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<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, Serif; font-size: 18pt;"><b>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </b></p>

<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt;"><i>UNDER&nbsp; </i></p>

<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt;"><i>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</i></p>

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<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-indent: 0pt; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 24pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>KemPharm</b><b>, Inc.</b></p>

<p style="margin: 0pt 54pt 0pt 51.15pt; text-align: center; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</b></p>

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<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>1180&nbsp;Celebration Boulevard, Suite </b><b>103</b></p>

<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>Celebration,&nbsp;FL 34747</b></p>

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<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>2014 Equity Incentive Plan</b></p>

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<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>R. LaDuane Clifton, CPA</b></p>

<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer</b></p>

<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>KemPharm</b><b>, Inc.</b></p>

<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>1180&nbsp;Celebration Boulevard, Suite 103</b></p>

<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>Celebration,&nbsp;FL 34747</b></p>

<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>(</b><b>321</b><b>) 939</b><b>-3416</b></p>

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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>Brent B. Siler</b></p>

			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>Matthew P. Dubofsky</b></p>

			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>Cooley LLP</b></p>

			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>380 Interlocken Crescent, Suite 900</b></p>

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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>(720) 566-4000</b></p>
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<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: justify; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt;">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 &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer&#8221;,&nbsp;&#8220;smaller reporting company&#8221; and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</p>

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<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: justify; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt;">Large accelerated filer &#9744;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Accelerated filer &#9744;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Non-accelerated filer &#9746;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Smaller reporting company&nbsp;&#9746;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Emerging growth company &#9744;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

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<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: justify; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">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<font style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;Section 7(a)(2)(B)&nbsp;of the Securities Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744;</font></p>

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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;"><b>Proposed </b></p>

			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;"><b>Maximum Offering</b></p>

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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;"><b>Proposed </b></p>

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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;"><b>Amount of</b></p>

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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;">Common Stock, par value $0.0<font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">001 per share</font></p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">181,492&nbsp;shares</font></p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;">$6.08</p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;">$1,103,471.36</p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;">$120.39</p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: justify; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;">Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;<font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b><i>Securities Act</i></b>&#8221;), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the Registrant&#8217;s common stock, par value $0.0001 (the &#8220;<b><i>Common Stock</i></b>&#8221;) that become issuable under the 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (the &#8220;<b><i>2014 </i></b><b><i>Plan</i></b>&#8221;) by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without receipt of consideration that increases the number of the Registrant&#8217;s outstanding shares of Common Stock.</font></p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: justify; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) and Rule 457(c) promulg<font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">ated under the Securities Act. The offering price per share and the aggregate offering price are based upon the average high and low prices of the Registrant&#8217;s Common Stock as reported on the N<font style="text-transform: lowercase;">ASDAQ</font> Capital Market on&nbsp;February 1, 2021. The chart below details the calculations of the registration fee:</font></p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;"><b>Securities </b></p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;"><b>Number of </b></p>

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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;"><b>Offering Price </b></p>

			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;"><b>Per Share (3)</b></p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;"><b>Aggregate </b></p>

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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;">Additional shares reserved for future grant under the <font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">2014 Plan</font></p>
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			<td style="border: thin solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: none; width: 16.4%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">181,492</td>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;">$6.08</p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;">$1,103,471.36</p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;">Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price</p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;">$1,103,471.36</p>
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			<td style="border: thin solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: none; width: 16.4%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: middle;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="border: thin solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: none; width: 18.8%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: middle;">&nbsp;</td>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;">$120.39</p>
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			<p style="margin: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) and Rule 457(c) promulg<font style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size:10pt">ated under the Securities Act. The offering price per share and the aggregate offering price are based upon the average high and low prices of the Registrant&#8217;s Common Stock as reported on the N<font style="text-transform:lowercase">ASDAQ</font> Capital Market on&nbsp;February 1, 2021.</font></p>
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<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>Explanatory Note</b></p>

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<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: justify; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of registering an <font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">additional&nbsp;181,492 shares of the Registrant&#8217;s Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the Registrant&#8217;s 2014 Plan.</font></p>

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<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF CONTENTS OF REGISTRATION </b></p>

<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>STATEMENT ON FORM S-8 </b></p>

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<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: justify; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">The R<font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">egistrant is hereby registering an additional&nbsp;181,492 shares of the Registrant&#8217;s Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the Registrant&#8217;s 2014 Plan. The contents of the Registration Statement on <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1434647/000119312515154390/d913215ds8.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Form&nbsp;S-8</a> (File No. 333-203703), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;<b><i>Commission</i></b>&#8221;) on April 29, 2015, are incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Registration Statement.</font></p>

