As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 11, 2016
Registration No. 333-     

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 
FORM S-8

 
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 
Sientra, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	 	20-5551000	
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	 	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)	

420 South Fairview Avenue, Suite 200
Santa Barbara, CA 93117	 	93117	
(Address of principal executive offices)	 	(Zip code)	
 
Inducement Plan
(Full titles of the plans)
 
Jeffrey Nugent
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Sientra, Inc.
420 South Fairview Avenue, Suite 200
Santa Barbara, CA 93117
(805) 562-3500
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 
Copies to:

C. Thomas Hopkins, Esq.
Cooley LLP
1333 2nd Street, Suite 400
Santa Monica, CA 90401
(310) 883-6400	 	Matthew Pigeon
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Sientra, Inc.
420 South Fairview Avenue, Suite 200
Santa Barbara, CA 93117
(805) 562-3500	

 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large Accelerated filer   o	 	Accelerated filer                   x	
 	 	 	
Non-accelerated filer      o (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)	 	Smaller reporting company   o	
 
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Title of securities
to be registered	 	Amount
to be
registered (1)	 	Proposed
maximum
offering price
per share (2)	 	Proposed
maximum
aggregate
offering price (2)	 	Amount of
registration fee	 	
Inducement Plan
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share	 	180,000 shares	 	$	6.99	 	$	1,258,200.00	 	$	126.71	 	
													
(1)                                  Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock (the “Common Stock”) that become issuable under the Inducement Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction.
(2)                                  This estimate is made pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h)(1) of the Securities Act solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee. The price per share and aggregate offering price are based upon the average of the high and low sale prices of the Common Stock on April 6, 2016, as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market.

 

 
PART I
 
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
 
ITEM 1.       PLAN INFORMATION.
 
Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement.
 
ITEM 2.       REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION.
 
Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement.
 
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PART II
 
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
 
ITEM 3.       INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
 
The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the following documents previously filed by the Registrant with the Commission:
 
(a)   The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015, filed with the Commission on March 10, 2016 (File No. 001-36709);
 
(b)    The Registrant’s Current Reports on Form 8-K (excluding any information and exhibits furnished under Item 2.02 thereof), filed with the Commission on January 8, 2016, February 1, 2016, February 8, 2016, February 19, 2016, and March 9, 2016; and
 
(c)    The Registrant’s registration statement on Form 8-A filed on October 24, 2014 (File No. 001-36709) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
 
All documents, reports and definitive proxy or information statements filed pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement (except for any portions of the Registrant’s Current Reports on Form 8-K furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 thereof and any corresponding exhibits thereto not filed with the Commission), and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall 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, reports and definitive proxy or information statements, or portions thereof, which are 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 herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes that statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not constitute a part of this Registration Statement, except as so modified or superseded.
 
ITEM 4.       DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.
 
Not applicable.
 
ITEM 5.       INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.
 
Not applicable.
 
ITEM 6.       INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
 
The Registrant is incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware. Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”) provides that a Delaware corporation may indemnify any persons who were, are, or are threatened to be made, parties to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of such corporation), by reason of the fact that such person is or was an officer, director, employee or agent of such corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such corporation as an officer, director, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, 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 corporation’s best interests and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was illegal. A Delaware corporation may indemnify any persons who were, are, or are threatened to be made, a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit 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 such corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit provided such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation’s best interests except that no indemnification is permitted without judicial approval if the officer or director is adjudged to be liable to the corporation. Where an officer or director is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action referred to above, the corporation must indemnify him or her against the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred.
 
The Registrant’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws, each of which will become effective upon the closing of this offering, provide for the indemnification of its directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted under the DGCL.
 
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Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL permits a corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation that a director of the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duties as a director, except for liability for any:
 
·           transaction from which the director derives an improper personal benefit;
 
·           act or omission not in good faith or that involves intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;
 
·           unlawful payment of dividends or redemption of shares; or
 
·           breach of a director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders.
 
The Registrant’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation includes such a provision. Expenses incurred by any officer or director in defending any such action, suit or proceeding in advance of its final disposition shall be paid by the Registrant upon delivery to it of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such director or officer, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified by the Registrant.
 
