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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 18, 2025
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
NEWTON GOLF COMPANY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 82-4938288 | |
|
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
551 Calle San Pablo
Camarillo, CA 93012
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
Newton Golf Company, Inc.
Amended and Restated 2022 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Greg Campbell
Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Newton Golf Company, Inc.
551 Calle San Pablo
Camarillo, CA 93012
855-774-7888
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Ben A. Stacke
Griffin D. Foster
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
2200 Wells Fargo Center
90 South Seventh Street
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
(612) 766-7000
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.
| 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. ☐
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The stockholders of Newton Golf Company, Inc. (the "Company") approved the Company's Amended and Restated 2022 Equity Incentive Plan (the "2022 Plan") on December 18, 2025 (the "Effective Date"). The following shares of the Company's common stock, $0.01 par value per share ("Common Stock"), are available for issuance under the 2022 Plan: (a) 1,461,525 shares of Common Stock (the "New Shares"), and (b) up to 38,475 shares of Common Stock that, as of the Effective Date, were subject to outstanding stock option awards under the 2022 Plan (the "Outstanding Shares"). The purpose of this Registration Statement is to register the New Shares and the Outstanding Shares.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 are not required to be filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to the introductory Note to Part I of Form S-8 and Rule 424 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be sent or given to participants as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act. Such documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by the Company with the Commission are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
| ● | the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the Commission on April 4, 2025; |
| ● | the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2025, June 30, 2025 and September 30, 2025, filed with the Commission on May 15, 2025, August 14, 2025 and November 13, 2025, respectively; |
| ● | the Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed (but not furnished) on January 3, 2025, January 31, 2025 February 12, 2025, February 21, 2025, February 26, 2025, March 3, 2025, March 11, 2025, April 7, 2025, April 17, 2025, May 29, 2025, June 13, 2025, October 2, 2025, October 24, 2025, and October 31, 2025; and |
| ● | the description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-41701), as filed with the Commission on May 11, 2023, and any and all amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description. |
In addition, all reports and other documents subsequently filed (but not furnished) by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates that all of the shares of Common Stock offered hereby have been sold or that deregisters all shares of Common Stock then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in and a part of this Registration Statement from the date of filing of such reports and documents; except as to any document, or portion of or exhibit to a document, that is "furnished" to (rather than "filed" with) the Commission.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated, or deemed to be incorporated, by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in this Registration Statement or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement 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.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 102 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the "DGCL") permits a corporation to eliminate the personal liability of directors or officers of a corporation to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director or officer, except where the director or officer breached his or her duty of loyalty; failed to act in good faith; engaged in intentional misconduct or knowingly violated a law; obtained an improper personal benefit; with respect to a director, authorized the payment of a dividend or approved a stock repurchase or redemption in violation of Delaware corporate law; and with respect to an officer, in any action by or in the right of the corporation.
Our certificate of incorporation, as amended, provides that our directors shall not be liable to us or our stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted by the DGCL.
Section 145 of the DGCL provides that a corporation has the power to indemnify a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or a person serving at the request of the corporation for another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise in related capacities against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with an action, suit or proceeding to which he was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, ending or completed action, suit or proceeding by reason of such position, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, in any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful, except that, in the case of actions brought by or in the right of the corporation, no indemnification shall be made with respect to 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 other adjudicating court determines that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all of 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.
Our amended and restated bylaws ("Bylaws") provide indemnification for our directors and officers and any employee or agent to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL. We will indemnify each person who was or is a party or threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of ours or is or was serving at our request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys' fees) reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any such proceeding. The Bylaws provide we will to the fullest extent not prohibited by applicable law pay the expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by any officer or director and may pay the expenses incurred by any employee or agent in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that, to the extent required by law, such payment of expenses in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the person to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the person is not entitled to be indemnified under the Bylaws.
The Bylaws also permit us to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent, or is or was serving at the request of us as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust enterprise or non-profit entity against any liability asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not we would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liability under the provisions of the DGCL.
We have a directors' and officers' liability policy that insures against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, subject to applicable retentions.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 4.1 | Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including amendments) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on May 14, 2025). | |
| 4.2 | ||
| 4.3 | ||
| 5.1 | Opinion of Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP | |
| 23.1 | Consent of Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1) | |
| 23.2 | Consent of Weinberg & Company, P.A. | |
| 24.1 | Power of Attorney (included on signature page hereto) | |
| 107 | Filing Fee Table |
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 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Filing Fee Tables" or "Calculation of Registration Fee" table, as applicable, 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;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-8, 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 this registration statement; and
(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 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.
(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 Camarillo, State of California, on December 18, 2025.
| Newton Golf Company, Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ Greg Campbell | |
| Name: | Greg Campbell | |
| Title: | Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the undersigned officers and directors of Newton Golf Company, Inc., hereby severally constitute and appoint Greg Campbell and Jeff Clayborne, and each of them, each with full power to act without the other, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments to this Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto each of said attorneys-in-fact 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 to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person hereby ratifying and confirming that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents or his 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 below on December 18, 2025 by the following persons in the capacities indicated.
| Signature | Title | |
| /s/ Greg Campbell | Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | |
| Name: Greg Campbell | (Principal Executive Officer) | |
| /s/ Jeff Clayborne | Chief Financial Officer | |
| Name: Jeff Clayborne | (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) | |
| /s/ Brett Hoge | Director | |
| Name: Brett Hoge | ||
| /s/ Akinobu Yorihiro | Director | |
| Name: Akinobu Yorihiro | ||
| /s/ Jane Casanta | Director | |
| Name: Jane Casanta |