Securities Registration: Employee Benefit Plan (s-8)

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 28, 2020 Registration No. 333-

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

IDEANOMICS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada	20-1778374
(State or other jurisdiction of	(I.R.S. Employer Identification
incorporation or organization)	Number)

55 Broadway , 19^th floor
New York, New York 10006
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

Ideanomicss, Inc. Amended and Restated 2010 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)

Paracorp, Inc.
318 North Carson St., Suite 208
Carson City, NV 89701

(888) 972-7273

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

Copy to:

William N. Haddad

Venable LLP
1270 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
(212) 307-5500

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 x
Non-accelerated filer ¨	Smaller reporting company x
	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(1)	Proposed maximum offering price per share(2)	Proposed maximum aggregate offering price(2)	Amount of registration fee
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share, issuable under the Ideanomics, Inc. Amended and Restated 2010 Equity Incentive Plan	27,500,000 shares	$0.667	$18,342,500	$2,381
Total Registration Fee				$2,381

(1)

This Registration Statement covers 27,500,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”) of Ideanomics, Inc. (the “Company”), being newly registered hereunder and issuable pursuant to the Ideanomics, Inc. Amended and Restated 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), as amended to increase the shares of common stock issuable under the Plan from 4,000,000 to 31,500,000. The Company filed a Form S-8 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 17, 2015 which registered the original 4,000,000 shares of common stock authorized under the 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 additional shares that may be offered or sold under the Plan by reason of any substitutions or adjustments to shares to account for any change in capitalization, including any stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, split up, spin-off, recapitalization, or other distribution of stock or property of the Company, combination or exchange of shares or common stock, dividend in kind, or other like change in capital structure.

(2)

Pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act, the proposed maximum offering price per share and the proposed maximum aggregate offering price are estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee. The offering price per share and aggregate offering price are based upon the average of the high and low prices for the Common Stock of the Company as reported on The NASDAQ Capital Market on January 7, 2019 ($0.8167), in accordance with Rule 457(c) of the Securities Act.

PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

The information required by Part I is included in documents to be sent or given to participants in the Plan pursuant to Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), and the instructions to Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the Commission either as a part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

The following documents are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:

•	the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, filed with the Commission on April 1, 2019;
•	the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2019, filed with the Commission on May 2, 2019; and as amended on July 16, 2019; the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2019, filed with the Commission on August 14, 2019; the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2019, filed with the Commission on November 14, 2019
•	the Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on April 5, 2019, May 6, 2019, May 23, 2019, July 9, 2019, July 24, 2019 (as amended on October 3, 2019), August 16, 2019, August 20, 2019, September 16, 2019, September 30, 2019, October 3, 2019, October 29, 2019, November 14, 2019, November 18, 2019, November 26, 2019, December 26, 2019, January 2, 2019 and January 7, 2019; and ;
•	the description of the Company’s Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share, contained in our Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed on May 29, 2012, pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, as amended.

In addition, all documents that the Company files pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, subsequent to the filing of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment 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 into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

Any statement contained in the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified, superseded or replaced for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement modifies, supersedes or replaces such statement. Any such statement so modified, superseded or replaced shall not be deemed, except as so modified, superseded or replaced, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. Unless expressly incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement, a report (or portion thereof) “furnished” under Item 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K and not deemed filed under such provisions shall not be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.

Item 4. Description of Securities.

Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement.

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

Not applicable.

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

We are a Nevada corporation and generally governed by the Nevada Private Corporations Law, Title 78 of the Nevada Revised Statutes, or NRS.

Section 78.138 of the NRS provides that, unless the corporation’s articles of incorporation provide otherwise, a director or officer will not be individually liable unless it is proven that (i) the director’s or officer’s acts or omissions constituted a breach of his or her fiduciary duties, and (ii) such breach involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of the law.

Section 78.7502 of the NRS permits a company to indemnify its directors and officers against expenses, judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with a threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding, except an action by or on behalf of the corporation, if the officer or director (i) is not liable pursuant to NRS 78.138, or (ii) acted in good faith and in a manner the officer or director reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, if a criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct of the officer or director was unlawful. Section 78.7502 of the NRS also requires a corporation to indemnify its officers and directors if they have been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any claim, issue, or matter resulting from their service as a director or officer.

