S-8 1 zk2126246.htm S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 16, 2021

Registration No. 333-

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

FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933


PainReform Ltd.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Israel
Not Applicable
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

4 Bruria St.
Tel Aviv, Israel
Tel +972 3 7177051
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)


2008 PainReform Option Plan and
2019 PainReform Option Plan
(Full title of the plan)


Puglisi & Associates
850 Library Avenue, Suite 204
Newark, Delaware 19711
302-738-6680

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

Copies to:
Ronen Kantor, Esq.
Doron Tikotzky Kantor
Gutman & Amit Gross
B.S.R. 4 Tower, 33 Floor
7 Metsada Street,
Bnei Brak 5126112 Israel
Tel: +972 3 613 3371
Gary Emmanuel, Esq.
Mark Selinger, Esq.
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
340 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10173
Tel: (212) 547-5400
 

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. (Check one):
 
 
 
 
 
 
Large accelerated filer
☐
 
Accelerated filer
☐
Non-accelerated filer
☒
  
Smaller reporting company
☒
     
Emerging growth company
☒
 
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
 
Title of Securities to be Registered
  
Amount to be Registered(1)
    
Proposed maximum offering price per share
    
Proposed maximum aggregate offering price
    
Amount of registration fee
  
Ordinary Shares, par value NIS 0.03 per share, reserved for issuance pursuant to the 2019 PainReform Option Plan
    
1,099,052
    
$
2.919
 (2)  
$
3,207,583.26
    
$
349.95
  
Ordinary Shares, par value NIS 0.03 per share, reserved for issuance pursuant to options outstanding under the 2019 PainReform Option Plan
    
920,404
    
$
3.96
 (3)
 
$
3,644,799.84
    
$
397.65
  
Ordinary Shares, par value NIS 0.03 per share, reserved for issuance pursuant to options outstanding under the 2008 PainReform Option Plan
    
153,882
    
$
0.24
 (4)
 
$
36,931.68
    
$
4.03
  
Total
    
2,173,338
      
N/A
    
$
6,889,314.78
    
$
751.63
  

(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) shall also cover any additional ordinary shares that become issuable under the 2008 PainReform Option Plan (the “2008 Plan”) and the 2019 PainReform Option Plan (the “2019 Plan”) by reason of any share dividend, share split, recapitalization or other similar transaction.
 
 
(2)
The proposed maximum offering price per share is calculated in accordance with Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act, solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee on the basis of $2.919 per share, the average of the high and low price of the Registrant’s ordinary shares as reported on the Nasdaq Capital Market on July 15, 2021.
 
 
(3)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act based on $3.96, the weighted average exercise price per ordinary share (rounded to the nearest cent) of the outstanding option awards under the 2019 Plan as of the date of this Registration Statement.
 
 
(4)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act based on $0.24, the weighted average exercise price per ordinary share (rounded to the nearest cent) of the outstanding option awards under the 2008 Plan as of the date of this Registration Statement.
 
PART 1
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
 
ITEM 1.          PLAN INFORMATION*
 
ITEM 2.          REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION*
 
* Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the Note to Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing information specified in this Part I will be separately provided to the participants in the 2008 Plan and the 2019 Plan covered by this Registration Statement, as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act.
 
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
 
ITEM 3.          INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
 
The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) by PainReform Ltd. (the “Registrant”) are incorporated herein by reference.
 
(1) The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2020 filed with the SEC on March 18, 2021;
 
(2) The Registrant’s Reports on Form 6-K filed with the SEC on March 18, 2021 and May 13, 2021; and
 
(3) The description of the registrant’s ordinary shares, par value NIS 0.03 per share, included in the registration statement on Form 8-A filed on August 31, 2020 (File No. 001-39481) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
 
In addition to the foregoing, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, and all reports on Form 6-K subsequently filed by the Registrant which state that they are incorporated by reference herein, prior to the filing of a post- effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereunder have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents and reports.
 
