As Filed With the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 24, 2020

Registration No. 333-          

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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MARIJUANA COMPANY OF AMERICA, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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Utah (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	1340 West Valley Parkway, Ste. 205 Escondido, CA 92029	98-1246221 (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
(Address, including zip code, of Principal Executive Offices)

 

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Marijuana Company of America, Inc.

Equity Incentive Plan

(Full title of the plan)

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Registered Agents, Inc.

401 Ryland Street, Ste. 200-A

Reno, NV 89502

Telephone: (775) 401-6800

(Name and address of agent for service)

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer [_]

Accelerated filer [_]

Non-accelerated filer [_]

Smaller reporting company [X]

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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

Title of Securities to be Registered	Amount to be Registered (1)	Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share (2)	Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price (2)	Amount of Registration Fee (2)
Common Stock, $0.001 par value	228,560,371 shares	$0.0014	$319,984.52	$34.91

 

(1)

This registration statement (this “Registration Statement”) is being filed for purposes of registering 228,560,371 shares of common stock of Marijuana Company of America, Inc. (the “Registrant”), issuable pursuant to our Equity Incentive Plan, as the same may be amended or restated (the “Equity Incentive Plan”). Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of shares that may be offered or issued as a result of stock splits, stock dividends, or similar transactions.

(2)

Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee. The maximum price per Security and the maximum aggregate offering price are based on the average of the $0.002 (high) and $0.0017 (low) sale price of the Registrant's as reported on the OTC Markets on November 20, 2020, which date is within five business days prior to filing this Registration Statement.

 

This Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing in accordance with Rule 462(a) under the Securities Act.

 

INTRODUCTION

 

Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the Registrant is filing this Registration Statement with respect to the issuance of 228,560,371 shares of its common stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), under the Registrant’s Equity Incentive Plan.

 

PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

Item 1. Plan Information.

 

The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to the individuals who participate in the Equity Incentive Plan in accordance with Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act. Such documents are not required to be, and are not, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), either as part of this Registration Statement or as a prospectus or prospectus supplement pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act, but constitute (along with the documents incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof) a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.

 

Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.

 

Upon written or oral request, any of the documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement (which documents are incorporated by reference in the Section 10(a) prospectus), other documents required to be delivered to eligible employees pursuant to Rule 428(b) or additional information about the Registrant’s Equity Incentive Plan are available without charge by contacting: Secretary, Marijuana Company of America, Inc., 1340 West Valley Parkway, Ste. 205, Escondido, California 92029 or by calling (888) 777-4362.

 

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

The following documents which have been filed (other than filings or portions of filings that are furnished under applicable SEC rules rather than filed) by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), are incorporated by reference herein and shall be deemed to be a part hereof:

(a)       The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, filed with the Commission on June 24, 2020;  

(b)       All current and periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since May 23, 2017; and

(d)       The description of the Registrant’s Common Stock contained in the Registrant’s registration statement on Form 10-12g filed with the Commission on May 23, 2017, including any amendments thereto or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.

In addition, all documents subsequently filed (other than filings or portions of filings that are furnished under applicable Commission rules rather than filed) by the Registrant with the Commission 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 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 and made a part hereof from their respective dates of filing (such documents, and the documents enumerated above, being hereinafter referred to as “Incorporated Documents”).

Any statement contained in an Incorporated Document shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed Incorporated Document 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 filed under current Item 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K be deemed incorporated herein by reference unless such Form 8-K expressly provides to the contrary.

Item 4. Description of Securities.

Not applicable.

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

Not applicable.

 

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

Utah Statutes

Except as otherwise provided in the Utah Revised Business Corporation Act (URBCA), a corporation may indemnify an individual made a party to a proceeding because the individual is or was a director of the corporation against liability incurred in the proceeding if:

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His conduct was in good faith.

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He reasonably believed that his conduct was in, or not opposed to, the corporation’s best interests.

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In the case of any criminal proceeding, he had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.

However, a corporation may not indemnify a director in connection with either:

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A proceeding by or in the right of the corporation in which the director was determined to be liable to the corporation.

