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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 3,
2018</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000">Registration
No.&#xA0;333-</font><font style="text-decoration: underline; color: #000000">&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;</font></font></div>
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UNITED STATES</font></div>
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div>
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Washington, D.C. 20549</font></div>
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FORM S-8</font></div>
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></div>
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UNDER</font></div>
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THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></div>
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TENAX THERAPEUTICS, INC.</font></div>
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></div>
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Delaware</font></div>
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26-2593535</font></div>
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ONE Copley Parkway, Suite 490</font> <font style="font-weight: bold; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
Morrisville, North Carolina</font></div>
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Tenax Therapeutics, Inc. 2016 Stock Incentive Plan</font></div>
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Michael B. Jebsen</font></div>
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Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial
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Tenax Therapeutics, Inc.</font></div>
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ONE Copley Parkway, Suite 490</font></div>
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Morrisville, North Carolina 27560</font></div>
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(919) 855-2100</font></div>
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(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent
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Margaret N. Rosenfeld, Esq.</font></div>
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Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell&#xA0;&amp; Jernigan,
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Wells Fargo Capital Center, Suite 2300</font></div>
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150 Fayetteville Street</font></div>
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Raleigh, North Carolina 27602</font></div>
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Indicate by checkmark 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 &#x201C;large accelerated filer,&#x201D;
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Proposed maximum</font> <font style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Times\ New\ Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
offering</font> <font style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Times\ New\ Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
price per share</font></div>
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Proposed maximum</font> <font style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Times\ New\ Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
aggregate offering</font> <font style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Times\ New\ Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
price</font></div>
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Amount of</font> <font style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Times\ New\ Roman; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
registration fee</font></div>
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<div style="text-align: left; text-indent:-12px;margin-right:0px;margin-left:12px;"><font style="color: #000; font-family: Times\ New\ Roman; font-size: 13px">Common
Stock, par value $0.0001 per share</font></div>
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<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:12%;">
<div><font style="text-align: left; color:#000;font-family:Times\ New\ Roman;vertical-align:bottom;display:inline-block;width:10%;font-size:13px;">&#xA0;</font><font style="text-align: left; color:#000;font-family:Times\ New\ Roman;vertical-align:bottom;display:inline-block;width:5%;font-size:13px;">&#xA0;</font><font style="text-align: right; color:#000;font-family:Times\ New\ Roman;vertical-align:bottom;display:inline-block;width:75%;font-size:13px;">150,000</font><font style="text-align: left; color:#000;font-family:Times\ New\ Roman;vertical-align:bottom;display:inline-block;width:10%;font-size:13px;">&#xA0;</font></div>
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<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:12%;">
<div><font style="text-align: left; color:#000;font-family:Times\ New\ Roman;vertical-align:bottom;display:inline-block;width:10%;font-size:13px;">&#xA0;</font><font style="text-align: left; color:#000;font-family:Times\ New\ Roman;vertical-align:bottom;display:inline-block;width:5%;font-size:13px;">$</font><font style="text-align: right; color:#000;font-family:Times\ New\ Roman;vertical-align:bottom;display:inline-block;width:75%;font-size:13px;">5.60</font><font style="text-align: left; color:#000;font-family:Times\ New\ Roman;vertical-align:bottom;display:inline-block;width:10%;font-size:13px;">(2)</font></div>
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<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:12%;">
<div><font style="text-align: left; color:#000;font-family:Times\ New\ Roman;vertical-align:bottom;display:inline-block;width:10%;font-size:13px;">&#xA0;</font><font style="text-align: left; color:#000;font-family:Times\ New\ Roman;vertical-align:bottom;display:inline-block;width:5%;font-size:13px;">$</font><font style="text-align: right; color:#000;font-family:Times\ New\ Roman;vertical-align:bottom;display:inline-block;width:75%;font-size:13px;">840,000</font><font style="text-align: left; color:#000;font-family:Times\ New\ Roman;vertical-align:bottom;display:inline-block;width:10%;font-size:13px;">(2)</font></div>
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<div><font style="text-align: left; color:#000;font-family:Times\ New\ Roman;vertical-align:bottom;display:inline-block;width:10%;font-size:13px;">&#xA0;</font><font style="text-align: left; color:#000;font-family:Times\ New\ Roman;vertical-align:bottom;display:inline-block;width:5%;font-size:13px;">$</font><font style="text-align: right; color:#000;font-family:Times\ New\ Roman;vertical-align:bottom;display:inline-block;width:75%;font-size:13px;">104.58</font><font style="text-align: left; color:#000;font-family:Times\ New\ Roman;vertical-align:bottom;display:inline-block;width:10%;font-size:13px;">&#xA0;</font></div>
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<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px"><font style="color: #000000; font-size: 13px">
(1)</font></font></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; display: table-cell; margin-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">This
