S-8

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 28, 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

 

 

ROIVANT SCIENCES LTD.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Bermuda   98-1173944

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

Suite 1, 3rd Floor

11-12 St. James’s Square

London SW1Y 4LB

United Kingdom

Telephone: +44 207 400 3347

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

ROIVANT SCIENCES LTD. 2021 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

ROIVANT SCIENCES LTD. EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

(Full Title of the Plan)

Corporation Service Company

251 Little Falls Drive

Wilmington, DE 19808

Telephone: (800) 927-9801

(Name and Address for Agent of Service)

(Telephone number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)

 

 

Copies of all correspondence to:

Derek J. Dostal

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

450 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10017

(212) 450-4000

 

 

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

REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SHARES

PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E

Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the Registrant is filing this Registration Statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) to register additional shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock for issuance under the Roivant Sciences Ltd. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan and the Roivant Sciences Ltd. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (collectively, the “Plans”), pursuant to the provisions of the Plans that provide for automatic annual increases in the number of shares reserved for issuance thereunder. This Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the Registrant’s registration statement on Form S-8 filed with the Commission on October 8, 2021 (File No. 333-260173) to the extent not superseded hereby.

PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

The documents containing the information specified in Item 1 and Item 2 of Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to participants as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission and the instructions to Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

The following documents are incorporated herein by reference:

(a) The description of the Company’s common shares contained in its Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No.  001-40782) initially filed with the Commission on September  3, 2021 (as amended on September 30, 2021) pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), which incorporates by reference the description of the Company’s common shares set forth under “Description of Securities” in the Company’s registration statement on Form S-4 filed with the Commission on May 14, 2021, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description;

(b) The Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022 filed with the Commission on June 28, 2022 (the “Annual Report”); and

(c) All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Company’s Annual Report referred to in (b) above.

All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 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 that indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and are a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents; except as to 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 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 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.


Item 8. Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
Number

    
    3.1    Memorandum of Association of Roivant Sciences Ltd. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-4/A (File No. 333-256165), as amended, filed with the Commission on May 14, 2021)
    3.2    Amended and Restated Bye-laws of Roivant Sciences Ltd. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-40782), filed with the Commission on October 1, 2021)
    5.1*    Opinion of Conyers Dill & Pearman Limited
  23.1*    Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
  23.2*    Consent of Conyers Dill & Pearman Limited (included in Exhibit 5.1)
  24.1*    Power of Attorney (included on the signature page hereto)
  99.1    Roivant Sciences Ltd. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-260173), filed with the Commission on October 8, 2021)
  99.2    Roivant Sciences Ltd. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-260173), filed with the Commission on October 8, 2021)
107.1*    Filing Fee Table

 

*

Filed herewith


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 London, UK, on the 28th day of June 2022.

 

ROIVANT SCIENCES LTD.
By:  

/s/ Matt Maisak

Name:   Matt Maisak
Title:   Authorized Signatory


POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below, constitutes and appoints Richard Pulik, Jo Chen and Matthew Maisak and each or any one of them, our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to do any and all acts and things and execute, in the name of the undersigned, any and all instruments which said attorneys-in-fact and agents may deem necessary or advisable in order to enable Roivant Sciences Ltd. to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in connection with the filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission of one or more registration statements on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including, specifically, but without limitation, power and authority to sign the name of the undersigned to any such registration statement, and any amendments to any such registration statement (including post-effective amendments), and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, to sign any and all applications, registration statements, notices or other documents necessary or advisable to comply with applicable state securities laws, and to file the same, together with other documents in connection therewith with the appropriate state securities authorities, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and any of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to 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 indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/    Matthew Gline        

   Chief Executive Officer & Director  

June 28, 2022

Matthew Gline    (principal executive officer)  

/s/    Richard Pulik        

   Chief Financial Officer  

June 28, 2022

Richard Pulik    (principal financial officer)  

/s/    Rakhi Kumar        

   Chief Accounting Officer  

June 28, 2022

Rakhi Kumar    (principal accounting officer)  

