Company: VRCA
Filing Date: 2025-05-13
Form Type: S-8
Source: 0001193125-25-118881
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Company: Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-05-13
Form: S-8
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 Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) to register 3,671,199 additional shares of Common Stock under the 2018 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2018
Plan”), pursuant to the provisions of the 2018 Plan providing for an automatic increase in the number of shares of Common Stock reserved and available for issuance under the 2018 Plan 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.

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PART II

| ITEM 3. | INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE |

The contents of the earlier registration statement related to the 2018 Plan, previously filed with the Commission on July 13, 2018 ( File No. 333-226153) are incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Registration Statement.

| 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)  |     | 2018 Equity Incentive Plan.                                                                                                                   |
| 4.4(4)  |     | Form of Stock Option Grant Notice, Stock Option Agreement, Restricted Stock Unit Grant Notice and Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement under 
 2018 Equity Incentive Plan.                                                                                                                   |
| 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 on the signature page of this Form S-8).                                                                          |
| 107     |     | Filing Fee Table                                                                                                                              |

| (1) | Previously filed as Exhibit 3.3 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-225104), filed with the Commission on May 22, 2018, and incorporated by reference herein.