S-8 1 d11553ds8.htm S-8 S-8

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 2, 2021

Registration No. 333-        

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

ImmunoPrecise Antibodies Ltd.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

British Columbia   N/A

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

  

(I.R.S Employer

Identification No.)

3204 - 4464 Markham Street

Victoria, British Columbia V8Z 7X8

(250) 483-0308

(Address, including zip code and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

ImmunoPrecise Antibodies Ltd. Stock Option Plan, as amended

(Full title of the plan)

ImmunoPrecise Antibodies (USA), Ltd.

4837 Amber Valley Parkway Suite 11

Fargo, ND 58104

(701) 353-0022

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

Copies to:

Brian P. Fenske

Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP

Fulbright Tower

1301 McKinney, Suite 5100

Houston, Texas 77010

Telephone: (713) 651-5557

Facsimile: (713) 651-5246

 

 

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 definition of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in 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.  ☐

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

Title of securities

to be registered

  

Amount

to be

registered(1)

  

Proposed

maximum
offering price

per share

  

Proposed

maximum

aggregate
offering price

   Amount of
registration fee

Common Shares, without par value (2)

   1,460,400   $6.55(4)   $9,565,620.00(4)   $1,043.61

Common Shares, without par value (3)

   460,840   $8.21(5)   $3,783,496.40(5)   $412.78

Total

   1,921,240       $13,349,116.40   $1,456.39

 

 

(1)

Pursuant to Rule 416(a) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional common shares (without par value) (“Common Shares”) of ImmunoPrecise Antibodies Ltd. (the “Company”) that may be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock dividends, stock splits or similar transactions.

(2)

Covers 1,460,400 Common Shares issuable upon exercise of outstanding stock options previously granted under the ImmunoPrecise Antibodies Ltd. Stock Option Plan, as amended (the “Plan”).

(3)

Covers 460,840 Common Shares issuable pursuant to stock options that may be granted in the future under the Plan.

(4)

Pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act, the proposed maximum offering price per share and the proposed maximum aggregate offering price are estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee. The price of $6.55 per Common Share represents the weighted average of the exercise price for outstanding options as of June 2, 2021 under the Plan (with prices in Canadian dollars converted to U.S. dollars using an exchange rate of C$1.00=US$0.8306, the Bank of Canada daily average exchange rate on June 1, 2021).

(5)

Pursuant to Rule 457(c) of the Securities Act, the proposed maximum offering price per share and the proposed maximum aggregate offering price are estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee and are based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Shares as reported on the Nasdaq Global Market on May 27, 2021.

 

 

 

PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

The documents containing the information specified by Part I, Items 1 and 2, of Form S-8 have been or will be delivered to participants in the ImmunoPrecise Antibodies Ltd. Stock Option Plan, as specified in Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and the instructions to Form S-8. In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission and the instructions to Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of the Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

ImmunoPrecise Antibodies Ltd. (the “Company” or the “Registrant”) hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the following documents and information previously filed with the Commission:

 

  •  

The Company’s Registration Statement on Form 40-F, filed with the Commission on September  16, 2020, as amended on October  2, 2020, November 4, 2020, December  22, 2020 and December 28, 2020;

 

  •  

The Company’s Reports on Form 6-K furnished to the Commission on December 30, 2020, January 6, 2021, January  7, 2021, February 3, 2021, February  4, 2021, February 8, 2021, February  11, 2021, February 19, 2021, March  16, 2021, March 18, 2021, March  25, 2021, and April 8, 2021;

 

  •  

The description of the Company’s Common Shares contained in its Registration Statement on Form 40-F filed with the Commission on September  16, 2020, as amended on October  2, 2020, November 4, 2020, December  22, 2020 and December 28, 2020.

Each document filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this registration statement and prior to the filing of any 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 into this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. In addition, any Form 6-K furnished by the registrant during such period or portions thereof, in each case that are identified in such Form 6-K as being incorporated by reference into this registration statement, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into and to be part of this registration statement from the date of filing of each such document.

Any statement contained in this Registration Statement or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference 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 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 superseded, 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 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

Sections 160 to 163 of the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) provide as follows:

 

160

Subject to section 163, a company may do one or both of the following:

 

  (a)

indemnify an eligible party against all eligible penalties to which the eligible party is or may be liable;

 

  (b)

after the final disposition of an eligible proceeding, pay the expenses actually and reasonably incurred by an eligible party in respect of that proceeding.

 

161

Subject to section 163, a company must, after the final disposition of an eligible proceeding, pay the expenses actually and reasonably incurred by the eligible party in respect of that proceeding if the eligible party

 

  (a)

has not been reimbursed for those expenses, and

 

  (b)

is wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the outcome of the proceeding or is substantially successful on the merits in the outcome of the proceeding.

 

162 (1)

Subject to section 163 and subsection (2) of this section, a company may pay, as they are incurred in advance of the final disposition of an eligible proceeding, the expenses actually and reasonably incurred by an eligible party in respect of that proceeding.

 

(2)

A company must not make the payments referred to in subsection (1) unless the company first receives from the eligible party a written undertaking that, if it is ultimately determined that the payment of expenses is prohibited by section 163, the eligible party will repay the amounts advanced.

