As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 24, 2022

Registration No. 333-

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

TERRAN ORBITAL CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   98-1572314

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

6800 Broken Sound Parkway NW, Suite 200

Boca Raton, Florida, 33487

(561) 988-1704

(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

 

 

TERRAN ORBITAL CORPORATION 2021 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN

(Full title of the plan)

Marc H. Bell

6800 Broken Sound Parkway NW, Suite 200

Boca Raton, Florida, 33487

Tel: (561) 988-1704

(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

 

 

Copies to:

Rosa A. Testani, Esq.

Jonathan R. Pavlich, Esq.

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

One Bryant Park

New York, New York 10036

Tel: (212) 872-1000

Fax: (212) 872-1002

 

 

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. ☐

 

 

 


PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS

Item 1. Plan Information.*

Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*

 

*

The documents containing the information specified in this Part I of Form S-8 (plan information and registration information and employee plan annual information) will be sent or given to employees as specified by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Such documents are not required to be and are not filed with the Commission either as part of this registration statement (this “Registration Statement”) or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424. These 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. The Company (as defined below) will provide a written statement to participants advising them of the availability without charge, upon written or oral request, of the documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II hereof and including the statement in the preceding sentence. The written statement to all participants will indicate the availability without charge, upon written or oral request, of other documents required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 428(b), and will include the address and telephone number to which the request is to be directed.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

References in this Registration Statement to “we,” “us,” “our,” and the “Company,” or similar references, refer to Terran Orbital Corporation, unless otherwise stated or the context otherwise requires.

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

The following documents, which have been filed by Terran Orbital Corporation, formerly known as Tailwind Two Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”), with the Commission, are incorporated by reference in, and shall be deemed to be a part of, this Registration Statement:

(a) the Company’s final prospectus, dated  June 23, 2022, filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, relating to the registration statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-264447), and all amendments to such registration statement (the “Resale Form S-1”);

(b) the Company’s Quarterly Report on  Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2022, filed with the Commission on May 16, 2022;

(c) the Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March  14, 2022, March  15, 2022, March  22, 2022, March 28, 2022 (as amended by the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed with the Commission on March  31, 2022) and April 6, 2022, and in each case, if applicable, excluding Items 2.02 and 7.01; and

(d) the description of the Company’s securities contained in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on March 4, 2021 (File No. 001-40170), including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description, and in the Company’s final prospectus, dated June 23, 2022, filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, relating to the Resale Form S-1, including any amendments or reports filed for purposes of updating such description.

All reports and other documents filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), after the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered pursuant to this Registration Statement 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 hereof from the date of filing of such documents or reports.

 

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For purposes of this Registration Statement, any document or any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a subsequently filed document or a statement contained therein, or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference, modifies or supersedes such document or such statement in such document. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

Under no circumstances shall any information furnished under Item 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K be deemed incorporated herein by reference unless such Form 8-K expressly provides to the contrary.

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 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law authorizes a corporation to indemnify directors and officers under certain circumstances and subject to certain limitations. The terms of Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law are sufficiently broad to permit indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities, including reimbursement of expenses incurred, arising under the Securities Act, subject to certain exceptions.

As permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Company’s certificate of incorporation, as amended, contains provisions that eliminate the personal liability of its directors for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duties as a director; provided, however, that the Delaware General Corporation Law prohibits the elimination or limitation of liability of a director for the following:

 

   

any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Company or its stockholders;

 

   

acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;

 

   

under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (regarding unlawful dividends and stock purchases); or

 

   

any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

As permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Company’s restated bylaws (the “Bylaws”) provide that:

 

   

the Company is required to indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, subject to limited exceptions;

 

   

the Company is required to advance expenses, as incurred, to its directors and officers in connection with a legal proceeding to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, subject to limited exceptions; and

 

   

the rights conferred in the Bylaws are not exclusive.

