As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 30, 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
THE REAL BROKERAGE INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
British Columbia | N/A | |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
701 Brickell Avenue, 17th Floor, Miami, Florida 33133
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
The
Real Brokerage Inc. 2025 Stock Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Cogency Global Inc.
122 East 42nd Street, 18th Floor
New York, NY 10168
(Name and address of agent for service)
1-800-221-0102
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Alexandra Lumpkin
701 Brickell Avenue, 17th Floor
Miami, Florida, 33131
917-428-8617
David Boston, Esq.
Andrew Marmer, Esq.
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
787 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10019
212-728-8000
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.
Large accelerated filer ☐ | Accelerated filer ☒ |
Non-accelerated filer ☐ | Smaller reporting company ☐ |
Emerging growth company ☐ |
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 (this “Registration Statement”) is filed by The Real Brokerage Inc. (the “Company” or the “Registrant”) to register 50,000,000 common shares in the authorized share structure of the Company (“Common Shares”), which may be issued under the Company’s 2025 Stock Incentive Plan.
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The document(s) containing the information required by Part I of this Registration Statement, as specified in Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), have been or will be sent or given to participants of the Plan in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission. Such documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as a prospectus or prospectus supplement pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated herein by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. | Incorporation of Documents by Reference. |
The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the following documents previously filed by the Registrant with the Commission (excluding any portions of such document that have been furnished to, and deemed not to filed with, the Commission):
(a) | The Company’s latest annual report on Form 40-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, filed on March 6, 2025, as amended; |
(b) | All other reports filed pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) since the end of the fiscal year covered by the annual report, the prospectus, or the registration statement referred to above; |
(c) | The Company’s reports on Form 6-K, filed with the Commission on March 6, 2025, March 11, 2025, March 12, 2025, April 24, 2025, April 25, 2025, April 25, 2025 and May 8, 2025; |
(d) | The Company’s reports on Form 6-K/A, Form 6-K/A, Form 6-K/A, filed with the Commission on March 6, 2025; and |
(e) | The description of the Common Shares contained in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 40-F, as filed with the SEC on May 25, 2021, as amended, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of amending such description. |
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In addition, all documents, reports and definitive proxy or information statements filed pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicate that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregister all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents with the Commission; provided, however, that documents, reports and definitive proxy or information statements, or portions thereof, which are “furnished” and not “filed” in accordance with the rules of the Commission shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement unless the Registrant expressly provides to the contrary that such document or information is incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.
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 which is also or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes that statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not constitute a part of this Registration Statement, except as so modified or superseded.
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 is subject to the provisions of Part 5, Division 5 of the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) (the “Act”).
Under Section 160 of the Act, a company may, subject to Section 163 of the Act:
(a) | indemnify an individual who: |
(i) | is or was a director or officer of the company; |
(ii) | is or was a director or officer of another corporation (A) at a time when such corporation is or was an affiliate of the company; or (B) at the company’s request; or |
(iii) | at the company’s request, is or was, or holds or held a position equivalent to that of, a director or officer of a partnership, trust, joint venture or other unincorporated entity; |
including, subject to certain specified exceptions, the heirs and personal or other legal representatives of that individual (collectively, an “eligible party”), against all eligible penalties, defined below, to which the eligible party is or may be liable; and
(b) | after final disposition of an eligible proceeding (defined below), pay the expenses (defined below) actually and reasonably incurred by an eligible party in respect of that proceeding, where, under Part 5, Division 5 of the Act: |
(i) | “eligible penalty” means a judgment, penalty or fine awarded or imposed in, or an amount paid in settlement of, an eligible proceeding; |
(ii) | “eligible proceeding” means a proceeding (defined below) in which an eligible party or any of the heirs and personal or other legal representatives of the eligible party, by reason of the eligible party being or having been a director or officer of, or holding or having held a position equivalent to that of a director or officer of, the company or an associated corporation (A) is or may be joined as a party, or (B) is or may be liable for or in respect of a judgment, penalty or fine in, or expenses related to, the proceeding; |
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(iii) | “expenses” includes costs, charges and expenses, including legal and other fees, but does not include judgments, penalties, fines or amounts paid in settlement of a proceeding; and |
(iv) | “proceeding” includes any legal proceeding or investigative action, whether current, threatened, pending or completed. |
Under Section 161 of the Act, and subject to Section 163 of the Act, a company must, after the final disposition of an eligible proceeding, pay the expenses actually and reasonably incurred by an eligible party in respect of that proceeding if the eligible party: (a) has not been reimbursed for those expenses; and (b) is wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the outcome of the proceeding or is substantially successful on the merits in the outcome of the proceeding. Under Section 162 of the Act, and subject to Section 163 of the Act, a company may pay, as they are incurred in advance of the final disposition of an eligible proceeding, the expenses actually and reasonably incurred by an eligible party in respect of the proceeding, provided that a company must not make such payments unless the company first receives from the eligible party a written undertaking that, if it is ultimately determined that the payment of expenses is prohibited under Section 163 of the Act, the eligible party will repay the amounts advanced.
