Processa Pharmaceuticals, Inc. — Registration Form 2022

Aug 16, 2022

S-8 1 forms-8.htm

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 16, 2022

Registration No. 333-

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Processa Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

| Delaware | 7380
Coca Cola Drive, Suite 106 | 45-1539785 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| (State
or other jurisdiction of | Hanover,
MD 21076 | (I.R.S.
Employer |
| incorporation
or organization) | (Address
of Principal Executive Offices) | Identification
No.) |

Processa Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2019 Omnibus Incentive Plan

(Full title of the plan)

David Young, Pharm.D., Ph.D.

Chief Executive Officer

7380 Coca Cola Drive, Suite 106

Hanover, MD 21076

443-776-3133

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

Copy to:

Michael B. Kirwan

John J. Wolfel, Jr.

Foley & Lardner LLP

One Independent Drive, Suite 1300

Jacksonville, Florida 32202

(904) 359-2000

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 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. ☐

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

The purpose of this Registration Statement is to register 3,000,000 additional shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), of Processa Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) in connection with the Company’s 2019 Omnibus Incentive Plan.

Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the Company’s prior Registration Statements on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-233264) and Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-257557), including the documents incorporated by reference therein, are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement, except as set forth below.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

The contents of the following documents, which have previously been filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), are hereby incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference:

| ● | Our
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the SEC
on March 30, 2022 and amended on May 2, 2022; |
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| ● | Our
Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, filed with the
SEC on May 31, 2022; |
| ● | Our
Quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2022, filed with the SEC on
May 12, 2022 and for the quarter ended on June 30, 2022, filed with the SEC on August 11,
2022; |
| ● | Our
Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 6, 2022, March 24, 2022, May 16,
2022, July 14, 2022 and July 25, 2022; and |
| ● | the
description of our common stock contained in or incorporated into our Registration Statement
on Form 8-A, filed September 17, 2020, and any amendment or report updating that description. |

Notwithstanding the foregoing, documents or portions thereof containing information furnished under Items 2.02 and 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K, including the related exhibits under Item 9.01, are not incorporated by reference in this prospectus.

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

The validity of the securities offered by this prospectus will be passed upon for us by Foley & Lardner LLP.

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Item 8. Exhibits.

| Exhibit
Number | Description |
| --- | --- |
| 4.1 | Amended and Restated Processa Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2019 Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Annex A to the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed on May 31, 2022) |
| 4.2 | Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Heatwurx, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Form S-1/A filed with the SEC on September 16, 2020) |
| 4.3 | Amendment to Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Heatwurx, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1.1 to the Form S-1/A filed with the SEC on September 16, 2020) |
| 4.4 | Certificate of Amendment to Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1.2 to Form S-1/A filed on September 16, 2020) |
| 4.5 | Certificate of Amendment to Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation dated August 8, 2019 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3 to Form 10-Q filed on August 14, 2019) |
| 4.6 | Certificate of Amendment to Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation dated December 23, 2019 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1.3 to Form S-1/A filed on September 16, 2020) |
| 4.7 | Certificate of Amendment to Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Processa Pharmaceuticals, Inc. dated June 25, 2020 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1.4 to the Form S-1/A filed with the SEC on September 16, 2020) |
| 4.8 | Certificate of Amendment to Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation dated January 1, 2022 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Form 8-K filed on January 6, 2022) |
| 4.9 | Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Form S-1/A filed with the SEC on September 16, 2020) |
| 5.1 | Legal Opinion of Foley & Lardner LLP (filed herewith) |
| 23.1 | Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, BD & Co. Inc. (filed herewith) |
| 23.2 | Consent of Foley & Lardner LLP (included as part of its opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto) |
| 107.1 | Filing Fee Table (filed herewith) |

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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 Hanover, State of Maryland, on this 16 th day of August 2022.

| PROCESSA
PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. | |
| --- | --- |
| By: | /s/
David Young |
| | David
Young |
| | President
and Chief Executive Officer |

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons on August 16, 2022 in the capacities indicated.

Signature	Title
/s/ David Young	President
and Chief Executive Officer
David
Young	(Principal
Executive Officer)
/s/ James Stanker	Chief
Financial Officer
James
Stanker	(Principal
Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/
Justin Yorke	Chairman
of the Board of Directors
Justin
Yorke
/s/
Khoso Baluch	Director
Khoso
Baluch
/s/
James R. Neal	Director
James
R. Neal
/s/
Geraldine Pannu	Director
Geraldine
Pannu
/s/
Virgil Thompson	Director
Virgil
Thompson

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