Registration Statement registers an aggregate of 150,000 shares of
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the &#x201C;Common
Stock&#x201D;), of Tenax Therapeutics, Inc., which shares are
issuable under the Tenax Therapeutics, Inc. 2016 Stock Incentive
Plan. Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the &#x201C;Securities Act&#x201D;), this Registration
Statement also covers such additional shares of Common Stock as may
be issued to prevent dilution from stock splits, stock dividends
and similar transactions.</font></div>
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(2)</font></font></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; display: table-cell; margin-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Pursuant
to Rules 457(c) and 457(h)(1) under the Securities Act, the
proposed maximum offering price per share and the proposed maximum
aggregate offering price for the shares have been calculated solely
for the purpose of computing the registration fee on the basis of
the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock reported
on the Nasdaq Capital Market on March 29, 2018.</font></div>
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EXPLANATORY NOTE</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Tenax
Therapeutics, Inc. (the &#x201C;Registrant&#x201D;) has filed this
Registration Statement to register under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the &#x201C;Securities Act&#x201D;), the offer and
sale of 150,000 shares of common stock of the Registrant, par value
$0.0001 per share (the &#x201C;Common Stock&#x201D;). On April 21,
2016, the Board of Directors of the Registrant approved, subject to
stockholder approval, the Tenax Therapeutics, Inc. 2016 Stock
Incentive Plan (the &#x201C;Plan&#x201D;). On June 16, 2016, the Plan
was approved by the stockholders at the Registrant&#x2019;s annual
meeting of stockholders. The Plan as approved by the stockholders
authorized the issuance of up to 3,000,000 shares; however, on
February 23, 2018, the Registrant effected a 1-for-20 reverse stock
split of the Registrant&#x2019;s issued and outstanding Common Stock
(the &#x201C;Reverse Stock Split&#x201D;). In connection with the
Reverse Stock Split, the total number of shares then-authorized for
issuance under the Plan decreased proportionately to reflect the
Reverse Stock Split. The share totals contained in this
Registration Statement reflect the Reverse Stock
Split.</font></div>
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PART I</font></div>
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<font style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 48px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">This
Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed by the Registrant
to register 150,000<font style="font-weight: bold">&#xA0;</font>shares of the Registrant&#x2019;s
Common Stock issuable under the Plan. As permitted by the rules of
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#x201C;Commission&#x201D;), this Registration Statement omits the
information specified in Part I of Form S-8. The documents
containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be
delivered to the participants in the Plan as required by Rule
428(b) under the Securities Act. Such documents are not being filed
with the Commission as part of this Registration Statement or a
prospectus or prospectus supplement pursuant to Rule
424.</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
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PART II</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
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<font style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
<div style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px"><font style="font-weight: bold">Item 3.</font>&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0; <font style="font-weight: bold">Incorporation of Documents by
Reference</font>.</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">The
following documents filed with the Commission are hereby
incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement:</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">(a)</font></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; display: table-cell"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">The
Registrant&#x2019;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2017, filed with the Commission on April 2,
2018;</font></div>
</div>
</div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
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<div style="display: table-row">
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">(b)</font></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; display: table-cell"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">The
Registrant&#x2019;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the
Commission on February 15, 2018, February 23, 2018, and March 14,
2018; and</font></div>
</div>
</div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
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<div style="text-align: left; display: table-cell; width: 48px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">(c)</font></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; display: table-cell"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">The description of
the Registrant&#x2019;s Common Stock contained in the
Registrant&#x2019;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with
the Commission on January 11, 2010, and any amendments or reports
filed for the purpose of updating such description.</font></div>
</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">In
addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#x201C;Exchange Act&#x201D;),
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates
that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be
a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. However,
any documents or portions thereof, whether specifically listed
above or filed in the future, that are not deemed
&#x201C;filed&#x201D; with the Commission, including without
limitation any information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or 7.01
of Form 8-K or certain exhibits furnished pursuant to Item 9.01 of
Form 8-K, shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement.</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Any
statement in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for the purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that
a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as
so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
Registration Statement.</font></div>
<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10">&#xA0;</font></div>
<div style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><font style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Item
4.&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0; Description of Securities.</font></div>
<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10">&#xA0;</font></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 48px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Not
applicable.</font></div>
<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10">&#xA0;</font></div>
