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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on April 6, 2016</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: right">Registration No.&nbsp;&nbsp;333 -&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Washington, D.C.&nbsp;&nbsp;20549</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM S-8</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B><U>SPHERIX INCORPORATED</U></B></P>

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charter)</P>

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    <td style="width: 45%; text-decoration: underline; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 10pt"><b><u>Delaware</u></b></font></td>
    <td style="width: 10%; text-align: center">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="width: 45%; text-decoration: underline; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 10pt"><b><u>52-0849320</u></b></font></td></tr>
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    <td style="text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 10pt">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or<BR>
 organization)</font></td>
    <td style="text-align: center">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: top"><font style="font-size: 10pt">(I.R.S. Employer identification No.)</font></td></tr>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-decoration: none; text-align: center"><B><U>1350 Ave of the
Americas, 2<SUP>nd</SUP> Floor, New York, NY 10019</U></B></P>

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Code)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B><U>Spherix Incorporated 2014 Equity Incentive
Plan</U></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Anthony Hayes</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Chief Executive Officer</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Spherix Incorporated</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>1350 Ave of the Americas, 2nd Floor</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>New York, NY 10019</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">(Name and address of agent for service)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Telephone: (703) 992-9260</B></P>

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for service)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">With a copy to:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Theodore J. Ghorra, Esq.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Nixon Peabody LLP</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>437 Madison Avenue</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>New York, New York 10022</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Telephone: (212) 940-3000</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">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;&nbsp;See the definitions of &ldquo;large
accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated filer&rdquo; and &ldquo;smaller reporting company&rdquo; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange
Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>

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    <td style="width: 30%"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Large accelerated filer</font></td>
    <td style="width: 20%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="width: 10%"><font style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt">&uml;</font></td>
    <td style="width: 30%"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Accelerated filer</font></td></tr>
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    <td><font style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt">&uml;</font></td>
    <td><font style="font-size: 10pt">Non-accelerated filer</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td><font style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt">x</font></td>
    <td><font style="font-size: 10pt">Smaller reporting company</font></td></tr>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B><I>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</I></B></P>

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    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Title of Securities to be registered</TD><TD NOWRAP STYLE="font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" NOWRAP STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Amount to be <BR> Registered(1)(2)</TD><TD NOWRAP STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD><TD NOWRAP STYLE="font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" NOWRAP STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Proposed <BR> Maximum <BR> Offering <BR> Price per <BR> Security(3)</TD><TD NOWRAP STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD><TD NOWRAP STYLE="font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" NOWRAP STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Proposed <BR> Maximum <BR> Aggregate <BR> Offering <BR> Price(3)</TD><TD NOWRAP STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD><TD NOWRAP STYLE="font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" NOWRAP STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Amount of <BR> Registration <BR> Fee</TD><TD NOWRAP STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 48%; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 1pt">Common Stock, $0.0001 par value to be issued under the 2014 Equity Incentive Plan</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 10%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right">4,088,000</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 10%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right">2.18</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 10%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right">8,911,840</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 10%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right">897.43</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 2.5pt">Total</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 2.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; text-align: right">4,088,000</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 2.5pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 2.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; text-align: right">2.18</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 2.5pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 2.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; text-align: right">8,911,840</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 2.5pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 2.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 2.5pt double; text-align: right">897.43</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 2.5pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <td style="width: 3%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="width: 3%"><font style="font-size: 10pt">(1)</font></td>
    <td style="width: 94%"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Represents additional shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the &ldquo;Common Stock&rdquo;), of Spherix Incorporated (the &ldquo;Registrant&rdquo;) authorized for issuance under the Spherix Incorporated 2014 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the &ldquo;2014 Plan&rdquo;).</font></td></tr>
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    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
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    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td><font style="font-size: 10pt">(2)</font></td>
    <td><font style="font-size: 10pt">Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;Securities Act&rdquo;), this registration statement on Form S-8 (this &ldquo;Registration Statements&rdquo;) shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock that may be offered or issued under the Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction.</font></td></tr>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 3%"><font style="font-size: 10pt">(3)</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="width: 94%"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Estimated pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, based on the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant&rsquo;s common stock as reported on the NASDAQ Capital Market on March 15, 2016.</font></td></tr>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">This Registration Statement registers an additional 4,088,000 shares
of the Registrant&rsquo;s Common Stock that may be offered and sold under the Plan. This Registration Statement relates solely
to the registration of additional securities of the same class as other securities for which one or more other registration statements
filed on this form relating to the same employee benefit plan are effective. Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the
contents of the Registrant&rsquo;s previously filed registration statement on Form S-8 relating to the Plan (File No. 333-197429),
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 15, 2014, including any amendments thereto or filings incorporated therein,
are hereby incorporated by reference herein to the extent not otherwise amended or superseded by the contents hereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">On February 26, 2016, the Registrant held a special meeting (the
&ldquo;Special Meeting&rdquo;) of its stockholders, which had been adjourned from February 22, 2016. At the Special Meeting, the
Registrant&rsquo;s stockholders voted affirmatively, among other things, to amend the 2014 Plan to increase the number of shares
of Common Stock authorized to be issued pursuant to the 2014 Plan from 4,161,892 to 8,250,000 (disregarding the effect of the reverse
stock split).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>PART II</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0"><B>Item 8.&nbsp; Exhibits</B></P>

