Securities Registration: Employee Benefit Plan (s-8)
August 26 2022 - 5:04PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 26, 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
VBI
VACCINES INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
British Columbia,
Canada |
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Not Applicable |
(State or other jurisdiction |
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(I.R.S. Employer |
of incorporation or organization) |
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Identification No.) |
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160
Second Street, Floor 3 |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts |
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02142 |
(Address of Principal Executive
Offices) |
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(Zip Code) |
VBI
Vaccines Inc. Incentive Plan |
(Full title of the plan) |
VBI
Vaccines Inc.
160
Second Street, Floor 3 Cambridge, MA 02142
(Name
and address of agent for service)
(617)
830-3031
(Telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies
to:
Rick
A. Werner, Esq.
Jayun
Koo, Esq.
Haynes
and Boone, LLP
30
Rockefeller Plaza, 26th Floor
New
York, New York 10112
Telephone:
(212) 659-7300
Facsimile:
(212) 884-8234
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 |
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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 registers an additional 311,235 Common Shares, no par value per share, issuable under the VBI Vaccines
Inc. Incentive Plan, as amended (the “Plan”), which became effective on May 6, 2016. The Plan is a rolling incentive
plan that sets the number of common shares issuable under the Plan, together with any other security-based compensation arrangement of
the Company, at a maximum of 10% of the aggregate common shares issued and outstanding on a non-diluted basis at the time of any grant
under the Plan.
Pursuant
to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the Registrant incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the contents of its registration
statements, including all exhibits filed therewith or incorporated therein by reference, filed on Form S-8 on September 3, 2021 (File
No. 333-259282), July 31, 2020 (File No. 333-240268), July 20, 2018 (File No. 333-226261 and June 21, 2016 (File
No. 333-212160).
Part
II.
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item
3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The
following documents and other information, which have been filed with or furnished to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
(the “Commission”) by the Registrant are incorporated herein by reference:
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our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the Commission on March 7, 2022; |
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the portions of our definitive
proxy statement on Schedule 14A that are deemed “filed” with the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the “Exchange Act”), filed with the Commission on April 29, 2022; |
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our Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2022, filed with the Commission on May 9, 2022; |
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our Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2022, filed with the Commission on August 8, 2022; |
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our
Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on each of March
29, 2022, April
1, 2022, June
1, 2022, June
22, 2022, June
23, 2022, July
1, 2022 and August 26, 2022; and |
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the description of our
common shares which is included in the Form 8-A filed with the Commission on May 5, 2016, as updated by Exhibit 4.7 to our Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, including any amendments and reports filed for the purpose of updating
such description. |
Additionally,
all documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act (other than any such
documents or portions thereof that are furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of a Current Report on Form 8-K, unless otherwise indicated
therein, including any exhibits included with such Items), 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
herein by reference and to be a part of this Registration Statement from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained
in a document incorporated herein by reference will be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement
to the extent that a statement contained herein, or in a subsequently filed document incorporated herein by reference, modifies or supersedes
the statement. Any statement modified or superseded will not be deemed, except as modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
Registration Statement.
Item
8. Exhibits.
The
list of exhibits is set forth under “Exhibit Index” at the end of this Registration Statement and is incorporated herein
by reference.
EXHIBIT
INDEX
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 Cambridge, State of Massachusetts, on August 26, 2022.
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VBI VACCINES INC. |
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By: |
/s/ Jeffrey
Baxter |
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Name: |
Jeffrey Baxter |
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Title: |
President and Chief Executive Officer |
POWER
OF ATTORNEY
Each
person whose signature appears below hereby appoints Jeff Baxter and Christopher McNulty, severally, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact,
each acting alone, with full powers of substitution and resubstitution, with authority to execute in the name of each such person, and
to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, together with any exhibits thereto and other documents therewith, any and all amendments
(including without limitation post-effective amendments) to this registration statement necessary or advisable to enable the registrant
to comply with the Securities Act and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof,
which amendments may make such other changes in the registration statement as the aforesaid attorney-in-fact executing the same deems
appropriate.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities
and on the date indicated.
Signature |
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Title |
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Date |
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/s/
Jeffrey Baxter |
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President,
Chief Executive Officer and Director |
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August
26, 2022 |
Jeffrey Baxter |
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(Principal Executive Officer) |
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/s/
Christopher McNulty |
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Chief
Financial Officer and Head of Business Development |
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Christopher McNulty |
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(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer) |
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August
26, 2022 |
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/s/ Steven
Gillis |
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Steven Gillis |
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Chairman of the Board |
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August
26, 2022 |
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/s/ Michel
De Wilde |
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Michel De Wilde |
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Director |
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August
26, 2022 |
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/s/ Blaine
McKee |
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Blaine McKee |
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Director |
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August
26, 2022 |
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/s/ Joanne
Cordeiro |
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Joanne Cordeiro |
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Director |
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August
26, 2022 |
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/s/ Damian
Braga |
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Damian Braga |
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Director |
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August
26, 2022 |
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/s/ Linda
Bain |
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Linda Bain |
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Director |
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August
26, 2022 |
AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE
Pursuant
to the requirements of Section 6(a) of the Securities Act, the Registrant’s duly authorized representative has signed this Registration
Statement on Form S-8, solely in the capacity of the duly authorized representative of the Registrant in the United States, on August
26, 2022.
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VBI VACCINES (DELAWARE) INC., a Delaware
corporation |
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(Authorized U.S. Representative) |
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By: |
/s/ Jeffrey
Baxter |
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Name: |
Jeffrey Baxter |
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Title: |
President and Chief Executive Officer |
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