<div style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><font style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Item
5.&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0; Interests of Named Experts and
Counsel.</font></div>
<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10">&#xA0;</font></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 48px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Not
applicable.</font></div>
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6.&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0; Indemnification of Directors and
Officers.</font></div>
<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10">&#xA0;</font></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 48px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Section
145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a
corporation has the power to indemnify a director, officer,
employee or agent of the corporation and certain other persons
serving at the request of the corporation in related capacities
against amounts paid and expenses incurred in connection with an
action or proceeding to which he is or is threatened to be made a
party by reason of such position, if such person shall have acted
in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or
not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, in any
criminal proceeding, if such person had no reasonable cause to
believe his conduct was unlawful; provided that, in the case of
actions brought by or in the right of the corporation, no
indemnification shall be made with respect to any matter as to
which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the
corporation unless and only to the extent that the adjudicating
court determines that such indemnification is proper under the
circumstances.</font></div>
<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10">&#xA0;</font></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 48px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">The
Registrant&#x2019;s Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws provide
that its directors and officers will be indemnified by the
Registrant to the fullest extent authorized by Delaware General
Corporation Law. In addition, the Certificate of Incorporation
provides, as permitted by Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General
Corporation Law, that the Registrant&#x2019;s directors will not be
liable for monetary damages to it for breaches of their fiduciary
duty as directors, unless they (i) violated their duty of loyalty
to the Registrant or its stockholders, (ii) acted, or failed to
act, in good faith, (iii) acted with intentional misconduct, (iv)
knowingly or intentionally violated the law, (v) authorized
unlawful payments of dividends, unlawful stock purchases or
unlawful redemptions, or (vi) derived an improper personal benefit
from their actions as directors.</font></div>
<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10">&#xA0;</font></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 48px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">The
Registrant&#x2019;s Bylaws also permit it to secure insurance on
behalf of any officer, director or employee for any liability
arising out of his or her actions, regardless of whether Delaware
General Corporation Law would permit indemnification. The
Registrant has purchased a policy of directors&#x2019; and
officers&#x2019; liability insurance that insures its directors and
officers.</font></div>
<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10">&#xA0;</font></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 48px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">In
addition, the Registrant has also entered into an indemnification
agreement with certain of its directors and officers. The
indemnification agreements require the Registrant to indemnify and
hold harmless and advance expenses to each indemnitee with regards
to acts or omissions occurring prior to the time the indemnitee
ceases to be an officer and/or director of the Registrant to the
fullest extent provided under the Registrant&#x2019;s Certificate of
Incorporation in effect as of the date of the agreement or to such
greater extent as provided in any amendment to the
Registrant&#x2019;s Certificate of Incorporation and to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law in effect as of the date of the
agreement or to such greater extent as applicable law may
subsequently permit. The rights provided in the indemnification
agreements are in addition to the rights provided in the
Registrant&#x2019;s Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws, and the
Delaware General Corporation Law.</font></div>
<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10">&#xA0;</font></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 48px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">The
limitations of liability and indemnification provisions in the
Registrant&#x2019;s Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws may
discourage stockholders from bringing a lawsuit against directors
for breach of their fiduciary duty. These provisions may also have
the effect of reducing the likelihood of derivative litigation
against directors and officers, even though such an action, if
successful, might otherwise benefit the Registrant and its
stockholders. In addition, stockholders&#x2019; investment may be
adversely affected to the extent the Registrant pays the costs of
settlement and damage awards against directors and officers
pursuant to these indemnification provisions. The Registrant
believes that these provisions, the insurance and the
indemnification agreements are necessary to attract and retain
talented and experienced directors and officers.</font></div>
<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10">&#xA0;</font></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 48px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
may be permitted to the Registrant&#x2019;s directors, officers and
controlling persons 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.</font></div>
<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10">&#xA0;</font></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
Item 7.&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0; Exemption From Registration
Claimed.</font></div>
<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10">&#xA0;</font></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 48px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Not
applicable.</font></div>
<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10">&#xA0;</font></div>
<div style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><font style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Item
8.&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0; Exhibits.</font></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
<div style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">The
following exhibits have been or are being filed herewith and are
numbered in accordance with Item 601 of Regulation
S-K:</font></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
<div style="text-align: left">
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align: left; width: 100%; font-family: Times\ New\ Roman; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px auto 0px 0px;">
<tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 12%; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
Exhibit No.</font></div>
</td>
<td style="width: 1%;">
<div><font>&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 87%; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<div style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
Description</font></div>
</td>
</tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 12%;">
<div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/34956/000102048808000077/oxybiocertif_ex301.htm">
<font style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman; font-size: 13px;">3.1</font></a></font></div>
</td>
<td style="width: 1%;">
<div><font>&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 87%;">
<div style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Certificate
of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the
Registrant&#x2019;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the
Commission on June 30, 2008).</font></div>
</td>
</tr><tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 12%;">
<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
<td style="width: 1%;">
<div><font>&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 87%;">
<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
</tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 12%;">
<div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/34956/000102048809000083/oxybex31-certamend.htm">
<font style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman; font-size: 13px;">3.2</font></a></font></div>
</td>
<td style="width: 1%;">
<div><font>&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 87%;">
<div style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Certificate
of Amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation (<font style="color: #000000">incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the
Registrant&#x2019;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the
Commission on November 13, 2009).</font></font></div>
</td>
</tr><tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 12%;">
<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
<td style="width: 1%;">
<div><font>&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 87%;">
<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
</tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 12%;">
<div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/34956/000135448813002880/oxbt_ex31.htm">
<font style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman; font-size: 13px;">3.3</font></a></font></div>
</td>
<td style="width: 1%;">
<div><font>&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 87%;">
<div style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Certificate
of Amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation (<font style="color: #000000">incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the
Registrant&#x2019;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the
Commission on May 15, 2013).</font></font></div>
</td>
</tr><tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 12%;">
<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
<td style="width: 1%;">
<div><font>&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 87%;">
<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
</tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 12%;">
<div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/34956/000135448814006182/tenx_ex34.htm">
<font style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman; font-size: 13px;">3.4</font></a></font></div>
</td>
<td style="width: 1%;">
<div><font>&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 87%;">
<div style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Certificate
of Amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation (<font style="color: #000000">incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to the
Registrant&#x2019;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the
Commission on</font> December 15, 2014<font style="color: #000000">).</font></font></div>
</td>
</tr><tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 12%;">
<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
<td style="width: 1%;">
<div><font>&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 87%;">
<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
</tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 12%;">
<div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/34956/000165495418001818/tenx_ex31.htm">
<font style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman; font-size: 13px;">3.5</font></a></font></div>
</td>
<td style="width: 1%;">
<div><font>&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 87%;">
<div style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Certificate
of Amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation (<font style="color: #000000">incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to the
Registrant&#x2019;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the
Commission on February 23, 2018).</font></font></div>
</td>
</tr><tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 12%;">
<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
<td style="width: 1%;">
<div><font>&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 87%;">
<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
</tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 12%;">
<div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/34956/000135448815004246/tenx_ex31.htm">
<font style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman; font-size: 13px;">3.6</font></a></font></div>
</td>
<td style="width: 1%;">
<div><font>&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 87%;">
<div style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Third
Amended and Restated Bylaws (<font style="color: #000000">incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the
Registrant&#x2019;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the
Commission on</font> September 9, 2015<font style="color: #000000">).</font></font></div>
</td>
</tr><tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 12%;">
<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
<td style="width: 1%;">
<div><font>&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 87%;">
<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
</tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 12%;">
<div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman; font-size: 13px;"><a href="tenx_ex51.htm">
5.1</a></font></div>
</td>
<td style="width: 1%;">
<div><font>&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 87%;">
<div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
Opinion of Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell &amp;
Jernigan, L.L.P.</font></div>
</td>
</tr><tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 12%;">
<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
<td style="width: 1%;">
<div><font>&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 87%;">
<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
</tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 12%;">
