Securities Registration: Employee Benefit Plan (s-8)
March 06 2023 - 3:16PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 6, 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
OPTEX
SYSTEMS HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact
name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware |
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(State of
Incorporation) |
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(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
Number) |
1420
Presidential Drive
Richardson,
Texas 75081-2439
(972)
764-5700
(Address,
including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant’s principal executive offices)
Optex
Systems Holdings, Inc. 2023 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full
title of the plan)
Danny
Schoening
Chief
Executive Officer
1420
Presidential Drive
Richardson,
Texas 75081-2439
(972)
764-5700
(Name,
address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies
to:
Roland
S. Chase
Hill
Ward Henderson
101
E. Kennedy Blvd., Suite 3700
Tampa,
Florida 33602
(813)
221-3900
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.
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Accelerated
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Non-accelerated
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Smaller
reporting company |
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Emerging
growth company |
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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 filed by Optex Systems Holdings, Inc. to register the issuance of 600,000 shares of its common
stock, par value $0.001 per share, to be offered and sold under the Optex Systems Holdings, Inc. 2023 Equity Incentive Plan.
PART
I
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The
information specified in Item 1 and Item 2 of Part I of Form S-8 is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with the provisions
of Rule 428 under the Securities Act, and the introductory note to Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified
in Part I of Form S-8 will be delivered to the participants in the Plan 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
Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the following documents previously filed with the SEC:
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Our
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended October 2, 2022, filed on December 19, 2022, including the portions of our proxy statement
for our 2023 annual meeting of stockholders incorporated by reference therein; |
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Our
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended January 1, 2023, filed on February 13, 2023; |
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Our
Current Reports on Form 8-K or 8-K/A filed on October 25, 2022, November 22, 2022, November 28, 2022 and February 17, 2023; and |
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The
description of our common stock contained in Amendment No. 6 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-159334), filed with
the Commission on September 3, 2010, including all amendments and reports filed for the purpose of updating such description, including
Exhibit 4.1 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended October 3, 2021, filed on December 20, 2021. |
All
documents subsequently filed by us with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the “Exchange Act”), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this registration statement,
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 in this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents,
except as to specific sections of such documents as set forth therein. 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 contained in any subsequently filed document, which also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies
or supersedes such statement.
Item
4. Description of Securities.
Not
applicable.
Item
5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not
applicable.
Item
6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section
102 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (“DGCL”) permits a corporation to eliminate the personal liability
of directors or officers of a corporation to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty
as a director or officer, except where the director or officer breached his or her duty of loyalty, failed to act in good faith, engaged
in intentional misconduct or knowingly violated a law, authorized the payment of a dividend or approved a stock repurchase in violation
of Delaware corporate law (directors only), or obtained an improper personal benefit, or in an action by or in the right of the corporation
(officers only). The Registrant’s certificate of incorporation provides that no director shall be personally liable to the Registrant
or its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty by such director as a director. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, under the certificate of incorporation, a director shall be liable to the extent provided by applicable law (i) for breach
of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which
involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) pursuant to Section 174 of the DGCL or (iv) for any transaction from
which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
Section
145 of the DGCL provides that a corporation has the power to indemnify a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or
a person serving at the request of the corporation for another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise in
related capacities, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by the person in connection with an action, suit or proceeding to which he or she was or is a party or is threatened
to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding by reason of such position, if such person acted
in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, in
any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful, except that, in the case of actions
brought by or in the right of the corporation, no indemnification shall be made with respect to any claim, issue or matter as to which
such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or other
adjudicating court determines that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all of the circumstances of the case, such person
is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
The
Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and officers. These indemnification agreements provide
that the Registrant’s directors and officers will be indemnified to the fullest extent permitted or required by the laws of the
State of Delaware or as such laws may from time to time be amended to increase the scope of such permitted or required indemnification,
against any and all indemnifiable claims and indemnifiable losses and will have the right to the advancement of expenses. The Registrant
also has directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, which provides coverage against certain liabilities that may be incurred
by the Registrant’s directors and officers in their capacities as directors and officers of the Registrant.
Disclosure
of SEC Position on Indemnification for Securities Act Liabilities
Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the
Registrant, the Registrant has been informed that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
Item
7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not
applicable.
Item
8. Exhibits.
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Filed
herewith |
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Incorporated
herein by reference |
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 the Registration
Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities
offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration
Fee” table in the effective Registration Statement; and
(iii)
To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the 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 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 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.
(B)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities 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 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 Commission,
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 the City of Richardson, State of Texas, on March 6, 2023.
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OPTEX
SYSTEMS HOLDINGS, INC. |
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By: |
/s/
Danny Schoening |
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Danny
Schoening |
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Chief
Executive Officer |
Each
person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Danny Schoening and Karen Hawkins, and each of them, his or her true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each 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 and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this registration
statement (and any additional registration statement related hereto permitted by Rule 462(b)), and to file the same, with 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, as fully
to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact
and agents 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
listed below on March 6, 2023.
SIGNATURE |
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TITLE |
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/s/
Danny Schoening |
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Chairman and Director, Chief Executive Officer |
Danny Schoening |
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/s/
Karen Hawkins |
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Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer
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Karen Hawkins |
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Principal Accounting Officer) |
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/s/
Dale Lehmann |
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Director |
Dale E. Lehmann |
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/s/
Rimmy Malhotra |
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Director |
R. Rimmy Malhotra |
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/s/
Dayton Judd |
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Director |
Dayton Judd |
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