Securities Registration: Employee Benefit Plan (s-8)
16 Maio 2023 - 5:02PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 16, 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
Gamida Cell Ltd.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its
charter)
| Israel |
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Not Applicable |
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(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization) |
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.) |
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116 Huntington Avenue, 7th Floor
Boston, MA |
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02116 |
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(Zip Code) |
2017 Share Incentive Plan (as amended and restated)
(Full title of the plan)
Gamida Cell Inc.
116 Huntington Avenue, 7th Floor
Boston, MA 02116
Tel: (617) 892-9080
(Name, address, and telephone number, including
area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
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Divakar Gupta
Daniel I. Goldberg
Joshua A. Kaufman
Cooley LLP
55 Hudson Yards
New York, NY 10001
Telephone: (212) 479-6000
Facsimile: (212) 479-6275 |
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Haim Gueta
Shachar Hadar
Meitar | Law Offices
16 Abba Hillel Road
Ramat Gan 5250608, Israel
Telephone: +972 (3) 610-3100
Facsimile: +972 (3) 610-3111 |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated
filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, 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 |
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Smaller reporting company |
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| 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. ☐
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Gamida Cell Ltd. (the “Registrant”) is filing this
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“SEC”) to register the offering of an additional 7,447,144 of the Registrant’s ordinary shares, NIS 0.01 par
value per share (the “Ordinary Shares”), pursuant to the Gamida Cell Ltd. 2017 Share Incentive Plan, as amended and
restated (the “2017 Plan”). These Ordinary Shares are in addition to and of the same class as the Ordinary Shares for
which the Registrant’s Registration Statements on Form S-8 were filed with the SEC on November 9, 2018 (File No. 333-228301) and
May 8, 2020 (File No. 333-238115) (together, the “Prior Registration Statements”). Accordingly, the contents of the
Prior Registration Statements are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to General Instruction E of Form
S-8, except for Item 8, Exhibits, with respect to which the Exhibit Index below is incorporated
herein by reference. These additional Ordinary Shares have become reserved for issuance as a result of the operation of the “evergreen”
provisions in the 2017 Plan, which provides that the total number of shares subject to such plan may be increased each year pursuant to
a specified formula as set forth in the 2017 Plan.
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 by the Registrant with the SEC:
(a) The Registrant’s
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the SEC on March 31, 2023 (File No. 001-38716);
(b) The Registrant’s
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2023, filed with the SEC on May 15, 2023 (File No. 001-38716);
(c) The
Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 9, 2023 (excluding the information furnished
under Item 7.01), January 19, 2023, January
30, 2023, March 20,
2023 (excluding the information furnished under Item 7.01 and the exhibit thereto), March
27, 2023 (excluding the information furnished under Item 2.02 and the exhibit thereto), April
17, 2023, April 21, 2023
and May 15, 2023 (excluding the information furnished under Item 2.02 and the exhibit thereto);
(d) The description of the
Registrant’s Ordinary Shares contained in the Registrant’s registration statement on Form 8-A filed on October 23, 2018 (File No. 001-38716), including any amendments or reports filed for the purposes of updating this description; and
(e) The contents of the Registrant’s
Registration Statements on Form S-8 filed with the SEC on November 9, 2018 (File No. 333-228301) and May 8, 2020 (File No. 333-238115)
pursuant to which the Registrant previously registered Ordinary Shares for issuance under the 2017 Plan.
All documents, reports and definitive proxy
or information statements filed pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (other
than Current Reports furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and exhibits furnished on such form that relate to such items)
on or after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment 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. Any statement contained 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 herein or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein modifies or supersedes that statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not constitute a part of
this Registration Statement, except as so modified or superseded.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
SIGNATURES
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 Boston, Massachusetts,
on May 16, 2023.
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By: |
/s/ Abigail L. Jenkins |
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Abigail L. Jenkins
President and Chief Executive Officer |
POWERS OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Abigail L. Jenkins and Shai Lankry, and each of them, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, each with the full power of substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place or stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with exhibits
thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, 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 in 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 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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Title |
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Date |
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| /s/
Abigail L. Jenkins |
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President,
Chief Executive Officer and |
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May
16, 2023 |
| Abigail
L. Jenkins |
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Member
of the Board of Directors |
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(Principal
Executive Officer) |
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| /s/
Shai Lankry |
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Chief
Financial Officer |
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May
16, 2023 |
| Shai
Lankry |
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(Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer) |
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| /s/
Shawn C. Tomasello |
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Chairwoman
of the Board and Director |
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May
16, 2023 |
| Shawn
C. Tomasello |
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| /s/
Julian Adams |
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Director |
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May
16, 2023 |
| Julian
Adams |
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| /s/
Kenneth I. Moch |
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Director |
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May
16, 2023 |
| Kenneth
I. Moch |
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| /s/
Ivan Borrello |
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Director |
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May
16, 2023 |
| Ivan
Borrello |
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| /s/
Stephen T. Wills |
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Director |
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May
16, 2023 |
| Stephen
T. Wills |
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| Gamida
Cell Inc. |
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Authorized
U.S. Representative |
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May
16, 2023 |
| By: |
/s/ Abigail L. Jenkins |
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| Name: |
Abigail L. Jenkins |
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| Title: |
President and Chief Executive Officer |
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