Securities Registration: Employee Benefit Plan (s-8)
May 22 2020 - 4:17PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
As filed with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission on May 22, 2020
Registration No. 333-________
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933
ClearSign
Technologies Corporation
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in
its charter)
Washington
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26-2056298
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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(IRS Employer Identification Number)
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12870 Interurban Avenue South, Seattle, WA
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98168
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip Code)
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ClearSign Technologies Corporation 2011
Equity Incentive Plan, as amended
(Full title of the plan)
Brian Fike
Chief Financial Officer
ClearSign Technologies Corporation
12870 Interurban Avenue South
Seattle, Washington 98168
(206) 673-4848
(Name, address and telephone number, including
area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Nimish Patel, Esq.
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP
2049 Century Park East, 18th Floor
Los Angeles, California 90067
Phone: (310) 312-3258
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 ¨
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Accelerated filer ¨
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Non-accelerated filer x
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Smaller reporting company x
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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. ¨
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of each class of
securities to be registered(1)
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Amount to be
Registered(1)
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Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
per Unit(2)
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Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price(2)
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Amount of
Registration Fee
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Common Stock, $0.0001 par value
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1,237,346(2)
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$0.4977
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$615,827.10
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$79.93
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(1) Represents additional shares of the common stock, par value
$0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”) of ClearSign Technologies Corporation (the “Registrant”) authorized
for issuance under the ClearSign Technologies Corporation 2011 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). This registration
statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) also includes an indeterminate number of additional shares that
may be issued to adjust the number of shares issued pursuant to the Plan as the result of any future stock split, stock dividend
or similar adjustment of the Registrant’s outstanding Common Stock, in accordance with Rule 416(a) promulgated under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(2) Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(h) solely for purposes of
calculating amount of registration fee, based upon the average of the high and low prices on May 19, 2020, as reported by The Nasdaq
Stock Market.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement registers an
additional 1,237,346 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock that may be offered and sold under the ClearSign Technologies
Corporation 2011 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). This Registration Statement relates solely to the registration
of additional securities of the same class as other securities for which one or more other registration statements filed on this
form relating to the same employee benefit plan are effective. Pursuant to General Instruction E. to Form S-8, the contents of
the Registrant’s previously filed registration statement on Form S-8 relating to the Plan (File No. 333-184884), filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 13, 2012, including any amendments thereto or
filings incorporated therein, are hereby incorporated by reference herein to the extent not otherwise amended or superseded by
the contents hereof.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
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(1)
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Incorporated by reference from the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on February 26, 2015.
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(2)
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Incorporated by reference from Annex 1 to the Registrant’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on April 4, 2019.
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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 Seattle, State of Washington, on May 22, 2020.
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CLEARSIGN TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
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By:
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/s/ Colin James Deller
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Colin James Deller, Chief Executive Officer
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By
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/s/ Brian G. Fike
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Brian G. Fike, Chief Financial Officer
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We, the undersigned officers and directors
of ClearSign Technologies Corporation (the “Company”), hereby constitute and appoint Colin James Deller and Brian G.
Fike and each of them, the true and lawful agents and attorneys-in-fact of the undersigned with full power and authority in said
agents and attorneys-in-fact, and in any one or more of them, to sign for the undersigned and in their respective names as an officer/director
of the Company, a registration statement on Form S-8 (or other appropriate form) relating to the offer and sale of common stock
of the Company pursuant to this Registration Statement and any amendments thereto and file the same, with all exhibits thereto
and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and with full power of substitution;
hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may 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 and on the dates indicated:
Signature
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Title
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Date
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/s/ Colin James Deller
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Chief Executive Officer and
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May 22, 2020
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Colin James Deller
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Director
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/s/ Brian G. Fike
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Chief Financial Officer
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May 22, 2020
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Brian G. Fike
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/s/ Robert T. Hoffman Sr.
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Director
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May 22, 2020
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Robert T. Hoffman Sr.
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/s/ Lon E. Bell
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Director
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May 22, 2020
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Lon E. Bell
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/s/ Susanne Meline
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Director
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May 22, 2020
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Susanne Meline
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/s/ Bruce A. Pate
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Director
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May 22, 2020
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Bruce A. Pate
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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(1)
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Incorporated by reference from the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on February 26, 2015.
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(2)
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Incorporated by reference from Annex 1 to the Registrant’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on April 4, 2019.
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