Company: HRTX
Filing Date: 2025-05-06
Form Type: S-8
Source: 0000950170-25-064589
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Company: HERON THERAPEUTICS, INC. /DE/
Filing Date: 2025-05-06
Form: S-8
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 Inc. (the “Registrant”), consisting of:

an aggregate of 1,400,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding stock options granted to Mark Hensley, the Registrant’s Chief Operating Officer (“ Hensley ”), outside of a plan as inducement equity awards in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4) (the “ Inducement Options ”); and

500,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the vesting of restricted stock units granted to Hensley, outside of a plan as an inducement equity award in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4) (the “ Inducement RSUs ” and, together with the Inducement Options, the “ Inducement Awards ”).

The Inducement Awards were approved by the Compensation Committee of the Registrant’s Board of Directors as an inducement material to Hensley entering into employment with the Registrant.

<div align='center'>PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</div>

The documents containing the information required in Part I of this Registration Statement have been or will be sent or given to the participating employee as specified in Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the“Securities Act”), in accordance with the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the“Commission”). Such documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the“Securities Act”). These documents and the documents incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.

<div align='center'>PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</div>

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

The following documents have been filed by the Registrant with the Commission and are incorporated herein by reference:

the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 filed with the Commission on February 27, 2025 ;

the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2025 filed with the Commission on May 6,