 

163 (1)

A company must not indemnify an eligible party under section 160(a) or pay the expenses of an eligible party under section 160(b), 161 or 162 if any of the following circumstances apply:

 

  (a)

if the indemnity or payment is made under an earlier agreement to indemnify or pay expenses and, at the time that the agreement to indemnify or pay expenses was made, the company was prohibited from giving the indemnity or paying the expenses by its memorandum or articles;

 

  (b)

if the indemnity or payment is made otherwise than under an earlier agreement to indemnify or pay expenses and, at the time that the indemnity or payment is made, the company is prohibited from giving the indemnity or paying the expenses by its memorandum or articles;

 

  (c)

if, in relation to the subject matter of the eligible proceeding, the eligible party did not act honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the company or the associated corporation, as the case may be;

 

  (d)

(d) in the case of an eligible proceeding other than a civil proceeding, if the eligible party did not have reasonable grounds for believing that the eligible party’s conduct in respect of which the proceeding was brought was lawful.

 

(2)

If an eligible proceeding is brought against an eligible party by or on behalf of the company or by or on behalf of an associated corporation, the company must not do either of the following:

 

  (a)

indemnify the eligible party under section 160(a) in respect of the proceeding;

 

  (b)

pay the expenses of the eligible party under section 160(b), 161 or 162 in respect of the proceeding.

Article 21 of the Articles of the Registrant provides as follows:

 

21.2

Mandatory Indemnification of Directors and Officers and Former Directors and Officers

The Company must indemnify a director, officer, former director or officer or alternate director of the Company and their heirs and legal personal representatives, as set out in the Business Corporations Act, against all eligible penalties to which such person is or may be liable, and the Company must indemnify, after the final disposition of an eligible proceeding, pay the expenses actually and reasonably incurred by such person in respect of that proceeding. Each director, officer, former director or officer or alternate director is deemed to have contracted with the Company on the terms of the indemnity contained in this Article 21.2 in advance of the final disposition of an eligible proceeding in accordance with, and to the fullest extent and in all circumstances permitted by, the Business Corporations Act.

 

21.3

Mandatory Advancement of Expenses

The company must pay, as they are incurred in advance of the final disposition of an eligible proceeding, the expenses actually and reasonably incurred by an eligible party in respect of that proceed but the Company must first receive from the eligible party a written undertaking that, if it is ultimately determined that the payment of expenses is prohibited by the Business Corporations Act, the eligible party will repay the amounts advanced.

 

21.4

Indemnification of Other Persons

The Company may indemnify any other person in accordance with the Business Corporations Act.

 

21.5

Non-Compliance with Business Corporations Act

The failure of a director, alternate director or officer of the Company to comply with the Business Corporations Act or these Articles does not invalidate any indemnity to which they are entitled under this Part.

 

21.6

Company May Purchase Insurance

The Company may purchase and maintain insurance for the benefit of any person (or their heirs or legal personal representatives) who:

 

  (1)

is or was a director, alternate director, officer, employee or agent of the Company;

 

  (2)

is or was a director, alternate director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation at a time the corporation is or was an affiliate of the Company;

 

  (3)

at the request of the Company, is or was a director, alternate director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation or of a partnership, trust, joint venture or other unincorporated entity;

 

  (4)

at the request of the Company, holds or held a position equivalent to that of a director, alternate director or officer of a partnership, trust, joint venture or other unincorporated entity;

against any liability incurred by them as such director, alternate director, officer, employee or agent or person who holds or held such equivalent position.

To the extent permitted by law, the Company has entered into an indemnification agreement with its directors for liabilities incurred while performing their duties. The Company also maintains directors’ & officers’ liability insurance which protects individual directors and officers and the Company against claims made, provided they acted in good faith on behalf of the Company, subject to policy restrictions.

Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.

Not applicable.

Item 8. Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
No.

   

Exhibit Description

  4.1    Articles of ImmunoPrecise Antibodies Ltd.
  4.2    Notice of Articles of ImmunoPrecise Antibodies Ltd.
  4.3    ImmunoPrecise Antibodies Ltd. Stock Option Plan, as amended
  5.1    Opinion of Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP regarding legality of securities being registered.
23.1    Consent of Crowe Mackay LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.2    Consent of Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1    Power of Attorney (included as part of signature page to this Registration Statement).

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 a 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% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement;

(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 the registration statement;

provided, however, that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section 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 the 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 the 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 Victoria, Province of British Columbia, Country of Canada on June 2, 2021.

 

IMMUNOPRECISE ANTIBODIES LTD
By:  

/s/ Jennifer Bath

  Jennifer Bath
  Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below, the undersigned officers and directors of ImmunoPrecise Antibodies Ltd., hereby severally constitute and appoint Jennifer Bath and Lisa Helbling, and each of them singly (with full power to each of them to act alone), his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution in each of them for him and in his name, place and stead, and 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 or necessary to be done in and about the premises, 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 their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully 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 and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature

   

Title

  

Date

/s/ Jennifer Bath

   

Chief Executive Officer and Director

(Principal Executive Officer)

   June 2, 2021
Jennifer Bath

/s/ Lisa Helbling

   

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

   June 2, 2021
Lisa Helbling

/s/ James Kuo

    Director   June 2, 2021
James Kuo

/s/ Greg Smith

    Director   June 2, 2021
Greg Smith

/s/ Robert Burke

    Director   June 2, 2021
Robert Burke

/s/ Paul Andreola

    Director   June 2, 2021
Paul Andreola

/s/ Brian Lundstrom

    Director   June 2, 2021
Brian Lundstrom

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned certifies that it is the duly authorized United States representative of the Registrant and has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be signed by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the United States on June 2, 2021.

 

IMMUNOPRECISE ANTIBODIES (USA), LTD.
By:  

/s/ Jennifer Bath

Name:   Jennifer Bath
Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer