S-8 1 brhc20053548_s-8.htm S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 26, 2023
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Venus Concept Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
 
06-1681204
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
   
235 Yorkland Blvd, Suite 900,
Toronto, Ontario
 
M2J 4Y8
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)

Venus Concept Inc. 2019 Incentive Award Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)

Michael Mandarello
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Venus Concept Inc.
235 Yorkland Boulevard, Suite 900
Toronto, Ontario M2J 4Y8
(877) 848-8430
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copies to:
Richard Raymer, Esq.
Dorsey & Whitney LLP
161 Bay Street, Suite 4310
Toronto, ON M5J 2S1
Telephone: (416) 367-7388

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 is being filed for the purpose of registering an additional 205,668 shares of Common Stock of Venus Concept Inc. (the “Registrant”) issuable under the Venus Concept Inc. 2019 Incentive Award Plan (the “2019 Plan”), none of which have been issued as of the date of this Registration Statement. These additional shares of Common Stock are securities of the same class as other securities for which the original registration statement on Form S-8 was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on December 13, 2019 (File No. 333-235480) and remains effective.
 
These additional shares of Common Stock have become reserved for issuance as a result of the operation of the automatic annual increase provision of the 2019 Plan. The 2019 Plan provides that the total number of shares subject to such plan will be increased annually on the first day of each year, beginning in 2020 and ending in 2029, by an amount equal to the lesser of (A) four percent (4%) of the shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock outstanding on the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year and (B) such smaller number of Shares as determined by the Board of Directors.
 

INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF CONTENTS
OF REGISTRATION STATEMENTS ON FORM S-8
 
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the Registration Statements on Form S-8 filed with the SEC on December 13, 2019 (File No. 333-235480), August 14, 2020 (File No. 333-246083), April 9, 2021 (File No. 333-255159) and April 8, 2022 (File No. 333-264203) are incorporated by reference herein.
 
Item 8.
Exhibits.

Reference is made under this Item 8 to the exhibit index included in this Registration Statement.
 
Exhibit Index
 
       
Incorporated by
Reference
       
Exhibit
Number
 
Exhibit Description
 
Form
 
Date
 
Number
 
Filed
Herewith
4.1
   
8-K
 
10-17-17
 
3.1
   
                     
4.2
   
8-K
 
11-7-19
 
3.1
   
                     
4.3
   
8-K
 
05-11-23
 
3.1
   
                     
4.4
   
8-K
 
11-7-19
 
3.2
   
                     
4.5
   
10-K
 
3-29-21
 
4.1
   
                     
4.6
   
S-1/A
 
9-18-17
 
4.2
   
                     
4.7
   
8-K
 
11-7-19
 
10.21
   
                     
4.8
   
10-K
 
3-30-20
 
10.24
   
                     
4.9
   
S-8
 
04-8-22
 
4.8
   
                     
 
Opinion of Dorsey & Whitney LLP
             
X
                     
 
Consent of MNP LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.
             
X
                     
 
Consent of Dorsey & Whitney LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
             
X
                     
 
Power of Attorney. Reference is made to the signature page to the Registration Statement.
             
X
                     
 
Filing Fee Table
             
X
                     
#
 
Indicates management contract or compensatory plan.
               


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 Toronto, Province of Ontario, Canada, on this 26th day of May, 2023.

 
Venus Concept Inc.
     
 
By:
/s/ Rajiv De Silva
   
Rajiv De Silva
   
Chief Executive Officer
 

POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below does hereby constitute and appoint Rajiv De Silva and Domenic Della Penna and each of them, with full power of substitution and full power to act without the other, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to act for him or her 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 this registration statement, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, granting unto said 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 in order to effectuate the same as fully, to all intents and purposes, as they or 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, 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.
 
Signature
 
Title
 
Date
         
/s/ Rajiv De Silva
 
Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
 
May 26, 2023
Rajiv De Silva
   
         
         
/s/ Domenic Della Penna
 
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
 
May 26, 2023
Domenic Della Penna
   
         
         
/s/ Scott Barry
 
Chairman and Director
 
May 26, 2023
Scott Barry
   
         
/s/ Garheng Kong, M.D.
 
Director
 
May 26, 2023
Garheng Kong, M.D.
   
         
/s/ Louise Lacchin
 
Director
 
May 26, 2023
Louise Lacchin
   
         
/s/ Fritz LaPorte
 
Director
 
May 26, 2023
Fritz LaPorte
   
         
/s/ Anthony Natale, M.D.
 
Director
 
May 26, 2023
Anthony Natale, M.D.
   
         
/s/ Keith Sullivan
 
Director
 
May 26, 2023
Keith J. Sullivan
   
     
/s/ S.Tyler Hollmig, M.D.
 
Director
 
May 26, 2023
S.Tyler Hollmig, M.D.