/s/    Vivek Ramaswamy        

   Director  

June 28, 2022

Vivek Ramaswamy     

/s/    Andrew Lo        

   Director  

June 28, 2022

Andrew Lo     

/s/    Patrick Machado        

   Director  

June 28, 2022

Patrick Machado     

/s/    Keith Manchester        

   Director  

June 28, 2022

Keith Manchester     


/s/    Ilan Oren        

   Director  

June 28, 2022

Ilan Oren     

/s/    Daniel Gold        

   Director  

June 28, 2022

Daniel Gold     

/s/    Masayo Tada        

   Director  

June 28, 2022

Masayo Tada     

/s/    James C. Momtazee        

   Director  

June 28, 2022

James C. Momtazee     
EX-5.1

Exhibit 5.1

 

LOGO   

CONYERS DILL & PEARMAN LIMITED

 

Clarendon House, 2 Church Street

Hamilton HM 11, Bermuda

Mail: PO Box HM 666, Hamilton HM CX, Bermuda

T +1 441 295 1422

 

conyers.com

June 28, 2022

Matter no.: 348706

Doc Ref: 21150974

+1441-298-7861

robert.alexander@conyers.com

Roivant Sciences Ltd.

Suite 1, 3rd Floor

11-12 St. James’s Square

London

SW1Y 4LB

United Kingdom

Dear Sirs,

Re: Roivant Sciences Ltd. (the “Company”)

We have acted as special Bermuda legal counsel to the Company in connection with a registration statement on Form S-8 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on June 28, 2022 (the “Registration Statement”, which term does not include any other document or agreement whether or not specifically referred to therein or attached as an exhibit or schedule thereto) relating to the registration under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the “Securities Act”) of an aggregate of 41,698,528 common shares, par value $0.0000000341740141 each (the “Shares”) issuable (i) pursuant to Section 3(a) of the Roivant Sciences Ltd. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2021 EIP”) providing for an automatic increase in the number of shares reserved for issuance thereunder on April 1 of each year, (ii) pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Roivant Sciences Ltd. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”, together with the 2021 EIP, the “Plans”, which term does not include any other document or agreement whether or not specifically referred to therein or attached as an exhibit or schedule thereto) providing for an automatic increase in the number of shares reserved for issuance thereunder on April 1 of each year, and (iii) pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act, under the Plans by reason of any stock dividend, stock split or other similar transaction.

For the purposes of giving this opinion, we have examined a copy of the Registration Statement and the Plans. We have also reviewed the memorandum of association and the bye-laws of the Company as certified by the Secretary of the Company on the date hereof, and minutes of a meeting of its board of directors held on April 30, 2021, unanimous written resolutions of its directors dated May 14, 2021, and written resolutions of its members dated May 1, 2021 and September 21, 2021, each as certified by the Secretary of the Company on the date hereof (collectively, the “Resolutions”), and such other documents and made such enquiries as to questions of law as we have deemed necessary in order to render the opinion set forth below.

We have assumed (a) the genuineness and authenticity of all signatures and the conformity to the originals of all copies (whether or not certified) examined by us and the authenticity and completeness of the originals from which such copies were taken, (b) that where a document has been examined by us in draft form, it will be or has been executed and/or filed in the form of that draft, and where a number of drafts of a document have been examined by us all changes thereto have been marked or otherwise drawn to our attention, (c) the accuracy and completeness of all factual representations


made in the Registration Statement, the Plans, and other documents reviewed by us, (d) that the Resolutions were passed at one or more duly convened, constituted and quorate meetings, or by unanimous written resolutions, remain in full force and effect and have not been rescinded or amended, (e) that there is no provision of the law of any jurisdiction, other than Bermuda, which would have any implication in relation to the opinions expressed herein, (f) the validity and binding effect of the Plans in accordance with its terms under the laws of the State of New York, except for those matters thereunder subject to The Companies Act, 1981 of Bermuda, as amended (the “Companies Act”), of which the validity and binding effect shall be governed by Bermuda law, (g) that there is no provision of any award agreement which would have any implication in relation to the opinions expressed herein, (h) that upon the issuance of any Shares by the Company, the Company will receive consideration for the full issue price thereof which shall be equal to at least the par value thereof, (i) that on the date of the issuance of any Shares, the Company will have sufficient authorised but unissued common shares, and U) that on the date of issuance of any Shares, the Company’s Shares will be listed on an appointed stock exchange, as defined in the Companies Act, which includes The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC.

