As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 19, 2021
File No. 333-254222
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
TO
FORM S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
SmartKem, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | | | 3674 | | | 85-1083654 | |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | | | (Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number) | | | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) | |
Manchester Technology Center, Hexagon Tower
Delaunays Road, Blackley
Manchester, M9 8GQ U.K.
011-44-161-721-1514
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
Delaunays Road, Blackley
Manchester, M9 8GQ U.K.
011-44-161-721-1514
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
Robert Bahns
Chief Financial Officer
Manchester Technology Center, Hexagon Tower
Delaunays Road, Blackley
Manchester, M9 8GQ U.K.
011-44-161-721-1514
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Chief Financial Officer
Manchester Technology Center, Hexagon Tower
Delaunays Road, Blackley
Manchester, M9 8GQ U.K.
011-44-161-721-1514
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
John D. Hogoboom, Esq.
Lowenstein Sandler LLP
1251 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10020
(646) 414-6846
John D. Hogoboom, Esq.
Lowenstein Sandler LLP
1251 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10020
(646) 414-6846
(Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public) From time to time after this registration statement is declared effective.
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| 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 Exchange Act. ☐
The registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or until this Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
SmartKem, Inc. (the “Company”) is filing this Amendment No. 1 (this “Amendment”) to its Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333- 254222) (the “Registration Statement”) as an exhibits only filing to file Exhibit 101 - XBRL. Accordingly, this Amendment consists only of the facing page, this explanatory note, Item 16(a) of Part II of the Registration Statement, the signature pages to the Registration Statement and the filed exhibits. This Amendment does not modify any provision of the prospectus that forms a part of the Registration Statement. Accordingly, a preliminary prospectus has been omitted.
Item 16. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
(a)
Exhibits
Exhibit Index
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Annexes, schedules and/or exhibits have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. The Registrant hereby undertakes to furnish supplementally a copy of any of the omitted schedules and exhibits to the SEC on a confidential basis upon request.
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Previously Filed.
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Filed herewith.
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Indicates management contract or compensatory plan.
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Portions of the exhibit, marked by brackets, have been omitted because the omitted information (i) is not material and (ii) would likely cause competitive harm if publicly disclosed. The Registrant hereby undertakes to furnish supplementally a copy of any of the omitted schedules and exhibits to the SEC on a confidential basis upon request.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Manchester, Great Britain, the United Kingdom, on the 19th day of March, 2021.
| SmartKem, Inc. By: /s/ Ian Jenks Ian Jenks Chief Executive Officer | | | | |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
| Signature | | | Title | | | Date | |
| /s/ Ian Jenks Ian Jenks | | | Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) | | | March 19, 2021 | |
| /s/ Robert Bahns Robert Bahns | | | Chief Financial Officer and Director (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | | | March 19, 2021 | |
| * Klaas de Boer | | | Director | | | March 19, 2021 | |
| * Simon P. King | | | Director | | | March 19, 2021 | |
| * Barbra C. Keck | | | Director | | | March 19, 2021 | |
*By:
/s/ Robert Bahns
Robert Bahns, Attorney-in-Fact