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<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt; text-align: justify;">In addition, the following documents filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:</p>

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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; margin: 0pt; text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt;">&#9679;</p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; margin: 0pt; text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt;">the Registrant&#8217;s audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 and the Registrant&#8217;s unaudited financial statements for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2020 included in the Registrant&#8217;s prospectus dated January 8, 2021, filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1434647/000119312521005462/d93666d424b4.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">424(b)</a>&nbsp;under the Securities Act relating to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-250945).</p>
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<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt; text-align: justify;">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 that 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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<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>ITEM</b><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>&nbsp;8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;EXHIBITS</b></font></p>

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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>Number</b></p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>Description</b></p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">4<font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">.1<sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:pt">(</sup><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:pt">1</sup><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:pt">)</sup></font></p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: justify; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1434647/000119312515140072/d911803dex31.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation<font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">, as currently in effect.</font></a></p>
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			<td style="width: 10.6%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">4.2<sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:pt">(2)</sup></td>
			<td style="width: 90.5%; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1434647/000119312518294252/d636304dex31.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock.</a></td>
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			<td style="width: 10.6%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">4.3<sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:pt">(3)</sup></td>
			<td style="width: 90.5%; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1434647/000119312519237105/d759901dex31.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series B-1 Convertible Preferred Stock.</a></td>
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			<td style="width: 10.6%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">4.4<sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:pt">(4)</sup></td>
			<td style="width: 90.5%; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1434647/000119312521007494/d848409dex31.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Amended and Restated&nbsp;</a><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1434647/000119312519237105/d759901dex32.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series B-2 Convertible Preferred Stock</a><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1434647/000119312521007494/d848409dex31.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">.</a></td>
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			<td style="width: 10.6%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">4.5<sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:pt">(5)</sup></td>
			<td style="width: 90.5%; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1434647/000143774920025891/ex_218888.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated Certification of Incorporation, as currently in effect.</a></td>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">4<font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">.6<sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:pt">(6</sup><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:pt">)</sup></font></p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: justify; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1434647/000143774920015351/ex_194015.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Amended and Restated Bylaws<font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">, as currently in effect.</font></a></p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">4<font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">.7<sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:pt">(7</sup><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:pt">)</sup></font></p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: justify; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1434647/000119312515124387/d793437dex42.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Specimen stock certificate evidencing shares of Common Stock.</a></p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">4.8<font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:pt">(8</sup><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:pt">)</sup></font></p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: justify; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1434647/000119312515154390/d913215dex47.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">2014<font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Equity Incentive Plan.</font></a></p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">4.9<font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:pt">(9</sup><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:pt">)</sup></font></p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: justify; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1434647/000119312515087360/d793437dex1015.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Form of Stock Option Grant Notice and Stock Option Agreement under 2014 Equity Incentive Plan.</a></p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">4.10<font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:pt">(10</sup><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:pt">)</sup></font></p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: justify; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1434647/000119312515087360/d793437dex1016.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Form of Restricted Stock Unit Grant Notice and Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement under 2014 Equity Incentive Plan.</a></p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">5.1</p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: justify; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a id="Exhibit 5.1" name="Exhibit 5.1"></a><a href="ex_223826.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Opinion of Cooley LLP.</a></p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">23.1</p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: justify; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="ex_223827.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Consent of&nbsp;RSM US<font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.</font></a></p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">23.2</p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: justify; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="#Exhibit" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Consent of Cooley LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).</a></p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">24.1</p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: justify; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="#Power" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Form S-8).</a></p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">(1)</p>
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			<td style="width: 96%; vertical-align: top; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-width: thin; border-top-style: solid;">
			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: justify; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Previously filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant<font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No.&nbsp;001-36913), filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;21, 2015, and incorporated by reference herein. </font></p>
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			<td style="width: 4%; vertical-align: top;">(2)</td>
			<td style="width: 96%; vertical-align: top;">Previously filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No.&nbsp;001-36913), filed with the Commission on&nbsp;October&nbsp;5, 2018, and incorporated by reference herein.</td>
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			<td style="width: 4%; vertical-align: top;">(3)</td>
			<td style="width: 96%; vertical-align: top;">Previously filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No.&nbsp;001-36913), filed with the Commission on&nbsp;September 4, 2019, and incorporated by reference herein.</td>
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			<td style="width: 4%; vertical-align: top;">(4)</td>
			<td style="width: 96%; vertical-align: top;">Previously filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36913), filed with the Commission on January 13, 2021, and incorporated by reference herein.</td>
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			<td style="width: 4%; vertical-align: top;">(5)</td>
			<td style="width: 96%; vertical-align: top;">Previously files as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36913), filed with the Commission on December 26, 2020, and incorporated by reference herein.</td>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">(6)</p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: justify; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant<font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No.&nbsp;001-36913), filed with the Commission on July 17, 2020, and incorporated by reference herein. </font></p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">(7)</p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: justify; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Previously filed as Exhibit 4.2 to Amendment No.<font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;2 to the Registrant&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-202660), filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;9, 2015, and incorporated by reference herein. </font></p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">(8<font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">)</font></p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: justify; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Previously filed as Exhibit <font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">4.7 to the Registrant&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-203703), filed with the Commission on April 29, 2015, and incorporated by reference herein. </font></p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: justify; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Previously filed as Exhibit 10.15 to the Registrant<font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-202660), filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;11, 2015, and incorporated by reference herein. </font></p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">(10<font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">)</font></p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: justify; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Previously filed as Exhibit 10.16 to the Registrant<font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-202660), filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;11, 2015, and incorporated by reference herein.</font></p>
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<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</p>

