As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 27, 2022
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 51-0317849 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
1100 Campus Road
Princeton, New Jersey 08540
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Integra LifeSciences Deferred Compensation Plan
(Full title of the plans)
Eric Schwartz, Esq.
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation
1100 Campus Road
Princeton, New Jersey 08540
(609) 275-0500
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
With a copy to:
Celia A. Soehner
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
One Oxford Centre
Thirty-Second Floor
301 Grant Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
(412) 560-3300
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, 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.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation (the “Company”) is filing this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this “Registration Statement”) to register the offer and sale of an additional $5,000,000 of unsecured obligations of the Company to pay deferred compensation in the future to participating members (the “Deferred Compensation Obligations”), under the Integra LifeSciences Deferred Compensation Plan (the “Plan”). This Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on May 23, 2019 (File No. 333-231709).
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed with the Commission by the Company are incorporated as of their respective dates in this Registration Statement by reference:
(a) The Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the Commission on February 24, 2022.
(b) The Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2022 and June 30, 2022, filed with the Commission on April 27, 2022 and July 27, 2022, respectively.
(c) The Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 13, 2022, April 27, 2022, May 17, 2022, and July 19, 2022.
(d) The description of the Company’s common stock contained in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on November 4, 2013, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
To the extent that any information contained in any Current Report on Form 8-K, or any exhibit thereto, was furnished to, rather than filed with, the Commission, including any information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of the Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K, such information or exhibit is specifically not incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.
All reports and other documents that the Company subsequently files with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates the Company has sold all of the securities offered under this Registration Statement or deregisters the distribution of all such 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 that the Company files such report or document.
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 to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document that also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated by reference herein modifies or replaces such statement. Any such statement so modified or replaced shall not be deemed, except as so modified or replaced, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
The Company is organized under the laws of the State of Delaware. Subsection (a) of Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or who is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the person’s conduct was unlawful.
Subsection (b) of Section 145 of the DGCL empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending, or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that the person acted in any of the capacities set forth above, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue, or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Delaware Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Delaware Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
Section 145 further provides that to the extent a director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action, suit, or proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 145, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith; that indemnification provided for by Section 145 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which the indemnified party may be entitled; and the indemnification provided for by Section 145 shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee, or agent and shall inure to the benefit of such person’s heirs, executors, and administrators. Section 145 also empowers the corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liabilities under Section 145.
Any person claiming indemnification within the scope of Section 6.01 of the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”) is entitled to advances from the Company for payment of the expenses of defending actions against such person in the manner and to the full extent permissible under Delaware law.
Subject to Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL, the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), eliminates certain liability of the directors for breach of their fiduciary duties as directors. Article 7 of the Certificate of Incorporation provides that neither the Company, nor its stockholders, may recover monetary damages from its directors for breach of fiduciary duties as directors except to the extent that Section 102(b)(7) (or any successor provision) of the DGCL, as amended from time, expressly provides that the liability of a director may not be eliminated or limited. Under the DGCL, liability of a director may not be limited (i) for any breach of a director’s duty of loyalty to the Company or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
The indemnification provided under Article 6 of the Bylaws is in the nature of a contract between the Company and each of its directors and officers. No amendment or repeal of any provision of Article 6 of the Bylaws will alter, to the detriment of such director or officer, the right of such person to the advancement of expenses or indemnification related to a claim based on an act or failure to act which took place prior to such amendment, repeal, or termination.
The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by Article 6 of the Bylaws is not exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any insurance or other agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to actions in their official capacity and as to actions in another capacity while holding an office, and will continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer and will inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, and administrators of such person.
The Company has the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent or is or was serving at the Company’s request as a director, officer, employee, agent, fiduciary, or other representative of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan, or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liability under the provisions of the Bylaws.
The Company has entered into indemnification agreements with all of its non-employee directors and executive officers that require it to indemnify these persons to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law against expenses, judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the indemnitee, or on his or her behalf, as applicable, in connection with such third-party proceeding or any claim, issue, or matter therein, if the indemnitee acted in good faith and
in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Company and, in the case of a criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful. All but one of the indemnification agreements further provide for the indemnification of any such non-employee director or executive officer against all expenses incurred in the successful defense of any proceeding, whether on the merits or otherwise, in a proceeding or in defense of any claim, issue, or matter therein, in whole or in part, and also establish procedures that will apply if a claim for indemnification arises under the indemnification agreements.
Item 8. Exhibits.
For the list of exhibits, see the Exhibit Index to this Registration Statement, which is incorporated herein by reference.
EXHIBIT INDEX
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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 Princeton, state of New Jersey, on July 27, 2022.
INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES HOLDINGS CORPORATION | ||
By: | /s/ Jan De Witte | |
Jan De Witte | ||
President and Chief Executive Officer |