT> the
  year ended December&nbsp;31, 2024, filed with the SEC on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1966494/000095017025037929/crgx-20241231.htm">March&nbsp;12, 2025</A>; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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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 Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed with the SEC on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1966494/000119312525015713/d931594d8k.htm">January
  <U></U>&nbsp;29, 2025</A>; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(d)</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 contained in the Registrant&#146;s registration statement
  on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A,</FONT> filed with the SEC on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1966494/000119312523272404/d859377d8a12b.htm">November<U></U>&nbsp;7, 2023</A>, and any amendment or report filed with the SEC
  for the purpose of updating the description, including Exhibit 4.1 to the Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2024. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; 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 the 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, except as to any portion of any future annual or quarterly report to stockholders or document or current report
  furnished under current Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K,</FONT> and exhibits furnished on such form that relate to such items, that is not deemed filed under such provisions. For the purposes of this registration
  statement, 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 Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K,</FONT> and
  exhibits furnished on such form that relate to such items, be deemed incorporated herein by reference unless such Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> expressly provides to the contrary. </P>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1966494/000119312523277142/d279450dex31.htm">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, 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 the City of San Carlos, State of
  California, on the 12<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> day of March, 2025. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Gina Chapman</P></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 does hereby constitute and appoint Gina Chapman and Anup
  Radhakrishnan, and each of them, with full power of substitution and full power to act without the other, as his or her true and lawful <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorney-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agent to act
  for him or her 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, and to file this Registration Statement, with all exhibits thereto,
  and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, 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 order to effectuate the same as fully, to all intents and purposes, as they or 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, 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 and on the date indicated. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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text: S-8
  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 12, 2025
  Registration No. 333-
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES
  AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM
  S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  UNDER
  THE
  SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  CARGO Therapeutics, Inc.
  (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
  Delaware
  84-4080422
  (State or other jurisdiction of
  incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
  Identification Number)
  835 Industrial Road, Suite 400
  San Carlos, California
  94070
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  (Zip Code)
  CARGO Therapeutics, Inc. 2023 Incentive Award Plan
  (Full Title of the Plan)
  Gina Chapman
  Chief Executive Officer
  CARGO Therapeutics, Inc.
  1900 Alameda De Las Pulgas, Suite 350
  San Mateo, California
  (650)
  379-6143
  (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
  Copies to:
  B.
  Shayne Kennedy
  Benjamin A. Potter
  J. Ross McAloon
  Latham & Watkins LLP
  140 Scott Drive
  Menlo
  Park, California 94025
  (650)
  328-4600
  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. ☐
  PART I
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
  The information called for in Part I of Form
  S-8
  is not being filed with or included in this Form
  S-8
  (by incorporation by reference or otherwise) in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC").
  PART II
  INFORMATION
  REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  In this registration statement, CARGO Therapeutics, Inc. is sometimes referred to as
  "Registrant," "we," "us" or "our."
  REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES
  PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E OF FORM
  S-8
  This Registration Statement on Form
  S-8
  is filed by the Registrant, relating to 2,302,126 shares of its common stock,
  $0.001 par value (the "Common Stock"), issuable to eligible employees, directors and consultants of the Registrant under the Registrant's 2023 Incentive Award Plan (the "2023 Plan"). Shares available for issuance under the
  2023 Plan were previously registered on registration statements on Form
  S-8
  filed with the SEC on November 14, 2023 (File No.
  333-275556
  ) and March 22, 2024 (File No.
  333-278160
  ) (collectively, the "Prior Registration Statements"). The Prior Registration Statements are
  currently effective. This Registration Statement relates to securities of the same class as those to which the Prior Registration Statements relate and is submitted in accordance with Section E of the General Instructions to Form
  S-8
  regarding Registration of Additional Securities. Pursuant to Section E of the General Instructions to Form
  S-8,
  the contents of the Prior Registration Statements are
  incorporated herein by reference and made part of this Registration Statement, except as amended hereby.
  Item 3. Incorporation of
  Documents by Reference.
  The SEC allows us to incorporate by reference the information we file with them, which means that we can disclose important
  information to you by referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this registration statement, and later information filed with the SEC will update and supersede this information. We hereby
  incorporate by reference into this registration statement the following documents previously filed with the SEC:
  (a)
  The contents of the Registrant's earlier Registration Statements on Form
  S-8
  relating to the 2023 Plan, previously filed with the SEC on November 14, 2023 (File No.
