As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 3, 2026
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
The Securities Act of 1933
SCHOLAR ROCK HOLDING CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 82-3750435 |
(State or other jurisdiction of | (I.R.S. Employer |
301 Binney Street, 3rd Floor
Cambridge, MA 02142
(857) 259-3860
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Scholar Rock Holding Corporation 2018 Stock Option and Incentive Plan
Scholar Rock Holding Corporation 2018 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Scholar Rock Holding Corporation 2022 Inducement Equity Plan
(Full Title of the Plans)
David Hallal
Chief Executive Officer
301 Binney Street, 3rd Floor
Cambridge, MA 02142
(857) 259-3860
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Junlin Ho
General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
Scholar Rock Holding Corporation
301 Binney Street, 3rd Floor
Cambridge, MA 02142
(857) 259-3860
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 ☒ |
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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 is being filed by Scholar Rock Holding Corporation (the “Registrant”) to register 4,338,454 additional shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, reserved for issuance under the Scholar Rock Holding Corporation 2018 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, 353,614 additional shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, reserved for issuance under the Scholar Rock Holding Corporation 2018 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and 1,500,000 additional shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, reserved and available for issuance under the Scholar Rock Holding Corporation 2022 Inducement Equity Plan.
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8 regarding Registration of Additional Securities, the contents of the Registration Statements filed on Form S-8 (File No. 333-225192, File No. 333-238082, File No. 333-256065, File No. 333-263349, File No. 333-266658, File No. 333-268327, File No. 333-270318, File No. 333-278049, File No. 333-283120 and File No. 333-285307) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 24, 2018, May 7, 2020, May 13, 2021, March 7, 2022, August 8, 2022, November 14, 2022, March 7, 2023, March 19, 2024, November 12, 2024 and February 27, 2025, respectively, are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement to the extent not replaced hereby.
Part II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit No. | Description |
3.1 | |
3.2 | |
3.3 | |
3.4 | |
4.1 | |
5.1* | |
23.1* | Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. |
23.2* | |
23.3* | Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. |
24.1* | |
99.1 | |
99.2 | |
99.3 | |
99.4 | |
99.5 | |
99.6 | |
99.7 | |
99.8 | |
99.9* | |
107* |
* | Filed herewith. |
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 Cambridge, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the 3rd day of March, 2026.
SCHOLAR ROCK HOLDING CORPORATION | |
By: /s/ DAVID HALLAL | |
David Hallal | |
Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) |
POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENT, that each individual whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints each of David Hallal and Vikas Sinha as such person’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person in such person’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent 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 such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that any said attorney-in-fact and agent, or any substitute or substitutes of any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following person in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature | Title | Date |
/s/ David Hallal | Chief Executive Officer Chairman of the Board of Directors (Principal Executive Officer) | March 3, 2026 |
David Hallal | ||
/s/ Vikas Sinha | Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | March 3, 2026 |
Vikas Sinha | ||
/s/ Srinivas Akkaraju | Director | March 3, 2026 |
Srinivas Akkaraju, M.D., Ph.D. | | |
/s/ Richard Brudnick | Director | March 3, 2026 |
Richard Brudnick | | |
/s/ Kristina Burow | Director | March 3, 2026 |
Kristina Burow | ||
/s/ Jeffrey S. Flier | Director | March 3, 2026 |
Jeffrey S. Flier, M.D. | ||
/s/ Michael Gilman | Director | March 3, 2026 |
Michael Gilman, Ph.D. | ||
/s/ Katie Peng | Director | March 3, 2026 |
Katie Peng | | |
/s/ Joshua Reed | Director | March 3, 2026 |
Joshua Reed | ||
/s/ Akshay Vaishnaw | Director | March 3, 2026 |
Akshay Vaishnaw, M.D., Ph.D. |
Exhibit 5.1
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March 3, 2026
Scholar Rock Holding Corporation
301 Binney Street
Cambridge, MA 02142
Re:Securities Being Registered under Registration Statement on Form S-8
We have acted as your counsel in connection with your filing of a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), on or about the date hereof relating to an aggregate of 6,192,068 shares (the “Shares”) of Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share (“Common Stock”), of Scholar Rock Holding Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), that may be issued pursuant to the Company’s 2018 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, 2018 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and 2022 Inducement Equity Plan, as amended (collectively, the “Plans”).
We have reviewed such documents and made such examination of law as we have deemed appropriate to give the opinion set forth below. We have relied, without independent verification, on certificates of public officials and, as to matters of fact material to the opinion set forth below, on certificates of officers of the Company.
For purposes of the opinion set forth below, we have assumed that, at the time Shares are issued, the total number of then unissued Shares, when added to the number of shares of Common Stock issued, subscribed for, or otherwise committed to be issued, does not exceed the number of shares of Common Stock authorized by the Company’s certificate of incorporation.
The opinion set forth below is limited to the Delaware General Corporation Law.
Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized and, when delivered against payment therefor in accordance with the terms of the Plans, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
This opinion letter and the opinion it contains shall be interpreted in accordance with the Core Opinion Principles as published in 74 Business Lawyer 815 (Summer 2019).
We hereby consent to the inclusion of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement. In giving our consent, we do not admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Goodwin Procter LLP
GOODWIN PROCTER LLP
Exhibit 23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8) pertaining to the 2018 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, the 2018 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and the 2022 Inducement Equity Plan of Scholar Rock Holding Corporation of our report dated February 27, 2025, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Scholar Rock Holding Corporation included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2025, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
March 3, 2026
Exhibit 23.3
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated March 3, 2026, relating to the financial statements of Scholar Rock Holding Corporation appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Scholar Rock Holding Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2025.
/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
March 3, 2026
SIXTH AMENDMENT
TO
SCHOLAR ROCK HOLDING CORPORATION
2022 INDUCEMENT EQUITY PLAN
“The maximum number of shares of Stock reserved and available for issuance under the Plan shall be 8,500,000 shares, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 3(c).”
Approved by the Board of Directors on February 5, 2026.
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Calculation of Filing Fee Tables |
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Table 1: Newly Registered Securities |
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Security Type |
Security Class Title |
Fee Calculation Rule |
Amount Registered |
Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Unit |
Maximum Aggregate Offering Price |
Fee Rate |
Amount of Registration Fee |
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| 1 |
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$
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$
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$
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$
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$
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$
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$
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Total Offering Amounts: |
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Total Fee Offsets: |
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Net Fee Due: |
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Offering Note |
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| Table 2: Fee Offset Claims and Sources |
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| Registrant or Filer Name | Form or Filing Type | File Number | Initial Filing Date | Filing Date | Fee Offset Claimed | Security Type Associated with Fee Offset Claimed | Security Title Associated with Fee Offset Claimed | Unsold Securities Associated with Fee Offset Claimed | Unsold Aggregate Offering Amount Associated with Fee Offset Claimed | Fee Paid with Fee Offset Source | |||
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| Rule 457(p) | |||||||||||||
| Fee Offset Claims | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Fee Offset Sources | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |