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As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 8, 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

 

Blink Charging Co.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada 03-0608147
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
   
605 Lincoln Road, 5th Floor
Miami Beach, Florida
33139
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

2018 Incentive Compensation Plan
(Full title of the plan)

 

Michael D. Farkas

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Blink Charging Co.

605 Lincoln Road, 5th Floor

Miami Beach, Florida 33139
(Name and address of agent for service)

 

(305) 521-0200

(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

Copies of communications to:

 

Spencer G. Feldman, Esq.

Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP
1325 Avenue of the Americas, 15th Floor
New York, New York 10019

Tel: (212) 451-2300

 

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 the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer [  ] Accelerated filer [  ]
Non-accelerated filer [X] (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
    Smaller reporting company [X]
    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 (2)   Proposed maximum aggregate offering price   Amount of registration fee 
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share  5,000,000 shares  $40.38   $201,900,000   $22,027.29 

 

(1) This Registration Statement covers 5,000,000 shares of the Registrant’s common stock that may be offered or sold from time to time pursuant to the Registrant’s 2018 Incentive Compensation Plan. This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of common stock that become issuable under the Plan or by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of outstanding shares of the Registrant’s common stock.
   
(2) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The price per share and aggregate offering price are calculated on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant’s common stock as traded on The NASDAQ Capital Market on April 5, 2021, in accordance with Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

 

 

 
 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

This Registration Statement covers the maximum number of shares of the Registrant’s common stock that could be issued under its 2018 Incentive Compensation Plan.

 

PART I. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

 

The information specified by Items 1 and 2 of Part I of Form S-8 is omitted from this filing in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the introductory Note to Part I of Form S-8.

 

The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to participating employees as specified by Rule 428(b) of the Securities Act. Such documents and the documents incorporated by reference herein pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.

 

PART II. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

 

The Registrant is subject to the informational and reporting requirements of Sections 13(a), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and in accordance therewith files reports and other information with the SEC. The following documents, which are on file with the SEC, are incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference:

 

  (a) the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 filed on March 31, 2021.
     
  (b) all other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the year covered by the document referred to in (a) above.
     
  (c) the description of the Registrant’s common stock contained in the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A (No. 001-38392), filed February 7, 2018, and all amendments and reports updating such description.

 

In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, 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 in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any 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.

 

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Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

 

The Nevada Revised Statutes limit or eliminate the personal liability of directors to corporations and their stockholders for monetary damages for breaches of directors’ fiduciary duties as directors. Our bylaws include provisions that require the company to indemnify our directors or officers against monetary damages for actions taken as a director or officer of our company. We are also expressly authorized to carry directors’ and officers’ insurance to protect our directors, officers, employees and agents for certain liabilities. Our articles of incorporation do not contain any limiting language regarding director immunity from liability.

 

The limitation of liability and indemnification provisions under Nevada Revised Statutes and our bylaws may discourage stockholders from bringing a lawsuit against directors for breach of their fiduciary duties. These provisions may also have the effect of reducing the likelihood of derivative litigation against directors and officers, even though such an action, if successful, might otherwise benefit us and our stockholders. However, these provisions do not limit or eliminate our rights, or those of any stockholder, to seek non-monetary relief such as injunction or rescission in the event of a breach of a director’s fiduciary duties. Moreover, the provisions do not alter the liability of directors under the federal securities laws. In addition, your investment may be adversely affected to the extent that, in a class action or direct suit, we pay the costs of settlement and damage awards against directors and officers pursuant to these indemnification provisions.

 

We have entered or intend to enter into separate indemnification agreements with our directors and executive officers, in addition to indemnification provided for in our bylaws. These agreements, among other things, provide for indemnification of our directors and executive officers for certain expenses, judgments, fines and settlement amounts, among others, incurred by such person in any action or proceeding arising out of such person’s services as a director or executive officer in any capacity. We believe that these provisions in our bylaws and indemnification agreements are necessary to attract and retain qualified persons as directors and executive officers.

 

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling our company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, we have been informed that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

 

Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
     
  Not applicable.
     
Item 8. Exhibits.
     
  The Exhibit Index immediately preceding the exhibits is incorporated herein by reference.
     
Item 9. Undertakings.
     
  1. Item 512(a) of Regulation S-K. 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; and

 

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  (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 (i) and (ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic 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.

 

2. Item 512(b) of Regulation S-K. 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 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.

 

3. Item 512(h) of Regulation S-K. 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.

 

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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 Miami Beach, State of Florida, on this 8th day of April 2021.

 

  BLINK CHARGING CO.
   
  By:

/s/ Michael D. Farkas

    Michael D. Farkas
    Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

We, the undersigned officers and directors of Blink Charging Co. hereby severally constitute and appoint Michael D. Farkas and Michael P. Rama, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution, for us and in our stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and all documents relating thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary or advisable to be done in and about the premises, as full to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all the said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, 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, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

Signature   Title   Date
         
/s/ Michael D. Farkas   Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer)  

April 8, 2021

 

Michael D. Farkas        
         
/s/ Brendan S. Jones   President, Chief Operating Officer and Director   April 8, 2021
Brendan S. Jones        
         
/s/ Michael P. Rama   Chief Financial Officer (principal financial and accounting officer)   April 8, 2021
Michael P. Rama        
         
/s/ Louis R. Buffalino   Director   April 8, 2021
Louis R. Buffalino        
         
/s/ Donald Engel   Director   April 8, 2021
Donald Engel        
         
/s/ Jack Levine   Director   April 8, 2021
Jack Levine        
         
/s/ Kenneth R. Marks   Director   April 8, 2021
Kenneth R. Marks        
         

/s/ Ritsaart J.M. van Montfrans

  Director   April 8, 2021
Ritsaart J.M. van Montfrans        

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

No.   Description
     
4.1   2018 Incentive Compensation Plan (included as Exhibit A to the Registrant’s Proxy Statement for its 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed with the SEC on August 14, 2018, and incorporated herein by reference).
     
5.1   Opinion of Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP, counsel to the Registrant.
     
23.1   Consent of Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).
     
23.2   Consent of Marcum LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.
     
24.1   Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature page to this Registration Statement and incorporated herein by reference).

 

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