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Pluri Inc.

Registration Form Feb 14, 2023

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

PLURI INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada 98-0351734
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No. )

MATAM Advanced Technology Park,

Building No. 5, Haifa, Israel

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

Pluri Inc. 2016 Equity Compensation Plan

(Full title of the plan)

Nevada Agency and Transfer Company 50 West Liberty Street, Suite 880 Reno, NV 89501

(Name and address of agent for service)

(775) 322-0626 (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copy to:

Oded Har-Even Howard E. Berkenblit Ron Ben-Bassat Sullivan & Worcester LLP 1633 Broadway New York, NY 10019 Tel: (212) 660-3000

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See definitions of "large accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer □ Non-accelerated filer 区

Accelerated filer □ Smaller reporting company 区 Emerging growth company □

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended tor complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. □

(Zip Code)

3508409

EXPLANATORY NOTE

On June 29, 2016, Pluri Inc., or the Company, filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-212299), or the Original Registration Statement, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, to register an aggregate of 2,614,197 common shares of the Common Shares, that may be issued pursuant to the Company's 2016 Equity Compensation Plan, or the 2016 Plan.

On May 8, 2017, the Company filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 33-21777), or the Second Registration Statement, with the Commission to register an additional 252,700 Common Shares that may be issued pursuant to the 2016 Plan.

On February 6, 2018, the Company filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-222888), or the Third Registration Statement, with the Commission to register an additional 345,000 Common Shares that may be issued pursuant to the 2016 Plan.

On February 6, 2019, the Company filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 33-229535), or the Fourth Registration Statement, with the Commission to register an additional 345,000 Common Shares that may be issued pursuant to the 2016 Plan.

On September 9, 2020, the Company filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 33-248686), or the Fifth Registration Statement, with the Commission to register an additional 150,000 Common Shares that may be issued pursuant to the 2016 Plan.

Pursuant to the 2016 Plan, the number of Common Shares made available under the 2016 Plan shall not exceed 2.75% of the number of Common Shares issued and outstanding on a fully diluted basis on the immediately preceding December 31.

The Company is filing this Registration Form S-8 to register an additional 1,800,000 Common Shares which may be issued in connection with securities awards which may hereafter be granted under the 2016 Plan.

Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the Original Registration Statement, the Second Registration Statement, the Third Registration Statement the Fourth Registration Statement, or collectively, the Prior Registration Statements, are incorporated herein by reference, except for Item 8 of Part II of the Prior Registration Statements, 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 additional documents, which by the Company with the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, are incorporated by reference in and made a part of this registration statement, as of their respective dates:

(a) Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2022 filed with the SEC on September 21, 2022;

(b) Our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2022, as filed with the SEC on November 10, 2022, and February 13, 2023, respectively;

(c) Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 13, 2022, September 29, 2022, October 13, 2022, December 19, 2022, December 28, 2022, January 24, 2023 and February 6, 2023; and

(d) The description of the Common Stock contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on December 10, 2007, under the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed or to be filed for the purpose of updating such description.

In addition to the foregoing, all documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequently filed by the Company prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereunder have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents and reports.

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 herein, or in any subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference, modifies or supersedes 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.

Exhibit
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No. Description
4.1 Composite Copy of the Company's Articles of Incorporation as amended on July 2, 2020 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.1 of our registration statement on Form S-3 filed on July 16, 2020).
4.2 Amended and Restated By-laws as amended on September 10, 2020 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 of our
annual report on Form 10-K filed on September 10, 2020).
4.3 Articles of Merger between Pluri Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of our current report on
Form 8-K filed on July 25, 2022).
5.1* Opinion of Sullivan & Worcester LLP.
23.1* Consent of Sullivan & Worcester LLP (contained in the opinion of Sullivan & Worcester LLP filed herewith as Exhibit
5.1).
23.2* Consent of Kesselman & Kesselman, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
24.1* Powers of Attorney (included in the signature page to this registration statement).
99.1 The Company's 2016 Equity Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference from the Company's definitive proxy
statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Commission on April 4, 2016).
107* Filing Fee Table

Filed herewith.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Haifa, Israel, on February 13, 2023.

PLURI INC.

