As
filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 30,
2007
Registration
No. 333-__________
______________________________________________________________________________
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D. C. 20549
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
BIOMERICA,
INC.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Incorporated
in Delaware
(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
95-2645573
(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
1533
Monrovia Avenue, Newport Beach, California 92663
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices, including ZIP Code)
Biomerica,
Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive Plan
(Full
Title of the Plan)
Zackary
Irani, Chief Executive Officer
1533
Monrovia Avenue, Newport Beach, California 92663
(940)
645-2111
(Name,
Address, and Telephone Number of Agent for Service)
CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
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PROPOSED
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PROPOSED
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TITLE
OF
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AMOUNT
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MAXIMUM
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MAXIMUM
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AMOUNT
OF
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SECURITIES
TO
BE
REGISTERED
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TO
BE
REGISTERED
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OFFERING
PRICE
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AGGREGATE
OFFERING
PRICE
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REGISTRATION
FEE
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PER
SHARE
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COMMON
STOCK $0.08 par value
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980,615
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$
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0.64*
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$
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627,632*
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$
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20
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Estimated
pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the
“Securities Act”), solely for purpose of calculating the registration fee.
Based on the offering price of $0.64 per
share.
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INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The
document(s) containing the information specified in Part I will be sent or
given
to employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1). Such documents are not being
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission either as part of this
registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant
to
Rule 424. Such documents and the documents incorporated by reference in
this registration statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Form S-8,
taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of
Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
We
hereby
incorporate by reference into this Registration Statement the following
documents filed by us with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“Commission”):
(a) Annual
Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2006, filed with the
Commission on August 29, 2006.
(b) Quarterly
Report on Form 10-QSB for the quarter ended August 31, 2006, filed with the
Commission on October 16, 2006; Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the quarter
ended November 30, 2006, filed with the Commission on January 16, 2007; and
Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the quarter ended February 28, 2007, filed
with the Commission on April 16, 2007.
(c) All
other
reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), since the end of the fiscal year
covered by the registrant document referred to in (a) above.
(d) The
description of our common stock to be offered hereby is contained in the
Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (File No. 333-87231), filed with the
Commission on September 16, 1999, including any amendment or report filed for
the purpose of updating such description.
All
documents subsequently filed by us pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14
and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
which indicates that all securities offered 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,
by
reference herein and to be a part hereof 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 incorporation by reference herein modifies or
supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall
not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of
this
Registration Statement.
Not
applicable.
Not
applicable.
Our
officers and directors are indemnified as provided by our certificate of
incorporation, our bylaws, and the Delaware Code.
Under
our
First Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, we are to indemnify
our
directors, officers, and employees to the fullest extent permitted by the
Delaware General Corporation Law.
We
maintain officers and directors liability insurance policy insuring our officers
and directors against certain liabilities and expenses incurred by them in
their
capacities as such.
Section
145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides:
(a)
A
corporation shall have power to indemnify any person who was or is a party
or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
(other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the
fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys'
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if
the
person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to
be
in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect
to
any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the
person's conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding
by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere
or
its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person
did
not act in good faith and in a manner which the person reasonably believed
to be
in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect
to
any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that the
person's conduct was unlawful.
(b)
A
corporation shall have power to indemnify any person who was or is a party
or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action
or
suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor
by
reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee
or
agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation
as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys'
fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the
defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith
and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
best interests of the corporation and except that no indemnification shall
be
made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall
have
been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent
that
the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought
shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability
but
in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and
reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery
or such other court shall deem proper.
(c)
To
the extent that a present or former director or officer of a corporation has
been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or
proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of this section, or in defense
of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against
expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such
person in connection therewith.
(d)
Any
indemnification under subsections (a) and (b) of this section (unless ordered
by
a court) shall be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific
case upon a determination that indemnification of the present or former
director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because
the
person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in subsections
(a)
and (b) of this section. Such determination shall be made, with respect to
a
person who is a director or officer at the time of such determination, (1)
by a
majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or
proceeding, even though less than a quorum, or (2) by a committee of such
directors designated by majority vote of such directors, even though less than
a
quorum, or (3) if there are no such directors, or if such directors so direct,
by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (4) by the
stockholders.
