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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2016

Registration No. 333-             

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S‑8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Under

The Securities Act of 1933

XENON PHARMACEUTICALS INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Canada

 

98-0661854

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

200 – 3650 Gilmore Way

Burnaby, British Columbia V5G 4W8

Canada (604) 484-3300

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

2014 Equity Incentive Plan

(Full title of the plan)

Simon N. Pimstone

President and Chief Executive Officer

Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc.

200 – 3650 Gilmore Way

Burnaby, British Columbia V5G 4W8

Canada

(604) 484-3300

(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

Copies to:

 

Ian C. Mortimer

Chief Financial and Chief Operating Officer

Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc.

200 – 3650 Gilmore Way

Burnaby, British Columbia V5G 4W8

Canada

(604) 484-3300

 

Jeffrey D. Saper

Steven V. Bernard

Bryan D. King

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati,

Professional Corporation

650 Page Mill Road

Palo Alto, California 94304

(650) 493-9300

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filero Accelerated filerx

Non-accelerated filero (do not check if a smaller reporting company) Smaller reporting companyo

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Title of Securities to be Registered

Maximum Amount
to be Registered
(1)

Proposed
Maximum Offering
Price Per Share

Proposed
Maximum Aggregate
Offering Price

Amount of
Registration
Fee

Common Shares, no par value per share, reserved for issuance pursuant to the 2014 Equity Incentive Plan

375,000 (2)

$7.49 (3)

$2,808,750

$283

TOTAL:

375,000

 

$2,808,750

$283

(1)Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional common shares of the Registrant that become issuable under the 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2014 Plan”) by reason of any share dividend, share split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without receipt of consideration that increases the number of the Registrant’s outstanding common shares.

(2)Represents 375,000 additional common shares reserved for issuance as a result of the annual evergreen increase pursuant to the 2014 Plan.

(3)Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the basis of $7.49, the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant’s common shares as reported on The NASDAQ Global Market on March 4, 2016.

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

 

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference1

Item 8.  Exhibits2

Signatures

Index to Exhibits

 

 

 

XENON PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E

This Registration Statement registers additional common shares of Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc. (the “Registrant”) to be issued pursuant to the Registrant’s 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2014 Plan”).  Accordingly, the contents of (i) the previous Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on November 5, 2014 (File No. 333-199860) and (ii) the previous Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to General Instruction E for the 2014 Plan on March 16, 2015 (File No. 333-202765) (together, the “Previous Forms S-8”), including periodic reports filed after the Previous Forms S-8 to maintain current information about the Registrant, are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8.

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

The following documents previously filed with the Commission are hereby incorporated by reference:

 

(1)

The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015, filed with the Commission on March 9, 2016;

 

(2)

All other reports filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Act”), since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Registrant’s Annual Report referred to in (1) above; and

 

(3)

The description of the Registrant’s common shares contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A12B (File No. 001-36687) filed with the Commission on October 10, 2014, pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.

All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities registered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents; provided, however, that documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with the rules of the Commission shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.  Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.  Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

Under no circumstances will any information furnished under current items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K be deemed incorporated herein by reference unless such Form 8-K expressly provides to the contrary.


 

 

Item 8.  Exhibits

 

 

 

 

Incorporated by Reference

Exhibit Number

Exhibit Description

Form

File No.

Exhibit

Filing Date

4.1

Specimen common share certificate of the Registrant.

S-1/A

333-198666

4.1

10/6/2014

4.2

2014 Equity Incentive Plan, and form of option agreement thereunder.

S-1

333-198666

10.8

9/10/2014

5.1

Opinion of McCarthy Tétrault LLP.

 

 

 

 

23.1

Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

 

 

 

 

23.2

Consent of McCarthy Tétrault LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).

 

 

 

 

24.1

Power of Attorney (contained on signature page hereto).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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 Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, on March 9, 2016.

 

 

 

XENON PHARMACEUTICALS INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Simon Pimstone

 

 

 

Simon Pimstone

 

 

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Simon Pimstone and Ian Mortimer as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities (including his capacity as a director and/or officer of Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc.) to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement on Form S-8, as amended, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said 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 and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as they or he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, 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 on Form S-8 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Name

 

Title

 

Date

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Simon Pimstone

 

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

 

March 9, 2016

Simon Pimstone

 

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Ian Mortimer

 

Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer

 

March 9, 2016

Ian Mortimer

 

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Michael Tarnow

 

Chair of the Board of Directors

 

March 9, 2016

Michael Tarnow

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Mohammad Azab

 

Director

 

March 9, 2016

Mohammad Azab

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Steven Gannon

 

Director

 

March 9, 2016

Steven Gannon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Michael Hayden

 

Director

 

March 9, 2016

Michael Hayden

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Frank Holler

 

Director

 

March 9, 2016

Frank Holler

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Gary Patou

 

Director

 

March 9, 2016

Gary Patou

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Richard Scheller

 

Director

 

March 9, 2016

Richard Scheller

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

 

 

 

Incorporated by Reference

Exhibit Number

Exhibit Description

Form

File No.

Exhibit

Filing Date

4.1

Specimen common share certificate of the Registrant.

S-1/A

333-198666

4.1

10/6/2014

4.2

2014 Equity Incentive Plan, and form of option agreement thereunder.

S-1

333-198666

10.8

9/10/2014

5.1

Opinion of McCarthy Tétrault LLP.

 

 

 

 

23.1

Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

 

 

 

 

23.2

Consent of McCarthy Tétrault LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).

 

 

 

 

24.1

Power of Attorney (contained on signature page hereto).