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    SEC Form S-8 filed by Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.

    7/18/25 4:02:01 PM ET
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    S-8 1 rare-20250718.htm S-8 S-8

     

    As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 18, 2025

    Registration No. 333-

     

    UNITED STATES

    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

    WASHINGTON, DC 20549

    FORM S-8

    REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

    Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.

    (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     

    Delaware
    (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)

    27-2546083

    (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

     

    60 Leveroni Court

    Novato, CA 94949

    (Address of Principal Executive Offices, Zip Code)

     

    Second Amended and Restated 2023 Incentive Plan

    Employment Inducement Plan

    (Full title of the plan)

     

    Emil D. Kakkis, M.D., Ph.D.

    President and Chief Executive Officer

    Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.

    60 Leveroni Court

    Novato, CA 94949

    (415) 483-8800

     

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

    Copies to:

     

    Karah Parschauer

    Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer

    Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.

    60 Leveroni Court

    Novato, CA 94949

    Telephone: (415) 483-8800

    Facsimile: (415) 483-8810

     

    Ryan A. Murr, Esq.

    Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

    One Embarcadero Center, Suite 2600

    San Francisco, CA 94111-3715

    Telephone: (415) 393-8200

    Facsimile: (415) 393-8306

    _______________________________________

    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

    This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this “Registration Statement”) registers additional shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”) of Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. (the “Registrant”) to be issued pursuant to the Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. 2023 Incentive Plan (as amended and restated, the “2023 Plan”) and the Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. Employment Inducement Plan (as amended, the “Inducement Plan”).

    The information contained in the Registrant’s registration statements on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on June 8, 2023 and July 12, 2024 (SEC File Nos. 333-272518 and 333-280776), together with all exhibits filed therewith or incorporated therein by reference, are hereby incorporated by reference pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, and the shares of Common Stock registered hereunder are in addition to the shares of Common Stock registered on such registration statements.

    PART II
    INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

     

     

    Item 8. Exhibits.

     

    Exhibit No.

    Exhibit Description

    Incorporated by Reference

    Filed Herewith

     

     

    Form

    Date

    Number

     

    4.1

    Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.

    8-K

    2/5/2014

    3.1

     

    4.2

    Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc.

    8-K

    12/21/2023

    3.1

     

    4.3

    Form of Common Stock Certificate

    S-1

    11/8/2013

    4.2

     

    4.4

    Second Amended and Restated 2023 Incentive Plan

     

     

     

    X

    4.5

    Employment Inducement Plan

    10-K

    2/12/2021

    10.43

     

    4.6

    First Amendment to Employment Inducement Plan

    S-8

    6/8/2023

    4.7

     

    4.7

    Second Amendment to Employment Inducement Plan

    S-8

    7/12/2024

    4.7

     

    4.8

    Third Amendment to Employment Inducement Plan

     

     

     

    X

    5.1

    Opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

     

     

     

    X

    23.1

    Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

     

     

     

    X

    23.2

    Consent of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)

     

     

     

    X

    24.1

    Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement)

     

     

     

    X

    107

    Filing Fee Table

     

     

     

    X

     

     

     


     

    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 Novato, State of California, on July 18, 2025.

    ULTRAGENYX PHARMACEUTICAL INC.

    By:

    /s/ Emil D. Kakkis

    Name:

    Emil D. Kakkis, M.D., Ph.D.

    Title:

    President and Chief Executive Officer

     

    POWER OF ATTORNEY

    KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints each of Emil D. Kakkis, M.D., Ph.D. and Howard Horn, and each of them acting individually, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution in each of them singly, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, and 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 to the attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in or about the premises, as full to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that the attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of each of them or their substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1993, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the dates indicated.

     

    Signature

     

     

     

    Title

     

     

     

    Date

     

    /s/ Emil D. Kakkis

     Emil D. Kakkis, M.D., Ph.D.

     

    President and Chief Executive Officer and Director

    (Principal Executive Officer)

     

    July 18, 2025

     

    /s/ Howard Horn

     Howard Horn

     

    Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Strategy

    (Principal Financial Officer)

     

    July 18, 2025

     

    /s/ Theodore A. Huizenga

     Theodore A. Huizenga

     

     

    Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer

    (Principal Accounting Officer)

     

     

    July 18, 2025

     

    /s/ Daniel G. Welch

     Daniel G. Welch

     

     

    Chairman of the Board

     

     

    July 18, 2025

     

    /s/ Deborah Dunsire

    Deborah Dunsire, M.D.

     

     

    Director

     

     

    July 18, 2025

     

    /s/ Matthew K. Fust

     Matthew K. Fust

     

     

    Director

     

     

    July 18, 2025

     

    /s/ Michael Narachi

     Michael Narachi

     

     

    Director

     

     

    July 18, 2025

     

    /s/ Amrit Ray

     

     

    Director

     

     

    July 18, 2025

    Amrit Ray, M.D.

     

     

     

    /s/ Corsee D. Sanders

     

     

    Director

     

    July 18, 2025

     Corsee D. Sanders, Ph.D.

     

     

     

     

    /s/ Shehnaaz Suliman

     

     

     

    Director

     

     

    July 18, 2025

    Shehnaaz Suliman, M.D.

     

     

     

     


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