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<font style="font-size: 10pt"><b>NUMBER&nbsp;</b></font></td>
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    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="width: 83%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>EXHIBITS</B></FONT></td></tr>
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    <TD STYLE="background-color: White">&nbsp;</td>
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    <TD STYLE="background-color: White">&nbsp;</td></tr>
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    <TD STYLE="background-color: White"><font style="font-size: 10pt">5.1</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="background-color: White">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="background-color: White"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Opinion of Nixon Peabody LLP</font></td></tr>
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    <TD STYLE="background-color: White"><font style="font-size: 10pt">23.1</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="background-color: White">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="background-color: White"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Consent of Marcum LLP</font></td></tr>
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    <TD STYLE="background-color: White"><font style="font-size: 10pt">23.2</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="background-color: White">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="background-color: White"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Consent of Nixon Peabody LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)</font></td></tr>
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    <TD STYLE="background-color: White"><font style="font-size: 10pt">24.1</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="background-color: White">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="background-color: White"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement)</font></td></tr>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Signatures</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">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 of an amendment to a filing
on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized
on April 6, 2016.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>SPHERIX INCORPORATED</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Date: April 6, 2016</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="width: 5%">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="width: 45%">&nbsp;</td></tr>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</td></tr>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><font style="font-size: 10pt">By:</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><font style="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Anthony Hayes</font></td></tr>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; background-color: white">Name: Anthony Hayes</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; background-color: white">Title: Chief Executive Officer</P></td></tr>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">POWER OF ATTORNEY</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Anthony Hayes as 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 registration
statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and any and all amendments (including post effective amendments)
to this registration statement and to any registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b), and to file same, with all exhibits
thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each 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 foregoing, 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 either of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">In accordance with the requirement of the Securities Act of 1933,
this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates stated:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 32%; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Name</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 2%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 32%; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Position</font></td>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 32%; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Date</font></td></tr>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><font style="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Anthony Hayes</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Chief Executive Officer, Director</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 10pt">April 6, 2016</font></td></tr>
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    <TD><font style="font-size: 10pt">Anthony Hayes</font></td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><font style="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Frank Reiner</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Interim Chief Financial Officer</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 10pt">April 6, 2016</font></td></tr>
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    <TD><font style="font-size: 10pt">Frank Reiner</font></td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><font style="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Robert J. Vander Zanden&nbsp;</font></td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Director, Chairman of the Board</font></td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 10pt">April 6, 2016</font></td></tr>
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    <TD><font style="font-size: 10pt">Robert J. Vander Zanden</font></td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</td></tr>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><font style="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Howard E. Goldberg</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Director</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 10pt">April 6, 2016</font></td></tr>
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    <TD><font style="font-size: 10pt">Howard E. Goldberg</font></td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</td></tr>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</td></tr>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><font style="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Jeff Ballabon</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Director</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 10pt">April 6, 2016</font></td></tr>
