As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 25, 2021
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
SEMA4 HOLDINGS CORP.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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| Delaware | 85-1966622 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
333 Ludlow Street, North Tower, 8th Floor
Stamford, Connecticut 06902
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
SEMA4 HOLDINGS CORP. EARN-OUT RSU AWARDS
(Full Title of the Plans)
Eric Schadt
Chief Executive Officer
333 Ludlow Street, North Tower, 8th Floor
Stamford, Connecticut 06902
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
(800) 298-6470
(Telephone Number, including area code, of agent for service)
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Ethan Skerry Per B. Chilstrom Fenwick & West LLP 902 Broadway New York, New York 10010 (212) 430-2600 | Daniel Clark General Counsel Sema4 Holdings Corp. 333 Ludlow Street, North Tower, 8th Floor Stamford, Connecticut 06902 (800) 298-6470 |
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.
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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 Securities Act. ☐
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of Securities To Be Registered | Amount To Be Registered(1) | Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share | Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price | Amount of Registration Fee |
| Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, issuable upon vesting of Earn-Out RSUs | 841,844(2) | $7.57(3) | $6,372,760(3) | $591 |
(1) Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement also covers such additional and indeterminate number of securities as may become issuable pursuant to the provisions of the Earn-Out RSUs (as defined below) by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without the Registrant’s receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of outstanding shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Common Stock”), of Sema4 Holdings Corp. (formerly, CM Life Sciences, Inc.), a Delaware corporation (the “Registrant”).
(2) Represents shares of Class A Common Stock (the “Earn-Out RSU Shares”) issuable upon the vesting of certain RSU awards (the “Earn-Out RSUs”) that are expected to be granted to certain former equity award holders of Sema4 (as defined below) and certain employees of the Registrant pursuant to the terms of that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 9, 2021 (as amended, the “Merger Agreement”), by and among CM Life Sciences, Inc., S-IV Sub, Inc. and Mount Sinai Genomics, Inc. d/b/a Sema4 (“Sema4”).
(3) Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. The price of $7.57 per share represents the average high and low sales prices of the Class A Common Stock as quoted on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on October 18, 2021.
The Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing in accordance with Rule 462 under the Securities Act.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SHARES
PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E OF FORM S-8
Sema4 Holdings Corp. (formerly, CM Life Sciences, Inc.), a Delaware corporation (the “Registrant”), initially registered pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on September 27, 2021 (Registration No. 333-259815) (including the Reoffer Prospectus contained therein, the “Prior Registration Statement”) 1,847,920 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Common Stock”), issuable upon the vesting of certain RSU awards (the “Earn-Out RSUs”) expected to be granted to certain former equity award holders of Sema4 (as defined below) and certain employees of the Registrant pursuant to the terms of that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 9, 2021 (as amended, the “Merger Agreement”), by and among CM Life Sciences, Inc., S-IV Sub, Inc. and Mount Sinai Genomics, Inc. d/b/a Sema4 (“Sema4”).
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the Registrant is filing this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this “Registration Statement”) with the SEC to register an additional 841,844 shares of Class A Common Stock (the “Earn-Out RSU Shares”) issuable upon the vesting of certain additional RSU awards (the “Earn-Out RSUs”) that are expected to be granted to certain former equity award holders of Sema4 and certain employees of the Registrant pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement. This Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the Prior Registration Statement, except to the extent supplemented, amended or superseded by the information set forth herein.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 8. Exhibits.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Stamford, State of Connecticut, on the 25th day of October, 2021.
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| SEMA4 HOLDINGS CORP. |
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| By: | /s/ Eric Schadt |
| Eric Schadt |
| Chief Executive Officer |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Eric Schadt, Daniel Clark and Joshua Ruch, and each of them, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, proxies and agents, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution and full power to act without the other, for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this registration statement (including post-effective amendments or any abbreviated registration statement and any amendments thereto filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) increasing the number of securities for which registration is sought), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, proxies and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully for all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact, proxies and agents, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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| Signature | | Title | | Date |
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| /s/ Eric Schadt | | Chief Executive Officer and Director | | October 25, 2021 |
| Eric Schadt | | (Principal Executive Officer) | | |
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| /s/ Isaac Ro | | Chief Financial Officer | | October 25, 2021 |
| Isaac Ro | | (Principal Financial Officer) | | |
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| /s/ Shawn Assad | | Chief Accounting Officer | | October 25, 2021 |
| Shawn Assad | | (Principal Accounting Officer) | | |
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| /s/ Joshua Ruch | | Chairman and Director | | October 25, 2021 |
| Joshua Ruch | | | | |
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| /s/ Dennis Charney | | Director | | October 25, 2021 |
| Dennis Charney | | | | |
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| /s/ Eli D. Casdin | | Director | | October 25, 2021 |
| Eli D. Casdin | | | | |
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| /s/ Emily Leproust | | Director | | October 25, 2021 |
| Emily Leproust | | | | |
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| /s/ Jason Ryan | | Director | | October 25, 2021 |
| Jason Ryan | | | | |
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| /s/ Michael Pellini | | Director | | October 25, 2021 |
| Michael Pellini | | | | |
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| /s/ Nat Turner | | Director | | October 25, 2021 |
| Nat Turner | | | | |
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| /s/ Rachel Sherman | | Director | | October 25, 2021 |
| Rachel Sherman | | | | |
