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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;5, 2025 </B></P>
  <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;</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>
  <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> <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>ZYMEWORKS 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">88-3099146</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>108 Patriot Drive, Suite A </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Middletown, Delaware 19709 </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, including zip code) </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Amended and Restated Inducement Stock Option and Equity Compensation 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 Plan) </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Kenneth Galbraith </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Chair, 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>108 Patriot Drive, Suite A </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Middletown, Delaware 19709 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(302) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">274-8744</FONT> </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name, address 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>Copy to: </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Tony
  Jeffries </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Bryan D. King </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Wilson Sonsini Goodrich&nbsp;&amp; Rosati, P.C. </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>650 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:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(650) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">493-9300</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">&#9746;</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">Smaller&nbsp;reporting&nbsp;company</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:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Zymeworks Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) is filing this Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> with the Securities and
  Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) to register 700,000 additional shares of the Registrant&#146;s common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, under the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Inducement Stock Option and Equity
  Compensation Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;), pursuant to the Registrant&#146;s board of directors&#146; approval of an amendment and restatement of the Plan and increase to the shares issuable thereunder on July&nbsp;19, 2024. </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 specified in Item 1 and Item 2 of Part I of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> is omitted from this registration statement in
  accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), and the introductory note to Part I of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8.</FONT> The documents containing the
  information specified in Part I of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> will be delivered to the participants in the equity benefit plans covered by this registration statement as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act.
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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 WIDTH="10%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&#8201;3.</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"><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 previously filed with the Commission: </P>
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  <TD WIDTH="4%" 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 Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001937653/000193765325000014/zyme-20241231.htm">Form
   <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT></A> for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2024, filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;5, 2025; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD WIDTH="4%" 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">all other reports filed with the Commission pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
  Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> referred to in (a)&nbsp;above; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD WIDTH="4%" 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 contained in the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement
  on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A,</FONT> as amended by <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1937653/000119312523165331/d516241d8a12ba.htm"><U>Amendment No.</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;1 thereto</U></A>, filed with the Commission on
  June&nbsp;12, 2023, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All documents filed by the
  Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act on or after the date of this registration statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this registration statement that indicates that all
  securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities 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 filing of such documents; provided,
  however, that documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with the rules of the Commission shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into 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 for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also
  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>
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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>Description of Securities. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD WIDTH="10%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&#8201;5.</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"><B>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD WIDTH="10%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&#8201;6.</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"><B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law authorizes a corporation&#146;s board of directors to grant, and authorizes a court to award,
  indemnity to officers, directors and other corporate agents. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrant&#146;s certificate of incorporation contains provisions that limit the
  liability of the Registrant&#146;s directors and certain of the Registrant&#146;s officers for monetary damages to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law. Consequently, the Registrant&#146;s directors will not be
  personally liable to the Registrant&#146;s or the Registrant&#146;s stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duties as directors, except liability for the following: </P>
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">any breach of their duty of loyalty to the Registrant or the Registrant&#146;s stockholders;
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  <TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">any act or omission not in good faith or that involves intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1937653/000119312522225399/d722206dex41.htm">Specimen common stock certificate of Zymeworks Inc.</A></TD>
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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">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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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">To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
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  <TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(i)</TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">to include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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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">to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement
  (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in
  volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
  filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Filing Fee
  Table&#148; in the effective registration statement; and </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">to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
  registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>provided, however</I>, that
  paragraphs (A)(1)(i) and (A)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to
  Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement. </P> <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">That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment
  shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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  remain unsold at the termination of the offering. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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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">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
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  officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
  Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
  successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
  settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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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, 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 Middletown, State of Delaware on
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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; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Kenneth Galbraith and Leone Patterson, and
  each of them, as 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 to this registration statement, including post-effective amendments, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the
  Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorney-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agent 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 and about the premises, as fully for all intents and purposes as they, he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said <FONT
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  <TD VALIGN="top">Executive Vice President, Chief Business Officer and Chief Financial Officer <BR>(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</TD>
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text: S-8
  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 5, 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
  ZYMEWORKS INC.
  (Exact
  name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  Delaware
  88-3099146
  (State or other jurisdiction of
  incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
  Identification No.)
  108 Patriot Drive, Suite A
  Middletown, Delaware 19709
  (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
  Amended and Restated Inducement Stock Option and Equity Compensation Plan
  (Full Title of Plan)
  Kenneth Galbraith
  Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer
  108 Patriot Drive, Suite A
  Middletown, Delaware 19709
  (302)
  274-8744
  (Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of Agent for Service)
  Copy to:
  Tony
  Jeffries
  Bryan D. King
  Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.
  650 Page Mill Road
  Palo
  Alto, California 94304
  (650)
  493-9300
  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
  Zymeworks Inc. (the "Registrant") is filing this Registration Statement on Form
  S-8
  with the Securities and
  Exchange Commission (the "Commission") to register 700,000 additional shares of the Registrant's common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, under the Registrant's Amended and Restated Inducement Stock Option and Equity
  Compensation Plan (the "Plan"), pursuant to the Registrant's board of directors' approval of an amendment and restatement of the Plan and increase to the shares issuable thereunder on July 19, 2024.
  PART I
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
  The information specified in Item 1 and Item 2 of Part I of Form
  S-8
  is omitted from this registration statement in
  accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and the introductory note to Part I of Form
  S-8.
  The documents containing the
  information specified in Part I of Form
  S-8
  will be delivered to the participants in the equity benefit plans covered by this registration statement as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act.
  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:
  (a)
  the Registrant's Annual Report on
  Form
  10-K
  for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the Commission on March 5, 2025;
  (b)
  all other reports filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
  Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Registrant's Annual Report on Form
  10-K
  referred to in (a) above; and
  (c)
  the description of the Registrant's common stock contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement
  on Form
  8-A,
  as amended by
  Amendment No.
  1 thereto
  , filed with the Commission on
  June 12, 2023, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
  All documents filed by the
  Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act on or after the date of this registration statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this registration statement that indicates that all
  securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities 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 filing of such documents; provided,
  however, that documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with the rules of the Commission shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into 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 for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also
  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 4.
  Description of Securities.
  Not applicable.
  Item 5.
  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
  Not applicable.
  Item 6.
  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
  Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law authorizes a corporation's board of directors to grant, and authorizes a court to award,
  indemnity to officers, directors and other corporate agents.
  The Registrant's certificate of incorporation contains provisions that limit the
  liability of the Registrant's directors and certain of the Registrant's officers for monetary damages to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law. Consequently, the Registrant's directors will not be
  personally liable to the Registrant's or the Registrant's stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duties as directors, except liability for the following:
  •
  any breach of their duty of loyalty to the Registrant or the Registrant's stockholders;
  •
  any act or omission not in good faith or that involves intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;
  •
  unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful stock repurchases or redemptions as provided in Section 174 of
  the Delaware General Corporation Law; or
  •
  any transaction from which they derived an improper personal benefit.
  Similarly, the Registrant's officers who at the time of an act or omission as to which liability is asserted consented to or are deemed to have consented
  to certain service of process rules under Delaware law will not be personally liable to the Registrant or the Registrant's stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duties as officers, except for liability in connection
  with:
  •
  any breach of their duty of loyalty to the Registrant or the Registrant's stockholders;
  •
  any act or omission not in good faith or that involves intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;
  •
  any transaction from which they derived an improper personal benefit; or
  •
  any action by or in the right of the corporation.
  Any amendment, repeal or elimination of these provisions will not eliminate or reduce the effect of these provisions in respect of any act, omission or claim
  that occurred or arose prior to that amendment, repeal or elimination. If the Delaware General Corporation Law is amended to provide for further limitations on the personal liability of directors or officers of corporations, then the personal
  liability of the Registrant's directors and officers will be further limited to the greatest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law.
  In addition, the Registrant's bylaws provide that the Registrant will indemnify its directors and officers, and may indemnify its employees, agents and
  any other persons, to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law. The Registrant's bylaws also provide that the Registrant must advance expenses incurred by or on behalf of a director or officer in advance of the final
  disposition of any action or proceeding, subject to limited exceptions.
  Further, the Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with each of
  its directors and executive officers that may be broader than the specific indemnification provisions contained in the Delaware General Corporation Law. These indemnification agreements require the Registrant to, among other things, indemnify the
  Registrant's directors and executive officers against liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or service. These indemnification agreements also generally require the Registrant to advance all expenses reasonably and actually
  incurred by the Registrant's directors and executive officers in investigating or defending any such action, suit or proceeding. The Registrant believe that these agreements are necessary to attract and retain qualified individuals to serve as
  directors and executive officers.
