DBV Technologies Strengthens Employee Incentives with Expanded Stock Programs

Rhea-AI Filing Summary

DBV Technologies has filed a Form S-8 registration statement to register securities related to its 2025 Stock Option Plan and 2025 Free Share Plan. The company, headquartered in Châtillon, France, is classified as a non-accelerated filer and smaller reporting company.

Key aspects of the filing include:

• Registration incorporates previous S-8 filings from October 2014, November 2023, and July 2024
• Includes the company's Annual Report for FY2024 and Q1 2025 Quarterly Report
• Maintains liability insurance for directors and officers with contractual indemnification provisions
• French law prohibits limiting director liability but allows insurance against civil liabilities

The registration is signed by CEO Daniel Tassé and includes authorization from the full board of directors. Michele Robertson serves as the authorized U.S. representative in her capacity as Chief Legal Officer. The filing demonstrates DBV Technologies' commitment to employee equity compensation while maintaining compliance with both U.S. and French regulatory requirements.

Positive

• Company implemented new 2025 Stock Option Plan and Free Share Plan, enhancing ability to attract and retain key talent
• Maintained comprehensive liability insurance coverage for directors and officers, strengthening corporate governance protections

Negative

• Company classified as both non-accelerated filer and smaller reporting company, indicating reduced market capitalization and/or revenues

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 24, 2025

Registration No. 333-   

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

DBV TECHNOLOGIES S.A.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

France	 	Not applicable
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	 	(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

107 avenue de la République

92320 Châtillon France

+33 1 55 42 78 78

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

2025 Stock Option Plan

2025 Free Share Plan

(Full title of the plans)

Michele Robertson

DBV Technologies Inc.

10 Independence Boulevard

Suite 302

Warren, New Jersey 07059

+1 908-679-5200

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

 

 

Copies to:

 

Richard Segal Darah Protas Cooley LLP 55 Hudson Yards New York, New York 10001 +1 212 479 6000   Arnaud Duhamel Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I. 15 rue de Laborde 75008 Paris France +33 1 40 75 00 00

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.

 

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 information specified in Part I of Form S-8 is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the introductory note to Part I of this Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be delivered to the participants in the plans covered by this Registration Statement as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

The following documents filed by DBV Technologies S.A. (the “Registrant”) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:

(a) The contents of the Registrant’s Registration Statements on Form S-8, previously filed with the Commission on October 22, 2014 (File No. 333-199513), November  20, 2023 (File No. 333-275662) and July 2, 2024 (File No. 333-280657).

(b) The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 (File No.  001-36697), filed with the Commission on April 11, 2025, the Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on From 10-K (File No. 001-36697) for the fiscal year ended December  31, 2024, filed with the Commission on April 28, 2025 and the Amendment No. 2 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on From 10-K (File No. 001-36697) for the fiscal year ended December  31, 2024, filed with the Commission on May 14, 2025;

(c) The Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2025 (File No. 001-36697), filed with the Commission on April 30, 2025;

(d) The Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March 24, 2025, March  31, 2025 and June 11, 2025 (in each case, except for information contained therein which is furnished rather than filed); and

(e) The description of the Registrant’s Ordinary Shares and American Depositary Shares contained in the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission under Section  12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) on October 17, 2014 (File No. 001-36697), including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.

All other reports and documents filed, but not furnished, by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act 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 under this Registration Statement 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. In no event, however, will any of the information, including exhibits, that the Registrant discloses under Item 2.02 and Item 7.01 of any report on Form 8-K that has been or may be, from time to time, furnished to the Commission, be incorporated by reference into or otherwise become a part of this Registration Statement.

Any statement contained in a document 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 that 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 superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

Not applicable.

ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL

Not applicable.

ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

Under French law, provisions of by-laws that limit the liability of directors are prohibited. However, French law allows sociétés anonymes to contract for and maintain liability insurance against civil liabilities incurred by any of their directors and officers involved in a third-party action, provided that they acted in good faith and within their capacities as directors or officers of the company. Criminal liability cannot be indemnified under French law, whether directly by the company or through liability insurance.

The Registrant maintains liability insurance for its directors and officers, including insurance against liability under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Registrant has entered into agreements with its directors and executive officers to provide contractual indemnification. With certain exceptions and subject to limitations on indemnification under French law, these agreements to provide for indemnification for damages and expenses including, among other things, attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and settlement amounts incurred by any of these individuals in any action or proceeding arising out of his or her actions in that capacity. The Registrant believes that this insurance and these agreements are necessary to attract qualified directors and executive officers.

These agreements may discourage shareholders from bringing a lawsuit against the Registrant’s directors and executive officers for breach of their fiduciary duty. These provisions also may have the effect of reducing the likelihood of derivative litigation against directors and executive officers, even though such an action, if successful, might otherwise benefit the Registrant and its shareholders. Furthermore, a shareholder’s investment may be adversely affected to the extent the Registrant pays the costs of settlement and damage awards against directors and officers pursuant to these insurance agreements.