<div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px"><a href="tenx_ex231.htm"><font style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman; font-size: 13px;">23.1</font></a></div>
</td>
<td style="width: 1%;">
<div><font>&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 87%;">
<div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, Cherry
Bekaert LLP.</font></div>
</td>
</tr><tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 12%;">
<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
<td style="width: 1%;">
<div><font>&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 87%;">
<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
</tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 12%;">
<div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman; font-size: 13px;"><a href="tenx_ex51.htm">
23.3</a></font></div>
</td>
<td style="width: 1%;">
<div><font>&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 87%;">
<div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
Consent of Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell &amp;
Jernigan, L.L.P. (Contained in Exhibit 5.1).</font></div>
</td>
</tr><tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 12%;">
<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
<td style="width: 1%;">
<div><font>&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 87%;">
<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
</tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 12%;">
<div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman; font-size: 13px;"><a href="#poa">
24.1</a></font></div>
</td>
<td style="width: 1%;">
<div><font>&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 87%;">
<div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
Power of Attorney (Contained on signature page).</font></div>
</td>
</tr><tr>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 12%;">
<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
<td style="width: 1%;">
<div><font>&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 87%;">
<div><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
</tr><tr style="background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 12%;">
<div style="text-align: center; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/34956/000165495416001314/tenx_ex101.htm">
<font style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman; font-size: 13px;">99.1</font></a></font></div>
</td>
<td style="width: 1%;">
<div><font>&#xA0;</font></div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 87%;">
<div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">
Tenax Therapeutics, Inc. 2016 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant&#x2019;s Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Commission on August 9,
2016).</font></div>
</td>
</tr></table>
</div>
<div style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><font style="font-family: Times\ New\ Roman; font-size: 13px;">&#xA0;</font></div>
<div style="text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><font style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">Item
9.&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0; Undertakings.</font></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
<div style="display: table;">
<div style="display: table-row;">
<div style="text-align: left; display: table-cell; width: 24px;">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">(a)</font></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; display: table-cell; margin-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">The undersigned
Registrant hereby undertakes:</font></div>
</div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-indent: 0px">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">&#xA0;</font></div>
<div style="display: table; margin-left: 24px;">
<div style="display: table-row;">
<div style="text-align: left; display: table-cell; width: 24px;">
<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">(1)</font></div>
<div style="text-align: justify; display: table-cell; margin-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px; margin-right: 0px;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">To file, during any
period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:</font></div>
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prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
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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
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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 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
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registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
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be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</font></div>
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securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination
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liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
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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
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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.
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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
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requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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<font style="color: #000000">, in the Town of Morrisville, State of North
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">KNOW
ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each individual whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Michael B. Jebsen his true
and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his 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 all
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as
fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.</font></div>
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Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial
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Blueprint
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 3,
2018
Registration
No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
TENAX THERAPEUTICS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
26-2593535
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
ONE Copley Parkway, Suite 490
Morrisville, North Carolina
27560
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Tenax Therapeutics, Inc. 2016 Stock Incentive Plan
(Full title of the Plan)
Michael B. Jebsen
Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial
Officer
Tenax Therapeutics, Inc.
ONE Copley Parkway, Suite 490
Morrisville, North Carolina 27560
(919) 855-2100
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent
for service)
Copy to:
Margaret N. Rosenfeld, Esq.
Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan,
L.L.P.
Wells Fargo Capital Center, Suite 2300
150 Fayetteville Street
Raleigh, North Carolina 27602
(919) 821-1220
Indicate by checkmark 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
☐
(Do not
check if a smaller reporting company)
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.