Under Section 163 of the Act, a company must not indemnify an eligible party or pay the expenses of an eligible party in respect of the foregoing, if any of the following circumstances apply:
(a) | if the indemnity or payment is made under an earlier agreement to indemnify or pay expenses and, at the time that the agreement to indemnify or pay expenses was made, the company was prohibited from giving the indemnity or paying the expenses by its memorandum or Articles; |
(b) | if the indemnity or payment is made otherwise than under an earlier agreement to indemnify or pay expenses and, at the time that the indemnity or payment is made, the company is prohibited from giving the indemnity or paying the expenses by its memorandum or Articles; |
(c) | if, in relation to the subject matter of the eligible proceeding, the eligible party did not act honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the company or the associated corporation, as the case may be; or |
(d) | in the case of an eligible proceeding other than a civil proceeding, if the eligible party did not have reasonable grounds for believing that the eligible party’s conduct in respect of which the proceeding was brought was lawful. |
Additionally, if an eligible proceeding is brought against an eligible party by or on behalf of the company or by or on behalf of an associated corporation, the company must neither indemnify the eligible party nor pay the expenses of the eligible party in respect of the proceeding.
Whether or not payment of expenses or indemnification has been sought, authorized or declined under Part 5, Division 5 of the Act, Section 164 of the Act provides that, on application of a company or an eligible party, the Supreme Court of British Columbia may do one or more of the following:
(a) | order a company to indemnify an eligible party against any liability incurred by the eligible party in respect of an eligible proceeding; |
(b) | order a company to pay some or all of the expenses incurred by an eligible party in respect of an eligible proceeding; |
(c) | order the enforcement of, or any payment under, an agreement of indemnification entered into by a company; |
(d) | order a company to pay some or all of the expenses actually and reasonably incurred by any person in obtaining an order under Section 164 of the Act; or |
(e) | make any other order the court considers appropriate. |
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Section 165 of the Act provides that a company may purchase and maintain insurance for the benefit of an eligible party or the heirs and personal or other legal representatives of the eligible party against any liability that may be incurred by reason of the eligible party being or having been a director or officer of, or holding or having held a position equivalent to that of a director or officer of, the company or an associated corporation.
Under its Articles, and subject to the Act, the Registrant must indemnify a director, former director or alternate director and his or her heirs and legal personal representatives against all eligible penalties to which such person is or may be liable, and the Registrant must, after the final disposition of an eligible proceeding, pay the expenses actually and reasonably incurred by such person in respect of that proceeding. Each director and alternate director is deemed to have contracted with the Registrant on the above terms.
Under the Registrant’s Articles, subject to any restrictions in the Act, the Registrant may indemnify any person. The Registrant has entered into indemnity agreements with certain of its directors and officers.
Pursuant to the Registrant’s Articles, the failure of a director, alternate director or officer of the Registrant to comply with the Act or the Registrant’s Articles, or, if applicable, any former Companies Act or former Articles of the Registrant, does not invalidate any indemnity to which he or she is entitled under the Registrant’s Articles.