By: /s/ Yaky Yanay

Yaky Yanay Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES

We, the undersigned officers and directors of Pluri Inc., hereby constitute and appoint Yaky Yanay and Chen Franco-Yehuda and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power to them in any and all amendments to this registration statement on Form S-8 (including any post-effective amendments thereto), and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection with the Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature Title Date
/s/ Yaky Yanay Chief Executive Officer, President and Director February 13, 2023
Yaky Yanay (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Chen Franco-Yehuda Chief Financial Officer and February 13, 2023
Chen Franco-Yehuda (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ Zami Aberman Chairman of the Board of Directors February 13, 2023
Zami Aberman
/s/ Doron Birger Director February 13, 2023
Doron Birger
/s/ Rami Levi Director February 13, 2023
Rami Levi
/s/ Prof. Varda Shalev Director February 13, 2023
Prof. Varda Shalev
/s/ Maital Shemesh-Rasmussen Director February 13, 2023
Maital Shemesh-Rasmussen

Sullivan & Worcester LLP 1633 Broadway New York, NY 10019

212 660 3000 sullivanlaw.com

February 13, 2023

Pluri Inc. MATAM Advanced Technology Park, Building No. 5, Haifa Israel 31905

Re: Registration of Shares under the Pluri Inc. 2016 Equity Compensation Plan

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:

In connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), by Pluri Inc., a Nevada corporation (the "Company"), of 1,800,000 shares of its common stock, par value \$0.0001 per share ("Common Stock"), that are to be issued under the Company's 2016 Equity Compensation Plan (the "2016 Plan"), including shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of options and vesting and exercised stock units ("RSUs") to be granted pursuant to the 2016 Plan (all such shares to be issued therein as, the "Registered Shares"), the following opinion is furnished to you to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission") as Exhibit 5.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") under the Act.

We have acted as counsel to the Company in connection with the Registration Statement and we have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction Statement, the Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as currently in effect, the Amended and Restated By-laws of the Company, as currently in effect, the minute books and corporate records of the Company, and such other documents as we have considered necessary and appropriate in order to furnish the opinion hereinafter set forth

In our examination of the foregoing documents, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents submitted to us as copies, the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents and the legal competence to such documents. For purposes of our opinion, we have examined an official compilation of "Title 7 - Business Associations; Commodities, Chapter - 78 -Private Corporations" of the Nevada Revised Statutes. Such examination was limited to the provisions of such statute only, and did not include any annotations or commentary related thereto. Other than such examination of the documents indicated above, we have made no other examination in connection with this opinion.

Based on and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that, when issued in accordance with the terms of 2016 Plan and the options, RSUs or other rights granted thereunder, the Registered Shares will be duly issued, fully paid and nonassessable by the Company.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to our firm in the Prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement, we do not therely admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the Commission promulgated thereunder.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Sullivan & Worcester LLP Sullivan & Worcester LLP

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Pluri Inc. of our report dated September 21, 2022 relating to the financial statements, which appears in Pluri Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2022.

/s/ Kesselman & Kesselman Certified Public Accountants (Isr.) A member firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited

Haifa, Israel February 13, 2023

Kesselman & Kesselman, Building 25, MATAM, P.O BOX 15084 Haifa, 3190500, Israel, Telephone: +972 -4- 8605000, Fax: +972 -4-8605001, www.pwc.com/il

Calculation of Filing Fee Tables

Form S-8

(Form Type)

PLURI INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Table 1: Newly Registered Securities

Security
Type
Security
Class Title
Fee Amount
Calculation Registered(1)
Newly Registered Securities
Proposed
Maximum
Offering
Price Per
Share(2)
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering
Price(3)
Fee Rate Amount of
Registration
Fee
Fees to Be Paid Equity Common Stock, par Rule 457(c)
value \$0.00001 per
share
and 457(h) 1,800,000 \$ 1.05 \$ 1,890,000 \$0.0001102 208.28
Total Offering Amounts \$ 1,890,000 208.28
Total Fees Previously Paid
Total Fee Offsets
Net Fee Due
  • (1) In accordance with Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, this registration statement shall be deemed to cover an indeterminate number of additional securities that may from time be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
  • (2) Estimated in accordance with Rules 457(c) promulgated under the Securities Act, solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, based on \$1.05 the average of the high and low sales prices of the Nasdaq Capital Market on February 8, 2023.
  • (3) Represents shares of Common Stock issuable upon stock options or other awards to the Pluri 2016 Equity Compensation Plan.

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