☐
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities
to be registered
Amount to be
Registered (1)
Proposed maximum
offering
price per share
Proposed maximum
aggregate offering
price
Amount of
registration fee
Common
Stock, par value $0.0001 per share
150,000
$
5.60
(2)
$
840,000
(2)
$
104.58
(1)
This
Registration Statement registers an aggregate of 150,000 shares of
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the "Common
Stock"), of Tenax Therapeutics, Inc., which shares are
issuable under the Tenax Therapeutics, Inc. 2016 Stock Incentive
Plan. Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration
Statement also covers such additional shares of Common Stock as may
be issued to prevent dilution from stock splits, stock dividends
and similar transactions.
(2)
Pursuant
to Rules 457(c) and 457(h)(1) under the Securities Act, the
proposed maximum offering price per share and the proposed maximum
aggregate offering price for the shares have been calculated solely
for the purpose of computing the registration fee on the basis of
the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock reported
on the Nasdaq Capital Market on March 29, 2018.
2
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Tenax
Therapeutics, Inc. (the "Registrant") has filed this
Registration Statement to register under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), the offer and
sale of 150,000 shares of common stock of the Registrant, par value
$0.0001 per share (the "Common Stock"). On April 21,
2016, the Board of Directors of the Registrant approved, subject to
stockholder approval, the Tenax Therapeutics, Inc. 2016 Stock
Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). On June 16, 2016, the Plan
was approved by the stockholders at the Registrant's annual
meeting of stockholders. The Plan as approved by the stockholders
authorized the issuance of up to 3,000,000 shares; however, on
February 23, 2018, the Registrant effected a 1-for-20 reverse stock
split of the Registrant's issued and outstanding Common Stock
(the "Reverse Stock Split"). In connection with the
Reverse Stock Split, the total number of shares then-authorized for
issuance under the Plan decreased proportionately to reflect the
Reverse Stock Split. The share totals contained in this
Registration Statement reflect the Reverse Stock
Split.
3
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
This
Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed by the Registrant
to register 150,000
shares of the Registrant's
Common Stock issuable under the Plan. As permitted by the rules of
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"), this Registration Statement omits the
information specified in Part I of Form S-8. The documents
containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be
delivered to the participants in the Plan as required by Rule
428(b) under the Securities Act. Such documents are not being filed
with the Commission as part of this Registration Statement or a
prospectus or prospectus supplement pursuant to Rule
424.
4
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by
Reference
.
The
following documents filed with the Commission are hereby
incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement:
(a)
The
Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2017, filed with the Commission on April 2,
2018;
(b)
The
Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the
Commission on February 15, 2018, February 23, 2018, and March 14,
2018; and
(c)
The description of
the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with
the Commission on January 11, 2010, and any amendments or reports
filed for the purpose of updating such description.
In
addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"),
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates
that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be
a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. However,
any documents or portions thereof, whether specifically listed
above or filed in the future, that are not deemed
"filed" with the Commission, including without
limitation any information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or 7.01
of Form 8-K or certain exhibits furnished pursuant to Item 9.01 of
Form 8-K, shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement.
Any
statement in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for the purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that
a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as
so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
Registration Statement.
Item
4.    Description of Securities.
Not
applicable.
Item
5.    Interests of Named Experts and
Counsel.
Not
applicable.
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Item
6.    Indemnification of Directors and
Officers.
Section
145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a
corporation has the power to indemnify a director, officer,
employee or agent of the corporation and certain other persons
serving at the request of the corporation in related capacities
against amounts paid and expenses incurred in connection with an
action or proceeding to which he is or is threatened to be made a
party by reason of such position, if such person shall have acted
in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or
not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, in any
criminal proceeding, if such person had no reasonable cause to
believe his conduct was unlawful; provided that, in the case of
actions brought by or in the right of the corporation, no
indemnification shall be made with respect to any matter as to
which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the
corporation unless and only to the extent that the adjudicating
court determines that such indemnification is proper under the
circumstances.
The
Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws provide
that its directors and officers will be indemnified by the
Registrant to the fullest extent authorized by Delaware General
Corporation Law. In addition, the Certificate of Incorporation
provides, as permitted by Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General
Corporation Law, that the Registrant's directors will not be
liable for monetary damages to it for breaches of their fiduciary
duty as directors, unless they (i) violated their duty of loyalty
to the Registrant or its stockholders, (ii) acted, or failed to
act, in good faith, (iii) acted with intentional misconduct, (iv)
knowingly or intentionally violated the law, (v) authorized
unlawful payments of dividends, unlawful stock purchases or
unlawful redemptions, or (vi) derived an improper personal benefit
from their actions as directors.
