SEC Form S-8 filed by Hoth Therapeutics Inc.

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 16, 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

Hoth Therapeutics, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

590 Madison Ave., 21st Floor

New York, New York 10022

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Hoth Therapeutics, Inc.

Amended and Restated 2022 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan

(Full title of the plan)

Robb Knie
Chief Executive Officer
Hoth Therapeutics, Inc.
590 Madison Ave., 21st Floor

New York, New York 10022

(Name and address of agent for service)

(646) 756-2997

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

With a copy to:

Richard A. Friedman, Esq.
Nazia J. Khan, Esq.
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

30 Rockefeller Plaza

New York, NY 10012

Telephone: (212) 653-8700

Facsimile: (212) 653-8701

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

Hoth Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) is filing this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) for the purpose of registering additional shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), under the Hoth Therapeutics, Inc. Amended and Restated 2022 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (the “2022 Plan”). On August 7, 2024, shareholders of the Company approved an amendment to the 2022 Plan to increase the number of shares reserved for issuance thereunder to 1,091,317 shares from 591,317 shares (the “Plan Amendment”). As such, this Registration Statement registers 500,000 additional shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the 2022 Plan as a result of the approval of the Plan Amendment by shareholders of the Company.

The Company previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission registration statements on Form S-8 on July 1, 2022 and August 21, 2023 (File Nos. 333-265984 and 333-274125, respectively) (the “Prior Registration Statements”) registering shares of Common Stock issuable under the 2022 Plan. This Registration Statement relates to securities of the same class as those to which the Prior Registration Statements relate, and is submitted in accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8 regarding registration of additional securities. Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the Prior Registration Statements are incorporated herein by reference and made part of this Registration Statement, except for Items 3 and 8, which are being updated by this Registration Statement.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

The following documents filed by the Company with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), are incorporated herein by reference:

ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.

See the attached Exhibit Index on the page immediately following the signature pages hereto, which is incorporated herein by reference.

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 New York, State of New York, on the 16th day of August, 2024.

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below does hereby constitute and appoint Robb Knie, with full power of substitution, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact to act for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to file each of the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully, to all intents and purposes, as he or she could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or substitutes, or any of them, 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 below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

EXHIBIT INDEX

II-3