As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on August __, 2018.
Registration Statement No. 333-_______
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
DIGITAL ALLY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Nevada | 3663 | 20-006426913 | ||
| (State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(Primary
Standard Industrial Classification Code Number) |
(I.R.S.
Employer Identification Number) |
Digital Ally, Inc.
9705 Loiret Blvd.,
Lenexa, KS 66219
(913) 814-7774
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
Stanton E. Ross
Chief Executive Officer
Digital Ally, Inc.
9705 Loiret Blvd.,
Lenexa, KS 66219
(913) 814-7774
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Christian J. Hoffmann, III
9705 Loiret Blvd.,
Lenexa, KS 66219
(913) 814-7774
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
| Large accelerated filer | [ ] | Accelerated filer | [ ] |
| Non-accelerated filer | [ ] (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) | Smaller reporting company | [X] |
| Emerging growth company | [ ] |
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered | Amount to be Registered (1)(2) | Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering | Proposed Maximum Offering Price (2)(3) | Amount of Registration | ||||||||||||
| Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share | 1,000,000 | $ | 2.50 | $ | 2,500,000.00 | $ | 311.25 | |||||||||
| (1) | Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement also covers any additional shares of common stock to be issued as a result of stock splits, stock dividends, or similar transactions. |
(2)
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Represents 1,000,000 shares of common stock reserved for issuance pursuant to the Digital Ally, Inc. 2018 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan (the “2018 Plan”). |
| (3) | Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee. The maximum price per Security and the maximum aggregate offering price are based on the average of the $2.55 (high) and $2.45 (low) sale price of the Registrant’s common stock as reported on the Nasdaq on August 14, 2018, which date is within five business days prior to filing this Registration Statement. |
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The purpose of this Registration Statement on Form S-8 is to register a total of 1,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share of Digital Ally, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Registrant,” “we” or “us”), issuable under our 2018 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan.
This Registration Statement will register 1,000,000 shares of common stock issuable under our 2018 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan (the “2018 Plan”). The Board of Directors of the Registrant adopted the 2018 Plan on April 12, 2018, subject to the approval of our stockholders. Our stockholders approved the 2018 Plan and the reservation of 1,000,000 shares for issuance thereunder at the annual meeting of stockholders held on July 5, 2018.
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The document(s) containing the information required by Part I of this registration statement will be sent or given to the participants in the 2018 Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Such documents need not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) either as part of this registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this registration statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this registration statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
This registration statement incorporates by reference the documents listed below that we have previously filed with the Commission.
● our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, as filed on April 13, 2018 (File No. 001-33899);
● our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended June 30, 2018 and March 31, 2018 (File No. 001-33899);
● Final Prospectus, dated May 3, 2007, filed May 15, 2007, pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) of the Securities Act; and
● the description of our common stock contained in our registration statement on Form 8-A dated May 1, 2007, and any further amendment or report updating that description.
In addition, all documents filed by us with the Commission subsequent to the filing date of this registration statement pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (other than current reports or portions thereof furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K), and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all 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 of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference 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 subsequently filed document which also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such prior 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 except as indicated herein.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable. The class of securities to be offered is registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 78.7502 of the Nevada Revised Statutes permits the inclusion in our articles of incorporation of a provision limiting or eliminating the potential monetary liability of directors to a corporation or its stockholders by reason of their conduct as directors. The provision does not permit any limitation on, or the elimination of, liability of a director for disloyalty to his or her corporation or its stockholders, failing to act in good faith, engaging in intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of the law, obtaining an improper personal benefit or paying a dividend or approving a stock repurchase that was illegal under Nevada law. Accordingly, the provisions limiting or eliminating the potential monetary liability of directors permitted by Nevada law apply only to the “duty of care” of directors, i.e., to unintentional errors in their deliberations or judgments and not to any form of “bad faith” conduct.
The articles of incorporation of the Company contain a provision which eliminates the personal monetary liability of directors to the extent allowed under Nevada law. Accordingly, a stockholder is able to prosecute an action against a director for monetary damages only if he or she can show a breach of the duty of loyalty, a failure to act in good faith, intentional misconduct, a knowing violation of law, an improper personal benefit or an illegal dividend or stock repurchase, as referred to in the amendment, and not “negligence” or “gross negligence” in satisfying his or her duty of care. Nevada law applies only to claims against a director arising out of his or her role as a director and not, if he or she is also an officer, his or her role as an officer or in any other capacity or to his or her responsibilities under any other law, such as the federal securities laws.
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In addition, the Company’s articles of incorporation and bylaws provide that the Company will indemnify its directors, officers, employees and other agents to the fullest extent permitted by Nevada law. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise. The Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. If a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Company will, unless, in the opinion of its counsel, the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
No pending litigation or proceeding involving a director, officer, employee or other agent of the Company as to which indemnification is being sought exists, and the Company is not aware of any pending or threatened material litigation that may result in claims for indemnification by any director, officer, employee or other agent.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
See the Exhibit Index which is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
| (i) | To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; | |
| (ii) | To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and | |
| (iii) | To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement; |
Provided, however, that:
(A) Paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
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(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof;
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering;
(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:
| (i) | Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and | |
| (ii) | Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5) or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii) or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which the prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date; or | |
| (iii) | Each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use; |
(5) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
| (i) | Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; | |
| (ii) | Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant; | |
| (iii) | The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and | |
| (iv) | Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser. |
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Lenexa, State of Kansas, on August 20, 2018.
| DIGITAL ALLY, INC., | ||
| By: | /s/ Stanton E. Ross | |
| Stanton E. Ross | ||
| Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
| (Principal Executive Officer) | ||
NOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Stanton E. Ross and Thomas J. Heckman and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his 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 other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any other regulatory authority, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or 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, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
| Signature and Title | Date | |
| /s/ Stanton E. Ross | August 20, 2018 | |
| Stanton E. Ross, Director and Chief Executive Officer | ||
| /s/ Leroy C. Richie | August 20, 2018 | |
| Leroy C. Richie, Director | ||
| /s/ Michael J. Caulfield | August 20, 2018 | |
| Michael J. Caulfield, Director | ||
| /s/ Daniel F. Hutchins | August 20, 2018 | |
| Daniel F. Hutchins, Director | ||
| /s/ Thomas J. Heckman | August 20, 2018 | |
| Thomas J. Heckman, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary, Treasurer and Principal Accounting Officer |
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Digital Ally, Inc.
EXHIBIT INDEX
TO
FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT
| Exhibit Number | Description | Incorporated Herein by Reference To |
Filed Herewith | |||
| 5.1 | Opinion of Christian J. Hoffmann, III, Securities Counsel, Digital Ally, Inc. | X | ||||
| 10.1 | Digital Ally, Inc. 2018 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan | X | ||||
| 23.1 | Consent of RSM US LLP | X | ||||
| 23.2 | Consent of Christian J. Hoffmann, III, Securities Counsel, Digital Ally, Inc. | Included
in Exhibit 5.1 | ||||
| 24.1 | Powers of Attorney | See signature page. |
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