SEC Form S-8 filed by Embecta Corp.

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 9, 2024

Registration No. 333-_______

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-8 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

EMBECTA CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

300 Kimball Drive, Suite 300

Parsippany, New Jersey 07054

(862) 401-0000 

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

EMBECTA CORP. 2022 EMPLOYEE AND DIRECTOR EQUITY-BASED COMPENSATION PLAN

(Full Title of the Plans)

Jeff Mann

SVP, General Counsel, Head of Business Development and Corporate Secretary

Embecta Corp.

300 Kimball Drive, Suite 300

Parsippany, New Jersey 07054

(862) 401-0000 

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

With a copy to:

John J. Cannon III

Allen Overy Shearman Sterling US LLP

599 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10022

(212) 848-4000

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. ☐

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) is filed by Embecta Corp. (the “Registrant”) for the purpose of registering an additional 3,189,000 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share (“Common Stock”), of the Registrant, that may be offered or sold under the Embecta Corp. 2022 Employee and Director Equity-Based Compensation Plan (the “Plan”). These additional shares of Common Stock were approved by the Board of Directors of the Registrant on December 11, 2023 and by the stockholders of the Registrant at the Registrant’s annual meeting of stockholders on February 7, 2024, and are additional securities of the same class as other securities for which an original registration statement (File No. 333-264164) on Form S-8 was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on April 6, 2022. 

PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

The information specified in Items 1 and 2 of Part I of Form S-8 is omitted from this filing in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the introductory note to Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be delivered to the participants in the plan covered by this Registration Statement and as required by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act.

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”) are incorporated herein by reference:

All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, subsequent to the effective date of this Registration Statement, but prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement indicating 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 a part hereof from the date of filing 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 or is 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.

Not applicable.

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

The Registrant’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”) provides that, to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”), no director will be personally liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty owed to the Registrant or its stockholders as a director.

The Registrant’s Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”), provide that the Registrant must indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by the DGCL as it presently exists or may be amended, each person who was or is a party to, or who is threatened to be made a party to, any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the Registrant) (a “Proceeding”) by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or an officer of the Registrant, or is or was serving at the request of the Registrant as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against all expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any Proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Registrant, and, with respect to any criminal Proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person’s conduct was unlawful. Unless ordered by a court, any indemnification under the Bylaws must be made by the Registrant only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification is proper in the circumstances, because such person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the DGCL. With respect to an indemnitee who is a director or officer of the Registrant at the time of such determination, such determination must be made (1) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such proceeding, even though less than a quorum, (2) by a committee of such directors designated by majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum, (3) if there are no such directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion of such independent legal counsel, or (4) by the stockholders. Expenses must be advanced to a covered person under certain circumstances.

The Registrant maintains a standard policy of officers’ and directors’ liability insurance.

Section 145 of the DGCL authorizes a corporation to indemnify its directors and officers under certain prescribed circumstances against liabilities arising out of actions, suits and proceedings to which they are made or threatened to be made a party by reason of the fact that they have served or are currently serving as a director or officer to a corporation. The indemnity may cover expenses, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the director or officer in connection with any such action, suit or proceeding if the director or officer acted in good faith and in a manner the director or officer 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 the director or officer’s conduct was unlawful.

The foregoing is only a general summary of certain aspects of Delaware law and of the Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws dealing with indemnification of directors and officers, and does not purport to be complete. It is qualified in its entirety by reference to the detailed provisions of the DGCL and to the Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws.

Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.

Not applicable.

Item 8. Exhibits.

For the list of exhibits, see the Exhibit Index to this Registration Statement, which is incorporated in this item by reference.

EXHIBIT INDEX

Item 9. Undertakings.

provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in 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.

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 Parsippany, State of New Jersey, on the 9th day of May, 2024.

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Jeff Mann her or his attorney-in-fact, with the full power of substitution, for her or him in any and all capacities, to sign this registration statement, and any amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments), 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 or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.