S-8 1 ef20021126_s8.htm S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 9, 2024
 
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549


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


Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
  
86-2759890
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
  
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     
595 Madison Avenue, 29th Floor
New York, New York
  
10022
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  
(Zip Code)

STRONGHOLD DIGITAL MINING, INC. OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)

Gregory A. Beard
Chief Executive Officer
595 Madison Avenue, 29th Floor
New York, New York 10022
(Name and address of agent for service)

(212) 967-5294
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copies to:
Daniel M. LeBey
Shelley A. Barber
Lucy Liu
Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.
1114 Avenue of the Americas, 32nd Floor
New York, New York 10036
(804) 327-6300

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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

     
Large accelerated filer
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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 of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).    ☐

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this “Registration Statement”) is being filed for the purpose of registering the offer and sale of an additional 487,250 shares of Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”) of Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Registrant”), that may be issued pursuant to the Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan (as amended from time to time, the “Plan”). These additional shares of Common Stock have become reserved for issuance as a result of the operation of the “evergreen” provisions in the Plan, which provides that the total number of shares subject to the Plan will be increased each year pursuant to a specified formula. The additional shares reflect the 1-for-10 reverse stock split the Registrant effected on May 15, 2023 of its Common Stock and Class V common stock. Except as otherwise set forth below, the contents of the registration statements on Form S-8 previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on March 29, 2023 (File No. 333-270966) and October 26, 2021 (File No. 333-260497) are incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Registration Statement as permitted by General Instruction E to Form S-8.

PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 8.
Exhibits.

Exhibit
Number
Exhibit Description
   
Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-40931) filed on October 25, 2021).
   
4.2
Certificate of Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-40931) filed on May 19, 2023).
   
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-40931) filed on October 25, 2021).
   
Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-40931 filed on October 25, 2021).
   
First Amendment to the Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan.
   
Opinion of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.
   
Consent of Urish Popeck & Co., LLC.
   
Consent of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).
   
Power of Attorney (included in the signature page of this Registration Statement).
   
Calculation of Filing Fee Table.

* Filed herewith

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 the City of New York, New York on February 9, 2024.
 
 
Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc.
   
 
By:
/s/ Gregory A. Beard
 
Name:
Gregory A. Beard
 
Title:
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
 
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Gregory A. Beard as his or her attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this Registration Statement, including any and all pre-effective and post-effective amendments and to file such amendments thereto, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact, or each of his or her substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on February 9, 2024.
 
 
Signatures
Title
       
 
/s/ Gregory A. Beard
  
Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman
 
Gregory A. Beard
  
(Principal Executive Officer)
       
 
/s/ Matthew J. Smith
  
Chief Financial Officer and Director
 
Matthew J. Smith
  
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
       
 
/s/ Sarah P. James
  
Director
 
Sarah P. James
    
       
 
/s/ Thomas J. Pacchia
  
Director
 
Thomas J. Pacchia
    
       
 
/s/ Thomas R. Trowbridge, IV
  
Director
 
Thomas R. Trowbridge, IV
    
       
 
/s/ Indira Agarwal
  
Director
 
Indira Agarwal
    
       
 
/s/ Thomas Doherty
  
Director
 
Thomas Doherty