Section 174 of the DGCL provides, among other things, that a director who willfully or negligently approves of an unlawful payment of dividends or an unlawful stock purchase or redemption may be held liable for such actions. A director who was either absent when the unlawful actions were approved, or dissented at the time, may avoid liability by causing his or her dissent to such actions to be entered in the books containing minutes of the meetings of the board of directors at the time such action occurred or immediately after such absent director receives notice of the unlawful acts.
 
As permitted by the DGCL, the Registrant has entered into indemnity agreements with each of its directors and executive officers, that require the Registrant to indemnify such persons against any and all costs and expenses (including attorneys’, witness or other professional fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any action, suit or proceeding (including derivative actions), whether actual or threatened, to which any such person may be made a party by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer or is or was acting or serving as an officer, director, employee or agent of the Registrant or any of its affiliated enterprises, provided that such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the Registrant’s best interests and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. The indemnification agreements also set forth certain procedures that will apply in the event of a claim for indemnification thereunder.
 
At present, there is no pending litigation or proceeding involving any of the Registrant’s directors or executive officers as to which indemnification is required or permitted, and the Registrant is not aware of any threatened litigation or proceeding that may result in a claim for indemnification.
 
The Registrant has an insurance policy in place that covers its officers and directors with respect to certain liabilities, including liabilities arising under the Securities Act or otherwise.
 
ITEM 7.       EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.
 
Not applicable.
 
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ITEM 8.       EXHIBITS.

Exhibit
Number	 	Description 	
4.1(1)	 	Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant.	
 	 	 	
4.2(2)	 	Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant.	
 	 	 	
4.3(3)	 	Form of Common Stock Certificate of the Registrant.	
 	 	 	
5.1*     	 	Opinion of Cooley LLP.	
 	 	 	
23.1*     	 	Consent of KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.	
 	 	 	
23.2*     	 	Consent of Cooley LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).	
 	 	 	
24.1*     	 	Power of Attorney (included in signature page to this Registration Statement).	
 	 	 	
99.1(4)† 	 	Sientra, Inc. Inducement Plan.	
 	 	 	
99.2(5)† 	 	Form of Stock Option Agreement, Grant Notice and Notice of Exercise under the Sientra, Inc. Inducement Plan.	
 	 	 	
99.3(6)† 	 	Form of Restricted Stock Agreement and Grant Notice under the Sientra, Inc. Inducement Plan.	

(1)               Previously filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-198837), originally filed with the Commission on October 20, 2014, as amended, and incorporated herein by reference.
(2)               Previously filed as Exhibit 3.4 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-198837), originally filed with the Commission on October 20, 2014, as amended, and incorporated herein by reference.
(3)               Previously filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-198837), originally filed with the Commission on October 20, 2014, as amended, and incorporated herein by reference.
(4)               Previously filed as Exhibit 10.20 to Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No.001-36709) filed on March 10, 2016.
(5)               Previously filed as Exhibit 10.20 to Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No.001-36709) filed on March 10, 2016.
(6)               Previously filed as Exhibit 10.20 to Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No.001-36709) filed on March 10, 2016.
*       Filed herewith.
 
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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:	

 	(i)	 	To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;	
 	 	 	 	
 	(ii)	 	To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the 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 the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective Registration Statement.	
 	 	 	 	
 	(iii)	 	To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;	
 
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the Registration Statement is on Form S-8, and 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 the Registration Statement; and

 	(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 Section 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 the 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.	
 
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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 Santa Barbara, State of California, on April 8, 2016.

 	SIENTRA, INC.	
 	 	 	
 	By:	/s/ Jeffrey Nugent	
 	 	Jeffrey Nugent	
 	 	Chief Executive Officer	
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose individual signature appears below hereby authorizes and appoints Jeffrey Nugent and Matthew Pigeon, and each of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution and full power to act without the other, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to act in his or her name, place and stead and to execute in the name and on behalf of each person, individually and in each capacity stated below, and to file any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and 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, ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them or their or his substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement and power of attorney have been signed by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities indicated on April 8, 2016.

Name	 	Title	
 	 	 	
/s/ Jeffrey Nugent	 	Chief Executive Officer and Chairman	
Jeffrey Nugent	 	(Principal Executive Officer)	
 	 	 	
/s/ Matthew Pigeon	 	Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer	
Matthew Pigeon	 	(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)	
 	 	 	
/s/ Nicholas Simon	 	Director	
Nicholas Simon	 	 	
 	 	 	
/s/ Timothy Haines	 	Director	
Timothy Haines	 	 	
 	 	 	
/s/ R. Scott Greer	 	Director	
R. Scott Greer	 	 	
 	 	 	
/s/ Kevin O’Boyle	 	Director	
Kevin O’Boyle	 	 	
 
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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number	 	Description 	
4.1(1)	 	Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant.	
 	 	 	
