As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 9, 2025 |
Registration No. 333- |
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
biote Corp.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware |
85-1791125 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S Employer Identification No.) |
1875 W. Walnut Hill Ln #100 Irving, Texas |
75038 |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) |
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biote Corp. 2022 Equity Incentive Plan
biote Corp. 2022 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Bret Christensen
Chief Executive Officer
biote Corp.
1875 W. Walnut Hill Ln #100
Irving, TX 75038
(Name and address of agent for service)
Tel: (312) 212-8079
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Ryan Sansom
Peter Byrne
Cooley LLP
500 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116-3736
Tel: (617) 937-2300
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:
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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.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, biote Corp. (the “Registrant”) is filing this Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) to register (i) an additional 3,254,532 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 (the “Common Stock”), under the biote Corp. 2022 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2022 Plan”) and (ii) an additional 500,836 shares of common stock under the biote Corp. 2022 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “2022 ESPP” and together with the 2022 Plan, the “Plans”), in each case pursuant to the provisions of each Plan, which provide for annual automatic increases in the number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance under such Plan. In accordance with the instructional note to Part I of Form S-8 as promulgated by the Commission, the information specified by Part I of the Form S-8 has been omitted from this Registration Statement.
The Registrant previously registered shares of its Common Stock for issuance under the Plans on a Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Commission on August 3, 2022 (File No. 333-266490), on Form S-8 filed with the Commission on April 24, 2023 (File No. 333-271421) and on Form S-8 filed with the Commission on April 3, 2024 (File No. 333-278503) (collectively, the “Prior Registration Statements”). Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, this Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the Prior Registration Statements except as set forth below.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
All reports and other documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), other than Current Reports furnished under Item 2.02 and Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and any exhibits furnished on such form that relate to such items, after the date of this Registration Statement, and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part of this Registration Statement from the date of filing of such reports and 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 such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not constitute a part of this Registration Statement, except as so modified or superseded.
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Item 8. Exhibits.
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4.1 |
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4.2 |
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5.1* |
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23.1* |
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23.2* |
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24.1* |
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99.1 |
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* Filed herewith.
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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 the City of Irving, Texas on April 9, 2025.
biote Corp.
By:
/s/ Bret Christensen
Name: Bret Christensen
Title: Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints each of Bret Christensen and Robert C. Peterson, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments including post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement and any and all Registration Statements filed pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact or his substitute, each acting alone, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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/s/ Bret Christensen |
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Chief Executive Officer, Director |
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April 9, 2025 |
Bret Christensen |
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/s/ Robert C. Peterson |
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Chief Financial Officer |
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April 9, 2025 |
Robert C. Peterson |
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/s/ Marc D. Beer |
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Director, Chair |
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April 9, 2025 |
Marc D. Beer |
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/s/ Dana Jacoby |
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Director |
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April 9, 2025 |
Dana Jacoby |
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/s/ Mark Cone |
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Director |
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April 9, 2025 |
Mark Cone |
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/s/ Steven J. Heyer |
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Director |
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April 9, 2025 |
Steven J. Heyer |
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/s/ Andrew R. Heyer |
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Director |
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April 9, 2025 |
Andrew R. Heyer |
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/s/ Debra L. Morris |
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Director |
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April 9, 2025 |
Debra L. Morris |
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