Under the Registrant’s Articles, the Registrant may purchase and maintain insurance for the benefit of any person (or his or her heirs or legal personal representatives) who:
● | is or was a director, alternate director, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant; | |
● | is or was a director, alternate director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation at a time when such corporation is or was an affiliate of the Registrant; | |
● | at the Registrant’s request, is or was, a director, alternate director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation or of a partnership, trust, joint venture or other unincorporated entity; | |
● | at the Registrant’s request, holds or held a position equivalent to that of, a director, alternate director or officer of a partnership, trust, joint venture or other unincorporated entity, |
against any liability incurred by him or her as such director, alternate director, officer, employee or agent or person who holds or held such equivalent position.
The Registrant maintains directors’ and officers’ liability insurance which insures directors and officers for losses as a result of claims against the directors and officers of the Registrant in their capacity as directors and officers.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the Registrant has been informed that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act, and is therefore unenforceable.
Item 7. | Exemption from Registration Claimed. |
Not applicable.
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Item 8. | Exhibits. |
The Exhibits to this Registration Statement are listed in the Index to Exhibits and are incorporated herein by reference.
Incorporated by Reference | ||||||||||||
Exhibit No. | Description | Form | File No. | Exhibit | Filing Date | Filed Herewith | ||||||
4.1 | Articles of The Real Brokerage Inc. dated February 27, 2018 | 40F | 001-40442 | 99.13 | May 25, 2021 | |||||||
5.1 | Opinion of Counsel | X | ||||||||||
23.1 | Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | X | ||||||||||
23.2 | Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1 of this Registration Statement) | X | ||||||||||
24.1 | Power of Attorney (included on signature of this Registration Statement) | X | ||||||||||
99.1 | The Real Brokerage Inc. 2025 Stock Incentive Plan | 6-K | 01-40442 | 99.1 – Sch. A | April 25, 2025 | |||||||
107 | Filing Fee Table | X |
Item 9. | Undertakings. |
1. | The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: |
(a) | To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: |
(i) | to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; |
(ii) | to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof), which individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective Registration Statement; and |
(iii) | to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement; |
provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(a)(i) and (1)(a)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic 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.
(b) | That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. |
(c) | To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. |
2. | The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. |
3. | Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. |
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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 Miami, State of Florida, on the 30th day of May, 2025.
THE REAL BROKERAGE INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Alexandra Lumpkin | |
Name: | Alexandra Lumpkin | |
Title: | Chief Legal Officer |
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In accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates stated. Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Tamir Poleg, Ravi Jani and Alexandra Lumpkin, and each of them severally, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each acting along 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 or all amendments (including pre- and post-effective amendments) and exhibits to this Registration Statement, and to any registration statement filed under Commission Rule 462, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement on Form S-8 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature | Title | Date | ||
/s/ Tamir Poleg |
Chief Executive Officer and Director |
May 30, 2025 | ||
Name: Tamir Poleg | (Principal Executive Officer) | |||
/s/ Ravi Jani |
Chief Financial Officer |
May 30, 2025 | ||
Name: Ravi Jani | (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | |||
/s/ Vikki Bartholomae |
Director |
May 30, 2025 | ||
Name: Vikki Bartholomae | ||||
/s/ Guy Gamzu |
Director |
May 30, 2025 | ||
Name: Guy Gamzu | ||||
/s/ Larry Klane |
Director |
May 30, 2025 | ||
Name: Larry Klane | ||||
/s/ Atul Malhotra, Jr. |
Director |
May 30, 2025 | ||
Name: Atul Malhotra, Jr. | ||||
/s/ Laurence Rose |
Director |
May 30, 2025 | ||
Name: Laurence Rose | ||||
/s/ Susanne Sandler |
Director |
May 30, 2025 | ||
Name: Susanne Sandler | ||||
/s/ Sharran Srivatsaa |
Director |
May 30, 2025 | ||
Name: Sharran Srivatsaa |
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