As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 20, 2019
Registration Statement No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
APEX GLOBAL BRANDS INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware | 95-4182437 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
5990 Sepulveda Boulevard
Sherman Oaks, CA 91411
(818) 908-9868
(Address, Including Zip Code, of Principal Executive Offices)
Apex Global Brands Inc. Amended and Restated 2013 Stock Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Henry Stupp
Chief Executive Officer
5990 Sepulveda Blvd.
Sherman Oaks, California 91411
(818) 908‑9868
(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Copies to:
Scott M. Stanton, Esq.
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
3580 Carmel Mountain Drive, Suite 300
San Diego, CA 92130
(858) 314-1500
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non‑accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting 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. ☐
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities to be Registered |
| Amount to be Registered (1) |
| Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share (2) |
| Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price (2) |
| Amount of Registration Fee (3) |
Common Stock |
| 200,000 |
| $0.98 |
| $196,000 |
| $26.00 |
(1) | Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Securities Act”), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock that become issuable in respect of the securities identified in the above table by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the Registrant’s receipt of consideration that results in an increase in the number of the outstanding shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock. |
(2) | Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) promulgated under the Securities Act. The offering price per share and aggregate offering price are based on the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant’s Common Stock as reported on The Nasdaq Capital Market as of a date (December 18, 2019) within five business days prior to filing this Registration Statement. |
(3) | Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act. |
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SHARES
PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, Apex Global Brands Inc. (“Registrant”) is filing this Registration Statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to register 200,000 additional shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Registrant’s Amended and Restated 2013 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). This Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the Registrant’s registration statement on Form S‑8 filed with the SEC on August 23, 2013 (File No. 333‑190795) and the Registrant’s registration statement on Form S‑8 filed with the SEC on August 18, 2017 (File No. 333-220044). In accordance with the instructional note to Part I of Form S-8 as promulgated by the SEC, the information specified by Part I of Form S-8 has been omitted from this Registration Statement.
All share numbers in this Registration Statement have been adjusted to give effect to the Company’s 1-for-3 reverse stock split of its issued and outstanding Common Stock that occurred on September 27, 2019.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission are hereby incorporated by reference herein:
(a) | The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended February 2, 2019 filed with the Commission on April 23, 2019 containing audited financial statements for the Registrant’s latest fiscal year. |
(b) | The Registrant’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended May 4, 2019, August 3, 2019 and November 2, 2019, filed with the Commission on June 18, 2019, September 17, 2019 and December 20, 2019, respectively. |
(c) | The following Current Reports on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant with the Commission: |
(d) | All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 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 on Form 10-K referred to in (a) above. |
(e) | The description of the Registrant’s common stock contained in the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 10, filed April 24, 1995 under the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description. |
All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement, and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which de-registers all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a 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 in this Registration Statement, including any portion of any future annual or quarterly report to stockholders or document or current report furnished under current Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K that is not deemed filed under such provisions. Any statement contained in a document 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 other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
You should rely only on the information provided or incorporated by reference in this registration statement or any related prospectus. The Registrant has not authorized anyone to provide you with different information. You should not assume that the information in this registration statement or any related prospectus is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front of the document.
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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 Sherman Oaks, State of California on this 20th day of December, 2019.
APEX GLOBAL BRANDS INC.
By: |
| /s/ Henry Stupp |
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| Henry Stupp |
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| Chief Executive Officer |
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Henry Stupp and Steven L. Brink as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each 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 and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-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.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on this 20th day of December, 2019.
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/s/ Henry Stupp |
| Chief Executive Officer and Director |
| December 20, 2019 |
Henry Stupp |
| (Principal Executive Officer) |
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/s/ Steven L. Brink |
| Chief Financial Officer |
| December 20, 2019 |
Steven L. Brink |
| (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
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/s/ Jess Ravich |
| Director |
| December 20, 2019 |
Jess Ravich |
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/s/ Evan Hengel |
| Director |
| December 20, 2019 |
Evan Hengel |
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/s/ Dwight Mamanteo |
| Director |
| December 20, 2019 |
Dwight Mamanteo |
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/s/ Patti Johnson |
| Director |
| December 20, 2019 |
Patti Johnson |
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