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Anika Therapeutics, Inc. – ‘S-8’ on 8/8/23

On:  Tuesday, 8/8/23, at 5:18pm ET   ·   Effective:  8/8/23   ·   Accession #:  1171843-23-5115   ·   File #:  333-273812

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 8/08/23  Anika Therapeutics, Inc.          S-8         8/08/23    4:79K                                    Globenewswire Inc./FA

Registration Statement – Securities for an Employee Benefit Plan   —   Form S-8   —   SA’33

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Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: S-8         Registration Statement - Securities for an          HTML     34K 
                Employee Benefit Plan                                            
 2: EX-5.1      Opinion of Counsel re: Legality                     HTML      7K 
 3: EX-23.1     Consent of Expert or Counsel                        HTML      5K 
 4: EX-FILING FEES  Filing Fee Table                                HTML     12K 


‘S-8’   —   Registration Statement – Securities for an Employee Benefit Plan

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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 8, 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

 

     

Anika Therapeutics, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   04-3145961
(State or other jurisdiction of   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.
incorporation or organization)    
     
32 Wiggins Avenue    
Bedford, Massachusetts   01730
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

     

2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan

(Full title of the plan)

 

     

Cheryl R. Blanchard

President and Chief Executive Officer

Anika Therapeutics, Inc.

32 Wiggins Avenue

Bedford, Massachusetts 01730

(781) 457-9000

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

 

  With copies to:  
Nicole Daley   David Colleran
Goodwin Procter LLP   Anika Therapeutics, Inc.
100 Northern Avenue   32 Wiggins Avenue
Boston, MA 02110   Bedford, MA 01730
(617) 570-1354   (781) 457-9261

 

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. ☐

 

 

 

STATEMENT OF INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

 

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 registers 435,000 additional shares of the Registrant’s common stock, $0.01 par value per share (“Common Stock”), to be issued under the Registrant’s 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended (the “Plan”). The additional shares represent an increase in the number of shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Plan, which increase was previously approved by the Board and subsequently approved by the Registrant’s stockholders on June 14, 2023 at the Registrant’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

 

The additional shares described above are of the same class as other securities relating to the Plan for which the Registrant previously filed registration statements on Form S-8 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on July 7, 2017 (File No. 333-219190), June 21, 2019 (File No. 333-232254), June 19, 2020 (File No. 333-239304), August 6, 2021 (File No. 333-258529), and August 8, 2022 (File No. 333-266550) (collectively, the “Prior Registration Statements”). The information contained in the Prior Registration Statements, as filed with the Commission, are hereby incorporated by reference pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8.

 

PART II

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 8. Exhibits.

 

Exhibit Number   Description
     
4.1   Certificate of Incorporation of Anika Therapeutics, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 6, 2018)
4.2   Bylaws of Anika Therapeutics, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 6, 2018)
5.1   Opinion of Goodwin Procter LLP
23.1   Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
23.2   Consent of Goodwin Procter LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1   Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this registration statement)
99.1   Anika Therapeutics, Inc. 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan (as amended on June 18, 2019, June 16, 2020, June 16, 2021, June 8, 2022, and June 14, 2023) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 21, 2023)
107   Filing Fee Table

 

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

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 Bedford, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as of August 8, 2023.

 

  ANIKA THERAPEUTICS, INC.
   
   
 

/s/ Cheryl R. Blanchard

  Cheryl R. Blanchard
  President and Chief Executive Officer

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES

 

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Cheryl R. Blanchard and David Colleran, or either of them, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to file and sign any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments and any registration statement for the same offering that is to be effective under Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933 to this registration statement, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney shall be governed by and construed with the laws of the State of Delaware and applicable federal securities laws.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature Title Date

/s/ Cheryl R. Blanchard                        
Cheryl R. Blanchard

 

Chief Executive Officer, President and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
August 8, 2023

/s/ Michael L. Levitz                            
Michael L. Levitz

 

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
August 8, 2023

/s/ Jeffery S. Thompson                       
Jeffery S. Thompson

 

Director and Chair of the Board of Directors August 8, 2023

/s/ Sheryl L. Conley                             
Sheryl L. Conley

 

Director August 8, 2023

/s/ Gary P. Fischetti                              
Gary P. Fischetti

 

Director August 8, 2023

/s/ John B. Henneman, III                    
John B. Henneman, III

 

Director August 8, 2023

/s/ Glenn R. Larsen                               
Glenn R. Larsen

 

Director August 8, 2023

/s/ Stephen O. Richard                         
Stephen O. Richard

 

Director August 8, 2023

/s/ Susan L. N. Vogt                             
Susan L. N. Vogt

 

Director August 8, 2023

 


Dates Referenced Herein   and   Documents Incorporated by Reference

This ‘S-8’ Filing    Date    Other Filings
Filed on / Effective on:8/8/2310-Q,  8-K
6/21/238-K
6/14/234,  8-K
8/8/22
8/6/2110-Q,  S-8
6/19/20S-8
6/21/19S-8
6/6/188-K
7/7/17S-8
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2 Previous Filings that this Filing References

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 6/22/21  Anika Therapeutics, Inc.          8-K:5,9     6/16/21   12:455K                                   Globenewswire Inc./FA
 6/06/18  Anika Therapeutics, Inc.          8-K:5,8,9   5/31/18    4:323K                                   Globenewswire Inc./FA
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