The
Registrant's Bylaws also permit it to secure insurance on
behalf of any officer, director or employee for any liability
arising out of his or her actions, regardless of whether Delaware
General Corporation Law would permit indemnification. The
Registrant has purchased a policy of directors' and
officers' liability insurance that insures its directors and
officers.
In
addition, the Registrant has also entered into an indemnification
agreement with certain of its directors and officers. The
indemnification agreements require the Registrant to indemnify and
hold harmless and advance expenses to each indemnitee with regards
to acts or omissions occurring prior to the time the indemnitee
ceases to be an officer and/or director of the Registrant to the
fullest extent provided under the Registrant's Certificate of
Incorporation in effect as of the date of the agreement or to such
greater extent as provided in any amendment to the
Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation and to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law in effect as of the date of the
agreement or to such greater extent as applicable law may
subsequently permit. The rights provided in the indemnification
agreements are in addition to the rights provided in the
Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws, and the
Delaware General Corporation Law.
The
limitations of liability and indemnification provisions in the
Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws may
discourage stockholders from bringing a lawsuit against directors
for breach of their fiduciary duty. These provisions may also have
the effect of reducing the likelihood of derivative litigation
against directors and officers, even though such an action, if
successful, might otherwise benefit the Registrant and its
stockholders. In addition, stockholders' investment may be
adversely affected to the extent the Registrant pays the costs of
settlement and damage awards against directors and officers
pursuant to these indemnification provisions. The Registrant
believes that these provisions, the insurance and the
indemnification agreements are necessary to attract and retain
talented and experienced directors and officers.
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Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
may be permitted to the Registrant's directors, officers and
controlling persons 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.
Item 7.    Exemption From Registration
Claimed.
Not
applicable.
Item
8.    Exhibits.
The
following exhibits have been or are being filed herewith and are
numbered in accordance with Item 601 of Regulation
S-K:
Exhibit No.
Description
3.1
Certificate
of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the
Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the
Commission on June 30, 2008).
3.2
Certificate
of Amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation (
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the
Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the
Commission on November 13, 2009).
3.3
Certificate
of Amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation (
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the
Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the
Commission on May 15, 2013).
3.4
Certificate
of Amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation (
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to the
Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the
Commission on
December 15, 2014
).
3.5
Certificate
of Amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation (
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to the
Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the
Commission on February 23, 2018).
3.6
Third
Amended and Restated Bylaws (
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the
Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the
Commission on
September 9, 2015
).
5.1
Opinion of Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell &
Jernigan, L.L.P.
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, Cherry
Bekaert LLP.
23.3
Consent of Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell &
Jernigan, L.L.P. (Contained in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (Contained on signature page).
99.1
Tenax Therapeutics, Inc. 2016 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Commission on August 9,
2016).
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;
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(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;
(iii)
To include any
material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material
change to such information in the Registration
Statement;
Provided, however,
that paragraphs
(a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if 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 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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S
IGNATURES
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 Town of Morrisville, State of North
Carolina, on April 3, 2018
.
TENAX THERAPEUTICS, INC.
By:
/s/
Michael B. Jebsen
Michael B. Jebsen
Interim Chief Executive Officer, President and Chief Financial
Officer
KNOW
ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each individual whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Michael B. Jebsen his true
and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his 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 all
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as
fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.
Name
Title
Date
/s/
Michael B. Jebsen
Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial
Officer
April 3, 2018
Michael B. Jebsen
(Principal Executive, Financial and Accounting
Officer)
/s/
Ronald R. Blanck,
DO
Director
April 3, 2018
Ronald R. Blanck, DO
/s/
Gregory Pepin
Director
April 3, 2018
Gregory Pepin
/s/
James Mitchum
Director
April 3, 2018
James Mitchum
/s/
Chris A. Rallis
Director
April 3, 2018
Chris A. Rallis
/s/
Anthony DiTonno
Director
April 3, 2018
Anthony DiTonno
/s/
Gerald Proehl
Director
April 3, 2018
Gerald Proehl
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