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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;7, 2015 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </B></P>
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM S-8
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>TRANSENTERIX, INC. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>11-2962080</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>635 Davis Drive, Suite 300 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Morrisville, North Carolina 27560 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>TRANSENTERIX, INC. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>AMENDED AND RESTATED INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full title of the plan) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Joshua B. Weingard, Esq. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Chief Legal Officer </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>TransEnterix, Inc. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>4400
Biscayne Boulevard </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Miami, Florida 33137 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name and address of agent for service) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(305) 575-4602 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>with a copy to: </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Mary J. Mullany, Esquire </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Ballard Spahr LLP </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>1735
Market Street </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>51st Floor </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>215-665-8500 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.&nbsp;See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting
company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>to be Registered</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>to be</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Registered(1)</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Offering&nbsp;Price(2)</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Maximum</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Aggregate</B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Registration Fee</B></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Common Stock, par value $.001</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">7,000,000 shares</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$3.58</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$25,060,000</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$2,911.97</TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Pursuant to Rule 416(a) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, this registration statement, or this Registration Statement, also covers an indeterminate number of additional
shares of Common Stock issuable under the equity plan described below in the event the number of outstanding shares of the Registrant is increased by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or
reorganization or similar transaction. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.&nbsp;In accordance with Rule 457(h) promulgated under the Securities Act, the price shown is based upon the average of the high and low prices
reported for the Common Stock on the NYSE MKT on May&nbsp;5, 2015. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">TransEnterix, Inc., or the Registrant, is filing this Registration Statement to register 7,000,000 additional shares of its common stock,
$0.001 par value per share, or Common Stock, for issuance under the TransEnterix, Inc. Amended and Restated Incentive Compensation Plan, or the Plan. The Plan was originally approved by the Registrant&#146;s board of directors, or the Board, and
adopted by the majority of the Registrant&#146;s stockholders on November&nbsp;13, 2007. The Plan was later amended and restated, and approved by the Board and by a majority of the Registrant&#146;s stockholders on October&nbsp;29, 2013, to increase
the number of shares of Common Stock authorized under the Plan to 4,940,000 shares, and to make other changes. An amendment to increase the number of shares of Common Stock authorized under the Plan to 11,940,000 shares was approved by the Board on
February&nbsp;4, 2015 and was approved by the Registrant&#146;s stockholders on May&nbsp;7, 2015. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART I </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As permitted by the rules of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or the Commission, this Registration Statement omits the
information specified in the instructions to Part I of Form S-8. Documents containing such information will be sent or given to participants in the employee benefit plans (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act covered by this Registration
Statement as required by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act. Those documents are not being filed with the Commission as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities
Act. Those documents, and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part II hereof, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section&nbsp;10(a) of the Securities
Act. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>ITEM&nbsp;3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents, filed or to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange
Act, are incorporated herein by reference: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2014, filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;20, 2015; </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March&nbsp;31, 2015, filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;6, 2015; </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">the Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;6, 2015 (Items 5.02 and 9.01),&nbsp;February&nbsp;20, 2015 (Items 1.01 and 9.01), April&nbsp;16, 2015 (Items 8.01 and 9.01),
and April&nbsp;21, 2015 (Items 8.01 and 9.01); and </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">the description of the Common Stock contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on April&nbsp;7, 2014, and any amendments to such Registration Statement filed subsequently thereto, including all amendments
or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, all reports and other documents subsequently
filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby 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 document. 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 other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or
supersedes such statement. The statements required to be so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>ITEM&nbsp;5. INTERESTS OF
NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>ITEM&nbsp;6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrant is a Delaware corporation. The Delaware General Corporation Law, or DGCL, and certain provisions of the Registrant&#146;s bylaws
under certain circumstances provide for indemnification of the Registrant&#146;s officers, directors and controlling persons against liabilities which they may incur in such capacities. A summary of the circumstances in which such indemnification is
provided for is contained herein, but this description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Registrant&#146;s bylaws. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL permits a corporation to indemnify any director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation against expenses
(including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any action, suit or proceeding brought by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of
the corporation, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner that he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, if he or she had no
reason to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A similar standard is applicable in the case of derivative actions (i.e., actions
brought by or on behalf of the corporation), except that indemnification only extends to expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of such action, and the statute requires
court approval before there can be any indemnification where the person seeking indemnification has been found liable to the corporation. The statute provides that it is not exclusive of other indemnification that may be granted by a
corporation&#146;s certificate of incorporation, bylaws, disinterested director vote, stockholder vote, agreement or otherwise. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