The Company has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors and executive officers, which provide for indemnification and advancements by the Company of certain expenses and costs under certain circumstances. At present, there is no pending litigation or proceeding involving a director or executive officer of the Company for which indemnification is sought. The indemnification provisions in the Company’s Bylaws and the indemnification agreements entered into between the Company and each of its directors and executive officers may be sufficiently broad to permit indemnification of the Company’s directors and executive officers for liabilities arising under the Securities Act.

The Company has directors’ and officers’ liability insurance for securities matters.

 

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Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.

Not applicable.

Item 8. Exhibits.

The following documents are filed as exhibits to this Registration Statement:

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description of Exhibit

4.1    Certificate of Corporate Domestication of Tailwind Two Acquisition Corp. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 28, 2022).
4.2    Form of Common Stock Certificate of Terran Orbital Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 28, 2022).
4.3    Warrant Agreement, dated as of March 9, 2021, between Tailwind Two Acquisition Corp. and Continental Stock Transfer  & Trust Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 from the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 10, 2021).
4.4    Private Placement Warrants Purchase Agreement, dated March  4, 2021 between Tailwind Two Acquisition Corp. and Tailwind Two Sponsor LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 from the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 10, 2021).
4.5    Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated March  25, 2022, by and among Tailwind Two Acquisition Corp., Terran Orbital Corporation, FP Credit Partners II, L.P., FP Credit Partners Phoenix II, L.P., BPC Lending II LLC and Lockheed Martin Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on May 16, 2022).
4.6    Terran Orbital Corporation 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 28, 2022).
5.1*    Opinion of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
23.1*    Consent of WithumSmith+Brown, PC
23.2*    Consent of KPMG LLP
23.3*    Consent of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1*    Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement)
107*    Calculation of Registration Fee

 

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Filed herewith.

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;

(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;

 

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provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) 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 Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.

(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, 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, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) 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 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 Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities 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 Securities 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, 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 Boca Raton, State of Florida, on June 24, 2022.

 

TERRAN ORBITAL CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Marc H. Bell

  Marc H. Bell
  Chief Executive Officer

SIGNATURES AND POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Marc H. Bell and Gary A. Hobart, and each of them, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and any additional registration statement pursuant to Instruction E of Form S-8, 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, proxy, 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 for all intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that any said attorney-in-fact, proxy and agent, or any substitute of any of them, 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 by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature    Title   Date

/s/ Marc H. Bell

Marc H. Bell

   Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)   June 24, 2022

/s/ Gary A. Hobart

Gary A. Hobart

   Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)   June 24, 2022

/s/ Mathieu Riffel

Mathieu Riffel

   Vice President and Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)   June 24, 2022

/s/ Anthony Previte

Anthony Previte

   Director   June 24, 2022

/s/ Daniel C. Staton

Daniel C. Staton

   Director   June 24, 2022

/s/ James LaChance

James LaChance

   Director   June 24, 2022

/s/ Tom Manion

Tom Manion

   Director   June 24, 2022

/s/ Richard Y. Newton III

Richard Y. Newton III

   Director   June 24, 2022

/s/ Tobi Petrocelli

Tobi Petrocelli

   Director   June 24, 2022

/s/ Douglas L. Raaberg

Douglas L. Raaberg

   Director   June 24, 2022

/s/ Stratton Sclavos

Stratton Sclavos

   Director   June 24, 2022

 

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Exhibit 5.1

 

LOGO

June 24, 2022

Terran Orbital Corporation

6800 Broken Sound Parkway NW, Suite 200

Boca Raton, Florida 33487

 

Re:

Terran Orbital Corporation

Registration Statement on Form S-8

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to Terran Orbital Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with a Registration Statement on Form S-8 of the Company (the “Registration Statement”), being filed on the date hereof with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), relating to the proposed issuance of up to 13,729,546 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”), authorized for issuance pursuant to the Terran Orbital Corporation 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). This opinion is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Act.

