UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
MICROVISION, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 91-1600822 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
6244 185th Avenue NE, Suite 100
Redmond, WA 98052
(Address, including Zip Code, of Principal Executive Offices)
2013 MicroVision, Inc. Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
David J. Westgor
Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary
MicroVision, Inc.
6244 185th Avenue NE, Suite 100
Redmond, WA 98052
(425) 936-6847
(Name, address, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Please send copies of all communications to:
Joel F. Freedman
Ropes & Gray LLP
Prudential Tower
800 Boylston Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02199
(617) 951-7000
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 definitions of large accelerated filer, accelerated filer and smaller reporting company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer | ☐ | Accelerated filer | ☒ | |||
Non-accelerated filer | ☐ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) | Smaller reporting company | ☐ |
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of Securities to Be Registered |
Amount to be Registered |
Proposed Maximum Per Share (1) |
Proposed Maximum Offering Price |
Amount of Registration Fee | ||||
Common Stock, par value $.001 |
1,500,000 | $0.97 | $1,455,000 | $169 | ||||
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(1) | Estimated pursuant to Rules 457(h) and 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, based on the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock as reported on the NASDAQ Global Market on November 1, 2016. |
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement has been filed to register 1,500,000 additional shares of common stock to be offered pursuant to the 2013 MicroVision, Inc. Incentive Plan. Pursuant to Instruction E to Form S-8, the Registrant incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the entire contents of the following Registration Statements on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission: File Nos. 333-89176, 333-42276, 333-71373, 333-19011, 333-163929, 333-173114, 333-184701, 333-189740, 333-197058 and 333-205930.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 8. | Exhibits. |
See the Exhibit Index following the signature page.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 Redmond, State of Washington, on the 2nd day of November, 2016.
MICROVISION, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ David J. Westgor | |
Name: | David J. Westgor | |
Title: | Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary |
Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on the 2nd day of November, 2016.
Signature |
Title | |
/s/ Alexander Tokman Alexander Tokman |
Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) | |
/s/ Stephen Holt Stephen Holt |
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) | |
* Richard A. Cowell |
Director | |
* Yalon Farhi |
Director | |
* Slade Gorton |
Director | |
* Jeanette Horan |
Director | |
* Perry Mulligan |
Director | |
* Brian Turner |
Director | |
* Thomas M. Walker |
Director | |
*By: /s/ David J. Westgor |
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Attorney-in-Fact |
EXHIBIT INDEX
Number |
Title of Exhibit | |
4.1 | Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of MicroVision, Inc.(1) | |
4.2 | Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of MicroVision, Inc.(2) | |
4.3 | Bylaws of MicroVision, Inc.(3) | |
4.4 | 2013 MicroVision, Inc. Incentive Plan, as amended. (4) | |
4.5 | Form of specimen certificate for common stock.(5) | |
5.1 | Opinion of Ropes & Gray LLP. | |
23.1 | Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting FirmMoss Adams LLP. | |
23.2 | Consent of Ropes & Gray LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1). | |
24.1 | Powers of Attorney. |
(1) | Incorporated by reference to the Companys Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2009. |
(2) | Incorporated by reference to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 17, 2012. |
(3) | Incorporated by reference to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 27, 2013. |
(4) | Incorporated by reference to the Companys Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2016. |
(5) | Incorporated by reference to the Companys Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Companys Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-102244), filed on December 24, 2003. |
Exhibit 5.1
ROPES & GRAY LLP PRUDENTIAL TOWER 800 BOYLSTON STREET BOSTON, MA 02199-3600 WWW.ROPESGRAY.COM |
November 2, 2016
MicroVision, Inc.
6244 185th Avenue NE, Suite 100
Redmond, WA 98052
Attn: David J. Westgor
Re: Registration Statement on Form S-8
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This opinion is furnished to you in connection with a registration statement on Form S-8 (the Registration Statement), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Act), for the registration of 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock, $.001 par value (the Shares), of MicroVision, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company). The Shares are issuable under the 2013 MicroVision, Inc. Incentive Plan, (the Plan).
We are familiar with the actions taken by the Company in connection with the adoption of the Plan. For purposes of our opinion, we have examined and relied upon such documents, records, certificates and other instruments as we have deemed necessary. The opinions expressed below are limited to the Delaware General Corporation Law.
Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized and, when the Shares have been issued and sold in accordance with the terms of the Plan, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
We hereby consent to your filing this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the use of our name therein. Our consent shall not be deemed an admission that we are experts whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Ropes & Gray LLP
Ropes & Gray LLP
Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement (Form S-8) of MicroVision, Inc. pertaining to the 2013 MicroVision, Inc. Incentive Plan of our reports dated March 8, 2016 relating to the consolidated financial statements (which report expresses an unqualified opinion and includes an explanatory paragraph regarding a going concern emphasis) and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the Annual Report (Form 10-K) of MicroVision, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2015, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
/s/ Moss Adams LLP
Seattle, Washington
November 2, 2016
Exhibit 24.1
POWER OF ATTORNEY
S-8 Registration Statement
The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Alexander Tokman, Stephen Holt, and David J. Westgor, and each of them, severally, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to sign in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the Registration Statement) of MicroVision, Inc. (the Company), any and all amendments or supplements (including post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statement and any other instruments or documents that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may deem necessary or desirable to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, 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 as they deem necessary, appropriate or desirable to be performed, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each such attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
By: | /s/ Richard A. Cowell | |
Printed Name: Richard A. Cowell
Title: Director |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
S-8 Registration Statement
The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Alexander Tokman, Stephen Holt, and David J. Westgor, and each of them, severally, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to sign in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the Registration Statement) of MicroVision, Inc. (the Company), any and all amendments or supplements (including post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statement and any other instruments or documents that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may deem necessary or desirable to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, 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 as they deem necessary, appropriate or desirable to be performed, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each such attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
By: | /s/ Yalon Farhi | |
Printed Name: Yalon Farhi
Title: Director |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
S-8 Registration Statement
The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Alexander Tokman, Stephen Holt, and David J. Westgor, and each of them, severally, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to sign in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the Registration Statement) of MicroVision, Inc. (the Company), any and all amendments or supplements (including post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statement and any other instruments or documents that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may deem necessary or desirable to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, 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 as they deem necessary, appropriate or desirable to be performed, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each such attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
By: | /s/ Slade Gorton | |
Printed Name: Slade Gorton
Title: Director |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
S-8 Registration Statement
The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Alexander Tokman, Stephen Holt, and David J. Westgor, and each of them, severally, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to sign in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the Registration Statement) of MicroVision, Inc. (the Company), any and all amendments or supplements (including post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statement and any other instruments or documents that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may deem necessary or desirable to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, 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 as they deem necessary, appropriate or desirable to be performed, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each such attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
By: | Jeanette Horan | |
Printed Name: Jeanette Horan
Title: Director |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
S-8 Registration Statement
The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Alexander Tokman, Stephen Holt, and David J. Westgor, and each of them, severally, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to sign in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the Registration Statement) of MicroVision, Inc. (the Company), any and all amendments or supplements (including post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statement and any other instruments or documents that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may deem necessary or desirable to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, 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 as they deem necessary, appropriate or desirable to be performed, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each such attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
By: | /s/ Perry Mulligan | |
Printed Name: Perry Mulligan
Title: Director |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
S-8 Registration Statement
The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Alexander Tokman, Stephen Holt, and David J. Westgor, and each of them, severally, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to sign in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the Registration Statement) of MicroVision, Inc. (the Company), any and all amendments or supplements (including post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statement and any other instruments or documents that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may deem necessary or desirable to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, 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 as they deem necessary, appropriate or desirable to be performed, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each such attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
By: | /s/ Brian Turner | |
Printed Name: Brian Turner
Title: Director |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
S-8 Registration Statement
The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Alexander Tokman, Stephen Holt, and David J. Westgor, and each of them, severally, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to sign in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the Registration Statement) of MicroVision, Inc. (the Company), any and all amendments or supplements (including post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statement and any other instruments or documents that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may deem necessary or desirable to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, 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 as they deem necessary, appropriate or desirable to be performed, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each such attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
By: | /s/ Thomas M. Walker | |
Printed Name: Thomas M. Walker
Title: Director |
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