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Any other proceeding charging that the director derived an improper personal benefit (whether or not the proceeding involved action in the director’s official capacity), in which proceeding the director was determined to be liable on the basis that the director derived an improper personal benefit.

 

A corporation may pay for or reimburse reasonable expenses incurred by a director who is a party to a proceeding in advance of a final disposition if:

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The director furnishes the corporation a written affirmation of his good faith belief that he has met the applicable standard of conduct described in Section 16-10a-902 of the Utah Code.

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The director furnishes to the corporation a written undertaking, executed personally or on his behalf, to repay the advance if it is ultimately determined that he did not meet the standard of conduct.

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A determination is made that the facts then known to those making the determination would not preclude indemnification.

 

A corporation must indemnify a director who was successful in the defense of any proceeding or claim to which the director was a party because of the director’s status as a director of the corporation against reasonable expenses incurred in defending the proceeding or claim for which the director was successful.

Unless a corporation’s articles of incorporation provide otherwise:

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An officer of a corporation is entitled to mandatory indemnification to the same extent as a director of the corporation.

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A corporation may indemnify and advance expenses to an officer, employee, fiduciary, or agent of the corporation to the same extent as to a director.

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A corporation may indemnify and advance expenses to an officer, employee, fiduciary, or agent who is not a director to a greater extent than to a director. However, this must be consistent with public policy and provided for in the corporation’s articles of incorporation, bylaws, action of its board of directors, or contract.

 

 

 

Company Articles and By Laws.

Article III, Section 6 of the Company’s By Laws provides that The Corporation shall have power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the Corporation) by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorney fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.

The Corporation shall have the power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorney fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Corporation unless and only to the extent that the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the court shall deem proper.

Any indemnification under the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) of this section (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the Corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth above. Such determination shall be made: (1) by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to such action, suit or proceedings; (2) if such a quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion; or (3) by the shareholders.

Expenses incurred by an officer or director in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized by the provisions of this section. Such expenses incurred by other employees and agents may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the Board of Directors deems appropriate.

For purposes of this indemnity, references to "the corporation" shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation, including any constituent of a constituent, absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was sewing at the request of such constituent corporation, as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this section with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.

 

Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.

Not applicable.

Item 8. Exhibits.

Exhibit Number

Description of Exhibit

3(i) Articles of Incorporation (incorporated herein by reference from Form 10-12g filed May 23, 2017).

3(i)(a) Amendment to Articles, February, 2009, (incorporated herein by reference from Form 10-12g filed May 23, 2017).

3(i)(b) Amendment to Articles, July, 2013, (incorporated herein by reference from Form 10-12g filed May 23, 2017).

3(i)(c) Amendment to Articles, August, 2015, (incorporated herein by reference from Form 10-12g filed May 23, 2017).

3(i)(d) Amendment to Articles, September, 2015, (incorporated herein by reference from Form 10-12g filed May 23, 2017).

3(i)(e) By Laws, (incorporated herein by reference from Form 10-12g filed May 23, 2017).

4 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference from Form 10-12g/A filed September 12, 2017).

5.1 Legal Opinion of Mailander Law Office, Inc.*

23.1 Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.*

23.2 Consent of Mailander Law Office, Inc. (included in its opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 in this Registration Statement). 

* Filed herewith

 

Item 9. Undertakings.

(a)       Subsequent Disclosure

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;

(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) shall not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by these 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 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)       Incorporation by Reference

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 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)       Commission Position on Indemnification

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.

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 Escondido, State of California, on November 24, 2020.

MARIJUANA COMPANY OF AMERICA, INC.

 

By: /s/ Jesus Quintero

Jesus Quintero

Chief Executive Officer

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

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

 

Signature	Title	Date
/s/ Jesus Quintero Jesus Quintero	Director, Chairman of the Board, CEO, CFO (Principal Executive Officer, Principal Accounting Officer)	November 24, 2020
/s/ Edward Manolos Edward Manolos	Director	November 24, 2020
/s/Themistocles Psomiadis Themistocles Psomiadis	Director	November 24, 2020
/s/Marco Antonio Guerrero Marco Antonio Guerrero	Director	November 24, 2020