We have made no investigation of and express no opinion in relation to the laws of any jurisdiction other than Bermuda. This opinion is to be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Bermuda and is limited to and is given on the basis of the current law and practice in Bermuda. This opinion is issued solely for the purposes of the filing of the Registration Statement and the issuance of the Shares by the Company pursuant to the Plans and is not to be relied upon in respect of any other matter.

On the basis of and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:

 

1.

The Company is duly incorporated and existing under the laws of Bermuda in good standing (meaning solely that it has not failed to make any filing with any Bermuda government authority or to pay any Bermuda government fees or tax which would make it liable to be struck off the Register of Companies and thereby cease to exist under the laws of Bermuda).

 

2.

When issued and paid for in accordance with the terms of the Plans, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable (which term means when used herein that no further sums are required to be paid by the holders thereof in connection with the issue of such Shares).

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not hereby admit that we are experts within the meaning of Section 11 of the Securities Act or that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

Yours faithfully,

/s/ Conyers Dill & Pearman Limited

Conyers Dill & Pearman Limited

 

EX-23.1

Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8) pertaining to the Roivant Sciences Ltd. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan and the Roivant Sciences Ltd. Employee Stock Purchase Plan of our report dated June 28, 2022, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Roivant Sciences Ltd. included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended March 31, 2022, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Iselin, New Jersey

June 28, 2022

EX-FILING FEES

Exhibit 107.1

Calculation of Filing Fee Tables

Form S-8

(Form Type)

ROIVANT SCIENCES LTD.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Newly Registered Securities

 

               
Security
Type
  Security Class Title   Fee
Calculation
Rule
  Amount
Registered(1)
  Proposed
Maximum
Offering
Price Per
Unit(2)(3)
  Maximum
Aggregate
Offering
Price
  Fee
Rate
  Amount of
Registration
Fee(2)
               
Equity   Common shares, par value $0.0000000341740141 per share, reserved for issuance under the Roivant Sciences Ltd. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan   Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h)   34,748,798   $4.31   $149,767,319.38   0.0000927   $13,883.43
               
Equity   Common shares, par value $0.0000000341740141 per share, reserved for issuance under the Roivant Sciences Ltd. Employee Stock Purchase Plan   Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h)   6,949,760   $4.31   $29,953,465.60   0.0000927   $2,776.69
         
Total Offering Amounts     $179,720,784.98     $16,660.12
         
Total Fees Previously Paid         -
         
Total Fee Offsets         -
         
Net Fee Due               $16,660.12

 

(1)

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this “Registration Statement”) covers (i) 34,748,798 shares of Common Shares of Roivant Sciences Ltd. (the “Registrant”) that were added to the shares of Common Shares authorized for issuance pursuant to the Roivant Sciences Ltd. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the “EIP”) pursuant to the provision of the EIP providing for an automatic increase in the number of shares reserved for issuance thereunder on April 1 of each year, (ii) 6,949,760 shares of Common Shares of


  the Registrant that were added to the shares of Common Shares authorized for issuance pursuant to the Roivant Sciences Ltd. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP” and, together with the EIP, the “Plans”) pursuant to the provision of the ESPP providing for an automatic increase in the number of shares reserved for issuance thereunder on April 1 of each year and (iii) pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement covers any additional shares of Common Shares that may become issuable under the Plans by reason of any share dividend, share split or other similar transaction.
(2)

Rounded up to the nearest cent.

(3)

Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) and Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act, based upon the average of the high and low sales prices for the Common Shares as quoted on the The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC on June 22, 2022 of $4.31 per share.

 

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