As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 6, 2022

Registration No.            

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

SONIM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   94-3336783

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

6500 River Place Blvd.

Building 7, Suite 250

Austin, TX 78730

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

 

Sonim Technologies, Inc. 2019 Equity Incentive Plan

(Full title of the plan)

 

 

Robert Tirva

President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer

6500 River Place Blvd.

Building 7, Suite 250

Austin, TX 78730

(650) 378-8100

(Name and address of agent for service) (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

COPY TO:

C. Brophy Christensen

O’Melveny & Myers LLP

Two Embarcadero Center, 28th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94111

(415) 984-8700

 

 

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

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by Sonim Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Registrant”), relating to 1,571,995 shares of its common stock, $0.001 par value (the “Common Stock”), issuable to eligible employees, directors and consultants of Registrant and its affiliates under Registrant’s 2019 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2019 Plan”). Registrant’s Form S-8 Registration Statements filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 14, 2019 and June 9, 2020 (File Nos. 333-231457 and 333-239033, respectively) (the “Prior Form S-8s”) relating to the 2019 Plan are each incorporated by reference herein.

 

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PART II

 

Item 3.

Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference

Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the Prior Form S-8s filed by the Registrant with the SEC are incorporated by reference herein. In addition, the following documents filed by the Registrant are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:

 

  (a)

The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (the “Form 10-K”) for the year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the SEC on March 21, 2022 (File No. 001-38907);

 

  (b)

The Registrant’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February  7, 2022, and February 18, 2022 (File No. 001-38907, and in each case only as to the information “filed” with the SEC thereunder for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and not as to information “furnished” thereunder);

 

  (c)

The description of the Registrant’s common stock which is contained in the registration statement on Form 8-A filed on May 9, 2019 (File No. 001-38907) under the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description, including Exhibit 4.4 of the Form 10-K; and

 

  (d)

All other reports and documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act (other than Current Reports furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and exhibits furnished on such form that relate to such items) on or after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement 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 herein and to be a part of this Registration Statement from the date of the filing of such reports and documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be 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 subsequently filed document that also 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.

 

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Item 8.

Exhibits

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number
   Description    Schedule
Form
   File Number      Incorporated
by Exhibit
Reference
     Filing Date    Filed
Herewith
  4.1    Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant.    8-K      001-38907        3.1      May 17, 2019   
  4.2    Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant.    8-K      001-38907        3.1      September 15, 2021   
  4.3    Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant.    S-1      001-38907        3.2      May 17, 2019   
  4.4    Form of Common Stock Certificate of the Registrant.    S-1/A      333-230887        4.1      April 29, 2019   
  5.1    Opinion of O’Melveny & Myers LLP.                X
23.1    Consent of Moss Adams LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.                X
23.2    Consent of O’Melveny & Myers LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).                X
24.1    Power of Attorney (reference is made to the signature page hereto).                X
99.1    2019 Equity Incentive Plan (as amended).    8-K      001-38907        10.1      October 1, 2020   
107    Filing Fee Table                X

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (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 San Francisco, State of California, on April 6, 2022.

 

SONIM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

By:

 

/s/ Robert Tirva

 

Robert Tirva

 

President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Robert Tirva, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, 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) 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, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, 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 or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitutes or substitute, 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 below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Robert Tirva

Robert Tirva

  

President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer

(Principal Executive Officer, Duly Authorized Officer, Principal Financial Officer)

  April 6, 2022

/s/ John Kneuer

John Kneuer

   Director   April 6, 2022

 

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Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Alan Howe

Alan Howe

   Director   April 6, 2022

/s/ Mike Mulica

Mike Mulica

   Director   April 6, 2022

/s/ Susan G. Swenson

Susan G. Swenson

   Director   April 6, 2022

 

 

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EXHIBIT 5.1

[O’Melveny & Myers LLP Letterhead]

April 6, 2022

Sonim Technologies, Inc.

6500 River Place Blvd.

Building 7, Suite 250

Austin, TX 78730

 

Re:    Registration of Securities of Sonim Technologies, Inc.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

In connection with the registration of up to 1,571,995 shares of Common Stock of Sonim Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), par value $0.001 per share (the “Shares”), under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about the date hereof, such Shares to be issued or delivered pursuant to the Sonim Technologies, Inc. 2019 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), you have requested our opinion set forth below.

In our capacity as counsel, we have examined originals or copies of those corporate and other records of the Company we considered appropriate.

On the basis of such examination and my consideration of those questions of law we considered relevant, and subject to the limitations and qualifications in this opinion, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company and, when issued in accordance with such authorization, the provisions of the Plan and relevant agreements duly authorized by and in accordance with the terms of each Plan, and upon payment for and delivery of the Shares as contemplated in accordance with the Plan, and either (a) the countersigning of the certificate or certificates representing the Shares by a duly authorized signatory of the registrar for the Company’s Common Stock, or (b) the book-entry of the Shares by the transfer agent for the Company’s Common Stock in the name of The Depository Trust Company or its nominee, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

We consent to your filing this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.

 

   Respectfully submitted,   

 

   /s/ O’Melveny & Myers LLP   

 

EXHIBIT 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Sonim Technologies, Inc. of our report dated March 21, 2022, relating to the consolidated financial statements of Sonim Technologies, Inc. (which report expresses an unqualified opinion and includes explanatory paragraph relating to a going concern uncertainty) appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Sonim Technologies, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

/s/ Moss Adams LLP

Campbell, California

April 5, 2022

EXHIBIT 107

CALCULATION OF FILING FEE TABLE

Form S-8

(Form Type)

Sonim Technologies, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Table 1: Newly Registered

 

               
Security Type     

Security

Class

Title

   Fee
Calculation
Rule
  Amount
Registered(1)
   Proposed
Maximum  
Offering
Price Per
Unit(2)
  

Maximum
Aggregate
Offering

Price

  

Fee

Rate

   Amount of
Registration
Fee
               
Equity      Common Stock, par value of  
$0.001 per share  
   Rule 457(c)  
and Rule
457(h)
  1,571,995      $0.85    $1,336,196      0.0000927      $124
         
Total Offering Amounts             $124
         
Total Fee Offsets             $0
         
Net Fee Due                   $124

 

(1)

Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Sonim Technologies, Inc.’s (the “Registrant”) common stock, par value $0.001 (the “Common Stock”), that become issuable under the Registrant’s 2019 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2019 Plan”) by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction that results in an increase in the number of outstanding shares of Registrant’s Common Stock.

(2)

Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) and Rule 457(c) promulgated under the Securities Act. The offering price per share and the aggregate offering price are based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant’s common stock as reported on the Nasdaq Stock Market on April 4, 2022, in accordance with Rule 457(c) of the Securities Act.