Securities Registration: Employee Benefit Plan (s-8)

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 16, 2018

 

Registration No. 333-            

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

PRESBIA PLC

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Ireland		98-1162329
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

Suite 7, Sandyford Office Centre, 17 Corrig Road,

Sandyford, Dublin 18 Ireland

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

PRESBIA INCENTIVE PLAN

(Full Title of the Plan)

 

Mark Yung

Chief Executive Officer

Suite 7, Sandyford Office Centre, 17 Corrig Road,

Sandyford, Dublin 18 Ireland

(Name and Address Including Zip Code, of Agent For Service)

[phone]

Telephone Number, Including Area Code

 

 

Copies to:

 

David L. Goret, Esq.

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

1251 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10020

[phone]

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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.   ☒

 

Calculation of Registration Fee

 

Title of Securities to be Registered		Amount to be Registered		Proposed Maximum Offering Price per Share		Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price		Amount of Registration Fee
Ordinary shares, $0.001 par value per share		300,000 shares(1)		$0.77215(2)		$231,645(2)		$28.08

 

(1)

Covers 300,000 ordinary shares issuable under the Presbia Incentive Plan, as amended (the “Plan”), and, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), an indeterminable number of ordinary shares issuable under the Plan, as these amounts may be adjusted as a result of stock splits, stock dividends, antidilution provisions, and similar transactions.

 

(2)

Estimated, in accordance with Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act, solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. The proposed maximum offering price per share and the proposed maximum aggregate offering price are based on the average of the high and low prices for an ordinary share on the Nasdaq Capital Market on November 13, 2018, which is within five business days prior to the date of this registration statement.

 

 

 

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Registration Statement is being filed by the registrant, Presbia PLC (the “registrant”), for the purpose of registering an additional 300,000 ordinary shares to be issued under the Presbia Incentive Plan, as amended (the “Plan”), pursuant to General Instruction E on Form S-8 (Registration of Additional Securities). The shareholders of the registrant approved the amendment of the Plan for this purpose at the annual general meeting of shareholders held on August 30, 2018. The contents of the original registration on Form S-8 for the Plan filed on January 29, 2015 (File No. 333-201758), together with the registration on Form S-8 filed on August 5, 2016 for the purpose of registering additional ordinary shares to be issued under the Plan (File No. 333-212958), are hereby incorporated by reference and made a part hereof. 

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 3.

Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference

The Securities and Exchange Commission allows us to “incorporate” into this registration statement information we file with other documents. This means that we may disclose important information to you by referring to other documents that contain that information. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this registration statement, and information we file later with the Securities and Exchange Commission will automatically update and supersede this information. We incorporate by reference the documents listed below, except to the extent information in those documents is different from the information contained in this registration statement:

 

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Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, filed on March 30, 2018.

 

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Our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2018, June 30, 2018 and September 30, 2018, filed on May 11, 2018, August 10, 2018 and November 13, 2018, respectively.

 

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Our Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed on July 30, 2018.

 

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Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 9, 2018, January 24, 2018, February 12, 2018, February 14, 2018, February 21, 2018, March 21, 2018, April 13, 2018, July 30, 2018, September 6, 2018 and October 12, 2018 (in each case except to the extent furnished but not filed).

 

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The description of the registrant’s ordinary shares contained in its Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on January 28, 2015 pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), including any amendment or report updating such description.

All documents subsequently filed by us with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this registration statement, which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities 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 filing of such documents.

 

Item 8.

Exhibits

 

For a list of exhibits, see the Exhibit Index in this registration statement, which is incorporated into this Item by reference.

 

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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 this 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 Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) promulgated under the Securities Act 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; and

 

(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)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-8 and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission by the undersigned 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 undersigned 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.

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number		Description of Exhibit
4.1		Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 11, 2017).
5.1		Opinion of McCann FitzGerald, Irish legal counsel of the registrant.
10.1		Presbia Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-194713) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 9, 2014).
10.2		Amendment No. 1 to Presbia Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-212958) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 5, 2016).
10.3		Amendment No. 2 to Presbia Incentive Plan.
23.1		Consent of McCann FitzGerald (filed as part of Exhibit 5.1).
23.2		Consent of Squar Milner LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.
24.1		Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement on Form S-8).

 

 

 

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 Irvine, California, on November 16, 2018.

 

				Presbia PLC
Date: November 16, 2018				By:		/s/ Mark Yung
						Mark Yung
						President and Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNTURES

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Mark Yung and Richard Fogarty, and each of them, his attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution for him in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this Registration Statement, including any and all pre-effective and post-effective amendments and to file such amendments thereto, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact, or their substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Name		Title			Date
/s/    Mark Yung Mark Yung		President, Chief Executive Officer and Director ( Principal Executive Officer )			November 16, 2018
/s/    Richard Fogarty Richard Fogarty		Chief Accounting Officer, Vice President, Finance and Secretary ( Principal Financial and Accounting Officer )			November 16, 2018
/s/    Gerd U. Auffarth, M.D., Ph.D., F.E.B.O. Gerd U. Auffarth, M.D., Ph.D., F.E.B.O.		Director			November 16, 2018
/s/    Robert Cresci Robert Cresci		Director			November 16, 2018
/s/    Gerald Farrell, Ph.D. Gerald Farrell, Ph.D.		Director			November 16, 2018
/s/    Zohar Loshitzer Zohar Loshitzer		Director			November 16, 2018
/s/    Richard Ressler		Director			November 16, 2018
Richard Ressler