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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="iac0fdcad1e684442998ecf7f77e84ccd_1"></div><div style="min-height:45pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-top:4pt;text-align:center"><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 11, 2022</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:1pt;margin-top:3pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Registration No. 333-</font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:13.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:1pt;margin-top:1pt;text-align:center"><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">UNITED STATES</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:1pt;margin-top:1pt;text-align:center"><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:1pt;margin-top:1pt;text-align:center"><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:13.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:1pt;margin-top:1pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">FORM S-8</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:1pt;margin-top:1pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:1pt;margin-top:1pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">UNDER</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:1pt;margin-top:1pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:13.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:1pt;margin-top:1pt;text-align:center"><font 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Employer</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:1pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Identification Number)</font></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:1pt;margin-top:1pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">4721 Emperor Boulevard</font><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">, </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Suite 100</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:1pt;margin-top:1pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Durham</font><font 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Reali</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:1pt;margin-top:1pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Chief Executive Officer</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:1pt;margin-top:1pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Bioventus Inc.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:1pt;margin-top:1pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">4721 Emperor Boulevard, Suite 100</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:1pt;margin-top:1pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Durham, North Carolina 27703</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:1pt;margin-top:1pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(919) 474-6700</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:1pt;margin-top:1pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(Name and address of agent for service) (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:3pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">With copies to&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:1pt;margin-top:1pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Wesley C. 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style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%"> </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of Securities</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%"> </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Act.&#160;&#160;&#9746;</font></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:45pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:1pt;margin-top:1pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div id="iac0fdcad1e684442998ecf7f77e84ccd_80"></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">EXPLANATORY NOTE</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of registering an additional 3,388,480 shares of Bioventus Inc.&#8217;s (the &#8220;Registrant&#8221;) Class A common stock to be issued pursuant to the Bioventus Inc. 2021 Incentive Award Plan (the &#8220;2021 Plan&#8221;) and an additional 595,128 shares of the Registrant&#8217;s Class A common stock to be issued pursuant to the Bioventus Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the &#8220;2021 ESPP&#8221;) and for which a Registration Statement of the Registrant on Form S-8 relating to the same employee benefit plans is effective.</font></div><div style="text-indent:22.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div id="iac0fdcad1e684442998ecf7f77e84ccd_7"></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:3pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF CONTENTS OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8 </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:3pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The contents of the </font><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001665988/000119312521037596/d121205ds8.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Registration 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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 11, 2022
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Bioventus Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
Delaware
81-0980861
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(IRS Employer
Identification Number)
4721 Emperor Boulevard
,
Suite 100
Durham
,
North Carolina
27703
Telephone:
(919)
474-6700
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Bioventus Inc. 2021 Incentive Award Plan
Bioventus Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plans)
Kenneth M. Reali
Chief Executive Officer
Bioventus Inc.
4721 Emperor Boulevard, Suite 100
Durham, North Carolina 27703
(919) 474-6700
(Name and address of agent for service) (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
With copies to:
Wesley C. Holmes, Esq.
Latham & Watkins LLP
200 Clarendon Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02116
Telephone: (212) 906-1200
Fax: (212) 751-4864
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
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Accelerated filer
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Non-accelerated filer
☒
Smaller reporting company
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Emerging Growth Company
☒
If
an
eme
r
ging
growth
company,
indicate
by
check
mark
if
the
registrant
has
elected
not
to
use
the
extended
transition
period
for
comply
with any new or revised financial
accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of Securities
Act.  ☒
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of registering an additional 3,388,480 shares of Bioventus Inc.'s (the "Registrant") Class A common stock to be issued pursuant to the Bioventus Inc. 2021 Incentive Award Plan (the "2021 Plan") and an additional 595,128 shares of the Registrant's Class A common stock to be issued pursuant to the Bioventus Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "2021 ESPP") and for which a Registration Statement of the Registrant on Form S-8 relating to the same employee benefit plans is effective.
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF CONTENTS OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
The contents of the
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-252981)
, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, relating to the 2021 Plan and the 2021 ESPP, are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 8.  Exhibits
Exhibit no.
Description
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Bioventus Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-37844) filed on February 17, 2021.
4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Bioventus Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001
-
37844
) filed on February 17, 2021)
5.1*
Opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP
23.1*
Consent of Grant Thornton, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2*
Consent of Latham & Watkins LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1*
Power of Attorney (included on signature page
)
99.1
Bioventus Inc. 2021 Incentive Award Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.45 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (File No. 333-252238), filed on February 4, 2021)
99.2
Bioventus Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.44 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (File No. 333-252238), filed on February 4, 2021)
107.1*
Filing Fee Table
* Filed herewith
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Durham, State of North Carolina, on March 11, 2022.
BIOVENTUS INC.
Date: March 11, 2022
By:
/s/ Kenneth M. Reali
Kenneth M. Reali
Chief Executive Officer and Director
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Kenneth M. Reali and Gregory O. Anglum, or each of them singly, with full power to act without the other, such person's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign this registration statement and any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments to this registration statement, and to file the same, with exhibits and schedules thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary or desirable to be done in connection therewith as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Name
Date
Title
/s/ Kenneth M. Reali
March 11, 2022
Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
Kenneth M. Reali
/s/ Gregory O. Anglum
March 11, 2022
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
Gregory O. Anglum
/s/ William A. Hawkins III
March 11, 2022
Chairman
William A. Hawkins III
/s/ Patrick J. Beyer
March 11, 2022
Director
Patrick J. Beyer
/s/ Philip G. Cowdy
March 11, 2022
Director
Philip G. Cowdy
/s/ Mary Kay Ladone
March 11, 2022
Director
Mary Kay Ladone
/s/ Michelle McMurry-Heath
March 11, 2022
Director
Michelle McMurry-Heath
/s/ Guido J. Neels
March 11, 2022
Director
Guido J. Neels
/s/ Guy P. Nohra
March 11, 2022
Director
Guy P. Nohra
/s/ Susan M. Stalnecker
March 11, 2022
Director
Susan M. Stalnecker
/s/ Martin P. Sutter
March 11, 2022
Director
Martin P. Sutter
/s/ Stavros G. Vizirgianakis
March 11, 2022
Director
Stavros G. Vizirgianakis