As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 22, 2023
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
PYXIS ONCOLOGY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware |
83-1160910 |
(State or other jurisdiction of |
(I.R.S. Employer |
incorporation or organization) |
Identification Number) |
150 Cambridgepark Drive |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts |
02140 |
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Pyxis Oncology, Inc. 2021 Equity and Incentive Plan
Pyxis Oncology, Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Lara Sullivan
President and Chief Executive Officer
Pyxis Oncology, Inc.
150 Cambridgepark Drive
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02140
(617) 221-9059
(Name, address, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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.
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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
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of registering (a) an additional 1,755,501 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), of Pyxis Oncology, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company” or the “Registrant”), to be issued pursuant to the Pyxis Oncology, Inc. 2021 Equity and Incentive Plan (the “2021 Plan”), which Common Stock is in addition to the shares of Common Stock registered on the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on October 22, 2021 (File No. 333-260441) and March 29, 2022 (File No. 333-263950) and (b) 679,029 additional shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "2021 ESPP"), which Common Stock is in addition to the shares of Common Stock registered on the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Commission on October 22, 2021 (File No. 333-260441) (collectively, the "Prior Form S-8s").
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 relates to securities of the same class as that to which the Prior Form S-8s relate, and is submitted in accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8 regarding Registration of Additional Securities. Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the Prior Form S-8s, to the extent relating to the registration of Common Stock issuable under the 2021 Plan and 2021 ESPP, as applicable, are incorporated herein by reference and made part of this Registration Statement on Form S-8, except as amended hereby.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference in this Registration Statement the following documents and information previously filed with the Commission:
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the respective dates of filing of such documents (such documents, and the documents enumerated above, being hereinafter referred to as “Incorporated Documents”).
Any statement contained herein or in an Incorporated Document 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 Incorporated Document 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.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless specifically stated to the contrary, none of the information disclosed by the Registrant under Items 2.02 or 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K, including the related exhibits under Item 9.01, that the Registrant may from time to time furnish to the Commission will be incorporated by reference into, or otherwise included in, this Registration Statement.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The following exhibits are incorporated herein by reference:
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Opinion of Sidley Austin LLP with respect to the validity of issuance of securities |
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23.1* |
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23.2* |
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24.1* |
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Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page of the Registration Statement) |
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107* |
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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 Cambridge, Massachusetts, on the 22 day of March, 2023.
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Pyxis Oncology, Inc. |
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By: |
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/s/ Lara Sullivan |
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Lara Sullivan, M.D. |
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President and Chief Executive Officer |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Lara Sullivan, M.D. and Pamela Connealy and each of them, as such person’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in such person’s 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 and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person 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 such person’s substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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/s/ Lara Sullivan |
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President, Chief Executive Officer and Director |
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March 22, 2023 |
Lara Sullivan, M.D. |
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(Principal Executive Officer) |
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/s/ Pamela Connealy |
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Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer |
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March 22, 2023 |
Pamela Connealy |
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(Principal Financial Officer) |
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/s/ Jitendra Wadhane |
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Chief Accounting Officer |
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March 22, 2023 |
Jitendra Wadhane |
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(Principal Accounting Officer) |
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/s/ John Flavin |
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Chairman of the Board of Directors |
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March 22, 2023 |
John Flavin |
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/s/ Thomas Civik |
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Director |
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March 22, 2023 |
Thomas Civik |
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/s/ Darren Cline |
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Director |
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March 22, 2023 |
Darren Cline |
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/s/ Freda Lewis-Hall, M.D. |
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Director |
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March 22, 2023 |
Freda Lewis-Hall, M.D. |
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/s/ Rachel Humphrey, M.D. |
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Director |
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March 22, 2023 |
Rachel Humphrey, M.D. |
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Exhibit 5.1
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Sidley Austin LLP One South Dearborn Street Chicago, IL 60603 +1 312 853 7000 +1 312 853 7036 Fax
AMERICA ASIA PACIFIC EUROPE |
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March 22, 2023
Pyxis Oncology, Inc.
150 CambridgePark Drive
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02140
Re: 2,434,530 Shares of Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We refer to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) being filed by Pyxis Oncology, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), relating to the registration of (a) 1,755,501 shares of Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Company, which may be issued under the Pyxis Oncology, Inc. 2021 Equity and Incentive Plan (the “2021 Plan”) and (b) 679,029 shares of Common Stock, which may be issued under the Pyxis Oncology, Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “2021 ESPP”) (the 2021 Plan and the 2021 ESPP collectively, the “Plans” and the aggregate shares of Common Stock to be registered under the Registration Statement, the “Registered Shares”).
This opinion letter is being delivered in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act.