  333-275556
  ) and March 22, 2024 (File No.
  333-278160
  );
  (b)
  the Registrant's Annual Report
  on Form 10-K for
  the
  year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the SEC on
  March 12, 2025
  ;
  (c)
  the Registrant's Current Report on Form
  8-K
  filed with the SEC on
  January
  29, 2025
  ; and
  (d)
  the description of the Registrant's common stock contained in the Registrant's registration statement
  on Form
  8-A,
  filed with the SEC on
  November
  7, 2023
  , and any amendment or report filed with the SEC
  for the purpose of updating the description, including Exhibit 4.1 to the Annual Report on Form
  10-K
  for the year ended December 31, 2024.
  1
  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 the 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, except as to any portion of any future annual or quarterly report to stockholders or document or current report
  furnished under current Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form
  8-K,
  and exhibits furnished on such form that relate to such items, that is not deemed filed under such provisions. For the purposes of this registration
  statement, 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,
  and
  exhibits furnished on such form that relate to such items, be deemed incorporated herein by reference unless such Form
  8-K
  expressly provides to the contrary.
  2
  Item 8. Exhibits.
  Exhibit
  Number
  Exhibit Description
  Incorporated by Reference
  Filed
  Herewith
  Form
  Date
  Number
  4.1
  Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, currently in effect
  8-K
  11/14/2023
  3.1
  4.2
  Bylaws, as amended, currently in effect
  8-K
  11/14/2023
  3.2
  4.3
  Form of Common Stock Certificate
  S-1/A
  11/6/2023
  4.2
  5.1
  Opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP
  X
  23.1
  Consent of Latham & Watkins LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
  X
  23.2
  Consent of independent registered public accounting firm
  X
  24.1
  Power of Attorney. Reference is made to the signature page to the Registration Statement
  X
  99.1(a)#
  2023 Incentive Award Plan
  S-8
  11/14/2023
  99.2(a)#
  99.1(b)#
  Form of Stock Option Grant Notice and Stock Option Agreement under the 2023 Incentive Award Plan
  S-8
  11/14/2023
  99.2(b)#
  99.1(c)#
  Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Grant Notice and Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement under the 2023 Incentive Award Plan
  S-8
  11/14/2023
  99.2(c)#
  107
  Filing Fee Table
  X
  #
  Indicates management contract or compensatory plan.
  3
  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 San Carlos, State of
  California, on the 12
  th
  day of March, 2025.
  CARGO Therapeutics, Inc.
  By:
  /s/ Gina Chapman
  Name:
  Gina Chapman
  Title:
  Chief Executive Officer
  POWER OF ATTORNEY
  KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below does hereby constitute and appoint Gina Chapman and Anup
  Radhakrishnan, and each of them, with full power of substitution and full power to act without the other, as his or her true and lawful
  attorney-in-fact
  and agent to act
  for him or her 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, and to file this Registration Statement, with all exhibits thereto,
  and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, 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 order to effectuate the same as fully, to all intents and purposes, as they or 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, 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 and on the date indicated.
  Signature
  Title
  Date
  /s/ Gina Chapman
  Gina Chapman
  Chief Executive Officer and Director (principal executive officer)
  March 12, 2025
  /s/ Anup Radhakrishnan
  Anup Radhakrishnan
  Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer (principal financial officer and principal accounting officer)
  March 12, 2025
  /s/ John Orwin
  John Orwin
  Director
  March 12, 2025
  /s/ Abraham Bassan
  Abraham Bassan
  Director
  March 12, 2025
  /s/ Reid Huber
  Reid Huber
  Director
  March 12, 2025
  /s/ David Lubner
  David Lubner
  Director
  March 12, 2025
  /s/ Krishnan Viswanadhan
  Krishnan Viswanadhan
  Director
  March 12, 2025
  Signature
  Title
  Date
  /s/ Kapil Dhingra
  Kapil Dhingra
  Director
  March 12, 2025
  /s/ Jane Pritchett Henderson
  Jane Pritchett Henderson
  Director
  March 12, 2025