Catalyst Pharmaceuticals (CPRX) S-8Registration of securities for employees

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 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

CATALYST PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

2018 Stock Incentive Plan

(Full title of the plan)

Patrick J. McEnany

355 Alhambra Circle

Suite 801

Coral Gables, Florida 33134

(Name and address of agent for service)

(305) 420-3200

(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

With a copy to:

Philip B. Schwartz, Esq.

Andrew E. Schwartz, Esq.

Akerman LLP

201 East Las Olas Boulevard

Suite 1800

Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301

(954) 463-2700

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.

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 has been prepared and filed pursuant to and in accordance with the requirements of General Instruction E to Form S-8 for the purpose of registering an additional 10,500,000 shares of the common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Shares”), of Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company” or “Registrant”) that are issuable at any time or from time to time under the Registrant’s 2018 Stock Incentive Plan, as previously amended (the “Plan”), and any additional Common Shares that become issuable under the Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, or other similar transaction pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).

Pursuant to General Instruction E, the contents of the Registration Statements on Form S-8 filed for the Plan with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on June 29, 2018 (Registration No. 333-226008), including the documents incorporated by reference therein, are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this “Registration Statement”), except as supplemented by the information set forth below.

PART I

The information specified in Item 1 and Item 2 of Part I of Form S-8 is omitted from this filing in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the introductory note to Part I of the Form S-8 instructions. The document containing the information specified in Part I will be delivered to the participants in the Plan as required by Rule 428(b)(1).

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

The following documents previously filed with the Commission are incorporated herein by reference:

(a) The Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the Commission on March  15, 2023, and the amendment thereto, filed with the Commission on April 24, 2023.

(b) The Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q (i) for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, filed with the Commission on May 10, 2023; (ii) for the quarter ended June 30, 2023, filed with the Commission on August 9, 2023; and (iii) for the quarter ended September 30, 2023, filed with the Commission on November 8, 2023.

(c) The Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January  23, 2023, January  24, 2023, January  30, 2023 (as amended on April  10, 2023), February  7, 2023, March  7, 2023, March  15, 2023, March  31, 2023, May  9, 2023, May  10, 2023, May  30, 2023, June  1, 2023, June  23, 2023, July  21, 2023, July  28, 2023, August  9, 2023, August  25, 2023, October  13, 2023, October  20, 2023, October  27, 2023, November  3, 2023, November  8, 2023, and December 7, 2023.

(d) The description of the Common Shares filed with the Commission on Form 8-A12B on September  29, 2006, as amended on October 18, 2006.

All other reports and documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (other than Current Reports furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and exhibits furnished on such form that relate to such items) on or after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part of this Registration Statement from the date of the filing of such reports and documents. 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 that 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.

You may obtain a copy of any of these documents at no cost by requesting them from us or by writing or calling: Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 355 Alhambra Circle, Suite 801, Coral Gables, Florida, 33134, Attn: Investor Relations, or by calling (305) 420-3200. Copies of each of these filings are also available for no cost on our website, www.catalystpharma.com, or on the SEC’s web site, www.sec.gov.

Please refer to the description of our capital stock contained under the description of the Company’s securities registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act contained in Exhibit 4.5 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the SEC on March 16, 2022, together with any amendment thereto filed with the SEC for the purpose of updating such description.

Not applicable.

Our certificate of incorporation contains provisions that eliminate, to the maximum extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, the personal liability of directors and executive officers for monetary damages for breach of their fiduciary duties as a director or officer. Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws provide that we shall indemnify our directors and executive officers and may indemnify our employees and other agents to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law.

Sections 145 and 102(b)(7) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware provide that a corporation may indemnify any person made a party to an action by reason of the fact that he or she was a director, executive officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with such action if he or she 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, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful, except that, in the case of an action by or in right of the corporation, no indemnification may generally be made in respect of any claim as to which such person is adjudged to be liable to the corporation.

We have purchased and intend to maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer of our company against any loss arising from any claim asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, subject to certain exclusions.

Not applicable.

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provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) shall not apply if the information required to be included on a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by or furnished to the Commission by the Company pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 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 on Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Coral Gables, State of Florida, on December 8, 2023.

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes Patrick J. McEnany and Alicia Grande, or each of them, as his or her lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, 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 sign any and all amendment (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement on Form S-8 and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto 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, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

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