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement herein, or in any subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any 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.          INTEREST OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
 
Not applicable.
 
ITEM 6.          INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
 
Under the Israeli Companies Law, 5759-1999 ( the “Companies Law”), a company may not exculpate an office holder from liability for a breach of the duty of loyalty.  An Israeli company may exculpate an office holder in advance from liability to the company, in whole or in part, for damages caused to the company as a result of a breach of the duty of care but only if a provision authorizing such exculpation is included in its articles of association.  Our amended and restated articles of association include such a provision.  The Company may not exculpate in advance a director from liability arising out of a prohibited dividend or distribution to shareholders.

Under the Companies Law and the Israeli Securities Law, 5728-1968 (the “Securities Law”), a company may indemnify, or undertake in advance to indemnify, an office holder for the following liabilities and expenses, imposed on office holder or incurred by office holder due to acts performed by him or her as an office holder, provided its articles of association include a provision authorizing such indemnification:


 •
monetary liability incurred by or imposed on him or her in favor of another person pursuant to a judgment, including a settlement or arbitrator’s award approved by a court.  However, if an undertaking to indemnify an office holder with respect to such liability is provided in advance, then such an undertaking must be limited to certain events which, in the opinion of the board of directors, can be foreseen based on the company’s activities when the undertaking to indemnify is given, and to an amount or according to criteria determined by the board of directors as reasonable under the circumstances, and such undertaking shall detail the foreseen events and amount or criteria;
 

•
reasonable litigation expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, incurred by the office holder as (1) a result of an investigation or proceeding instituted against him or her by an authority authorized to conduct such investigation or proceeding, provided that (i) no indictment was filed against such office holder as a result of such investigation or proceeding; and (ii) no financial liability was imposed upon him or her as a substitute for the criminal proceeding as a result of such investigation or proceeding or, if such financial liability was imposed, it was imposed with respect to an offense that does not require proof of criminal intent or (2) in connection with a monetary sanction;
 

•
a monetary liability imposed on him or her in favor of an injured party at an Administrative Procedure (as defined below) pursuant to Section 52(54)(a)(1)(a) of the Securities Law;
 

•
expenses incurred by an office holder in connection with an Administrative Procedure under the Securities Law, including reasonable litigation expenses and reasonable attorneys’ fees; and
 

•
reasonable litigation expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by the office holder or imposed by a court in proceedings instituted against him or her by the company, on its behalf, or by a third-party, or in connection with criminal proceedings in which the office holder was acquitted or as a result of a conviction for an offense that does not require proof of criminal intent.
 
An “Administrative Procedure” is defined as a procedure pursuant to chapters H3 (Monetary Sanction by the Israeli Securities Authority), H4 (Administrative Enforcement Procedures of the Administrative Enforcement Committee) or I1 (Arrangement to prevent Procedures or Interruption of procedures subject to conditions) to the Securities Law.

Under the Companies Law and the Securities Law, a company may insure an office holder against the following liabilities incurred for acts performed by him or her as an office holder if and to the extent provided in the company’s articles of association:


 •
a breach of the duty of care to the company or to a third-party, to the extent such a breach arises out of the negligent conduct of the office holder;



•
a monetary liability imposed on the office holder in favor of a third-party;
 

•
a monetary liability imposed on the office holder in favor of an injured party at an Administrative Procedure pursuant to Section 52(54)(a)(1)(a) of the Securities Law; and
 

•
expenses incurred by an office holder in connection with an Administrative Procedure, including reasonable litigation expenses and reasonable attorneys’ fees.
 
Under the Companies Law, a company may not indemnify, exculpate or insure an office holder against any of the following:


 •
a breach of the duty of loyalty, except for indemnification and insurance for a breach of the duty of loyalty to the company to the extent that the office holder acted in good faith and had a reasonable basis to believe that the act would not prejudice the company;
 

•
an act or omission committed with intent to derive unlawful personal benefit; or


•
a fine or forfeit levied against the office holder.