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    <TD><font style="font-size: 10pt">Jeff Ballabon</font></td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</td></tr>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</td></tr>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><font style="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Tim Ledwick</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Director</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 10pt">April 6, 2016</font></td></tr>
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    <TD><font style="font-size: 10pt">Tim Ledwick</font></td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
    <TD>&nbsp;</td>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on April 6, 2016
Registration No.  333 -
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933
SPHERIX INCORPORATED
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its
charter)
Delaware
52-0849320
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization)
(I.R.S. Employer identification No.)
1350 Ave of the
Americas, 2
nd
Floor, New York, NY 10019
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip
Code)
Spherix Incorporated 2014 Equity Incentive
Plan
(full title of the plan)
Anthony Hayes
Chief Executive Officer
Spherix Incorporated
1350 Ave of the Americas, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10019
(Name and address of agent for service)
Telephone: (703) 992-9260
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent
for service)
With a copy to:
Theodore J. Ghorra, Esq.
Nixon Peabody LLP
437 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Telephone: (212) 940-3000
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
¨
Non-accelerated filer
x
Smaller reporting company
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities to be registered
Amount to be
Registered(1)(2)
Proposed
Maximum
Offering
Price per
Security(3)
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering
Price(3)
Amount of
Registration
Fee
Common Stock, $0.0001 par value to be issued under the 2014 Equity Incentive Plan
4,088,000
$
2.18
$
8,911,840
$
897.43
Total
4,088,000
$
2.18
$
8,911,840
$
897.43
(1)
Represents additional shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the "Common Stock"), of Spherix Incorporated (the "Registrant") authorized for issuance under the Spherix Incorporated 2014 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the "2014 Plan").
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this registration statement on Form S-8 (this "Registration Statements") shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock that may be offered or issued under the Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction.
(3)
Estimated pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, based on the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant's common stock as reported on the NASDAQ Capital Market on March 15, 2016.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES
This Registration Statement registers an additional 4,088,000 shares
of the Registrant's Common Stock that may be offered and sold under the Plan. This Registration Statement relates solely
to the registration of additional securities of the same class as other securities for which one or more other registration statements
filed on this form relating to the same employee benefit plan are effective. Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the
contents of the Registrant's previously filed registration statement on Form S-8 relating to the Plan (File No. 333-197429),
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 15, 2014, including any amendments thereto or filings incorporated therein,
are hereby incorporated by reference herein to the extent not otherwise amended or superseded by the contents hereof.
On February 26, 2016, the Registrant held a special meeting (the
"Special Meeting") of its stockholders, which had been adjourned from February 22, 2016. At the Special Meeting, the
Registrant's stockholders voted affirmatively, among other things, to amend the 2014 Plan to increase the number of shares
of Common Stock authorized to be issued pursuant to the 2014 Plan from 4,161,892 to 8,250,000 (disregarding the effect of the reverse
stock split).
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
Item 8.  Exhibits
EXHIBIT
NUMBER
EXHIBITS
5.1
Opinion of Nixon Peabody LLP
23.1
Consent of Marcum LLP
23.2
Consent of Nixon Peabody LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement)
Signatures
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 of an amendment to a filing
on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized
on April 6, 2016.
SPHERIX INCORPORATED
Date: April 6, 2016
By:
/s/ Anthony Hayes
Name: Anthony Hayes
Title: Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Anthony Hayes as 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 registration
statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and any and all amendments (including post effective amendments)
to this registration statement and to any registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b), and to file same, with all exhibits
thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each 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 foregoing, 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 either of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.
In accordance with the requirement of the Securities Act of 1933,
this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates stated:
Name
Position
Date
/s/ Anthony Hayes
Chief Executive Officer, Director
April 6, 2016
Anthony Hayes
/s/ Frank Reiner
Interim Chief Financial Officer
April 6, 2016
Frank Reiner
/s/ Robert J. Vander Zanden
Director, Chairman of the Board
April 6, 2016
Robert J. Vander Zanden
/s/ Howard E. Goldberg
Director
April 6, 2016
Howard E. Goldberg
/s/ Jeff Ballabon
Director
April 6, 2016
Jeff Ballabon
/s/ Tim Ledwick
Director
April 6, 2016
Tim Ledwick
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT
NUMBER
EXHIBITS
5.1
Opinion of Nixon Peabody LLP
23.1
Consent of Marcum LLP
23.2
Consent of Nixon Peabody LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement)