As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 25, 2019

Registration No. 333-          

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

Iterum Therapeutics plc

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Ireland   98-1283148

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

Block 2 Floor 3, Harcourt Centre,

Harcourt Street,

Dublin 2,

Ireland

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Iterum Therapeutics plc 2018 Equity Incentive Plan

(Full Title of the Plan)

Corey Fishman

President and Chief Executive Officer

200 South Wacker Dr., Suite 2550

Chicago, IL 60606

(312) 778-6070

(Name and Address of Agent For Service) (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)

Copies to:

Brian A. Johnson, Esq.

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

7 World Trade Center

250 Greenwich Street

New York, New York 10007

Telephone: (212) 230-8800

Fax: (212) 230-8888

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

 

Proposed

Maximum

Aggregate

Offering Price

  Amount of
Registration Fee

Ordinary Shares, par value $0.01 per share

  574,081 shares(2)   $5.73(3)   $3,289,485.00(3)   $398.69

 

 

(1)

Pursuant to Rule 416(a) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional ordinary shares of the Registrant (“Ordinary Shares”) that become issuable under the Registrant’s 2018 Equity Incentive Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization, or other similar transaction effected that results in an increase to the number of the Registrant’s outstanding Ordinary Shares.

 

(2)

Represents additional Ordinary Shares reserved for future issuance under the Registrant’s 2018 Equity Incentive Plan as a result of an annual increase.

 

(3)

Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act. The price per share and aggregate offering price are calculated on the basis of $5.73, the average of the high and low sale prices of the Ordinary Shares as reported on the Nasdaq Global Market on March 18, 2019, in accordance with Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act.

 

 

 


EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Registration Statement on Form S-8, relating to the 2018 Equity Incentive Plan of Iterum Therapeutics plc (the “Registrant”), is being filed for the purpose of registering additional securities of the same class as other securities for which a Registration Statement on Form S-8 has previously been filed and is effective. Accordingly, this Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-225236, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on May 25, 2018 by the Registrant, relating to the Registrant’s 2015 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, and 2018 Equity Incentive Plan, except for Item 8, Exhibits, with respect to which the Exhibit Index immediately preceding the exhibits attached hereto is incorporated herein by reference.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

ITEM 8.

EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description

4.1(1)   Constitution of the Registrant
5.1   Opinion of A&L Goodbody
23.1   Consent of A&L Goodbody (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2   Consent of KPMG, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
24.1   Power of attorney (included on the signature pages of this registration statement)
99.1(2)   2018 Equity Incentive Plan

 

(1)

Previously filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-38503), filed with the Commission on May 30, 2018, and incorporated by reference herein.

 

(2)

Previously filed as Exhibit 10.6 to Amendment No. 2 to the Registrant’s registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-224582), filed with the Commission on May 16, 2018, and incorporated by reference herein.


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 Chicago, State of Illinois, on this 25th day of March, 2019.

 

ITERUM THERAPEUTICS PLC
By:   /s/ Corey N. Fishman
  Corey N. Fishman
  President and Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES

We, the undersigned officers and directors of Iterum Therapeutics plc, hereby severally constitute and appoint Corey N. Fishman and Judith M. Matthews, and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the registration statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any and all subsequent amendments to said registration statement, and generally to do all such things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable Iterum Therapeutics plc to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all amendments thereto.

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/ Corey N. Fishman

Corey N. Fishman

  

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)

 

March 25, 2019

/s/ Judith M. Matthews

Judith M. Matthews

  

Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

March 25, 2019

/s/ Paul R. Edick

Paul R. Edick

  

Chairman of the Board of Directors

 

March 25, 2019

/s/ Brenton K. Ahrens

Brenton K. Ahrens

  

Director

 

March 25, 2019

/s/ Mark Chin

Mark Chin

  

Director

 

March 25, 2019


Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ James I. Healy

James I. Healy, M.D., Ph.D.

  

Director

 

March 25, 2019

/s/ Patrick J. Heron

Patrick J. Heron

  

Director

 

March 25, 2019

/s/ Ronald M. Hunt

Ronald M. Hunt

  

Director

 

March 25, 2019

/s/ David G. Kelly

David G. Kelly

  

Director

 

March 25, 2019

/s/ Shahzad Malik

Shahzad Malik, M.D.

  

Director

 

March 25, 2019