SEC Form S-8 filed by Heartbeam Inc.

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 13, 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

HEARTBEAM, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

2118 Walsh Avenue, Suite 210

Santa Clara, CA 95050

(Address of principal executive offices including zip code)

2022 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN 

(Full title of the plans)

Branislav Vajdic

Chief Executive Officer

HeartBeam, Inc.

2118 Walsh Avenue, Suite 210

Santa Clara, CA 95050

Telephone: 408-899-4443

(Name, address, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copy to:

Scott K. Murano

Brian C. Appel

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.

Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304

(650) 493-9300

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

REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) is being filed to register an additional 7,750,487 shares of common stock of HeartBeam, Inc. (the “Registrant”) reserved for issuance pursuant to future awards under the Registrant’s 2022 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the “2022 Plan”).

These additional shares of common stock are securities of the same class as other securities for which previous Registration Statement on Form S-8 were filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on July 13, 2022 (File No. 333-266114) (the “Previous Registration Statement”). In accordance with General Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the Previous Registration Statement, including periodic reports filed after the Previous Registration Statement to maintain current information about the Registrant, are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the following documents and information heretofore filed with the Commission:

All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act on or after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that 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 filing of such documents; provided, however, that documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with the rules of the Commission shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. 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 subsequently filed document which also 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 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 the City of Santa Clara, State of California on July 13, 2023.

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Branislav Vajdic and Richard Brounstein, and each of them acting individually, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of each to act alone, with full powers of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (including post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of each to act alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully for 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 his, her or their 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 below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

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