Initial Registration Statement for Employee Benefit Plan Form S 8

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 6, 2024

Registration No. 333-

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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Evolus, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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Delaware	46-1385614
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

520 Newport Center Drive, Suite 1200

Newport Beach, California 92660

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Evolus, Inc. 2024 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

(Full title of the plans)

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David Moatazedi

President and Chief Executive Officer

Evolus, Inc.

520 Newport Center Drive, Suite 1200

Newport Beach, California 92660

(949) 284-4555

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

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Copies to:

Mark Peterson, Esq. O'Melveny & Myers LLP 610 Newport Center Drive, Suite 1700 Newport Beach, California 92660 (949) 823-6900	Jeffrey J. Plumer General Counsel Evolus, Inc. 520 Newport Center Drive, Suite 1200 Newport Beach, California 92660 (949) 284-4555

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. ☐

PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE

SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to participants as specified by Securities Act Rule 428(b)(1).

PART II

INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF CONTENTS OF

REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8

Item 3. Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference

The following documents of Evolus, Inc. (the "Company" or "Registrant") filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") are incorporated herein by reference:

(a) The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the Commission on March 7, 2024 (Commission File No. 001-38381);

(b) The Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2024, June 30, 2024 and September 30, 2024, filed with the Commission on May 7, 2024, July 31, 2024, and November 6, 2024, respectively (each, Commission File No. 001-38381);

(c) The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March 13, 2024, April 3, 2024, June 11, 2024, and July 1, 2024 (each, Commission File No. 001-38381, and in each case only as to the information "filed" with the Commission thereunder for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and not as to information "furnished" thereunder); and

(d) The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in its Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on February 1, 2018, as modified by the description of the Company's Common Stock contained in Exhibit 4.3 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the Commission on March 7, 2024 (each, Commission File No. 001-38381), and any other amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.

All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment 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 or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with Commission rules shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. Any statement contained herein or in a document, all or a portion of which is 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 other subsequently filed document which also is or 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 amended, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

Item 4. Description of Securities

Not applicable.

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

The validity of the issuance of securities registered hereby is passed on for the Company by Jeffrey J. Plumer. Mr. Plumer is General Counsel, of the Company and is compensated by the Company as an employee. Mr. Plumer holds 89,026 shares of Company common stock, 95,863 Company restricted stock units that are payable in an equivalent number of shares of Company common stock, up to 23,799 Company performance restricted stock units that are payable in various numbers of shares of Company common stock depending on achievement of certain performance milestones, and Company stock options to acquire up to an additional 379,883 shares of Company common stock.

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware ("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, 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. Except in the case of an action by or in the right of the corporation (i.e., a derivative action), 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. With respect to an action by or in the right of the corporation, the indemnity may only 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 such person is adjudged to be liable, unless the Delaware Court of Chancery, or the court in which such action or suit was brought, determines that despite the adjudication of liability, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses. Where a present or former officer or director is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to above, the corporation must indemnify him or her against the expenses (including attorneys' fees) by him or her in connection therewith. The Registrant's amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws provide for the indemnification of the Registrant's directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted under the DGCL.

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: (i) transaction from which the director derives an improper personal benefit; (ii) act or omission not in good faith or that involves intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; (iii) willful or negligent violations of Delaware law governing the authorizations of dividends, stock repurchases, and redemptions, as provided in Section 174 of the DGCL; or (iv) 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 of the Registrant's officers or directors in defending any such action, suit or proceeding in advance of its final disposition shall be paid by the Registrant upon delivery to the Registrant 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.

The Registrant has entered into separate indemnification agreements with the Registrant's directors and officers. These indemnification agreements may require the Registrant, among other things, to indemnify the Registrant's directors and officers for some expenses, including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines and settlement amounts incurred by such director or officer in any action or proceeding arising out of his or her service as one of the Registrant's directors or officers, or as a director, officer, employee or agent of any of the Registrant's subsidiaries or any other company or enterprise to which the person provides services at the Registrant's request.

The Registrant maintains a general liability insurance policy that covers certain liabilities of directors and officers of the Registrant arising out of claims based on acts or omissions in their capacities as directors or officers and the Registrant intends to maintain such insurance coverage.

Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.

Not applicable

Item 8. Exhibits.

The following exhibits are filed herewith or incorporated by reference as part of this Registration Statement:

Exhibit No.	Description
4.1	Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 12, 2018).
4.2	Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated June 12, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 14, 2023
4.3	Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 12, 2018).
4.4	Specimen certificate evidencing shares of common stock of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-222478)).
5*	Opinion of Counsel (Legality of Shares)
23.1*	Consent of independent registered public accounting firm.
23.2*	Consent of Counsel (included as part of Exhibit 5).
24.1	Power of Attorney (included on signature page hereto).
99.1	2024 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 11, 2024)
107*	Filing fee table

* Filed herewith

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 a prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement; and

(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) above do not apply if 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.

(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 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 Securities and Exchange 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.

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 Newport Beach, State of California, on November 6, 2024.

EVOLUS, INC.
/s/ David Moatazedi
By:	David Moatazedi
President and Chief Executive Officer

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints David Moatazedi and Sandra Beaver and each or either of them, as his or her true and 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 amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, including any and all post-effective amendments and amendments thereto, 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 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 attorney-in-fact and agent, or their or his or her substitutes or substitute, 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 has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature	Title	Date
/s/ David Moatazedi	President, Chief Executive Officer and Member of the Board of Directors (Principal Executive Officer)	November 6, 2024
David Moatazedi
/s/ Sandra Beaver	Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)	November 6, 2024
Sandra Beaver
/s/ Vikram Malik	Chairman of the Board of Directors	November 6, 2024
Vikram Malik
/s/ Simone Blank	Director	November 6, 2024
Simone Blank
/s/ Albert White III	Director	November 6, 2024
Albert White III
/s/ David Gill	Director	November 6, 2024
David Gill

/s/ Karah Parschauer	Director	November 6, 2024
Karah Parschauer
/s/ Brady Stewart	Director	November 6, 2024
Brady Stewart