Initial Registration Statement for Employee Benefit Plan (Form S-8)

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 5, 2026

Registration No. 333-

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Under

The Securities Act of 1933

Metagenomi Therapeutics, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	81-3909017
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

Metagenomi Therapeutics, Inc.

5959 Horton Street, 7th Floor

Emeryville, California 94608

(510) 871-4880

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

Metagenomi, Inc. 2024 Stock Option and Incentive Plan

Metagenomi, Inc. 2024 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

(Full title of the plans)

Jian Irish, Ph.D., M.B.A.

President and Chief Executive Officer

Metagenomi Therapeutics, Inc.

5959 Horton Street, 7th Floor

Emeryville, California 94608

(510) 871-4880

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

Copies to:

Mitchell S. Bloom

Edwin M. O'Connor

Justin S. Platt

Goodwin Procter LLP

100 Northern Avenue

Boston, Massachusetts 02210

(617) 570-1000

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. ☒

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") is being filed for the purpose of registering (a) an additional 1,881,033 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share ("Common Stock"), of Metagenomi Therapeutics, Inc. (the "Registrant") available for issuance under the Registrant's 2024 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the "2024 Plan"), which were added on January 1, 2026 pursuant to an "evergreen" provision therein, and (b) an additional 376,206 shares of Common Stock of the Registrant available for issuance under the Registrant's 2024 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "2024 ESPP"), which were added on January 1, 2026 pursuant to an "evergreen" provision therein, for which a Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the same employee benefit plans are effective.

These additional shares of Common Stock are of the same class as other securities relating to the 2024 Plan and 2024 ESPP for which the Registrant's Registration Statements on Form S-8 (File No. 333-276983 and 333-285860), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") on February 9, 2024 and March 17, 2025, respectively, are effective (the "Earlier Registration Statements").

Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the Earlier Registration Statements are incorporated by reference, except to the extent supplemented, amended or superseded by the information set forth herein. Only those items of Form S-8 containing new information not contained in the earlier Registration Statements are presented herein.

Part II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the following documents filed with the Commission:

All documents that the Registrant subsequently files pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all of the shares of Common Stock offered have been sold or which deregisters all of such shares then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents.

Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded 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 superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

Under no circumstances will any information furnished under current items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K, and exhibits furnished on such form that relate to such items, be deemed incorporated herein by reference unless such Form 8-K expressly provides to the contrary.

Item 8. Exhibits.

Exhibit Number		Exhibit Table
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 with the SEC on February 13, 2024 (File No. 001-41949)).
4.2		Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on January 12, 2026 (File No. 001-41949)).
4.3		Second Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on January 12, 2026 (File No. 001-41949)).
4.4		Registration Rights Agreement among the Registrant and certain of its stockholders, dated January 24, 2024 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-276413)).
4.5		Form of Common Stock Certificate (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-276413)).
5.1*
23.1*
23.2*
24.1*		Power of Attorney (included on signature page).
99.1		Metagenomi, Inc. 2024 Stock Option and Incentive Plan and forms of award agreements thereunder (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-276413)).
99.2		Metagenomi, Inc. 2024 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-276413)).
107*

* Filed herewith.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Emeryville, State of California, on this 5th day of March, 2026.

		Metagenomi Therapeutics, Inc.
		By:	/s/ Jian Irish
			Jian Irish, Ph.D., M.B.A.
			President and Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES

KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENT, that each individual whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints each of Jian Irish and Pamela Wapnick, as such person's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person in such person's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Commission granting unto each 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 and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that any said attorney-in-fact and agent, or any substitute or substitutes of any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

NAME		TITLE		DATE
/s/ Jian Irish		President, Chief Executive Officer and Director		March 5, 2026
Jian Irish, Ph.D., M.B.A.		(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Pamela Wapnick		Chief Financial Officer		March 5, 2026
Pamela Wapnick, M.B.A.		(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Willard Dere		Director, Chairman		March 5, 2026
Willard Dere, M.D.
/s/ Eric Bjerkholt		Director		March 5, 2026
Eric Bjerkholt, M.B.A.
/s/ Juergen Eckhardt		Director		March 5, 2026
Juergen Eckhardt, M.D., M.B.A.
/s/ Laurence Reid		Director		March 5, 2026
Laurence Reid, Ph.D.
/s/ Brian C. Thomas		Director		March 5, 2026
Brian C. Thomas, Ph.D.