Securities Registration: Employee Benefit Plan (s-8)
October 08 2019 - 3:02PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
As filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 8, 2019
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
KAYA HOLDINGS,
INC.
(Exact name
of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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51-0347728
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
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915
Middle River Drive, Suite 316
Fort
Lauderdale, Florida
(Addresses
of Principal Executive Offices)
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33304
(Zip
Code)
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2011 Stock
Incentive Plan
(Full title
of the plan)
Craig Frank
Chairman,
President and Chief Executive Officer
915 Middle
River Drive. Suite 316
Fort Lauderdale,
Florida 33304
(Name and address of agent for service)
(954)-892-6911
(Telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service)
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: [ ]
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Accelerated
filer: [ ]
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Non-accelerated
filer: [ ] (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
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Smaller
reporting company: [x]
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Emerging growth
company: [x]
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Calculation
of Registration Fee
Title
of securities
to be registered
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Amount
to be
registered (1)
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Proposed
maximum offering
price per share (2)
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Proposed
maximum
aggregate offering
price (2)
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Amount
of
registration fee
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Common
Stock, par value $0.001
per
share
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10,000,000
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$0.061
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$610,000
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$79.18
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(1)
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In
addition, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”), this Registration
Statement also covers an indeterminate number of shares of common stock to be offered or sold pursuant to the anti-dilution
provisions contained in the employee benefit plan described herein.
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(2)
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The
proposed maximum offering price per share and the proposed maximum aggregate offering price are estimated for the purpose
of calculating the amount of the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457 under the Securities Act.
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EXPLANATORY
NOTE
This Registration
Statement covers an additional 10,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share of Kaya Holdings, Inc. (the “
Company ”), which may be offered pursuant to the Company’s 2011 Stock Incentive Plan (the “ Plan
”), as amended on November 24, 2014, September 22, 2016, May 1, 2018 and September 23, 2019. The earlier Registration Statements
on Form S-8 filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 31, 2015 (File No. 333-205982), February
11, 2013 (File No. 333-186566), November 4, 2016 (File No. 333-214450) and May 9, 2019 (File No. 333-224771) with respect to the
Plan are hereby incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement. The incorporation by reference is made under General
Instruction E to Form S-8 in respect of the registration of additional securities of the same class as other securities for which
there has been filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the same employee benefit plan.
PART I
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
The information
specified in Items 1 and 2 of Part I of the Registration Statement is omitted from this filing in accordance with the provisions
of Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and the introductory note to
Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be delivered to the participants
in the Plan covered by the Registration Statement as required by Rule 428 under the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following
documents filed by the Company with the Securities Exchange Commission are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement
(excluding any portions of such documents that have been “furnished” but not “filed” for
purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”)):
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The
Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018;
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The
Company’s other reports filed pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year
covered by the document listed in the first bullet above;
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The
description of the Company’s common stock contained in the Company’s final prospectus dated February 7, 2012,
filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) under the Securities Act in connection with the Company’s Registration Statement on
Form S-1 (File No. 333-177532); and
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All
other documents filed by the Company under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this
Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement indicating that
all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold.
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Any statement
contained in the Registration Statement or a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement will be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of the Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
contained in the Registration Statement or in any other subsequently filed document that is deemed to be incorporated by reference
in the Registration Statement modifies or supersedes the statement. Any statement so modified or superseded will not be
deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of the Registration Statement.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
The validity
of the common stock being registered in the Registration Statement has been passed upon by Gutiérrez Bergman Boulris, PLLC,
Coral Gables, Florida. The firm beneficially owns 500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock of record.
*Filed
herewith
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to
the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Kaya Holdings, Inc. 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 Fort Lauderdale, Florida on October 8, 2019.
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KAYA
HOLDINGS, INC.
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By:
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/s/
Craig Frank
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Craig
Frank, Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer, Acting Chief Financial Officer and Director
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(Principal
Executive, Financial and Accounting Officer)
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POWER OF
ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL
MEN BY THESE PRESENTS , that each person whose name appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Craig Frank his or her true
and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him or her and in his or her name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to the Registration
Statement, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto 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, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming to all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully 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 in the capacities and on the dates indicated below.
Name
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Title
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Date
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/s/ Craig
Frank
Craig Frank
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Chairman
of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer, Acting Chief Financial Officer and Director (Principal Executive, Financial
and Accounting Officer)
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October
8, 2019
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/s/ Carrie
Schwarz
Carrie Schwarz
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Director
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October
8, 2019
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/s/ Jodi Armani
Jodi Armani
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Director
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October
8, 2019
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/s/ Bruce Burwick
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Director
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October
8, 2019
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Bruce Burwick
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