Registrant&#146;s bylaws provide for the indemnification described above and requires that any such indemnification only be made by the Registrant upon a determination that the applicable standard of conduct has been met, which determination shall
be made (a)&nbsp;by the Board, by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, or (b)&nbsp;if such a quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable, if a quorum of disinterested
directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (c)&nbsp;by the stockholders. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrant&#146;s bylaws
also authorize the Board, in its discretion, to pay the expenses of any such action in advance of the final disposition of such action upon a written undertaking by such indemnitee to repay such amounts if it shall ultimately be determined that he
or she is not entitled to indemnification under the standard set by the DGCL and the Registrant&#146;s bylaws. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of
the DGCL permits, and the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provide, that no director shall be personally liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for such a breach of fiduciary duty as a
director, except for liabilities arising: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">from any breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">from acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">under Section&nbsp;174 of the DGCL (unlawful payment of dividend or unlawful stock purchase or redemption); and </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">from any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrant has entered into an indemnification agreement with each of its directors and
executive officers. The indemnification agreements provide indemnification to each director or executive officer, or the Indemnitee, against all expenses, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by
the Indemnitee, or on his or her behalf if the Indemnitee is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or participant in any proceeding related to his or her status as a director and/or executive officer of the Registrant, as long as the Indemnitee
acted in good faith and in a manner the Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Registrant, and with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the Indemnitee&#146;s conduct was
unlawful. For proceedings by or in the right of the Registrant, indemnification is provided as set forth above; provided, however, if applicable law so provides, no indemnification against such expenses will be made in respect of any claim, issue or
matter in such proceeding as to which Indemnitee shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Registrant unless and to the extent that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware shall determine that such indemnification may be made. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;145(g) of the DGCL grants the power to the Registrant to purchase and maintain insurance which protects the Registrant&#146;s
officers and directors against any liabilities incurred in connection with their service in such a position, and such a policy may be obtained by the Registrant. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A stockholder&#146;s investment may be adversely affected to the extent the Registrant pays the costs of settlement and damage awards against
directors and officers as required by these indemnification provisions. At present, there is no pending litigation or proceeding involving any of the Registrant&#146;s directors, officers or employees regarding which indemnification is sought, nor
is the Registrant aware of any threatened litigation that may result in claims for indemnification. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Insofar as indemnification for
liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the Registrant has been informed that, in the opinion of the Commission, this
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>ITEM&nbsp;7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION
CLAIMED. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>ITEM&nbsp;8. EXHIBITS. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Exhibits to
this Registration Statement are listed in the Exhibit Index below, which is incorporated herein by reference. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>ITEM&nbsp;9. UNDERTAKINGS. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(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 this 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 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the
effective registration statement; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in this registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement; </P>
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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&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
incorporated by reference in this registration statement; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(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; and
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(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. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby further undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act and, where applicable, each filing of the Plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) under the
Exchange Act, that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at the time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(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
issues. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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 Morrisville, State of North Carolina on the 7th day of May, 2015.
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>TransEnterix, Inc.</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Todd M. Pope</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Todd M. Pope</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">President and Chief Executive
Officer</P></TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that each undersigned director of TransEnterix, Inc. constitutes and appoints Joseph P.
Slattery and Joshua B. Weingard, and each of them, as the true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in such person&#146;s 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 U.S. 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 and about the premises, 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 substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Todd M. Pope</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Todd M. Pope</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director (principal executive officer)</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Joseph P. Slattery</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Joseph P. Slattery</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer and principal accounting officer)</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Paul A. LaViolette</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Paul A. LaViolette</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Chairman of the Board and a Director</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Dennis J. Dougherty</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Director</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">May 7, 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Dennis J. Dougherty</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Director</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Jane H. Hsaio, Ph.D.</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ William N. Kelley</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Aftab R. Kherani</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Director</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Aftab R. Kherani</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ David B. Milne</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Opinion of Ballard Spahr LLP (filed herewith).</TD></TR>
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Form S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 7, 2015
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
TRANSENTERIX, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
11-2962080
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
635 Davis Drive, Suite 300
Morrisville, North Carolina 27560
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)
TRANSENTERIX, INC.