We have examined originals or certified copies of such corporate records of the Company and other certificates and documents of officials of the Company, public officials and others as we have deemed appropriate for purposes of this letter. We have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, and the conformity to authentic original documents of all copies submitted to us as conformed, certified or reproduced copies. We have also assumed that (i) upon issuance of the Shares, valid book-entry notations for the issuance of the Shares in uncertificated form will have been duly made in the share register of the Company, (ii) each award agreement setting forth the terms of each award granted pursuant to the Plan is consistent with the Plan and such award agreement has been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by the parties thereto, (iii) at the time of each issuance and delivery of Shares, there will be sufficient shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance under the Company’s certificate of incorporation, as amended, that have not otherwise been issued or reserved or committed for issuance, and (iv) the price per share paid for the Shares issued pursuant to the Plan is not less than the par value of the Shares. As to various questions of fact relevant to this letter, we have relied, without independent investigation, upon certificates of public officials and certificates of officers of the Company, all of which we assume to be true, correct and complete.

Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the assumptions, exceptions, qualifications and limitations stated herein, we are of the opinion that when the Shares have been issued and delivered upon payment therefor in accordance with the terms of the Plan and applicable award agreement, the Shares will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.


Terran Orbital Corporation

June 24, 2022

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  LOGO

 

The opinions and other matters in this letter are qualified in their entirety and subject to the following:

 

A.

We express no opinion as to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

 

B.

This opinion letter is limited to the matters expressly stated herein and no opinion is to be inferred or implied beyond the opinion expressly set forth herein. We undertake no, and hereby disclaim any, obligation to make any inquiry after the date hereof or to advise you of any changes in any matter set forth herein, whether based on a change in the law, a change in any fact relating to the Company or any other person or any other circumstance.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act and the rules and regulations thereunder.

Very truly yours,

/s/ AKIN, GUMP, STRAUSS, HAUER, & FELD LLP

AKIN, GUMP, STRAUSS, HAUER, & FELD LLP

Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated March 18, 2022, relating to the consolidated financial statements of Tailwind Two Acquisition Corp. for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 included in Terran Orbital Corporation’s final prospectus, dated June 23, 2022, which is incorporated herein by reference. We also consent to the reference to us under the caption “Experts” in the prospectus.

/s/ WithumSmith+Brown, PC

New York, New York

June 24, 2022

Exhibit 23.2

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the use of our report dated March 31, 2022, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Terran Orbital Corporation incorporated herein by reference.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Irvine, California

June 24, 2022

Exhibit 107

Calculation of Filing Fee Tables

S-8

(Form Type)

Terran Orbital Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Table 1: Newly Registered Securities

 

               
Security
Type
  Security
Class
Title
  Fee
Calculation
Rule
  Amount
Registered(1)
  Proposed
Maximum
Offering
Price Per
Unit(4)
  Maximum
Aggregate
Offering
Price
  Fee
Rate
  Amount of
Registration
Fee
               

Equity 

 

Common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, to be issued under Terran Orbital Corporation 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan

 

Rule 457(c)
and 457(h)

 

13,729,546(2)(3) 

 

$4.99 

 

$68,510,435 

 

0.0000927 

 

$6,351

         

Total Offering Amounts

   

$68,510,435 

   

$6,351

         

Total Fee Offsets

       

$—  

         

Net Fee Due

             

$6,351

 

(1)

Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this registration statement on Form S-8 (“Registration Statement”) covers any additional number of shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”), of Terran Orbital Corporation (the “Company”) that become issuable under the Terran Orbital Corporation 2021 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), by reason of any stock splits, stock dividends or other distribution, recapitalization or similar transaction effected without receipt of consideration that increases the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock.

(2)

Represents shares of Common Stock available for future issuance under the Plan.

(3)

Shares of Common Stock surrendered or tendered to the Company to pay the exercise price or purchase price of an award or to satisfy tax withholding with respect to an award will be available for future grants of awards under the Plan.

(4)

Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act, the proposed maximum offering price per share and proposed maximum aggregate offering price are based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Company’s shares of Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on June 16, 2022, which date is within five business days prior to the filing of this Registration Statement.