S-8 1 nstg-sx8.htm S-8 Document

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 1, 2021
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
The Securities Act of 1933
NANOSTRING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 20-0094687
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)		 (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
530 Fairview Avenue North
Seattle, Washington 98109
(206) 378-6266
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
2013 Equity Incentive Plan
2013 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plan)
R. Bradley Gray
President and Chief Executive Officer
530 Fairview Avenue North
Seattle, Washington 98109
(206) 378-6266
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
 Copies to:
Patrick J. Schultheis
Michael Nordtvedt
Bryan D. King
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati,
Professional Corporation
701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 5100
Seattle, Washington 98104
(206) 883-2500		 Kathryn Surace-Smith
Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Legal Affairs
530 Fairview Avenue North
Seattle, Washington 98109
(206) 378-6266
    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 filerýAccelerated 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. ¨



CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities
to be Registered
Amount
to be
Registered (1)(2)
Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share		Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price		Amount of
Registration Fee
Common stock, $0.0001 par value per share:    
—To be issued under the 2013 Equity Incentive Plan1,406,250 
(3)
$79.12 
(5)
$111,262,500 $12,139 
—To be issued under the 2013 Employee Stock Purchase Plan281,250 
(4)
$67.25 
(6)
$18,914,063 $2,064 
TOTAL:1,687,500  $130,176,563 $14,203 

(1)Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the common stock of NanoString Technologies, Inc. (the “Registrant”) that become issuable under the 2013 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2013 Plan”) and 2013 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“2013 ESPP”) by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without receipt of consideration that increases the number of the Registrant’s outstanding shares of common stock.
(2)For the sole purpose of calculating the registration fee, the amount to be registered under this Registration Statement has been broken down into two subtotals.
(3)Represents 1,406,250 additional shares of common stock available for issuance as a result of the annual evergreen increase pursuant to the 2013 Plan.
(4)Represents 281,250 additional shares of common stock available for issuance as a result of the annual evergreen increase pursuant to the 2013 ESPP.
(5)Estimated in accordance with Rules 457(c) and 457(h) solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee on the basis of $79.12, the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant’s common stock as reported on The Nasdaq Global Market on February 22, 2021 (the “Full Offering Price”).
(6)Estimated in accordance with Rules 457(c) and 457(h) solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee on the basis of 85% of the Full Offering Price. Pursuant to the 2013 ESPP, the purchase price of the shares of common stock will be 85% of the lower of the fair market value of the common stock on the first trading day of the offering period or on the last day of the offering period.





TABLE OF CONTENTS
 


NANOSTRING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E
    This Registration Statement is being filed for the purpose of increasing the number of securities of the same class for which Registration Statements on Form S-8 relating to its 2013 Plan and 2013 ESPP are effective. Accordingly, the contents of the previous Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on July 10, 2013 (File No. 333-189883) (the “Previous Form S-8”), including periodic reports filed after the Previous Form 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 (the “Registration Statement”).
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
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, 2020, filed with the Commission on March 1, 2021;
(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 stock contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A12B (File No. 001-35980) filed with the Commission on June 21, 2013, 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 DescriptionFormFile No.ExhibitFiling Date
4.1S-1/A333-1887044.1June 13, 2013
4.2S-1/A333-18870410.5June 13, 2013
4.3S-1/A333-18870410.6June 13, 2013
4.4S-1/A333-18870410.7June 13, 2013
4.5S-1/A333-18870410.8June 13, 2013
4.610-K001-3598010.9March 2, 2020
4.7S-1/A333-18870410.9June 13, 2013
5.1
23.1
23.2
23.3
24.1


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 Seattle, State of Washington, on March 1, 2021.
NANOSTRING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
By:/s/ R. Bradley Gray
R. Bradley Gray
President and Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY
    KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints R. Bradley Gray and K. Thomas Bailey 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 (including his or her capacity as a director and/or officer of NanoString Technologies, Inc.) to sign the Registration Statement on Form S-8 of NanoString Technologies, Inc., and any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) thereto, 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, he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their, his, or her 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 date indicated.

SignatureTitleDate
/s/ R. Bradley GrayPresident, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)March 1, 2021
R. Bradley Gray
/s/ K. Thomas BaileyChief Financial Officer (Principal Accounting and Financial Officer)March 1, 2021
K. Thomas Bailey
/s/ William D. YoungChairman of the Board of DirectorsMarch 1, 2021
William D. Young
/s/ Elisha W. FinneyDirectorMarch 1, 2021
Elisha W. Finney
/s/ Robert M. HershbergDirectorMarch 1, 2021
Robert M. Hershberg
/s/ Don R. KaniaDirectorMarch 1, 2021
Don R. Kania
/s/ Kirk D. MalloyDirectorMarch 1, 2021
Kirk D. Malloy
/s/ Gregory NordenDirectorMarch 1, 2021
Gregory Norden
/s/ Chad P. WaiteDirectorMarch 1, 2021
Chad P. Waite