AMENDED AND RESTATED INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Joshua B. Weingard, Esq.
Chief Legal Officer
TransEnterix, Inc.
4400
Biscayne Boulevard
Miami, Florida 33137
(Name and address of agent for service)
(305) 575-4602
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
with a copy to:
Mary J. Mullany, Esquire
Ballard Spahr LLP
1735
Market Street
51st Floor
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
215-665-8500
Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting
company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
¨
Accelerated filer
x
Non–accelerated filer
¨
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
¨
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities
to be Registered
Amount
to be
Registered(1)
Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price(2)
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price(2)
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common Stock, par value $.001
7,000,000 shares
$3.58
$25,060,000
$2,911.97
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, this registration statement, or this Registration Statement, also covers an indeterminate number of additional
shares of Common Stock issuable under the equity plan described below in the event the number of outstanding shares of the Registrant is increased by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or
reorganization or similar transaction.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. In accordance with Rule 457(h) promulgated under the Securities Act, the price shown is based upon the average of the high and low prices
reported for the Common Stock on the NYSE MKT on May 5, 2015.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
TransEnterix, Inc., or the Registrant, is filing this Registration Statement to register 7,000,000 additional shares of its common stock,
$0.001 par value per share, or Common Stock, for issuance under the TransEnterix, Inc. Amended and Restated Incentive Compensation Plan, or the Plan. The Plan was originally approved by the Registrant's board of directors, or the Board, and
adopted by the majority of the Registrant's stockholders on November 13, 2007. The Plan was later amended and restated, and approved by the Board and by a majority of the Registrant's stockholders on October 29, 2013, to increase
the number of shares of Common Stock authorized under the Plan to 4,940,000 shares, and to make other changes. An amendment to increase the number of shares of Common Stock authorized under the Plan to 11,940,000 shares was approved by the Board on
February 4, 2015 and was approved by the Registrant's stockholders on May 7, 2015.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
As permitted by the rules of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or the Commission, this Registration Statement omits the
information specified in the instructions to Part I of Form S-8. Documents containing such information will be sent or given to participants in the employee benefit plans (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act covered by this Registration
Statement as required by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act. Those documents are not being filed with the Commission as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities
Act. Those 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 or to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange
Act, are incorporated herein by reference:
•
the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, filed with the Commission on February 20, 2015;
•
the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2015, filed with the Commission on May 6, 2015;
•
the Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on February 6, 2015 (Items 5.02 and 9.01), February 20, 2015 (Items 1.01 and 9.01), April 16, 2015 (Items 8.01 and 9.01),
and April 21, 2015 (Items 8.01 and 9.01); and
•
the description of the Common Stock contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on April 7, 2014, and any amendments to such Registration Statement filed subsequently thereto, including all amendments
or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
In addition, all reports and other documents subsequently
filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby 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 document. 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 other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or
supersedes such statement. The statements required to be 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 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.
Not applicable.
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF
NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.
Not applicable.
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
The Registrant is a Delaware corporation. The Delaware General Corporation Law, or DGCL, and certain provisions of the Registrant's bylaws
under certain circumstances provide for indemnification of the Registrant's officers, directors and controlling persons against liabilities which they may incur in such capacities. A summary of the circumstances in which such indemnification is
provided for is contained herein, but this description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Registrant's bylaws.
Section 145 of the DGCL permits a corporation to indemnify any director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation against expenses
(including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any action, suit or proceeding brought by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of
the corporation, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner that he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, if he or she had no
reason to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.
A similar standard is applicable in the case of derivative actions (i.e., actions
brought by or on behalf of the corporation), except that indemnification only extends to expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of such action, and the statute requires
court approval before there can be any indemnification where the person seeking indemnification has been found liable to the corporation. The statute provides that it is not exclusive of other indemnification that may be granted by a
corporation's certificate of incorporation, bylaws, disinterested director vote, stockholder vote, agreement or otherwise.
The
Registrant's bylaws provide for the indemnification described above and requires that any such indemnification only be made by the Registrant upon a determination that the applicable standard of conduct has been met, which determination shall
be made (a) by the Board, by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, or (b) if such a quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable, if a quorum of disinterested
directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (c) by the stockholders.