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<div class="PGNUM" style="width: 100%; text-align: center; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt;">4</div>

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<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>SIGNATURES</b></p>

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<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: justify; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;">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="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;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 Celebration, State of Florida, on this 4th day of February, 2021.</font></p>

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			<td colspan="2" style="width: 5%;"><b>KemPharm, Inc.</b></td>
			<td style="width: 20%;">&nbsp;</td>
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			<td style="width: 5%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="width: 75%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="width: 20%;">&nbsp;</td>
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			<td style="width: 5%;">By:</td>
			<td style="width: 75%; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-width: thin; border-bottom-style: solid;">/s/ R. LaDuane Clifton</td>
			<td style="width: 20%;">&nbsp;</td>
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			<td style="width: 5%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="width: 75%;">R. LaDuane Clifton, CPA</td>
			<td style="width: 20%;">&nbsp;</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td style="width: 5%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="width: 75%;">Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer</td>
			<td style="width: 20%;">&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b><a id="Power of Attorney Title" name="Power of Attorney Title"></a>POWER OF ATTORNEY</b></p>

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<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: justify; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;">KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints <font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Travis C. Mickle, Ph.D. and R. LaDuane Clifton, CPA&nbsp;and each or any one of them, his lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and 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 connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he 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.</font></p>

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<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: justify; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;">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 dates indicated.</p>

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			<td style="width: 32%; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-width: thin; border-bottom-style: solid;"><b>Signature</b></td>
			<td colspan="2" style="width: 2%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="2" style="width: 32%; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: middle; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-width: thin; border-bottom-style: solid;"><b>Title</b></td>
			<td style="width: 2%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: middle;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="1" style="width: 32%; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: middle; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-width: thin; border-bottom-style: solid;"><b>Date</b></td>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;">/s/ Travis C. Mickle</p>
			</td>
			<td colspan="2" style="width: 2%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="2" style="width: 32%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: middle;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="width: 2%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: middle;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="1" style="width: 32%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: middle;">&nbsp;</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td style="width: 32%; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: none;">
			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;">Travis C. Mickle, Ph.D.</p>
			</td>
			<td colspan="2" style="width: 2%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="2" style="width: 32%; vertical-align: top;">
			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;">President, Chief Executive Officer and</p>

			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Chairman of the Board of Directors&nbsp;</font></p>

			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;"><i>(Principal Executive Officer)</i></p>
			</td>
			<td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="1" style="width: 32%; vertical-align: top;">
			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;">February 4, 2021</p>
			</td>
		</tr>
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			<td style="width: 32%; vertical-align: middle; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid;">
			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;">/s/ R. LaDuane Clifton</p>
			</td>
			<td colspan="2" style="width: 2%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="2" style="width: 32%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: middle;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="width: 2%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: middle;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="1" style="width: 32%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: middle;">&nbsp;</td>
		</tr>
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			<td style="width: 32%; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: none;">
			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;">R. LaDuane Clifton, CPA</p>
			</td>
			<td colspan="2" style="width: 2%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="2" style="width: 32%; vertical-align: top;">
			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;">Chief Financial Officer, <font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Secretary and Treasurer</font></p>

