Company: VERA
Filing Date: 2025-02-28
Form Type: S-8
Source: 0001193125-25-042606
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Company: Vera Therapeutics, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-28
Form: S-8
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apeutics, Inc. (the “Registrant”) is
filing this Registration Statement on Form S-8 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) for the purpose of registering (i) 3,177,992 additional shares of its
Class A common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Class A Common Stock”) under the Vera Therapeutics, Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2021 Plan”), pursuant to the provisions of the 2021 Plan providing for an
automatic increase in the number of shares of Class A Common Stock reserved and available for issuance under the 2021 Plan on January 1, 2025, (ii) 1,370,575 additional shares of its Class A Common Stock that were added to the shares
authorized for issuance under the Vera Therapeutics, Inc. 2024 Inducement Plan (the “2024 Inducement Plan”) as inducement grants under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4) pursuant to an amendment of the 2024 Inducement Plan approved by the
Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Registrant, (iii) 969,425 shares of Class A Common Stock that may be issued upon the exercise of outstanding options granted under the 2024 Inducement Plan as inducement grants under
Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4), and (iv) 440,502 additional shares of its Class A Common Stock under the Vera Therapeutics, Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “2021 ESPP,” and together with the 2021 Plan and 2024
Inducement Plan, the “Plans”), pursuant to the provisions of the 2021 ESPP providing for an automatic increase in the number of shares of Class A Common Stock reserved and available for issuance under the 2021 ESPP on January 1,
2025. In accordance with the instructional note to Part I of Form S-8 as promulgated by the Commission, the information specified by Part I of the
Form S-8 has been omitted from this Registration Statement.

The Registrant previously registered shares
of its Class A Common Stock for issuance under the Plans on Registration Statements on Form S-8 filed with the Commission on May18, 2021 (File No. 333-256269), March28, 2022 (File No. 333-263899), March28, 2023 (File