Form S-8 NETSOL TECHNOLOGIES INC

  

AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON MAY 23, 2016

 

REGISTRATION NO. 333-______

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-8

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

NETSOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

(Name of small business issuer in its charter)

  

Nevada		2834		95-4627685
(State or Other Jurisdiction		(Primary Standard		(IRS Employer
of Incorporation		Industrial Classification “SIC”		Identification Number)
or Organization)		Code Number)

 

 

24025 Park Sorrento, Suite 410, Calabasas, CA 91302

Phone: (818) 222-9195

Fax: (818) 222-9197

(Address including the zip code & telephone number including area code, of

registrant’s principal executive office)

 

NETSOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Incentive Stock Option Plan 2015

 

NAJEEB GHAURI

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

NETSOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

24025 Park Sorrento, Suite 410

Calabasas, CA 91302

Phone: (818) 222-9195

Fax: (818) 222-9197

 

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,

of agent for service)

 

 

COPIES TO:

 

PATTI L. W. MCGLASSON

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT LEGAL AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS

GENERAL CORPORATE COUNSEL AND SECRETARY

NETSOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

24025 Park Sorrento, Suite 410

Calabasas, CA 91302

Phone: (818) 222-9195

Fax: (818) 222-9197

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

Title of Securities to be Registered			Amount to be Registered(1)				Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share(2)				Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price				Amount of Registration Fee(2)
2015 Stock Option and Incentive Plan
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share			500,000			$	6.19			$	3,095,000			$	311.67
TOTAL			500,000			$	6.19			$	3,095,000			$	311.67

  

(1)	Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this registration statement includes shares issuable upon any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction effected without the registrant’s receipt of consideration with respect to the shares covered hereby are also being registered hereunder.
(2)	Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act.

 

 

 

PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

 

The information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this registration statement on Form S-8 in accordance with Rule 424 and 428 of the Securities Act and the Note in the Instructions to Part I of Form S-8. The documents specified in this Part I will be sent or given to employees as specified by rule 428(b)(1).

 

PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents By Reference

 

The following documents which have been filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, are incorporated by reference in this registration statement as of their respective dates:

 

(a) The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2015.

 

(b) The Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2016

 

(c) The Registrant’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on May 17, 2016

 

All documents filed or subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date of this registration statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities described herein 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 thereof from the date of filing of such documents with the SEC. Any statement in a document incorporated by reference herein 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 incorporated 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.

 

Item 4. Description of Securities

 

Not Applicable.

 

 

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

 

The audited financial statements for our company for the fiscal years June 30, 2015 and June 30, 2014 which are incorporated by reference into this prospectus are reliant on the reports of Kabani & Company, Inc., independent certified public accountants, as stated in their reports therein, upon the authority of that firm as experts in auditing and accounting

 

Patti L. W. McGlasson, Esq., General Counsel for our Company, has passed on the validity of the securities being offered hereby.

 

Kabani & Company, Inc. was not hired on a contingent basis, nor will it receive a direct or indirect interest in the business of the issuer. Neither Kabani & Company, Inc. nor its principals are, or will be, a promoter, underwriter, voting trustee, director, officer or employee of NetSol. Patti L. W. McGlasson is an officer and employee of NetSol. She has received, as part of her compensation with NetSol, options to purchase and grants of shares of common stock. As of May 23, 2016, Patti L.W. McGlasson is the holder of 53,550 shares of common stock of NetSol and 1,000 options to purchase shares of common stock at the exercise price of $16.00 which expire on July 23, 2017. Ms. McGlasson is not nor is it intended that she will be a promoter, underwriter, voting trustee or, director of NetSol.

  

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers

 

We are required by our Bylaws and Certificate of Incorporation to indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by law, each person that we are permitted to indemnify. Our Bylaws it to indemnify such parties to the fullest extent permitted by Nevada law.

 

Nevada corporation law permits us to indemnify our directors, officers, employees, or agents against expenses, including attorneys fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlements actually and reasonably incurred in relation to any action, suit, or proceeding brought by third parties because they are or were directors, officers, employees, or agents of the corporation. In order to be eligible for such indemnification, however, our directors, officers, employees, or agents must have acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, our best interests. In addition, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, the officer, director, employee, or agent must have had no reason to believe that the conduct in question was unlawful.

 

In derivative actions, we may only indemnify our officers, directors, employees, and agents against expenses actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of a suit, and only if they acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, our best interests. Indemnification is not permitted in the event that the director, officer, employee, or agent is actually adjudged liable to the corporation unless, and only to the extent that, the court in which the action was brought so determines.

 

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”) may be permitted to our controlling directors, officers, or persons pursuant to the foregoing provisions, we have been informed 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.

 

Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed

 

Not Applicable.

