As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on September 3, 2021
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ATI Physical Therapy, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 85-1408039 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
790 Remington Boulevard
Bolingbrook, IL 60440
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
ATI Physical Therapy, Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full titles of the plans)
Joseph Jordan
ATI Physical Therapy
790 Remington Boulevard
Bolingbrook, IL 60440
(Name and address of agent for service)
(702) 844-6111
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
767 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10153
(212) 310-8000
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. ☐
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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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 | ||||
Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share |
20,728,254 (2) | $4.17(3) | $86,436,819.18(3) | $9,430.26 | ||||
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(1) | Pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the Registrants Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the Class A common stock) that become issuable under the Registrants 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the Plan) by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without receipt of consideration that increases the number of outstanding shares of Class A common stock. |
(2) | Represents 20,728,254 shares of Class A common stock reserved for issuance pursuant to future awards under the Plan. To the extent that any awards outstanding under the Plan are forfeited, expires or is settled for cash subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement, the shares reserved for issuance pursuant to such awards will become available for issuance as shares of Class A common stock under the Plan. |
(3) | Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act based upon the average of the high and low sale prices of the Registrants Class A common stock on August 30, 2021 as reported on the New York Stock Exchange. |
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The information called for in Part I of Form S-8 to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is not being filed with or included in this Registration Statement (by incorporation by reference or otherwise) in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission). The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be delivered to the participants in the equity benefit plans covered by this Registration Statement 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 following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement (in each case excluding any information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 on any Current Report on Form 8-K):
(a) | The Registrants Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 filed with the Commission on March 9, 2021, as amended on May 5, 2021; |
(b) | The Registrants Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2021 filed with the Commission on May 17, 2021 and Form 10-Q for the three months ended June 30, 2021 filed with the Commission on August 16, 2021; |
(c) | The Registrants Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on February 22, 2021, April 28, 2021, June 4, 2021, June 16, 2021, June 23, 2021 and as amended on June 23, 2021, July 26, 2021, August 9, 2021 and September 3, 2021; |
(d) | The description of the Registrants Class A common stock contained in the Registrants Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-257801) filed with the Commission on July 9, 2021, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description. |
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement which indicates that all of the shares registered hereunder have been sold or which deregisters all of such shares then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the respective dates 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 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 herein, or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such earlier 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. |
None.
Item 6. | Indemnification of Directors and Officers. |
Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the DGCL) authorizes a corporation to indemnify its directors and officers against liabilities arising out of actions, suits and proceedings to which they are made or threatened to be made a party by reason of the fact that they have served or are currently serving as a director or officer to a corporation. The indemnity may cover expenses (including attorneys fees) judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the director or officer in connection with any such action, suit or proceeding. Section 145 permits corporations to pay expenses (including attorneys fees) incurred by directors and officers in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding. In addition, Section 145 provides that a corporation has the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of its directors and officers against any liability asserted against them and incurred by them in their capacity as a director or officer, or arising out of their status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify the director or officer against such liability under Section 145.
The Registrant has adopted provisions in the Registrants second amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws that limit or eliminate the personal liability of the Registrants directors and executive officers to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as it now exists or may in the future be amended. Consequently, a director or executive officer will not be personally liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages or breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability in limited circumstances.
These limitations of liability do not alter director liability under the federal securities laws and do not affect the availability of equitable remedies such as an injunction or rescission.
In addition, the Registrants amended and restated bylaws provide that:
| the Registrant will indemnify its directors and executive officers and, in the discretion of its board of directors, certain employees and agents to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as it now exists or may in the future be amended; and |
| the Registrant will advance reasonable expenses, including attorneys fees, to its directors and executive officers, and in the discretion of its board of directors, to certain employees and agents, in connection with legal proceedings relating to their service for or on behalf of the Registrant, subject to limited exceptions. |
The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and executive officers. These agreements provide that the Registrant will indemnify each of its directors and such officers to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL.
The Registrant also maintains general liability insurance which covers certain liabilities of its directors and officers arising out of claims based on acts or omissions in their capacities as directors or officers.
Item 7. | Exemption from Registration Claimed. |
Not applicable.