			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;"><i>(Principal </i><font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><i>Financial </i><i>Officer)</i></font></p>
			</td>
			<td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="1" style="width: 32%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">February 4, 2021</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td style="width: 32%; vertical-align: middle; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid;">
			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;">/s/ Timothy J. Sangiovanni</p>
			</td>
			<td colspan="2" style="width: 2%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="2" style="width: 32%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: middle;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="width: 2%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: middle;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="1" style="width: 32%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td style="padding: 0px; width: 32%; vertical-align: top;">Timothy J. Sangiovanni, CPA</td>
			<td colspan="2" style="width: 2%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="2" style="width: 32%; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">
			<p style="margin: 0pt; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Vice President, Corporate Controller</p>

			<p style="margin: 0pt; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><i>(Principal Accounting Officer)</i></p>
			</td>
			<td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: middle;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="1" style="width: 32%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">February 4, 2021</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td style="width: 32%; vertical-align: middle; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid;">
			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</p>

			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;">/s/ Matthew R. Plooster</p>
			</td>
			<td colspan="2" style="width: 2%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="2" style="width: 32%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: middle;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="width: 2%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: middle;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="1" style="width: 32%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td style="width: 32%; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: none;">
			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;">Matthew R. Plooster</p>
			</td>
			<td colspan="2" style="width: 2%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="2" style="width: 32%; vertical-align: top;">
			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;">Director</p>
			</td>
			<td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="1" style="width: 32%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">February 4, 2021</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td style="width: 32%; vertical-align: middle; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid;">
			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</p>

			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;">/s/ Richard W. Pascoe</p>
			</td>
			<td colspan="2" style="width: 2%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="2" style="width: 32%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: middle;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="width: 2%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: middle;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="1" style="width: 32%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td style="width: 32%; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: none;">
			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;">Richard W. Pascoe</p>
			</td>
			<td colspan="2" style="width: 2%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="2" style="width: 32%; vertical-align: top;">
			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;">Director</p>
			</td>
			<td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="1" style="width: 32%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">February 4, 2021</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td style="width: 32%; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid;">
			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</p>

			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;">/s/ Joseph B. Saluri</p>
			</td>
			<td colspan="2" style="width: 2%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="2" style="width: 32%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="width: 2%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="1" style="width: 32%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</td>
		</tr>
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			<td style="width: 32%; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: none;">
			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;">Joseph B. Saluri</p>
			</td>
			<td colspan="2" style="width: 2%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="2" style="width: 32%; vertical-align: top;">
			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;">Director</p>
			</td>
			<td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="1" style="width: 32%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">February 4, 2021</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td style="width: 32%; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid;">
			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</p>

