SEC Form S-8 filed by Zedge Inc.

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

ZEDGE, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

1178 Broadway, 3rd Floor #1450

New York, NY 10001

(330) 577-3424

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

Zedge, Inc. 2016 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated

(Full Title of the Plan)

Jonathan Reich

Chief Executive Officer

Zedge, Inc.

1178 Broadway, 3rd Floor #1450

New York, NY 10001

(330) 577-3424

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Agent for Service)

Copies to:

Dov T. Schwell, Esq.

Schwell Wimpfheimer & Associates LLP

37 West 39^th Street, Suite 505

New York, NY 10018

(646) 328-0795

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.

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.  ☐

PART I

General Instruction E Information

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed by Zedge, Inc. (the “Registrant”) for the purpose of increasing the number of securities of the same class as other securities for which certain Registration Statements on Form S-8 relating to the same employee benefit plan are effective. Specifically, this filing seeks to register an additional 100,000 shares to the pool from which to grant awards granted pursuant to the Zedge, Inc. 2016 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), as amended and restated, in compliance with Section 711(c) of the NYSE American Company Guide. The Registrant’s Registration Statements on Form S-8 with respect to the Plan, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on July 20, 2016 (File No. 333-212600), on October 26, 2016 (File No. 333-214258), on October 30, 2017 (File No. 333-221214), on December 9, 2019 (File No. 333-235422), on March 12, 2021 (File No. 333-254225), and on April 12, 2022 (File No. 333-264248), excluding reports that the Registrant filed with the Commission that were incorporated into the Form S-8 Registration Statements in order to maintain current information about the Registrant, are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8.

PART II

 INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference. 

The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) by the Registrant, pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:

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 have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein 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 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 which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such 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.

The Registrant’s Certificate of Incorporation provides that, no director shall be personally liable to the Corporation or any of its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) pursuant to Section 174 of the GCL or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit and that any alteration, amendment or repeal of this section by the stockholders of the Corporation shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such alteration, amendment or repeal with respect to acts or omissions occurring prior to such alteration, amendment or repeal.

The Registrant’s By-Laws provide that the Registrant shall indemnify and hold harmless any person who was or is a party to or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved (as a party, witness, or otherwise) in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was a director or officer of the Corporation serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, against all expenses (including attorneys’ fees), liabilities, losses, judgments, fines and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.

Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.

Not applicable.

Item 8. Exhibits.

Item 9. Undertakings.

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 Form S-8 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on March 27, 2025.

The undersigned directors and officers hereby constitute and appoint Jonathan Reich, with full power to act and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, our true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full power to execute in our name in the capacities indicated any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and to sign any and all additional registration statements relating to the same offering of securities as this Form S-8 that are filed pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and hereby ratify and confirm that all such attorneys-in fact, or either of them, or their substitutes shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Form S-8 Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated as of March 27, 2025.

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