  The limitation of liability and indemnification provisions in the Registrant's certificate of incorporation,
  bylaws and indemnification agreements may discourage stockholders from bringing a lawsuit against the Registrant's directors and officers for breach of their fiduciary duties. They may also reduce the likelihood of derivative litigation against
  the Registrant's directors and officers, even though an action, if successful, might benefit the Registrant and other stockholders. Further, a stockholder's investment may be adversely affected to the extent that the Registrant pays the
  costs of settlement and damage awards against the Registrant's directors and officers as required by these indemnification provisions.
  The
  Registrant has obtained insurance policies under which, subject to the limitations of the policies, coverage is provided to the Registrant's directors and officers against loss arising from claims made by reason of breach of fiduciary duty or
  other wrongful acts as a director or officer, including claims relating to public securities matters, and to the Registrant with respect to payments that may be made by the Registrant to its directors and officers pursuant to the Registrant's
  indemnification obligations or otherwise as a matter of law.
  Certain of our
  non-employee
  directors may, through
  their relationships with their employers, be insured or indemnified against certain liabilities incurred in their capacity as members of our board of directors.
  Item 7.
  Exemption From Registration Claimed.
  Not applicable.
  Item 8.
  Exhibits.
  Exhibit
  No.
  Description
  Incorporated by Reference
  Filed
  Herewith
  Form
  File
  Number
  Exhibit
  Number
  Filing Date
  4.1
  Specimen common stock certificate of Zymeworks Inc.
  S-4/A
  333-266160
  4.1
  August 19, 2022
  4.2
  Amended and Restated Inducement Stock Option and Equity Compensation Plan of the Company (and forms of agreements thereunder)
  8-K
  001-41535
  10.2
  July 25, 2024
  5.1
  Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.
  X
  23.1
  Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C. (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto)
  X
  23.2
  Consent of KPMG LLP
  X
  24.1
  Power of Attorney (included on signature page hereto)
  X
  107
  Filing Fee Table
  X
  Item 9.
  Undertakings.
  A.
  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
  (1)
  To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
  registration statement:
  (i)
  to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
  (ii)
  to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement
  (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in
  volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
  filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Filing Fee
  Table" in the effective registration statement; and
  (iii)
  to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
  registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;
  provided, however
  , that
  paragraphs (A)(1)(i) and (A)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to
  Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
  (2)
  That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment
  shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
  (3)
  To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which
  remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
  B.
  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
  Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to
  Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
  shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
  C.
  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors,
  officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
  Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
  successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
  settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 Middletown, State of Delaware on
  March 5, 2025.
  ZYMEWORKS INC.
  By:
  /s/ Kenneth Galbraith
  Name:
  Kenneth Galbraith
  Title:
  Chair of the Board of Directors,
  President and Chief Executive Officer
  POWER OF ATTORNEY
  KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Kenneth Galbraith and Leone Patterson, and
  each of them, as 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 to this registration statement, including post-effective amendments, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the
  Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
  attorney-in-fact
  and agent 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 and about the premises, as fully for 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 agent 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 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
  dates indicated.
  Signature
  Title
  Date
  /s/ Kenneth Galbraith
  Kenneth Galbraith
  Chair of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer
  (Principal Executive Officer)
  March 5, 2025
  /s/ Leone Patterson
  Leone Patterson
  Executive Vice President, Chief Business Officer and Chief Financial Officer
  (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
  March 5, 2025
  /s/ Carlos Campoy
  Carlos Campoy
  Director
  March 5, 2025
  /s/ Alessandra Cesano
  Alessandra Cesano
  Director
  March 5, 2025
  /s/ Troy M. Cox
  Troy M. Cox
  Director
  March 5, 2025
  /s/ Nancy Davidson
  Nancy Davidson
  Director
  March 5, 2025
  /s/ Neil Gallagher
  Neil Gallagher
  Director
  March 5, 2025
  /s/ Susan Mahony
  Susan Mahony
  Director
  March 5, 2025
  /s/ Derek J. Miller
  Derek J. Miller
  Director
  March 5, 2025
  /s/ Kelvin Neu
  Kelvin Neu
  Director
  March 5, 2025
  /s/ Oleg Nodelman
  Oleg Nodelman
  Director
  March 5, 2025
  /s/ Scott Platshon
  Scott Platshon
  Director
  March 5, 2025