			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;">/s/ David S. Tierney</p>
			</td>
			<td colspan="2" style="width: 2%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="2" style="width: 32%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="width: 2%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="1" style="width: 32%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</td>
		</tr>
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			<td style="width: 32%; vertical-align: top; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: none;">
			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: left; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;">David <font style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">S. Tierney</font></p>
			</td>
			<td colspan="2" style="width: 2%; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="2" style="width: 32%; vertical-align: top;">
			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: center; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;">Director</p>
			</td>
			<td style="width: 2%; vertical-align: top;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="1" style="width: 32%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;">February 4, 2021</td>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 4
, 2021
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
KemPharm
, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
20
-
5894398
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1180 Celebration Boulevard, Suite
103
Celebration, FL 34747
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
2014 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
R. LaDuane Clifton, CPA
Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer
KemPharm
, Inc.
1180 Celebration Boulevard, Suite 103
Celebration, FL 34747
(
321
) 939
-3416
(Name and Address of Agent for Service) (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Copies to:
Brent B. Siler
Matthew P. Dubofsky
Cooley LLP
380 Interlocken Crescent, Suite 900
Broomfield, CO 80021
(720) 566-4000
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.  ☐
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities to be Registered
Amount to be
Registered (1)
Proposed
Maximum Offering
Price Per Share (2)
Proposed
Maximum Aggregate
Offering Price (2)
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common Stock, par value $0.0
001 per share
181,492 shares
$6.08
$1,103,471.36
$120.39
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "
Securities Act
"), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the Registrant's common stock, par value $0.0001 (the "
Common Stock
") that become issuable under the 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (the "
2014
Plan
") by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without receipt of consideration that increases the number of the Registrant's outstanding shares of Common Stock.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) and Rule 457(c) promulg
ated under the Securities Act. The offering price per share and the aggregate offering price are based upon the average high and low prices of the Registrant's Common Stock as reported on the N
ASDAQ
Capital Market on February 1, 2021. The chart below details the calculations of the registration fee:
Securities
Number of
Shares
Offering Price
Per Share (3)
Aggregate
Offering Price
Additional shares reserved for future grant under the
2014 Plan
181,492
$6.08
$1,103,471.36
Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price
$1,103,471.36
Registration Fee
$120.39
(3)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) and Rule 457(c) promulg
ated under the Securities Act. The offering price per share and the aggregate offering price are based upon the average high and low prices of the Registrant's Common Stock as reported on the N
ASDAQ
Capital Market on February 1, 2021.
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Explanatory Note
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of registering an
additional 181,492 shares of the Registrant's Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the Registrant's 2014 Plan.
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF CONTENTS OF REGISTRATION
STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
The R
egistrant is hereby registering an additional 181,492 shares of the Registrant's Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the Registrant's 2014 Plan. The contents of the Registration Statement on
Form S-8
(File No. 333-203703), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "
Commission
") on April 29, 2015, are incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Registration Statement.
In addition, the following documents filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
●
the Registrant's audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 and the Registrant's unaudited financial statements for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2020 included in the Registrant's prospectus dated January 8, 2021, filed pursuant to Rule
424(b)
under the Securities Act relating to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-250945).
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 that 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.
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ITEM
8.     EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description
4
.1
(
1
)
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
, as currently in effect.
4.2
(2)
Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock.
4.3
(3)
Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series B-1 Convertible Preferred Stock.
4.4
(4)
Amended and Restated
Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series B-2 Convertible Preferred Stock
.
4.5
(5)
Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated Certification of Incorporation, as currently in effect.
4
.6
(6
)
Amended and Restated Bylaws
, as currently in effect.
4
.7
(7
)
Specimen stock certificate evidencing shares of Common Stock.
4.8
(8
)
2014
Equity Incentive Plan.
4.9
(9
)
Form of Stock Option Grant Notice and Stock Option Agreement under 2014 Equity Incentive Plan.
4.10
(10
)
Form of Restricted Stock Unit Grant Notice and Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement under 2014 Equity Incentive Plan.
5.1
Opinion of Cooley LLP.
23.1
Consent of RSM US
LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.
23.2
Consent of Cooley LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Form S-8).
(1)
Previously filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant
's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36913), filed with the Commission on April 21, 2015, and incorporated by reference herein.
(2)
Previously filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36913), filed with the Commission on October 5, 2018, and incorporated by reference herein.
(3)
Previously filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36913), filed with the Commission on September 4, 2019, and incorporated by reference herein.
(4)
Previously filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36913), filed with the Commission on January 13, 2021, and incorporated by reference herein.
(5)
Previously files as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36913), filed with the Commission on December 26, 2020, and incorporated by reference herein.
(6)
Previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant
's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36913), filed with the Commission on July 17, 2020, and incorporated by reference herein.
(7)
Previously filed as Exhibit 4.2 to Amendment No.
2 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-202660), filed with the Commission on April 9, 2015, and incorporated by reference herein.
(8
)
Previously filed as Exhibit
4.7 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-203703), filed with the Commission on April 29, 2015, and incorporated by reference herein.
(9
)
Previously filed as Exhibit 10.15 to the Registrant
's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-202660), filed with the Commission on March 11, 2015, and incorporated by reference herein.
(10
)
Previously filed as Exhibit 10.16 to the Registrant
's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-202660), filed with the Commission on March 11, 2015, and incorporated by reference herein.
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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 Celebration, State of Florida, on this 4th day of February, 2021.
KemPharm, Inc.
By:
/s/ R. LaDuane Clifton
R. LaDuane Clifton, CPA
Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints
Travis C. Mickle, Ph.D. and R. LaDuane Clifton, CPA and each or any one of them, his lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and 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 connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he 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 and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Travis C. Mickle
Travis C. Mickle, Ph.D.
President, Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman of the Board of Directors
(Principal Executive Officer)
February 4, 2021
/s/ R. LaDuane Clifton
R. LaDuane Clifton, CPA
Chief Financial Officer,
Secretary and Treasurer
(Principal
Financial
Officer)
February 4, 2021
/s/ Timothy J. Sangiovanni
Timothy J. Sangiovanni, CPA
Vice President, Corporate Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
February 4, 2021
/s/ Matthew R. Plooster
Matthew R. Plooster
Director
February 4, 2021
/s/ Richard W. Pascoe
Richard W. Pascoe
Director
February 4, 2021
/s/ Joseph B. Saluri
Joseph B. Saluri
Director
February 4, 2021
/s/ David S. Tierney
David
S. Tierney
Director
February 4, 2021
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