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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 25, 2020.

Registration No. 333-

 

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

 

FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

MEDIWOUND LTD.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its charter)

42 Hayarkon Street

Yavne, 8122745 Israel

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

MediWound Ltd. 2014 Equity Incentive Plan

(Full title of the plan)

Puglisi & Associates

850 Library Avenue, Suite 204

Newark, Delaware 19711

(Name and address of agent for service)

+1 (302) 738-6680

(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

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 ☐  Emerging Growth Company  ☐			Smaller reporting 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

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of registering an additional 544,055 shares of the Registrant’s Ordinary Shares to be issued under the 2014 Plan, for which Registration Statements on Form S-8 of the Registrant relating to such employee benefit plan are effective.

 

STATEMENT OF INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

 

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the Registration Statements on Form S-8 (File Nos. 333-230487, 333-223767, 333-210375 and 333-195517).

 

Item 8. Exhibits.

 

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

 

 

 

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 Yavne, Israel, on February 25, 2020.

 

MEDIWOUND LTD.   By: /s/ Sharon Malka           Name: Sharon Malka Title: Chief Executive Office

POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES

 

Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Sharon Malka and Boaz Gur-Lavie, and each of them singly (with full power to each of them to act alone), his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act separately and 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 other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or either of them or his or her or their substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated and on the date indicated.

 

By: /s/ Donald J. Puglisi

Name: Donald J. Puglisi

Title:  Managing Director

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Tel Aviv, Israel February 25, 2020

/s/ KOST, FORER, GABBAY & KASIERER A Member of Ernst & Young Global