Securities Registration: Employee Benefit Plan (s-8)
April 13 2022 - 3:39PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on April 13, 2022
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Registration Statement No. 333- |
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Jaguar Health,
Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization) |
46-2956775
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
200 Pine Street, Suite 400
San Francisco, California 94104
(Address of principal executive office) (Zip Code)
New Employee Inducement Award Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Lisa A. Conte
Chief Executive Officer and President
Jaguar Health, Inc.
200 Pine Street, Suite 400
San Francisco, California 94104
(415) 371-8300
(Name and address of agent for service) (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Donald C. Reinke |
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Jeffrey G. Aromatorio |
Reed Smith LLP |
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Reed Smith LLP |
101 Second Street, Suite 1800 |
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Reed Smith Centre, 225 Fifth Avenue |
San Francisco, California 94105 |
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Pittsburgh, PA 15222 |
(415) 543-8700 |
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(412) 288-3364 |
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 o
Non-accelerated filer x |
Accelerated filer o
Smaller reporting company x
Emerging growth company o |
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. o |
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement
on Form S-8 is filed by Jaguar Health, Inc. (f/k/a Jaguar Animal Health, Inc.), a Delaware corporation (the
“Registrant”), relating to 471,833 shares of its common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common
Stock”), issuable to eligible employees of the Registrant under the Registrant’s New Employee Inducement Award Plan (the
“Plan”), which Common Stock is in addition to the 500,000 shares of Common Stock registered on the Registrant’s
Form S-8 filed on May 28, 2021 (File No. 333-256629) (the “Prior Registration Statement”). All of the share amounts presented herein reflect the 3-to-1 reverse
stock split effective September 8, 2021.
This Registration Statement
relates to securities of the same class as that to which the Prior Registration Statement relates, and is submitted in accordance with
General Instruction E to Form S-8 regarding Registration of Additional Securities. Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the
contents of the Prior Registration Statement are incorporated herein by reference and made part of this Registration Statement, except
as amended hereby.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I of Form
S-8 will be sent or given to participants as specified by Securities Act Rule 428(b)(1).
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference
The following documents of Registrant filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (File No. 001-36714) are incorporated herein by reference:
| (b) | Registrant’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on February 2, 2022, February 14, 2022, February 18, 2022, March 2, 2022, March 15, 2022 and March 18, 2022 and April 1, 2022; |
| (c) | Registrant’s definitive proxy statement and definitive additional materials, on Schedule 14A, relating to our Annual Meeting
of Stockholders filed on April 13, 2021 and May 17, 2021; and |
All documents subsequently
filed by 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 hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents;
provided, however, that documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with Commission rules shall
not be deemed incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. Any statement contained herein or in a document, all or a portion
of which is 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 contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is
or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded
shall not be deemed, except as so modified or amended, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
See Exhibit Index immediately following the Signature
Pages.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
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 San Francisco,
State of California, on this 13th day of April, 2022.
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JAGUAR HEALTH, INC. |
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By: |
/s/ Lisa
A. Conte |
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Name: |
Lisa A. Conte |
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Title: |
Chief Executive Officer and President |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitute and appoint Lisa A. Conte and Carol Lizak, and each one of them, 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 their 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 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 connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he 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 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 and on the dates indicated.
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/s/ Lisa A. Conte |
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Chief Executive Officer, President, and Director |
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April 13, 2022 |
Lisa A. Conte |
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(Principal Executive Officer) |
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/s/ Carol Lizak |
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Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal |
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April 13, 2022 |
Carol Lizak |
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Financial and Accounting Officer) |
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/s/ James J. Bochnowski |
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Chairman of the Board of Directors |
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April 13, 2022 |
James J. Bochnowski |
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/s/ Greg J. Divis |
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Director |
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April 13, 2022 |
Greg J. Divis |
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/s/ John Micek III |
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Director |
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April 13, 2022 |
John Micek III |
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/s/ Jonathan B. Siegel |
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Director |
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April 13, 2022 |
Jonathan B. Siegel |
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