As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 29, 2024
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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PACIRA BIOSCIENCES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 51-0619477 | ||||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||||
5401 West Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 890 Tampa, Florida 33609 | |||||
| (Address and zip code of principal executive offices) | |||||
Pacira BioSciences, Inc. Amended and Restated 2014 Inducement Plan
(Full title of the plan)
(Full title of the plan)
Frank D. Lee
Chief Executive Officer
Pacira BioSciences, Inc.
5401 West Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 890
Tampa, Florida 33609
(Name and address of agent for service)
(813) 553-6680
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
______________________
Copy to:
Copy to:
Jason Day
Ned A. Prusse
Jonathan S. Schulman
Perkins Coie LLP
1900 Sixteenth Street, Suite 1400
Denver, Colorado 80202
(303) 291-2300
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, 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 | x | Accelerated filer | o | |||||||||||
| Non-accelerated filer | o | Smaller reporting company | o | |||||||||||
| Emerging growth company | o | |||||||||||||
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. o
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Pacira BioSciences, Inc. previously filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-196542) (the “Prior Registration Statement”), pertaining to, among other things, the registration of 175,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), authorized to be issued pursuant to the Pacira BioSciences, Inc. 2014 Inducement Plan. The registrant hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the Prior Registration Statement to the extent not otherwise amended or superseded by the contents of this Registration Statement.
This Registration Statement is being filed pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8 to register under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the offer and sale of an additional 642,093 shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Pacira BioSciences, Inc. Amended and Restated 2014 Inducement Plan.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by the registrant with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) are hereby incorporated by reference in this registration statement:
(1)The registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the SEC on February 29, 2024;
(2)The registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 29, 2024; and
(3)The description of the registrant’s common stock contained in the registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the SEC on January 28, 2011 under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description (including Exhibit 4.3 to the registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, filed with the SEC on February 21, 2020.
All documents filed by the registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date hereof, and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all the securities offered hereby have been sold or that deregisters the securities offered hereby then remaining unsold, shall also be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this registration statement and to be a 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 in this registration statement.
Any statement contained in this registration statement or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement will 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 in this registration statement modifies or supersedes that statement. Any statement so modified or superseded will not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
None.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”) provides, generally, that a corporation shall have the power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened,
pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (except actions by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation against all expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. A corporation may similarly indemnify such person for expenses actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of any action or suit by or in the right of the corporation, provided that such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, in the case of claims, issues and matters as to which such person shall have been adjudged liable to the corporation, provided that a court shall have determined, upon application, that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all of the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which such court shall deem proper.
Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL provides, generally, that the registrant’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation may contain a provision eliminating or limiting the personal liability of a director to the corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, provided that such provision may not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its shareholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under section 174 of the DGCL, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. No such provision may eliminate or limit the liability of a director for any act or omission occurring prior to the date when such provision became effective.
In addition to the indemnification provided for in the registrant’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws, the registrant entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and executive officers. Each indemnification agreement provides that the registrant will indemnify the director or executive officer to the fullest extent permitted by law for claims arising in his or her capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent, provided that he or she acted in good faith and in a manner that he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, our best interests and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful. In the event that the registrant does not assume the defense of a claim against a director or executive officer, the registrant is required to advance his or her expenses in connection with his or her defense, provided that he or she undertakes to repay all amounts advanced if it is ultimately determined that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by the registrant.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
| Exhibit No. | Description | ||||
| 5.1 | |||||
| 23.1 | |||||
| 23.2 | Consent of Perkins Coie LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1). | ||||
| 24.1 | Power of Attorney (see signature page of this Registration Statement). | ||||
| 99.1 | |||||
| 107 | |||||
Item 9. Undertakings.
A. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(a) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(b) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this registration statement; and
(c) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this registration statement or any material change to such information in this registration statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(a) and (1)(b) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
B. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
C. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that, in the opinion of the Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 Tampa, State of Florida, on February 29, 2024.
| PACIRA BIOSCIENCES, INC. | ||||||||
/s/ Frank D. Lee | ||||||||
Frank D. Lee Chief Executive Officer and Director | ||||||||
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose individual signature appears below hereby authorizes Frank D. Lee, Charles A. Reinhart, III and Kristen Williams, or any of them, as attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution, to execute in the name and on the behalf of each person, individually and in each capacity stated below, and to file, any and all amendments to this registration statement, including any and all post-effective amendments.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities indicated and on February 29, 2024.
| Principal Executive Officer | Directors | ||||||||||||||||
| /s/ FRANK D. LEE | /s/ MARCELO BIGAL | /s/ GARY PACE | |||||||||||||||
| Frank D. Lee | Marcelo Bigal | Gary Pace | |||||||||||||||
| Chief Executive Officer and Director | |||||||||||||||||
| /s/ LAURA BREGE | /s/ ANDREAS WICKI | ||||||||||||||||
| Principal Financial Officer | Laura Brege | Andreas Wicki | |||||||||||||||
| /s/ CHARLES A. REINHART, III | /s/ ABRAHAM CEESAY | /s/ MICHAEL YANG | |||||||||||||||
| Charles A. Reinhart, III | Abraham Ceesay | Michael Yang | |||||||||||||||
| Chief Financial Officer | |||||||||||||||||
| /s/ CHRISTOPHER J. CHRISTIE | /s/ ALETHIA YOUNG | ||||||||||||||||
| Principal Accounting Officer | Christopher J. Christie | Alethia Young | |||||||||||||||
| /s/ LAUREN RIKER | /s/ MARK FROIMSON | /s/ PAUL HASTINGS | |||||||||||||||
| Lauren Riker | Mark Froimson | Paul Hastings | |||||||||||||||
| Senior Vice President, Finance | (Chair of the Board) | ||||||||||||||||
| /s/ MARK KRONENFELD | |||||||||||||||||
| Mark Kronenfeld | |||||||||||||||||
Exhibit 107
CALCULATION OF FILING FEE TABLE
FORM S-8
(Form type)
PACIRA BIOSCIENCES, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Table 1: Newly Registered Securities
| Security Type | Security Class Title | Fee Calculation Rule | Amount Registered | Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Unit (2) | Maximum Aggregate Offering Price (2) | Fee Rate | Amount of Registration Fee | ||||||||||||||||
| Equity | Common Stock, $0.001 par value | 457(c) and 457(h) | 642,093 (1) | $29.90 | $19,198,580.70 | $0.00014760 | $2,833.71 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total Offering Amounts | $19,198,580.70 | $2,833.71 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total Fee Offsets | $— | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net Fee Due | $2,833.71 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
(1) Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this registration statement also covers any additional shares of the registrant’s common stock that may become issuable under the Pacira BioSciences, Inc. Amended and Restated 2014 Inducement Plan as a result of any future stock splits, stock dividends or similar adjustments of the registrant’s outstanding common stock.
(2) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act. The proposed maximum offering price per share is estimated based on the average of the high and low sales prices for the registrant’s common stock as reported by the Nasdaq Global Select Market on February 23, 2024.
Exhibit 5.1
February 29, 2024
Pacira BioSciences, Inc.
5401 West Kennedy Boulevard
Suite 890
Tampa, Florida 33609
Re: Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Pacira BioSciences, Inc.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to Pacira BioSciences, Inc. (the “Company”) in connection with the preparation of a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), which you are filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to an additional 642,093 shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Shares”) which may be issued pursuant to the Pacira BioSciences, Inc. Amended and Restated 2014 Inducement Plan (the “Plan”).
We have examined the Registration Statement and such documents and records of the Company as we have deemed necessary for the purpose of this opinion. In giving this opinion, we are assuming the authenticity of all instruments presented to us as originals, the conformity with originals of all instruments presented to us as copies and the genuineness of all signatures.
Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that any Shares issued by the Company pursuant to the Plan, upon registration by its registrar of such Shares and the issuance thereof by the Company in accordance with the terms of the Plan, and the receipt of consideration for such Shares in accordance with the terms of the Plan, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act.
| Very truly yours, | ||||||||
| /s/ PERKINS COIE LLP | ||||||||
Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the use of our report dated February 29, 2024, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Pacira BioSciences, Inc., and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, incorporated herein by reference.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Short Hills, New Jersey
February 29, 2024