S-8 1 fs80408_celsius.htm REGISTRATION STATEMENT fs80408_celsius.htm
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
________________________________________
 
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 ________________________________________
 
CELSIUS HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact Name of Small Business Issuer in its Charter)
         
Nevada
2086
20-2745790
(State of Incorporation)
(Primary Standard Classification Code)
(IRS Employer ID No.)
 
140 NE 4th Avenue, Suite C
Delray Beach, FL 33483
(561) 276-2239
(Address and Telephone Number of Registrant’s Principal
Executive Offices and Principal Place of Business)

Elite FX, Inc. Incentive Stock Plan
(Full title of the Plan)

Jan Norelid, CFO
140 NE 4th Avenue, Suite C
Delray Beach, FL 33483
(561) 276-2239
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Agent for Service)
 
Copies of communications to:
Roger Shaffer, Esq.
Baritz & Colman, LLP
1075 Broken Sound Parkway, NW
Suite 102
Boca Raton, Florida 33487
Telephone: (561) 864-5100
Telecopier: (561) 864-5101
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Title of Each Class 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
   
16,046,956
   
$1.10
   
$1,193,765
   
$46.91
 
Total
   
16,046,956
   
$1.10
   
$1,193,765
   
$46.91
 
 
(1) In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan(s) described herein. This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock which become issuable under the 2006 Equity Incentive Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of Celsius Holdings, Inc.

(2) Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) on the basis of the (i) actual average exercise price of $0.067 for an aggregate of 13,482,713 options to purchase Common Stock being registered,  which have already been granted under the Company’s Incentive Stock Plan (the "Plan"), (ii) the average of the high and low price of a share of Common Stock as reported by the OTC on April 7, 2008, (which was $0.114 with respect to 2,564,243 shares of Common Stock subject to future grants of options under the Plan).
 
 

 
PART I
 
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
 
Item 1. Plan Information.

The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to the option holders as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”). In accordance with Rule 428 and the requirements of Part I of Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424. The registrant shall maintain a file of such documents in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428. Upon request, the registrant shall furnish to the Commission or its staff a copy or copies of any or all of the documents included in such file. Such documents, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Act.

Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.

The registrant shall provide a written statement to participants advising them of the availability without charge, upon written or oral request, of the documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II of the registration statement, and stating that these documents are incorporated by reference in the Section 10(a) prospectus. The statement also shall indicate the availability without charge, upon written or oral request, of other documents required to be delivered to employees pursuant to Rule 428(b) (§230.428(b)). The statement shall include the address (giving title or department) and telephone number to which the request is to be directed.
 
 
 
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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 Securities and Exchange Commission are incorporated herein by reference:
 
(a)  
The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-k for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007
 
(b)  
and the Registrant’s Current Reports on Form 8-K dated: April 7, and April 9, 2008; and
 
(c)  
The description of the Registrant’s common stock included in the section titled “Description of Securities” in Amendment 3 to our Registration Statement filed on Form SB-2 (File No. 333-144751).
 
All reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered 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 of this registration statement from the date of the filing of such reports and documents.

Item 4.   Description of Securities.

Not Applicable.

Item 5.   Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

Not Applicable.

Item 6.   Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

Nevada Revised Statutes – Chapter 78

NRS 78.7502 (1) provides that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, except an action by or in the right of the corporation, by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, 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, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the action, suit or proceeding if he: (a) Is not liable pursuant to NRS 78.138, which provides that directors and officers shall exercise their powers in good faith and with a view to the interest of the corporation; or (b) Acted in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.

NRS 78.7502 (2) Provides that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a  judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, 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, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses, including amounts paid in settlement and attorneys’ fees actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of the action or suit if he: (a) Is not liable pursuant to NRS 78.138, which provides that directors and officers shall exercise their powers in good faith and with a view to the interest of the corporation; or  (b) Acted in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation.

NRS 78.7502 (3) provides that to the extent that a director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit, proceeding referred to therein, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, the corporation shall indemnify him against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense.
 
 
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NRS 78.751 (1) provides that any discretionary indemnification pursuant to NRS 78.7502, unless otherwise provided in NRS 78.751, may be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances as determined by: (a) By the stockholders; (b) By the board of directors by majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the action, suit or proceeding; (c) If a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the action, suit or proceeding so orders, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion; or (d) If a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the action, suit or proceeding cannot be obtained, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion.

NRS 78.751 (2) provides that the articles of incorporation, the bylaws or an agreement made by the corporation may provide that the expenses of officers and directors incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding must be paid by the corporation as they are incurred and in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation. The provisions of this subsection do not affect any rights to advancement of expenses to which corporate personnel other than directors or officers may be entitled under any contract or otherwise by law.

NRS 78.751 (3) provides that the indemnification pursuant to NRS 78.7502 and advancement of expenses authorized in or ordered by a court pursuant to this section: (a) Does not exclude any other rights to which a person seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under the articles of incorporation or any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, for either an action in his official capacity or an action in another capacity while holding his office, except that indemnification, unless ordered by a court pursuant to NRS 78.7502 or for the advancement of expenses made pursuant to subsection 2, may not be made to or on behalf of any director or officer if a final adjudication establishes that his acts or omissions involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of the law and was material to the cause of action; and (b) Continues for a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and inures to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.
 
Articles of Incorporation
 
Article IX of the Registrant’s Articles of Incorporation, provides that the Registrant may indemnify any person who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation), by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, 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 the corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement, actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the action, suit or proceeding.
 
The terms and conditions of the indemnification of directors and officers pursuant to Article IX of the Registrant’s Articles of Incorporation are consistent with all material terms of NRS 78.7502 and 78.751
 
Item 7.   Exemption from Registration Claimed.

Not applicable
 
Item 8.   Exhibits.
 
Exhibit No.
Description
Location
     
4.3
Incentive Stock Plan
Filed herewith
5.1
Opinion of counsel
Filed herewith
23.1
Consent of Sherb & Co.
Filed herewith
23.2
Consent of Counsel
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 5.1 filed herewith
24.1
Power of Attorney
Reference is made to page 5 of this Registration Statement

 
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Item 9. Undertakings.

(a) The 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 of 1933, as amended (the “Act”);

(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, represents 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 Registrant 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 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 Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Act, each filing of the Registrant’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.

(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the 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 Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 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 Act 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 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Delray Beach, State of Florida, on the 17th day of April, 2008.

 

 
 
CELSIUS HOLDINGS, INC.
   
   
 
By:      /s/Stephen C. Haley                                                      
 
Name: Stephen C. Haley
 
Titles: Executive Officer, Chief ExecutiveOfficer and President
   
   
   
   
   
POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Stephen C. Haley and Jan Norelid, and each of them, 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 or all amendments (including pre- or 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, and hereby grants to such attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may 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 date indicated.
 
Signatures
Title(s)
Date
 
     
/s/ Stephen C. Haley
Stephen C. Haley
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President and Director
April 17, 2008
 
   
     
/s/ Jan Norelid
Jan Norelid
Principal Financial and Accounting Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary, Treasurer and Director
April 17, 2008
 
   
     
/s/ James Cast
Director
April 17, 2008
James Cast
   
     
 
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