Certain of the Registrant’s non-employee directors may, through their relationships with their employers or partnerships, be insured against certain liabilities in their capacity as members of the Registrant’s board of directors.

ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED

Not applicable.

ITEM 8. EXHIBITS

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

Incorporated by Reference

Exhibit Number

  

Description

  

Schedule Form

 

  

File Number

 

  

Exhibit

  

Filing Date

4.1+

  

Amended and Restated Bylaws (statuts) of the Registrant (English translation)

  

  

  

  

4.2

  

Form of Amendment No. 1 to Deposit Agreement

  

 

F-6 POS

 

  

 

333-266202

 

  

99(a)(i)

  

May 17, 2024

4.4

  

Form of Amendment No. 2 to Deposit Agreement

  

 

F-6 POS

 

  

 

333-266202

 

  

99(a)(i)

  

November 12, 2024

4.5

  

Form of American Depositary Receipt (included in Exhibit 4.4)

  

 

F-6 POS

 

  

 

333-266202

 

  

99(a)(ii)

  

November 12, 2024

5.1+

  

Opinion of Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I., French counsel to the Registrant

  

  

  

  

23.1+

  

Consent of Deloitte & Associés

  

  

  

  

23.2+

  

Consent of KPMG S.A.

  

  

  

  

24.1+

  

Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Form S-8).

  

  

  

  

99.1+

  

2025 Stock Option Plan (English translation)

  

  

  

  

99.2+

  

2025 Free Share Plan (English translation)

  

  

  

  

107+

  

Calculation of 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 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% 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)(i) and (a)(ii) 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 (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 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, 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 Châtillon, France on June 24, 2025.

 

DBV TECHNOLOGIES S.A.
By:	 	/s/ Daniel Tassé
	 	Daniel Tassé
	 	Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

We, the undersigned directors, officers and/or authorized representative in the United States of DBV Technologies S.A., hereby severally constitute and appoint Daniel Tassé and Virginie Boucinha, and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys, with full power to any of them, and to each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below the registration statement on Form S-8 filed herewith, and any and all pre-effective and post-effective amendments to said registration statement, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of equity securities of DBV Technologies S.A., and to file or cause to be filed the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys, 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 connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as each of them might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys, and each of them, or their substitute or substitutes, shall do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on June 24, 2025.

 

Signature	  	Title
/s/ Daniel Tassé Daniel Tassé	  	Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Virginie Boucinha Virginie Boucinha	  	Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ Michel de Rosen Michel de Rosen	  	Director
/s/ Mailys Ferrere Mailys Ferrere	  	Director
/s/ Michael J. Goller Michael J. Goller	  	Director

/s/ Danièle Guyot-Caparros Danièle Guyot-Caparros	  	Director
/s/ Timothy E. Morris Timothy E. Morris	  	Director
/s/ Adora Ndu Adora Ndu	  	Director
/s/ Julie O’Neill Julie O’Neill	  	Director
/s/ Ravi Madduri Rao Ravi Madduri Rao	  	Director
/s/ Daniel Soland Daniel Soland	  	Director

SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative in the United States of DBV Technologies S.A. has signed this Registration Statement on June 24, 2025.

 

DBV TECHNOLOGIES INC.
By:	 	/s/ Michele Robertson
Name:	 	Michele Robertson
Title:	 	Chief Legal Officer, Vice President

FAQ

What is the purpose of DBVT's S-8 filing from June 28, 2025?

DBVT filed this S-8 to register securities related to two new employee benefit plans: the 2025 Stock Option Plan and 2025 Free Share Plan. This registration statement allows the company to offer these equity-based compensation plans to employees.

Who are the key executives and directors mentioned in DBVT's latest S-8 filing?

The key executives mentioned include Daniel Tassé (Chief Executive Officer), Virginie Boucinha (Chief Financial Officer), and Michele Robertson (Chief Legal Officer). The board includes Michel de Rosen, Mailys Ferrere, Michael J. Goller, Danièle Guyot-Caparros, Timothy E. Morris, Adora Ndu, Julie O'Neill, Ravi Madduri Rao, and Daniel Soland.

What is DBVT's company classification according to the 2025 S-8 filing?

According to the filing, DBVT is classified as both a non-accelerated filer and a smaller reporting company. The company is not categorized as a large accelerated filer, accelerated filer, or emerging growth company.

How does DBVT handle director and officer indemnification according to the S-8?

DBVT maintains liability insurance for directors and officers and provides contractual indemnification. While French law prohibits limiting director liability in bylaws, the company can insure against civil liabilities. The insurance covers damages, attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, and settlements, though criminal liability cannot be indemnified under French law.

What recent SEC filings are incorporated by reference in DBVT's S-8?

The S-8 incorporates several recent filings including: the Annual Report for fiscal year 2024 (filed April 11, 2025 with two amendments), Quarterly Report for Q1 2025 (filed April 30, 2025), and Current Reports filed on March 24, March 31, and June 11, 2025.