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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 8pt;"><b>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission o<font style="background-color:#ffffff;">n April 1, 20</font>24</b></p>

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

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:18pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 8pt;"><b>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </b></p>

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<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 12pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 8pt;"><b><i>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </i></b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:24pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 8pt;"><b>Zevra Therapeutics, Inc.</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 8pt;"><b>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) </b></p>

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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>20-5894398</b></p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 8pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;"><b>(State or Other Jurisdiction of</b></p>

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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 8pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;"><b>(I.R.S. Employer</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 8pt;"><b>1180 Celebration Boulevard, Suite 103</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 8pt;"><b>Celebration, FL 34747 </b></p>

<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 8pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 8pt;"><b>(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) </b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 8pt;"><b>Zevra Therapeutics, Inc. Amended and Restated 2023 Employment Inducement Award Plan</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 8pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;"><b>(Full Title of the Plan) </b></font></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 8pt;"><b>R. LaDuane Clifton, CPA</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 8pt;"><b>Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 8pt;"><b>Zevra Therapeutics, Inc.</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 8pt;"><b>1180</b>&nbsp;<b>Celebration Boulevard, Suite 103</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 8pt;"><b>Celebration,</b>&nbsp;<b>FL 34747</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 8pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;"><b>(Name and Address of Agent for Service) </b></font></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 8pt;"><b>(321) 939-3416 </b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 8pt;"><b><i>Copies to: </i></b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 8pt;"><b>Nathan Ajiashvili, Esq. </b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 8pt;"><b>Latham &amp; Watkins LLP </b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 8pt;"><b>1271 Avenue of the Americas </b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 8pt;"><b>New York, NY 10020 </b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 8pt;"><b>(212) 906-1200 </b></p>

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<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt; text-align: justify;">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; &#8220;smaller reporting company,&#8221; and &#8220;emerging growth company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</p>

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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">&#9744;</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">&#9744;</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">&#9746;</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">&#9746;</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Emerging growth company</p>
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<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt; text-align: justify;">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. &#9744;</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 8pt;"><b>EXPLANATORY NOTE</b>&nbsp;</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 16pt;">A Registration Statement of the Registrant on Form S-8 relating to the Registrant&#8217;s 2023 Employment Inducement Award Plan is effective. This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of registering an additional 3,000,000 shares of the Registrant&#8217;s Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the amendment by the Registrant&#8217;s board of directors of the 2023 Employment Inducement Award Plan (as amended, the &#8220;Amended and Restated 2023 Employment Inducement Award Plan&#8221;).</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 8pt;"><b>INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF CONTENTS OF REGISTRATION </b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 16pt;">The contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1434647/000143774923005708/kmph20230225_s8.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">333-270341</a>),&nbsp;including any amendments thereto, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;), are incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Registration Statement.</p>

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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1434647/000119312515140072/d911803d8k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;"><u>Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36913) filed on April 21, 2015)</u></a></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1434647/000143774920025891/ex_218888.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;"><u>Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, effective as of December 23, 2020 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36913) filed on December 23, 2020)</u></a></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001434647/000143774923004450/kmph20230220_8k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;"><u>Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, effective as of February 21, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36913) filed on February 24, 2023)</u></a></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001434647/000143774924005904/zvra20240228_8k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;"><u>Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36913) filed on February 22, 2024) </u></a></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><a href="ex_640266.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Opinion of Latham &amp; Watkins LLP</a></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><a href="ex_640267.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</a></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><a href="#Exhibit_24.1" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Power of Attorney (included on signature page)</a></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001434647/000143774924010430/zvra20231231_10k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Zevra Therapeutics, Inc. 2023 Employment Inducement Award Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7.8&nbsp;to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K (File&nbsp;No. 001-36913) filed on April 1, 2024)</a></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><a href="ex_640269.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Filing Fee Table</a></p>
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<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt; text-align: justify;">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 thi<font style="background-color:#ffffff;">s 1st&nbsp;d</font>ay&nbsp;of April, 2024.</p>

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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt;"><b>Zevra Therapeutics, Inc.</b></p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt;">/s/ R. LaDuane Clifton</p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt;">R. LaDuane Clifton, CPA</p>
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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 8pt;"><b><a id="Power_of_attorney" name="Power of attorney" title="Power of attorney"></a>POWER OF ATTORNEY </b></p>

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<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt; text-align: justify;">KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Neil F. McFarlane. 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.</p>

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<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt -9pt 0pt -1pt;">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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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Neil F. McFarlane</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">President, Chief Executive Officer and Director</p>

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

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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">/s/ Timothy J. Sangiovanni</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller</p>

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zvra20240315_s8.htm
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission o
n April 1, 20
24
Registration No
. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Zevra Therapeutics, 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)
Zevra Therapeutics, Inc. Amended and Restated 2023 Employment Inducement Award Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
R. LaDuane Clifton, CPA
Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer
Zevra Therapeutics, Inc.
1180
Celebration Boulevard, Suite 103
Celebration,
FL 34747
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(321) 939-3416
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Copies to:
Nathan Ajiashvili, Esq.
Latham & Watkins LLP
1271 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
(212) 906-1200
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
A Registration Statement of the Registrant on Form S-8 relating to the Registrant's 2023 Employment Inducement Award Plan is effective. This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of registering an additional 3,000,000 shares of the Registrant's Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the amendment by the Registrant's board of directors of the 2023 Employment Inducement Award Plan (as amended, the "Amended and Restated 2023 Employment Inducement Award Plan").
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF CONTENTS OF REGISTRATION
STATEMENTS ON FORM S-8
The contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No.
333-270341
), including any amendments thereto, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), are incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description of Exhibit
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36913) filed on April 21, 2015)
4.2
Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, effective as of December 23, 2020 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36913) filed on December 23, 2020)
4.3
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, effective as of February 21, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36913) filed on February 24, 2023)
4.4
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36913) filed on February 22, 2024)
5.1*
Opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP
23.1*
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.3*
Consent of Latham & Watkins LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page)
99.1
Zevra Therapeutics, Inc. 2023 Employment Inducement Award Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7.8 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 001-36913) filed on April 1, 2024)
107.1*
Filing Fee Table
*
Filed herewith
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Celebration, State of Florida, on thi
s 1st d
ay of April, 2024.
Zevra Therapeutics, Inc.
By:
/s/ R. LaDuane Clifton
R. LaDuane Clifton, CPA
Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Neil F. McFarlane. 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/ Neil F. McFarlane
Neil F. McFarlane
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
April 1, 2024
/s/ R. LaDuane Clifton
R. LaDuane Clifton, CPA
Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer
(Principal Financial Officer)
April 1, 2024
/s/ Timothy J. Sangiovanni
Timothy J. Sangiovanni, CPA
Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
April 1, 2024
/s/ Thomas D. Anderson
Thomas D. Anderson
Director
April 1, 2024
/s/ John B. Bode
John B. Bode
Director
April 1, 2024
/s/ Douglas W. Calder
Douglas W. Calder
Director
April 1, 2024
/s/ Wendy Dixon, Ph.D.
Wendy Dixon, Ph.D.
Director
April 1, 2024
/s/ Tamara A. Favorito
Tamara A. Favorito
Director
April 1, 2024
/s/ Alvin Shih
Alvin Shih
Director
April 1, 2024
/s/ Corey Watton
Corey Watton
Director
April 1, 2024