Securities Registration: Employee Benefit Plan (s-8)
June 07 2022 - 4:22PM
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As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 7, 2022
Registration
No. 333-
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
BIOFRONTERA
INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware |
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47-3765675 |
(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization) |
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(IRS
Employer
Identification
No.) |
120
Presidential Way, Suite 330
Woburn,
Massachusetts 01801
(Address
of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
BIOFRONTERA
INC. 2021 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full
title of the plan)
Erica
L. Monaco
Chief Executive Officer
Biofrontera Inc.
120 Presidential Way, Suite 330
Woburn, MA 01801
(Name and address of agent for service)
(781) 245-1325
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies
to:
Stephen
E. Older, Esq.
Andrew J. Terjesen, Esq.
McGuireWoods
LLP
1251 Avenue of the Americas, 20th Floor
New York, New York 10020
(212) 548-2100
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 of 1934, as amended
(the “Exchange Act”).
Large
accelerated filer |
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Accelerated
filer |
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Non-accelerated
filer |
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Smaller
reporting company |
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Emerging
growth company |
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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. ☐
EXPLANATORY
NOTE
This
registration statement on Form S-8 is being filed by Biofrontera Inc. (the “Company”) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “Commission”) for the purpose of registering 2,750,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value
$0.001 per share, available for issuance in connection with equity-based awards granted under the Biofrontera 2021 Omnibus Incentive
Plan (the “Plan”). The Plan was adopted by the Company’s board of directors and approved by the Company’s then
sole stockholder on July 23, 2021.
PART
I
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a)
PROSPECTUS
Item
1. |
Plan
Information. |
Not
required to be filed with this registration statement.
Item
2. |
Registrant
Information and Employee Plan Annual Information. |
Not
required to be filed with this registration statement.
PART
II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
References
in this registration statement to “we,” “us,” “our,” and the “Company,” or similar references,
refer Biofrontera Inc., unless otherwise stated or the context otherwise requires.
Item
3. |
Incorporation
of Documents by Reference. |
The
following documents, which have been filed by Biofrontera Inc. (the “Company”), with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), are incorporated
by reference in, and shall be deemed to be a part of, this registration statement:
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(a) |
the
Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the Commission on April 11, 2022; |
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(b) |
the
Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2022, filed with the Commission on May 13, 2022; |
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(c) |
the
Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March 8, 2022 (as amended on May 24, 2022), April 5, 2022
(other than Item 2.02), May 20, 2022 and May 24, 2022; and |
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(d) |
the
description of the Company’s shares of common stock in the Company’s registration statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-40943)
filed with the Commission on October 20, 2021, under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”), including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description. |
All
reports and other documents filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange
Act after the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered pursuant
to this registration statement have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents or reports.
For
purposes of this registration statement, any document or any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a subsequently filed document or a statement contained
therein, or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference, modifies or supersedes
such document or such statement in such document. Any 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 shall any information furnished under 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. |
Section
102 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware permits a corporation to eliminate the personal liability of directors of
a corporation to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except where
the director breached his duty of loyalty, failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional misconduct or knowingly violated a law,
authorized the payment of a dividend or approved a stock repurchase in violation of Delaware corporate law or obtained an improper personal
benefit. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that no director of Biofrontera Inc. shall be personally liable
to it or its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty as a director, notwithstanding any provision of law imposing
such liability, except to the extent that the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware prohibits the elimination or limitation
of liability of directors for breaches of fiduciary duty.