 

Item 8. Exhibits

 

4.1		Instruments Defining Rights of Shareholders. Reference is made to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, as amended, and the exhibits thereto, which are incorporated herein by reference pursuant to Item 3(d) of this Registration Statement.
5.1		Opinion of Patti L. W. McGlasson, Esq.
23.1		Consent of Kabani & Company with respect to the financial statements of the Registrant.
99.1(1)		2015 Employee Stock Option Plan

 

(1)

Previously filed as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed April 15, 2015, and incorporated herein by reference.

 

 

Item 9. Required 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;

 

(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 SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent 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 paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

 

Provided, however, That:

 

	(A)	Paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-8 (section 239.13 of this chapter) and 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 (15 U.S.C. 78m or 78o(d) that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement; and,
	(B)	Paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1’)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) of this section do not apply if the registration statement is on From S-3 (section w239.13 of this chapter) or Form F-3(section 239.33 of this chapter) and 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, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to rule 424(b) (section 230.424(b) of this chapter) that is part of the registration statement.
	(C)	Provided further, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration statement is for an offering of asset-backed securities on Form S-1 (section 239.11 of this chapter) or Form S-3 (section 239.13 of this chapter) and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment is provided pursuant to Item 1100(c) of Regulation AB (section 229.1100(c).

 

(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under 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.

 

 

(5) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:

 

(i) If the registrant is relying on Rule 430B (section 230.430B of this Chapter)

 

	(A)	Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) (section 230.424(b)(3) of this chapter) 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
	(B)	Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 (b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) (section 230.424(b)(2) (b)(5), or (b)(7) of this chapter) 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) (section 230.415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) of this chapter) 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 an 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 that 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;

 

(ii) If the registrant is subject to Rule 430C (section 230.430C of this chapter) 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(section 230.430A of this chapter), shall be deemed to be part of an 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 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 date of first use.

  

(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.

 

(h) 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 questions 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 Calabasas, State of California, on this 23rd day of May, 2016.

 

	NETSOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
	By:	/s/ NAJEEB GHAURI
		NAJEEB GHAURI
		Chief Executive Officer
		/s/ ROGER ALMOND
		Chief Financial Officer

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Najeeb Ghauri, 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 the registration statement on Form S-8 to be filed in connection with the offerings of ordinary shares of Intrusion Inc. and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and any subsequent registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and the other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, 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 to all intents and purposes as they might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or his substitutes, each acting alone, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

 

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.

 

Name and Signature		Title		Date
/s/ Najeeb Ghauri		Director, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman		May 23, 2016
/s/ Roger Almond		Chief Financial Officer		May 23, 2016
/s/ Naeem  Ghauri		Director		May 23, 2016
/s/ Eugen Beckert		Director		May 23, 2016
/s/ Shahid Javed Burki		Director		May 23, 2016
/s/ Mark Caton		Director		May 23, 2016

  

 

Exhibit 5.1

 

May 23, 2016

 

United States Securities and Exchange Commission

450 5^th Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20549-0405

 

Re: NetSol Technologies, Inc.

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

I am Sr. Vice President Legal and Corporate Affairs, General Counsel and Secretary of NetSol Technologies, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”) and am familiar with its corporate affairs and proceedings. I have advised the Company with respect to the NetSol Technologies, Inc. 2015 Equity Incentive and Nonstatutory Plan (the “2015 Plan”) and the proposed issuance and sale of 500,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Shares”), pursuant to awards granted under the Plan, all as described in the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”), dated May 23, 2016, being filed by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

I have examined the Registration Statement and the Plan. In addition, I have examined the originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to my satisfaction, of such corporate records of the Company, certificates of public officials, and other documents as I have deemed necessary as a basis for my opinion hereafter expressed.

 

Based on the foregoing, it is my opinion that the Shares have been duly and validly authorized and will be, when issued in accordance with the terms of the Plan, legally issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

 

I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, and to the reference to me under the caption “Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel” in the Registration Statement.

 

Very truly yours,
NetSol Technologies, Inc.
/s/ Patti L. W. McGlasson
Patti L. W. McGlasson
Sr. V.P., Legal and Corporate Affairs General Counsel and Secretary

  

 

Exhibit 23.1

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

To the Board of Directors:

 

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Form S-8 Registration Statement of NetSol Technologies, Inc. and Subsidiaries of our report dated September 15, 2015, on our audits of the consolidated financial statements of NetSol Technologies, Inc. and Subsidiaries as of June 30, 2015 and the consolidated results of their operations and cash flows for the year ended June 30, 2014, and the reference to us under the caption “Experts”.

 

Kabani & Company, Inc. Certified Public Accountants /Kabani & Company/
Los Angeles, California May 23, 2016

 

 

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