Section 78.751 of the NRS permits a Nevada company to indemnify its officers and directors against expenses incurred by them in defending a civil or criminal action, suit, or proceeding as they are incurred and in advance of final disposition thereof, upon determination by the stockholders, the disinterested board members, or by independent legal counsel. Section 78.751 of NRS requires a corporation to advance expenses as incurred upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the officer or director to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that such officer or director is not entitled to be indemnified by the company if so provided in the corporations articles of incorporation, bylaws, or other agreement. Section 78.751 of the NRS further permits the company to grant its directors and officers additional rights of indemnification under its articles of incorporation, bylaws or other agreement.

Section 78.752 of the NRS provides that a Nevada company may purchase and maintain insurance or make other financial arrangements on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the company, or is or was serving at the request of the company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, for any liability asserted against him and liability and expenses incurred by him in his capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the company has the authority to indemnify him against such liability and expenses.

Our Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws implement the indemnification and insurance provisions permitted by Chapter 78 of the NRS by providing that:

•	We shall indemnify our directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the NRS against expense, liability and loss reasonably incurred or suffered by them in connection with their service as an officer or director; and

•	We may purchase and maintain insurance, or make other financial arrangements, on behalf of any person who holds or who has held a position as a director, officer, or representative against liability, cost, payment, or expense incurred by such person.

At the present time, there is no pending litigation or proceeding involving a director, officer, employee or other agent of ours in which indemnification would be required or permitted. We are not aware of any threatened litigation or proceeding which may result in a claim for such indemnification.

Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.

Not applicable.

Item 8. Exhibits.

The Exhibits to this Registration Statement are listed in the Exhibits Index which immediately follows the signature page hereto.

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 this Registration Statement; and

(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement;

provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Company pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this 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 Company'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 this 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.

(h) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company 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 Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company 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 Company 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 Company 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 New York, New York, on January 28, 2020.

	IDEANOMICS, INC.


	By:	/s/ Alfred Poor
	Alfred Poor
	Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Alfred Poor and Conor McCarthy, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, for him and in his name, place and stead, with full power to act alone, to sign on his behalf and in the capacity set forth below, any and all amendments and post-effective amendments and supplements to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 and to file each such amendment and post-effective amendment and supplements to this Registration Statement, with all exhibits thereto, and any and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

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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 indicated on January 28, 2020.

Signature		Title

/s/Alfred Poor
Alfred Poor		Director and Chief Executive Officer (President Executive Officer)

/s/ Bruno Wu
Dr. Bruno Wu		Chairman of the Board

/s/ Shane McMahon
Shane McMahon		Director

/s/ Conor McCarthy
Conor McCarthy		Chief Financial Officer
		(Principle Financial and Accounting Officer)

/s/ James Cassano
James Cassano		Director

/s/ Jerry Fan
Jerry Fan		Director

/s/ Steven Fadem
Steven Fadem		Director

/s/ Chao Yang
Chao Yang		Director

/s/ Harry Edelson
Harry Edelson		Director

/s/ John Wallace
John Wallace		Director

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit No.	Description of Exhibit
4.1	Articles of Incorporation of the Company as filed with the Secretary of State of Nevada (Incorporated by reference to Exhibits 3.1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 30, 2012).

4.2	Certificate of Amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation as filed with the Secretary of State of Nevada (Incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Company’s Definitive Schedule 14C Information Statement filed on October 18, 2016)

4.3	Certificate of Amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation as filed with the Secretary of State of Nevada (Incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Company’s Definitive Schedule 14C Information Statement filed on June 20, 2017)

4.4	Certificate of Amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation as filed with the Secretary of State of Nevada (Incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Company’s Definitive Schedule 14C Information Statement filed on September 11, 2018)

4.5	Second Amended and Restated Bylaws, adopted on January 31, 2014 [incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-35561) filed on February 6, 2014].

4.6	Amendment No. 1 to the Second Amended and Restated Bylaws, adopted on March 26, 2015 [incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 001-35561) filed on March 30, 2015].

4.7	Amendment No. 2 to the Second Amended and Restated Bylaws, adopted on November 20, 2015. [incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-35561) filed on November 24, 2015]

4.8	Ideanomics, Inc. Amended and Restated 2010 Equity Incentive Plan*

4.9	Forms of Stock Option Agreement*

4.10	Form of Restricted Stock Grant Agreement*

5.1	Opinion of Sherman & Howard LLC*

23.1	Consent of BF Borgers CPA PC, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm*

23.3	Consent of Sherman & Howard LLC (See Exhibit 5.1 above)*

24.1	Power of Attorney of certain Officers and Directors of the Company (included on signature page)*