(e)
Expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by an officer or director in
defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit
or
proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition
of
such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf
of such director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be
determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation
as authorized in this section. Such expenses (including attorneys' fees)
incurred by former directors and officers or other employees and agents may
be
so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the corporation deems
appropriate.
(f)
The
indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant
to,
the other subsections of this section shall not be deemed exclusive of any
other
rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may
be
entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested
directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person's official capacity
and
as to action in another capacity while holding such office.
(g)
A
corporation shall have power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of
any
person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation,
or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust
or
other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred
by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person's status
as
such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such
person against such liability under this section.
(h)
For
purposes of this section, references to "the corporation" shall include, in
addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including
any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which,
if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority
to
indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that any person
who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation
as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position
under
this section with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as such
person would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate
existence had continued.
(i)
For
purposes of this section, references to "other enterprises" shall include
employee benefit plans; references to "fines" shall include any excise taxes
assessed on a person with respect to any employee benefit plan; and references
to "serving at the request of the corporation" shall include any service as
a
director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation which imposes duties
on,
or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect
to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a person
who
acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in
the
interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan
shall
be deemed to have acted in a manner "not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation" as referred to in this section.
(j)
The
indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant
to,
this section shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified,
continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee
or
agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators
of such a person.
(k)
The
Court of Chancery is hereby vested with exclusive jurisdiction to hear and
determine all actions for advancement of expenses or indemnification brought
under this section or under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or
disinterested directors, or otherwise. The Court of Chancery may summarily
determine a corporation's obligation to advance expenses (including attorneys'
fees).
Item
7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not
applicable.
Number
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Description |
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4.1 |
Form of Stock Certificate (incorporated
by
reference to Exhibit 4.1 filed with the Registration Statement on Form
SB-2 filed with the Commission on September 16, 1999, Commission File
No.
333-87231). |
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*5.1 |
Opinion of Bryan Cave LLP. |
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*23.1 |
Consent of Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm. |
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*23.2 |
Consent of Bryan Cave LLP (included
in
Exhibit 5.1). |
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*24.1 |
Power of Attorney (included on the signature
page of this registration statement). |
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Filed
herewith
Item
9. Undertakings.
(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;
(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;
(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.
(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 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 the 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.
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 Newport Beach, State of California, on May 25, 2007.
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BIOMERICA,
INC.
By:
/s/
Zackary Irani
Name: Zackary
Irani
Title: Chief
Executive Officer
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Each
person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Zackary
Irani his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with 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) and supplements 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 (or any other
governmental or regulatory authority), and hereby grants to such
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,
as
fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
or
any of them, 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 of 1933, this registration statement
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date
indicated.
By: |
Zackary
Irani
Chief
Executive Officer and Director
(Principal
Executive Officer)
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Dated:
May
25, 2007
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By: |
/s/
Janet Moore
Janet
Moore
Chief
Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and
Director
(Principal
Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
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Dated:
May
25, 2007
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By: |
/s/
Allen Barbieri
Allen
Barbieri
Director
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Dated:
May
25, 2007
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By: |
/s/
Francis R. Cano
Francis
R. Cano, Ph.D.
Director
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Dated:
May
25, 2007
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By: |
/s/
Jane Emerson
Jane
Emerson, M.D., Ph.D.
Director
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Dated:
May
25, 2007
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
Number
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Description |
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5.1 |
Opinion of Bryan Cave LLP. |
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23.1 |
Consent of Independent Registered
Public
Accounting Firm. |
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23.2 |
Consent of Bryan Cave LLP (included
in
Exhibit 5.1). |
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24.1 |
Power of Attorney (included on the
signature
page of this registration statement). |