Under the Companies Law, exculpation, indemnification and insurance of office holders must be approved by the compensation committee and the board of directors and, with respect to certain office holders or under certain circumstances, also by the shareholders, as described under “Directors, Senior Management and Employees— Board Practices – Exculpation, Insurance and Indemnification of Directors and Officers” in the Registrant’s most recent annual report on Form 20-F.

The Registrant’s amended and restated articles of association permit it to exculpate, indemnify and insure its office holders to the fullest extent permitted by the Companies Law and Securities Law.  Each of the Registrant’s office holders have entered into an indemnification agreement exculpating them, to the fullest extent permitted by Israeli law, from liability to the Registrant for damages caused to us as a result of a breach of the duty of care and undertaking to indemnify them to the fullest extent permitted by Israeli law, including with respect to liabilities resulting from certain acts performed by such office holders in their capacity as an office holder of the Registrant, its subsidiaries or its affiliates. The indemnification is limited both in terms of amount and coverage.

In the opinion of the SEC, indemnification of directors and office holders for liabilities arising under the Securities Act, however, is against public policy and therefore unenforceable.
 
ITEM 7.          EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED 
 
Not applicable.
 
ITEM 8.          EXHIBITS
 
See attached Exhibit Index.
 
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 subparagraphs (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 the periodic reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities 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.
 
(4) To file a post-effective amendment to the registration statement to include any financial statements required by Item 8.A. of Form 20-F at the start of any delayed offering or throughout a continuous offering. Financial statements and information otherwise required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Act need not be furnished, provided that the registrant includes in the prospectus, by means of a post-effective amendment, financial statements required pursuant to this paragraph (a)(4) and other information necessary to ensure that all other information in the prospectus is at least as current as the date of those financial statements.
 
(b)          The undersigned registrant hereby further undertakes that, for the 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 Securities Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities 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.
 
(c)          Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC 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 registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant 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 registrant 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 Tel Aviv, Israel, on July 16, 2021.

 
PAINREFORM LTD.
  
       

By:
/s/Ilan Hadar  
  Name: Ilan Hadar  
  Title: Chief Executive Officer  
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
Each of the undersigned officers and directors of PainReform Ltd. hereby severally constitutes and appoints Ilan Hadar, the true and lawful attorney with full power to them, to sign for the undersigned and in his or her name in the capacities indicated below, any and all amendments, including the post-effective amendments, to this Registration Statement, and generally to do all such things in the undersigned’s name and behalf in such capacities to enable PainReform Ltd. to comply with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all rules and regulation thereunder, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and each of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys or any of them shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. 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 dates indicated.
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on July 16, 2021.
 
Signatures
 
Title
 
Date
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Ilan Hadar
 
Chief Executive Officer
 
July 16, 2021
Ilan Hadar
 
(Principal Executive, Financial and Accounting Officer)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Ehud Geller
 
Executive Chairman
 
July 16, 2021
Ehud Geller
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Prof. Eli Hazum
 
Chief Technology Officer and Director
 
July 16, 2021
Prof. Eli Hazum
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Efi Cohen-Arazi
 
Director
 
July 16, 2021
Efi Cohen-Arazi
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Dr. Ellen S. Baron
 
Director
 
July 16, 2021
Dr. Ellen S. Baron
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Augustine Lawlor
 
Director
 
July 16, 2021
Augustine Lawlor
 
 
 
 

SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REGISTRANT
 
Pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative in the United States of PainReform Ltd., has signed this registration statement or amendment thereto in Newark, Delaware, United States of America on July 16, 2021
 
 
Puglisi & Associates
  
       

By:
/s/Donald J. Puglisi  
  Name: Donald J. Puglisi  
  Title: Managing Director  

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number
 
Description of Exhibit








 
*
 
Filed herewith.