Item 8. | Exhibits. |
Exhibit Index
Exhibit Number |
Description | |
4.1 | Specimen Class A common stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed by the Company on July 24, 2020). |
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 of 1933;
(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 20 percent 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 paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section shall 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 Registrants annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plans 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.
(h) 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.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 Bollingbrook, State of Illinois on this 3rd day of September, 2021.
ATI PHYSICAL THERAPY, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Joseph Jordan | |
Joseph Jordan Chief Financial Officer |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Diana Chafey and Joseph Jordan, and each of them, individually, 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 his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration Statement on Form S-8 of ATI Physical Therapy, Inc., and any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments), 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 full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in connection therewith and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that 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, as amended, this Registration Statement on Form S-8 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature | Title | Date | ||
/s/ John L. Larsen John L. Larsen |
Executive Chairman (member of leadership team fulfilling role of Principal Executive Officer) |
September 3, 2021 | ||
/s/ Joseph Jordan Joseph Jordan |
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and member of leadership team fulfilling role of Principal Executive Officer) |
September 3, 2021 | ||
/s/ Ray Wahl Ray Wahl |
Chief Operating Officer (member of leadership team fulfilling role of Principal Executive Officer) |
September 3, 2021 | ||
/s/ Brent Rhodes Brent Rhodes |
Principal Accounting Officer | September 3, 2021 | ||
/s/ Andrew A. McKnight Andrew A. McKnight |
Director | September 3, 2021 |
/s/ John Maldonado John Maldonado |
Director | September 3, 2021 | ||
/s/ Carmine Petrone Carmine Petrone |
Director | September 3, 2021 | ||
/s/ Joanne Burns Joanne Burns |
Director | September 3, 2021 | ||
/s/ Chris Krubert Chris Krubert |
Director | September 3, 2021 | ||
/s/ James E. Parisi James E. Parisi |
Director | September 3, 2021 |
Exhibit 5.1
767 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10153-0119
+1 212 310 8000 tel
+1 212 310 8007 fax
September 3, 2021
ATI Physical Therapy, Inc.
790 Remington Boulevard
Bolingbrook, Ill 60440
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to ATI Physical Therapy, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), in connection with the preparation and filing of the Companys Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Registration Statement), relating to the registration of 20,728,254 shares of the Class A common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (the Common Stock), which may be issued by the Company following the filing of the Registration Statement pursuant to the Companys 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the Plan).
In so acting, we have examined originals or copies (certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction) of (i) the Plan; (ii) the Registration Statement; (iii) the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, (iv) the Amended and Restated Bylaws, and (v) such corporate records, agreements, documents and other instruments, and such certificates or comparable documents of public officials and of officers and representatives of the Company, and have made such inquiries of such officers and representatives, as we have deemed relevant and necessary as a basis for the opinion hereinafter set forth.
In such examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified, conformed or photostatic copies and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents. As to all questions of fact material to this opinion that have not been independently established, we have relied upon certificates or comparable documents of officers and representatives of the Company.
Based on the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications stated herein, we are of the opinion that the 20,728,254 shares of Common Stock being registered pursuant to the Registration Statement have been duly and validly authorized, and, when issued and delivered in accordance with the terms of the Plan, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
ATI PHYSICAL THERAPY, INC.
September 3, 2021
Page 2
The opinion expressed herein is limited to the corporate laws of the State of Delaware, and we express no opinion as to the effect on matters covered by this letter of the laws of any other jurisdiction.
We hereby consent to the filing of a copy of this opinion letter as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving such consent we do not hereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Very truly yours, |
/s/ Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP |
Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of ATI Physical Therapy, Inc. of our report dated March 12, 2021 relating to the financial statements and financial statement schedule of Wilco Holdco, Inc., which appears in ATI Physical Therapy, Inc.s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 23, 2021.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP |
Chicago, Illinois |
September 3, 2021 |
Exhibit 23.2
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this registration statement on Form S-8 of our report dated May 5, 2021, relating to the financial statements of Fortress Value Acquisition Corp. II (as restated) appearing in the entitys Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the period from June 10, 2020 (inception) through December 31, 2020.
/s/ WithumSmith+Brown, PC |
New York, New York |
September 3, 2021 |