As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 9, 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

 

 

 

180 LIFE SCIENCES CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   90-1890354

(State or other jurisdiction of

 incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

 Identification No.)

 

3000 El Camino Real, Bldg. 4, Suite 200

Palo Alto, California

  94306
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

 

 

180 LIFE SCIENCES CORP. 2022 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN

(Full title of the plan)

 

 

 

James N. Woody, M.D., Ph.D.

Chief Executive Officer

180 Life Sciences Corp.

3000 El Camino Real, Bldg. 4, Suite 200

Palo Alto, CA 94306

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

(650) 507-0669

(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

Copy to:

David M. Loev, Esq.

John S. Gillies, Esq.

The Loev Law Firm, PC

6300 West Loop South, Suite 280

Bellaire, Texas 77401

Telephone: (713) 524-4110

Facsimile: (713) 524-4122

 

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
Non-accelerated filer Smaller reporting company
    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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 of 180 Life Sciences Corp. (“we”, “us”, “our”, the “Company” or “Registrant”) has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to register 2,400,000 shares of common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (“Common Stock”) reserved for future awards under the 180 Life Sciences Corp. 2022 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “2022 Plan”).

 

 

 

 

PART I

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS

 

Items 1 and 2, from this page, and the documents incorporated by reference pursuant to Part II, Item 3 of this prospectus, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.

 

Item 1. Plan Information.

 

The Company will provide each recipient (the “Recipients”) of an award under the 2022 Plan with documents that contain information related to the 2022 Plan, and other information including, but not limited to, the disclosure required by Item 1 of Form S-8, which information is not required to be and is not being filed as a part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. The foregoing information and the documents incorporated by reference in response 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. A Section 10(a) prospectus will be given to each Recipient who receives shares of Common Stock covered by this Registration Statement, in accordance with Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act.

 

Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.

 

We will provide to each Recipient a written statement advising of the availability of documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement (which documents are incorporated by reference in this Section 10(a) prospectus) and of documents required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 428(b) under the Securities Act without charge and upon written or oral request by contacting:

 

Mr. Ozan Pamir

Interim Chief Financial Officer

180 Life Sciences Corp.

3000 El Camino Real, Bldg. 4, Suite 200

Palo Alto, CA 94306

(650) 507-0669

 

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Part II

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference

 

The following documents filed with the Commission by the Company are incorporated by reference into this registration statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) and are made a part hereof:

 

  (a) The Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 filed with the SEC on March 31, 2022 (File No. 001-38105), as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto filed with the SEC on April 28, 2022 (File No. 001-38105);
     
  (b) The Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2022 filed with the SEC on May 16, 2022 and the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2022 filed with the SEC on August 9, 2022  (File No. 001-38105);
     
  (c) The Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on April 28, 2022 (to the extent incorporated by reference into our Annual Report on Form 10-K) (File No. 001-38105);
     
  (d) The Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K (other than information furnished rather than filed) filed with the SEC on March 28, 2022, April 14, 2022, April 28, 2022, May 27, 2022, June 14, 2022, and July 19, 2022 (File No. 001-38105); and
     
  (e) The description of the Company’s Common Stock contained in our Form 10-K as Exhibit 4.6, filed with the SEC on July 9, 2021 (File No. 001-38105), including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
     
  (f) All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Annual Report referred to in (a) above.

 

All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date of filing this Registration Statement and prior to such time as the Company files a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement 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 in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents, except for the documents, or portions thereof, that are “furnished” rather than filed with the SEC.

 

Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purpose of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which is also, or is deemed to be, incorporated herein by reference 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.

 

Item 4. Description of Securities

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

 

David M. Loev, the Managing Partner of The Loev Law Firm, PC, is the beneficial owner of stock and options to purchase less than 1% of the Registrant’s common stock.

 

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Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers

 

Under Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”), a corporation may indemnify any individual made a party or threatened to be made a party to any type of proceeding, other than an action by or in the right of the corporation, because he or she is or was an officer, director, employee or agent of the corporation or was serving at the request of the corporation as an officer, director, employee or agent of another corporation or entity against expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with such proceeding: (1) if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation; or (2) in the case of a criminal proceeding, he or she had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful. A corporation may indemnify any individual made a party or threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit brought by or in the right of the corporation because he or she was an officer, director, 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 or other entity, against expenses actually and reasonably incurred in connection with such action or suit if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, provided that such indemnification will be denied if the individual is found liable to the corporation unless, in such a case, the court determines the person is nonetheless entitled to indemnification for such expenses. A corporation must indemnify a present or former director or officer who successfully defends himself or herself in a proceeding to which he or she was a party because he or she was a director or officer of the corporation against expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or her. Expenses incurred by an officer or director, or any employees or agents as deemed appropriate by the board of directors, in defending civil or criminal proceedings may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such proceedings upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director, officer, employee or agent to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation. The Delaware law regarding indemnification and expense advancement is not exclusive of any other rights which may be granted by our restated certificate of incorporation or restated bylaws, a vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, agreement or otherwise.

 

Our certificate of incorporation provides for indemnification of our directors, officers, employees and other agents to the maximum extent permitted by the DGCL, and our bylaws provide for indemnification of our directors, officers, employees and other agents to the maximum extent permitted by the DGCL.

 

We maintain a policy of directors and officer’s liability insurance covering certain liabilities incurred by our directors and officers in connection with the performance of their duties. In addition, we have entered into or will enter into indemnification agreements with directors, officers and some employees containing provisions that are in some respects broader than the specific indemnification provisions contained in the DGCL. The indemnification agreements will require our company, among other things, to indemnify our directors against certain liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or service as directors and to advance their expenses incurred as a result of any proceeding against them as to which they could be indemnified.

 

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act is permitted for our directors, officers or controlling persons, pursuant to the above mentioned statutes or otherwise, we understand that the SEC is of the opinion that such indemnification may contravene federal public policy, as expressed in the Securities Act, and therefore, is unenforceable.

 

Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed

 

Not applicable. 

 

Item 8. Exhibits

 

Reference is made to the attached Exhibit Index, which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Item 9. Undertakings

 

(a)The Company 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 of 1933;

 

(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 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 a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and

 

(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.

 

However, 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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement.

 

(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, 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; and

 

(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 of 1933, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) 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) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 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 of 1933 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, our 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 of whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

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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 Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Palo Alto, State of California on the 9th day of August 2022.

 

    180 LIFE SCIENCES CORP.
     
Date: August 9, 2022 By: /s/ James N. Woody
  Name:  James N. Woody
  Title:

Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the persons whose signature appears below constitute and appoint James N. Woody, M.D., Ph.D. and Ozan Pamir as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, 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 sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorney-in-fact or his or her 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 by the following persons in the capacities on the dates indicated.

 

 

 Signature   Title   Date
         
/s/ James N. Woody   Chief Executive Officer and Director   August 9, 2022
James N. Woody   (Principal Executive Officer)    
         
/s/ Ozan Pamir   Interim Chief Financial Officer   August 9, 2022
Ozan Pamir   (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)    
         
/s/ Marc Feldmann   Executive Co-Chairman and Director   August 9, 2022
Marc Feldmann        
         
/s/ Lawrence Steinman   Executive Co-Chairman and Director   August 9, 2022
Lawrence Steinman        
         
/s/ Larry Gold   Director   August 9, 2022
Larry Gold        
         
/s/ Donald A. McGovern, Jr.   Lead Director   August 9, 2022
Donald A. McGovern, Jr.        
         
/s/ Pamela G. Marrone   Director   August 9, 2022
Pamela G. Marrone        
         
/s/ Francis Knuettel II   Director   August 9, 2022
Francis Knuettel II        
         
/s/ Russell T. Ray   Director   August 9, 2022
Russell T. Ray        
         
/s/ Teresa DeLuca   Director   August 9, 2022
Teresa DeLuca        

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

        Incorporated by Reference      
Exhibit No.   Description     Form     File No.     Exhibit     Filing
Date
 
  Filed Herewith

4.1

  180 Life Sciences Corp. 2022 Omnibus Incentive Plan***     8-K     001-38105     10.1     June 14, 2022      
4.2*   Form of Stock Option Agreement (2022 Omnibus Incentive Plan) ***                     X
4.3*   Form of Restricted Stock Grant Agreement (2022 Omnibus Incentive Plan) ***                     X
5.1*   Opinion of The Loev Law Firm, PC                      
23.1*   Consent of Marcum LLP                     X
23.2*   Consent of The Loev Law Firm, PC (included in Exhibit 5.1)                     X
24.1*   Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this registration statement)                     X
107*   Filing Fee Table                    

 

* Filed herewith.
*** Indicates management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

 

 

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