We have examined the Registration Statement, the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws, the Plans, the resolutions adopted by the board of directors of the Company relating to the Registration Statement and the Plans, and the resolutions adopted by the stockholders of the Company relating to the Plans. We have also examined originals, or copies of originals certified to our satisfaction, of such agreements, documents, certificates and statements of the Company and other corporate documents and instruments, and have examined such questions of law, as we have considered relevant and necessary as a basis for this opinion letter. We have assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all persons and the conformity with the original documents of any copies
Sidley Austin LLP is a limited liability partnership practicing in affiliation with other Sidley Austin partnerships.
Pyxis Oncology, Inc.
March 22, 2023
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thereof submitted to us for examination. As to facts relevant to the opinions expressed herein, we have relied without independent investigation or verification upon, and assumed the accuracy and completeness of, certificates, letters and oral and written statements and representations of public officials and officers and other representatives of the Company.
Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that each Registered Share that is newly issued pursuant to each Plan will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable when: (i) the Registration Statement, as finally amended, shall have become effective under the Securities Act; (ii) such Registered Share shall have been duly issued and delivered in accordance with the applicable Plan; and (iii) certificates representing such Registered Share shall have been duly executed, countersigned and registered and duly delivered to the person entitled thereto against payment of the agreed consideration therefor (in an amount not less than the par value thereof) or, if any Registered Share is to be issued in uncertificated form, the Company’s books shall reflect the issuance of such Registered Share to the person entitled thereto against payment of the agreed consideration therefor (in an amount not less than the par value thereof), all in accordance with the applicable Plan.
This opinion letter is limited to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. We express no opinion as to the laws, rules or regulations of any other jurisdiction, including, without limitation, the federal laws of the United States of America or any state securities or blue sky laws.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as an Exhibit to the Registration Statement and to all references to our Firm included in or made a part of the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Sidley Austin LLP
Sidley Austin LLP is a limited liability partnership practicing in affiliation with other Sidley Austin partnerships.
Exhibit 23.2
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8) pertaining to the Pyxis Oncology, Inc. 2021 Equity and Incentive Plan and the Pyxis Oncology, Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan of our report dated March 22, 2023, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Pyxis Oncology, Inc. included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
March 22, 2023
Exhibit 107
Calculation of Filing Fee Table
FORM S-8
(Form Type)
Pyxis Oncology, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Newly Registered Securities
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Fee Calculation Rule |
Amount Registered(1) |
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Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share |
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Fees to be Paid |
Equity |
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share |
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Rules 457(c) and 457(h) |
1,755,501 (3) |
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$2.51(2) |
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$4,406,307.51 |
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.0001102 |
$485.58 |
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Fees to be Paid |
Equity |
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share |
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Rules 457(c) and 457(h) |
679,029 (4) |
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$2.51(5) |
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$1,704,362.79 |
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.0001102 |
$187.82 |
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Total Offering Amounts |
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$673.40 |
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(1) |
Pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement also covers any additional shares of Registrant’s Common Stock that become issuable under the plan set forth herein by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization, or other similar transaction effected that results in an increase to the number of outstanding shares of Registrant’s Common Stock, as applicable. |
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Estimated in accordance with Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the basis of $2.51 per share, the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant’s Common Stock on March 20, 2023 as reported on the Nasdaq Global Market. |
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Represents shares of Common Stock that were automatically added to the shares authorized for issuance under the Pyxis Oncology, Inc. 2021 Equity and Incentive Plan (the “2021 Plan”) on January 1, 2023 pursuant to an “evergreen” provision contained in the 2021 Plan. Pursuant to such provision, on the first day of each fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022, and continuing until (and including) the fiscal year ending December 31, 2031, the number of shares authorized for issuance under the 2021 Plan is automatically increased by a number equal to: (a) 5% of the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the last day of the preceding fiscal year; or (b) such lesser number of shares of Common Stock as is determined by the Registrant’s Board of Directors for the applicable year. |
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Represents shares of Common Stock that were automatically added to the shares authorized for issuance under the Pyxis Oncology, Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “2021 ESPP”) pursuant to an “evergreen” provision contained in the 2021 ESPP. Pursuant to such provision, on the first day of each fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022, and continuing until (and including) the fiscal year ending December 31, 2031, the number of shares authorized for issuance under the 2021 ESPP is automatically increased by a number equal to: (a) 1% of the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the last day of the preceding fiscal year; or (b) such lesser number of shares of Common Stock as is determined by the Registrant’s Board of Directors for the applicable year. Accordingly, the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the 2021 ESPP was increased by 679,029 shares, which is equal to the sum of (i) 1% of the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of December 31, 2021 and (ii) 1% of the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of December 31, 2022. |
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Estimated pursuant to Rules 457(c) and (h) of the Securities Act, solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee for the additional shares to be reserved under the 2021 ESPP, on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant’s common stock as reported on Nasdaq on March 20, 2023. Under the 2021 ESPP, the purchase price of a share of common stock is equal to 85% of the fair market value of the Registrant’s common stock on the offering date or the purchase date, whichever is less. |