4.2(2)	 	Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant.	
 	 	 	
4.3(3)	 	Form of Common Stock Certificate of the Registrant.	
 	 	 	
5.1*     	 	Opinion of Cooley LLP.	
 	 	 	
23.1*     	 	Consent of KPMG LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm.	
 	 	 	
23.2*     	 	Consent of Cooley LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).	
 	 	 	
24.1*     	 	Power of Attorney (included in signature page to this Registration Statement).	
 	 	 	
99.1(4)† 	 	Sientra, Inc. Inducement Plan.	
 	 	 	
99.2(5)† 	 	Form of Stock Option Agreement, Grant Notice and Notice of Exercise under the Sientra, Inc. Inducement Plan.	
 	 	 	
99.3(6)† 	 	Form of Restricted Stock Agreement and Grant Notice under the Sientra, Inc. Inducement Plan.	

(1)	Previously filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-198837), originally filed with the Commission on October 20, 2014, as amended, and incorporated herein by reference.	
(2)	Previously filed as Exhibit 3.4 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-198837), originally filed with the Commission on October 20, 2014, as amended, and incorporated herein by reference.	
(3)	Previously filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-198837), originally filed with the Commission on October 20, 2014, as amended, and incorporated herein by reference.	
(4)	Previously filed as Exhibit 10.20 to Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No.001-36709) filed on March 10, 2016.	
(5)	Previously filed as Exhibit 10.20 to Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No.001-36709) filed on March 10, 2016.	
(6)	Previously filed as Exhibit 10.20 to Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No.001-36709) filed on March 10, 2016.	
*	Filed herewith.	
 
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Exhibit 5.1

 
C. Thomas Hopkins
T: +1 310 883 6417
thopkins@cooley.com
 
April 11, 2016
 
Sientra, Inc.
420 South Fairview Avenue, Suite 200
Santa Barbara, CA 93117
 
Ladies and Gentlemen:
 
You have requested our opinion with respect to certain matters in connection with the filing by Sientra, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), of a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “ Registration Statement ”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission covering the offering of up to 180,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, $0.01 par value (the “ Inducement Shares ”), pursuant to the Company’s Inducement Plan (the “ Plan ”).
 
In connection with this opinion, we have examined and relied upon (a) the Registration Statement and related prospectuses, (b) the Plans, (c) the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, as currently in effect, and (d) the originals or copies certified to our satisfaction of such records, documents, certificates, memoranda and other instruments as in our judgment are necessary or appropriate to enable us to render the opinion expressed below. We have assumed the genuineness and authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, and the conformity to originals of all documents submitted to us as copies thereof and the due execution and delivery of all documents where due execution and delivery are a prerequisite to the effectiveness thereof. As to certain factual matters, we have relied upon a certificate of an officer of the Company and have not sought to independently verify such matters. Our opinion is expressed only with respect to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. We expenses no opinion as to whether the laws of any particular jurisdiction other than those identified above are applicable to the subject matter hereof.
 
On the basis of the foregoing, and in reliance thereon, we are of the opinion that the Inducement Shares, when sold and issued in accordance with the Plan and the Registration Statement and related prospectuses, will be validly issued, fully paid, and nonassessable (except as to shares issued pursuant to certain deferred payment arrangements, which will be fully paid and nonassessable when such deferred payments are made in full).
 
We consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.
 
Sincerely,
 
Cooley LLP

By:	/s/ C. Thomas Hopkins	 	
 	C. Thomas Hopkins	 	
 
1333 2ND STREET, SUITE 400, SANTA MONICA, CA 90401  T: (310) 883-6400  F: (310) 883-6500  WWW.COOLEY.COM

Exhibit 23.1
 
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Sientra, Inc.:
 
We consent to the use of our report dated March 10, 2016, with respect to the balance sheets of Sientra, Inc. as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, and the related statements of operations, convertible preferred stock and stockholders’ equity (deficit), and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2015, and the related financial statement schedule, incorporated by reference herein.
 
/s/ KPMG LLP
 
Woodland Hills, California
April 11, 2016