Section
145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware provides that a corporation has the power to indemnify a director, officer,
employee, or agent of the corporation, or a person serving at the request of the corporation for another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise in related capacities against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts
paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with an action, suit or proceeding to which he was or
is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, ending or completed action, suit or proceeding by reason of such position,
if such person 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, in any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful, except that, in the case of actions
brought by or in the right of the corporation, no indemnification shall be made with respect to 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 of Chancery or other
adjudicating court determines that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all of the circumstances of the case, such person
is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
Our
amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws provide indemnification for our directors and officers
to the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. We will indemnify each person who was or is
a party or threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (other than an action by
or in the right of us) by reason of the fact that he or she is or was, or has agreed to become, a director or officer, or is or was serving,
or has agreed to serve, at our request as a director, officer, partner, employee or trustee of, or in a similar capacity with, another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise (all such persons being referred to as an “Indemnitee”),
or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in such capacity, against all expenses (including attorneys’ fees),
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with such action, suit or proceeding and
any appeal therefrom, if such Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to,
our best interests, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, he or she had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct
was unlawful. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws provide that we will indemnify any
Indemnitee who was or is a party to an action or suit by or in the right of us to procure a judgment in our favor by reason of the fact
that the Indemnitee is or was, or has agreed to become, a director or officer, or is or was serving, or has agreed to serve, at our request
as a director, officer, partner, employee or trustee of, or in a similar capacity with, another corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust or other enterprise, or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in such capacity, against all expenses (including
attorneys’ fees) and, to the extent permitted by law, amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection
with such action, suit or proceeding, and any appeal therefrom, if the Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably
believed to be in, or not opposed to, our best interests, except that no indemnification shall be made with respect to any claim, issue
or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to us, unless a court determines that, despite such adjudication
but in view of all of the circumstances, he or she is entitled to indemnification of such expenses. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to
the extent that any Indemnitee has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, he or she will be indemnified by us against all expenses
(including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred in connection therewith. Expenses must be advanced to an Indemnitee
under certain circumstances.
We
maintain a general liability insurance policy that covers certain liabilities of directors and officers of our corporation arising out
of claims based on acts or omissions in their capacities as directors or officers.
Item
7. |
Exemption
from Registration Claimed. |
Not
applicable.
The
following documents are filed as exhibits to this registration statement:
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Filed herewith.
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(a) |
The
undersigned Company hereby undertakes: |
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(1) |
To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement: |
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(i) |
To
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; |
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(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 Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)
if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the “Calculation of Filing Fees Table” in the effective registration statement; |
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(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; |
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provided,
however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if this 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 periodic reports filed
by 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. |
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(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. |
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(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 Company 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 herein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. |
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(c) |
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 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, 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 Woburn, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on June 7, 2022.
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BIOFRONTERA
INC. |
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By: |
/s/
Erica L. Monaco |
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Name:
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Erica
L. Monaco |
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Title: |
Chief
Executive Officer |
SIGNATURES
AND POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW
ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Erica Monaco, Daniel Hakansson,
and Kerrin McCormack, and each of them, his or her true and lawful agent, proxy and attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to act on, sign and file with
the Securities and Exchange Commission any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement together
with all schedules and exhibits thereto, and to take any and all actions which may be necessary or appropriate to be done, as fully for
all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby approving, ratifying and confirming all that such agent, proxy
and attorney-in-fact or any of his or her substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities held
on the dates indicated.
Signature |
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Title |
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Date |
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/s/
Erica L. Monaco |
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Chief
Executive Officer |
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June
7, 2022 |
Erica
L. Monaco |
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(Principal
Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer) |
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/s/
Erica Gates |
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Senior
Director Finance |
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June
7, 2022 |
Erica
Gates |
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(Principal
Accounting Officer) |
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/s/
Hermann Lübbert |
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Executive
Chairman and Director |
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June
7, 2022 |
Hermann
Lübbert |
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/s/
John J. Borer |
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Director |
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June
7, 2022 |
John
J. Borer |
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/s/
Loretta M. Wedge |
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Director |
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June
7, 2022 |
Loretta
M. Wedge |
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/s/
Beth J. Hoffman |
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Director |
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June
7, 2022 |
Beth
J. Hoffman |
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/s/
Kevin D. Weber |
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Director |
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June
7, 2022 |
Kevin
D. Weber |
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