Securities Registration: Employee Benefit Plan (s-8)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

BM Technologies, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		82-310369
(State or other jurisdiction of		(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)		Identification Number)

201 King of Prussia Road, Suite 350

Wayne, PA 19087

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

BM Technologies, Inc. 2020 Equity Incentive Plan

BM Technologies, Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

(Full title of the plan)

Luvleen Sidhu

Chief Executive Officer

201 King of Prussia Road, Suite 350

Wayne, PA 19087

(Name and address of agent for service)

(877) 327-9515
Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service

Copies to:
Jonathan H. Talcott
E. Peter Strand
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
101 Constitution Avenue NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20001
Telephone: (202) 689-2800

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 Securities Act. ☐

Title of securities to be registered	Amount to be Registered			Proposed maximum offering price per share⁽¹⁾		Proposed maximum aggregate offering price⁽¹⁾		Amount of registration fee⁽²⁾
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share
2020 Equity Incentive Plan		1,220,037	⁽³⁾	$	8.91	$	10,870,529.67	$	1,185.97
2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan		500,000	⁽⁴⁾	$	8.91	$	4,455,000.00	$	486.04
Total		1,720,037				$	15,325,529.67	$	1,672.01

(1)

Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, based on the average of the high and low prices for Class A common stock on Nasdaq Capital Market on September 27, 2021, which date is within five business days prior to filing this registration statement.

(2)

Amount of the registration fee was calculated pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Securities Act, and was determined by multiplying the aggregate offering price by 0.0001091.

(3)

Represents additional shares of common stock issuable under the BM Technologies, Inc. 2020 Equity Incentive Plan. In addition to such shares, pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act, this registration statement covers an undetermined number of shares of common stock of the registrant that may become issuable to prevent dilution from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions with respect to the shares registered hereunder.

(4)

Represents additional shares of common stock issuable under the BM Technologies, Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. In addition to such shares, pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act, this registration statement covers an undetermined number of shares of common stock of the registrant that may become issuable to prevent dilution from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions with respect to the shares registered hereunder.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

The following documents filed by BM Technologies, Inc. (the “Registrant”) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) are hereby incorporated by reference into this registration statement (in each case excluding any information furnished and not filed according to applicable rules, such as information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 on any Current Report on Form 8-K):

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the Company’s prospectus filed under Rule 424(b)(3) of the Securities Act on September 28, 2021;

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the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended June 30, 2021 and March 31, 2021;

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the Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 8, 2021, January 19, 2021, March 31, 2021, April 29, 2021, June 4, 2021, June 17, 2021 and July 14, 2021; and

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the description of the Registrant’s Common Stock set forth in the Registrant’s registration statement on Form 8-A filed with the SEC on December 8, 2020, and any amendment or report filed with the SEC for the purposes of updating such description.

All documents subsequently filed with the SEC by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1943, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this registration statement which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement (in each case excluding any information furnished and not filed according to applicable rules, such as information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 on any Current Report on Form 8-K) and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained in this registration statement, or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement, modifies or supersedes such prior statement. Any statement contained in this registration statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained in a subsequently filed document that is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement modifies or supersedes such prior statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.

Item 4. Description of Securities.

Not applicable.

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

Not applicable.

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”) provides that a corporation may indemnify directors and officers as well as other employees and individuals against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any threatened, pending or completed actions, suits or proceedings in which such person is made a party by reason of such person being or having been a director, officer, employee or agent of the registrant. The DGCL provides that Section 145 is not exclusive of other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. The registrant’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws provide for indemnification by the registrant of its directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL.

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Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL permits a corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation that a director of the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (1) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (2) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (3) for unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful stock repurchases, redemptions or other distributions or (4) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. The registrant’s certificate of incorporation provides for such limitation of liability to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL.

The registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and executive officers to provide contractual indemnification in addition to the indemnification provided in its certificate of incorporation. Each indemnification agreement provides for indemnification and advancements by the registrant of certain expenses and costs relating to claims, suits or proceedings arising from his or her service to the registrant or, at the registrant’s request, service to other entities, as officers or directors to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law. The registrant believes that these provisions and agreements are necessary to attract qualified directors.

The registrant also maintains standard policies of insurance under which coverage is provided (1) to its directors and officers against loss arising from claims made by reason of breach of duty or other wrongful act, while acting in their capacity as directors and officers of the registrant, and (2) to the registrant with respect to payments which may be made by the registrant to such officers and directors pursuant to any indemnification provision contained in the registrant’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws or otherwise as a matter of law.

The foregoing summaries are necessarily subject to the complete text of the statute, the registrant’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws, as amended to date, and the arrangements referred to above and are qualified in their entirety by reference thereto.

Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.

Not applicable.

Item 8. Exhibits.

The exhibits required to be filed as part of this registration statement are listed in the Exhibit Index set forth below immediately preceding the signature page to this registration statement.

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 the 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 Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) 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

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(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) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 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 Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) 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 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 No.		Description of Exhibit

4.1		Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of BM Technologies, Inc., filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on January 4, 2021 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Form 8-K filed by the registrant with the SEC on January 8, 2021).

4.2		Amended and Restated Bylaws of BM Technologies, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of Form 8-K filed by the registrant with the SEC on January 8, 2021).

4.3		BM Technologies, Inc. 2020 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 of Form 8-K filed by the registrant with the SEC on January 8, 2021). #

4.4		Form of BM Technologies, Inc. time vesting RSU Award Agreement.*#

4.5		Form of BM Technologies, Inc. performance vesting RSU Award Agreement.*#

4.6		BM Technologies, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan.*#

5.1		Opinion of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP.*

23.1		Consent of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).*

23.2		Consent of BDO USA LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.*

23.3		Consent of Withumsmith + Brown, P.C.*

24.1		Power of Attorney (included on the signature page hereto).*

Filed herewith

Denotes compensatory plan or arrangement

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 Wayne, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on September 29, 2021.

BM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

By:	/s/ Luvleen Sidhu
	Name:	Luvleen Sidhu
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Luvleen Sidhu and Robert Ramsey, and each of them acting alone, with full power of substitution, such person’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent for such person, with full power and authority to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorney and agent determines may be necessary or advisable or required to comply with the Securities Act of 1933 and any rules or regulations or requirements of the SEC in connection with this registration statement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing power and authority, the powers granted include the power and authority to sign the names of the undersigned officers and directors in the capacities indicated below to this registration statement, to any and all amendments, both pre-effective and post-effective, and supplements to this registration statement, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as part of or in conjunction with this registration statement or amendments or supplements thereof, and each of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms that said attorney and agent shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney may be signed in several counterparts.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities on September 29, 2021:

Signature		Title
/s/ Luvleen Sidhu		Chief Executive Officer and Director
Luvleen Sidhu		(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Robert Ramsey		Chief Financial Officer
Robert Ramsey		(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ Pankaj Dinodia		Director
Pankaj Dinodia
/s/ A.J. Dunklau		Director
A.J. Dunklau
/s/ Brent Hurley		Director
Brent Hurley
/s/ Marcy Schwab		Director
Marcy Schwab
/s/ Mike Gill		Director
Mike Gill
/s/ Aaron Hodari		Director
Aaron Hodari