SEC Form S-8 filed by Acasti Pharma Inc.

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ACASTI PHARMA INC. 2024 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

Princeton, New Jersey 08540

 

(609) 322-1602

Steven J. Abrams

Hogan Lovells US LLP

1735 Market Street, 23rd Floor

Philadelphia, PA 19103

(267) 675-4600

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.

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.  ☐

 

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PART I

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

 

This Registration Statement (the “Registration Statement”) on Form S-8 is being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) for the purpose of registering the offer and issuance of shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”) of Acasti Pharma Inc. (the “Registrant,” or the “Company”) to certain directors, employees and consultants of the Company and/or its subsidiaries under the Company’s 2024 Equity Incentive Plan (as it may be amended from time to time, the “2024 Equity Incentive Plan”).

 

Pursuant to Part I of Form S-8, the information specified under Item 1 and Item 2 of Part I of Form S-8 is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the introductory note to Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be delivered to participants in the 2024 Equity Incentive Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act. Such documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Form S-8, when taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act. Such documents are not required to be, and are not, filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as a prospectus or prospectus supplement pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act.

 

PART II

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

(a)

The Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2024, filed with the Commission on June 21, 2024;

(b)

The Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2024, filed with the Commission on August 9, 2024;

(c)

The Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K (other than portions thereof furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and exhibits accompanying such reports that relate to such items), filed with the Commission on June 27, 2024, August 16, 2024, September 25, 2024, September 30, 2024 and October 7, 2024; and

(d)

The description of the Company’s common stock included in the final prospectus dated August 7, 2024, filed with the Commission on August 7, 2024 pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3).

All reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), but prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment 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 herein and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such reports and documents, except for the documents, or portions thereof, that are “furnished” rather than filed with the Commission; provided, however, that documents or portions thereof that are furnished and not filed in accordance with the rules of  the Commission shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein.

 

Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or 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 hereof.

 

 

Not applicable.

 

 

Not applicable.

 

 

Set forth below is a description of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and the Company’s Bylaws, as such provisions relate to the indemnification of the Company’s directors and officers. This description is intended only as a summary and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the DGCL, the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and the Company’s Bylaws.

 

Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL generally permits a Delaware corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation that directors or certain officers of the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director or officer, except for liability (i) with respect to directors and officers, any breach of the director’s or officer’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders; (ii) with respect to directors and officers, acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; (iii) with respect to directors, payments of unlawful dividends or unlawful stock repurchases or redemptions under Section 174 of the DGCL; (iv) with respect to directors and officers, any transaction from which the director or officer derived an improper personal benefit; or (v) with respect to officers, any action by or in the right of the corporation.

 

Section 145(a) of the DGCL provides, in general, that a Delaware corporation may indemnify any person who is or was a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) because that person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or other enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, so long as the person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed was in or not opposed to the corporation’s best interests, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.

 

Section 145(b) of the DGCL provides, in general, that a Delaware corporation may indemnify any person who is or was a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to obtain a judgment in its favor because the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or other enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action, so long as the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed was in or not opposed to the corporation’s best interests, except that no indemnification shall be permitted without judicial approval if a court has determined that the person is to be liable to the corporation with respect to such claim.

 

Section 145(c) of the DGCL provides that, if a present or former director or officer has been successful in defense of any action referred to in Sections 145(a) and (b) of the DGCL, the corporation must indemnify such officer or director against the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) he or she actually and reasonably incurred in connection with such action.

Section 145(g) of the DGCL provides, in general, that a corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or other enterprise against any liability asserted against and incurred by such person, in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation could indemnify the person against such liability under Section 145 of the DGCL.

 

 

Not applicable.

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

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