Provention Bio, Inc. (Form: S-8, Received: 05/20/2022 16:41:39)

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 20, 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

Provention Bio, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

81-5245912

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

55 Broad Street, 2nd Floor

Red Bank, New Jersey 07701

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Provention Bio, Inc. 2020 Inducement Plan, as amended

(Full title of the plan)

Ashleigh Palmer

Chief Executive Officer

Provention Bio, Inc.

55 Broad Street, 2nd Floor

Red Bank, New Jersey 07701

(908) 336-0360

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

with copies to:

Thomas J. Danielski

Ropes & Gray LLP

800 Boylston Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02199

(617) 951-7000

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

This Registration Statement is being filed to register an additional 2,500,000 shares of the registrant’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, under the Provention Bio, Inc. 2020 Inducement Plan, as amended. Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the registrant incorporates by reference, except to the extent supplemented, amended or superseded by the information set forth herein, into this Registration Statement the entire contents of its Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-249869) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 5, 2020.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 8. Exhibits

Exhibit Number		Description
3.1		Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Provention Bio, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the registrant’s Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 19, 2018)
3.2		Certificate of Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Provention Bio, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the registrant’s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 14, 2021)
3.3		Amended and Restated Bylaws of Provention Bio, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the registrant’s Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 20, 2020)
4.1		Provention Bio, Inc. 2020 Inducement Plan, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the registrant’s Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 20, 2022)
5.1		Opinion of Ropes & Gray LLP
23.1		Consent of EisnerAmper LLP
23.2		Consent of Ropes & Gray LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1		Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement under the caption “Power of Attorney”)
107		Filing Fee Table

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 Red Bank, State of New Jersey, on May 20, 2022.

	Provention Bio, Inc.

	By:	/s/ Ashleigh Palmer
		Ashleigh Palmer
		Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Ashleigh Palmer, Thierry Chauche and Heidy King-Jones, and each of them acting individually, 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 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 or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their 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.

Signature	Title	Date

/s/ Ashleigh Palmer	Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)	May 20, 2022
Ashleigh Palmer		May 20, 2022

/s/ Thierry Chauche	Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)	May 20, 2022
Thierry Chauche		May 20, 2022

/s/ Jeffrey Bluestone, PhD	Director	May 20, 2022
Jeffrey Bluestone, PhD	Director	May 20, 2022

/s/ Avery Catlin	Director	May 20, 2022
Avery Catlin	Director	May 20, 2022

/s/ Sean Doherty	Director	May 20, 2022
Sean Doherty	Director	May 20, 2022

/s/ John Jenkins, MD	Director	May 20, 2022
John Jenkins, MD	Director	May 20, 2022

/s/ Wayne Pisano	Director	May 20, 2022
Wayne Pisano	Director	May 20, 2022

/s/ Nancy Wysenski	Director	May 20, 2022
Nancy Wysenski	Director	May 20, 2022

Exhibit 5.1

May 20, 2022

Provention Bio, Inc.

55 Broad Street, 2^nd Floor

Red Bank, New Jersey 07701

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This opinion letter is furnished to you in connection with the registration statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”), filed by Provention Bio, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), on the date hereof, with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), for the registration of 2,500,000 shares of Common Stock, $0.0001 par value, of the Company (the “Shares”). The Shares are issuable under the Company’s 2020 Inducement Plan, as amended (the “Plan”).

We are familiar with the actions taken by the Company in connection with the adoption of the Plan. We have examined such certificates, documents and records and have made such investigation of fact and such examination of law as we have deemed appropriate in order to enable us to render the opinions set forth herein. In conducting such investigation, we have relied, without independent verification, upon certificates of officers of the Company, public officials and other appropriate persons.

The opinions expressed below are limited to the Delaware General Corporation Law.

Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized and, when the Shares have been issued and sold in accordance with the terms of the Plan, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

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

	Very truly yours,

	/s/ Ropes & Gray LLP
	Ropes & Gray LLP

Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement of Provention Bio, Inc. on Form S-8 to be filed on or about May 20, 2022 of our report dated February 24, 2022, on our audits of the consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 and for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2021, which report was included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed February 24, 2022.

/s/ EisnerAmper LLP

EISNERAMPER LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
May 20, 2022

Exhibit 107

Provention Bio, Inc.

(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 Share⁽²⁾		Maximum Aggregate Offering Price⁽²⁾		Fee Rate		Amount of Registration Fee⁽²⁾
Equity	Common stock, par value $0.0001 per share	457(c) and 457(h)		2,500,000 shares	⁽³⁾	$	4.2425	$	10,606,250		0.0000927	$	983.20
Total Offering Amounts										$	10,606,250	$	983.20
Total Fee Offsets												$	-
Net Fee Due												$	983.20

(1)	Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement includes any additional shares of the registrant’s common stock that may be issued pursuant to anti-dilution provisions contained in the Provention Bio, Inc. 2020 Inducement Plan (the “Plan”).
(2)	Pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act, the registration fee was computed on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the registrant’s common stock on The Nasdaq Global Select Market on May 18, 2022.
(3)	This Registration Statement covers an aggregate of 2,500,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to awards granted or to be granted in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4), as an inducement material to an individual’s entering into employment with the Registrant.