The Registrant's bylaws
also authorize the Board, in its discretion, to pay the expenses of any such action in advance of the final disposition of such action upon a written undertaking by such indemnitee to repay such amounts if it shall ultimately be determined that he
or she is not entitled to indemnification under the standard set by the DGCL and the Registrant's bylaws.
Section 102(b)(7) of
the DGCL permits, and the Registrant's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provide, that no director shall be personally liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for such a breach of fiduciary duty as a
director, except for liabilities arising:
•
from any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders;
•
from acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;
•
under Section 174 of the DGCL (unlawful payment of dividend or unlawful stock purchase or redemption); and
•
from any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
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The Registrant has entered into an indemnification agreement with each of its directors and
executive officers. The indemnification agreements provide indemnification to each director or executive officer, or the Indemnitee, against all expenses, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by
the Indemnitee, or on his or her behalf if the Indemnitee is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or participant in any proceeding related to his or her status as a director and/or executive officer of the Registrant, as long as the Indemnitee
acted in good faith and in a manner the Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Registrant, and with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the Indemnitee's conduct was
unlawful. For proceedings by or in the right of the Registrant, indemnification is provided as set forth above; provided, however, if applicable law so provides, no indemnification against such expenses will be made in respect of any claim, issue or
matter in such proceeding as to which Indemnitee shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Registrant unless and to the extent that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware shall determine that such indemnification may be made.
Section 145(g) of the DGCL grants the power to the Registrant to purchase and maintain insurance which protects the Registrant's
officers and directors against any liabilities incurred in connection with their service in such a position, and such a policy may be obtained by the Registrant.
A stockholder's investment may be adversely affected to the extent the Registrant pays the costs of settlement and damage awards against
directors and officers as required by these indemnification provisions. At present, there is no pending litigation or proceeding involving any of the Registrant's directors, officers or employees regarding which indemnification is sought, nor
is the Registrant aware of any threatened litigation that may result in claims for indemnification.
Insofar as indemnification for
liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the Registrant has been informed that, in the opinion of the Commission, this
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION
CLAIMED.
Not applicable.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
The Exhibits to
this Registration Statement are listed in the Exhibit Index below, which is incorporated herein by reference.
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 this 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 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 this registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;
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provided, however, that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if
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 this 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; and
(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 further 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 the Plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) under the
Exchange Act, that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at the 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
issues.
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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 Morrisville, State of North Carolina on the 7th day of May, 2015.
TransEnterix, Inc.
By:
/s/ Todd M. Pope
Todd M. Pope
President and Chief Executive
Officer
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that each undersigned director of TransEnterix, Inc. constitutes and appoints Joseph P.
Slattery and Joshua B. Weingard, and each of them, as the true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in such person's 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 U.S. 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 and about the premises, 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 substitute or 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 dates indicated.
Signature
Title(s)
Date
/s/ Todd M. Pope
Todd M. Pope
President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director (principal executive officer)
May 7, 2015
/s/ Joseph P. Slattery
Joseph P. Slattery
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer and principal accounting officer)
May 7, 2015
/s/ Paul A. LaViolette
Paul A. LaViolette
Chairman of the Board and a Director
May 7, 2015
/s/ Dennis J. Dougherty
Director
May 7, 2015
Dennis J. Dougherty
/s/ Jane H. Hsaio
Director
May 7, 2015
Jane H. Hsaio, Ph.D.
/s/ William N. Kelley
Director
May 7, 2015
William N. Kelley, M.D.
/s/ Aftab R. Kherani
Director
May 7, 2015
Aftab R. Kherani
/s/ David B. Milne
Director
May 7, 2015
David B. Milne
Signature
Title(s)
Date
/s/ Richard C. Pfenniger, Jr.
Director
May 7, 2015
Richard C. Pfenniger, Jr.
/s/ William N. Starling, Jr.
Director
May 7, 2015
William N. Starling, Jr.
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
5.1
Opinion of Ballard Spahr LLP (filed herewith).
10.1
TransEnterix, Inc. Amended and Restated Incentive Compensation Plan (filed herewith).
23.1
Consent of BDO USA, LLP (filed herewith).
23.2
Consent of Ballard Spahr LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (on signature page).