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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">FORM S-8<br />REGISTRATION STATEMENT<font style="font-style:italic;"><br />UNDER<br />THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:3pt;text-indent:3.85%;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">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 &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer&#8221; and &#8220;smaller reporting company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;).</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;">Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;), this Form S-8 registration statement (the &#8220;Registration Statement&#8221;) shall also be deemed to cover an indeterminate number of additional shares of Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the &#8220;Stock&#8221;) of Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc. (the &#8220;Registrant&#8221;) that may become issuable as a result of stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations or other similar transactions.</p></td></tr></table></div>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;">Represents 5,069,517 shares of Stock that may be delivered with respect to awards under the Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan (as amended from time to time, the &#8220;Plan&#8221;), which shares consist of shares of Stock reserved and available for delivery with respect to awards under the Plan, shares of Stock available for issuance under the Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc. 2021 Amended and Restated Long Term Incentive Plan (the &#8220;Prior Plan&#8221;) that were assumed by the Plan on October 19, 2021 and additional shares of Stock that may again become available for delivery with respect to awards under the Plan pursuant to the share counting, share recycling and other terms and conditions of the Plan.</p></td></tr></table></div>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;">Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act based upon the average of the high and low prices of a share of Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on October 22, 2021, which was equal to $25.02.</p></td></tr></table></div>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;">Represents 3,430,483 shares of Stock underlying stock options outstanding under the Prior Plan.</p></td></tr></table></div>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:8pt;">Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act based upon the weighted average exercise price of the stock options granted under the Prior Plan.</p></td></tr></table></div>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-variant: normal;text-indent:3.85%;">PART I<br />INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:10pt;text-indent:3.85%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The Registrant will provide all participants in the Plan with the document(s) containing the information required by Part I of Form S-8, as specified in Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) under the Securities Act. In accordance with Rule 428 of the Securities Act, the Registrant has not filed such document(s) with the Commission, but such document(s) (along with the documents incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof) shall constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act. The Registrant shall maintain a file of such documents in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428(a)(2) of the Securities Act. Upon request, the Registrant shall furnish to the Commission or its staff a copy or copies of all of the documents included in such file.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:10pt;text-indent:3.85%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Except to the extent that information is deemed furnished and not filed pursuant to securities laws and regulations, the following documents have been filed by the Registrant with the Commission and are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and will be deemed to be a part hereof:</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">The Registrant&#8217;s prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act on October 21, 2021, in connection with the registration statement on Form S-1, as amended (Reg No. 333-258188);  </p></td></tr></table></div>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">The Registrant&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on October 25, 2021.</p></td></tr></table></div>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(c)</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"><a name="_Hlk82082583"></a>The description of the Registrant&#8217;s Stock included under the caption &#8220;Description of Securities&#8221; contained in the Registrant&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the Commission on October 19,<a name="_Hlk82082583"></a> 2021, pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.</p></td></tr></table></div>
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:10pt;text-indent:3.85%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Except to the extent that information is deemed furnished and not filed pursuant to securities laws and regulations, all documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall also be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the dates of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:3.85%;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the &#8220;DGCL&#8221;) provides that a corporation may indemnify directors and officers as well as other employees and individuals against expenses, including attorneys&#8217; fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement in connection with specified actions, suits and proceedings whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative, other than a derivative action by or in the right </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">of the corporation, if they acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful. A similar standard is applicable in the case of derivative actions, except that indemnification extends only to expenses, including attorneys&#8217; fees, incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of such action and the statute requires court approval before there can be any indemnification where the person seeking indemnification has been found liable to the corporation. The statute provides that it is not exclusive of other indemnification that may be granted by a corporation&#8217;s certificate of incorporation, bylaws, disinterested director vote, stockholder vote, agreement or otherwise.</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:3.85%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:3.85%;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The Registrant&#8217;s charter provides that a director will not be liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director<font style="color:#000000;">, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted by the DGCL as the same exists or hereafter may be amended.</font> The Registrant&#8217;s charter also provides and the Registrant&#8217;s bylaws provide that the corporation is required to indemnify the directors and officers, in each case to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law.&#160;</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:3.85%;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The Registrant&#8217;s bylaws also permit the Registrant to secure insurance on behalf of any officer, director, employee or other agent for any liability arising out of his or her actions in that capacity regardless of whether the Registrant would otherwise be permitted to indemnify him or her under Delaware law. </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:3.85%;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The Registrant intends to enter into agreements to indemnify the directors, executive officers and other employees as determined by its board of directors. With specified exceptions, these agreements provide for indemnification for related expenses including, among other things, attorneys&#8217; fees, judgments, fines and settlement amounts incurred by any of these individuals in any action or proceeding. The Registrant believes that these bylaws provisions and indemnification agreements are necessary to attract and retain qualified persons as directors and officers. The Registrant also intends to maintain directors&#8217; and officers&#8217; liability insurance.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</p></td></tr></table></div>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">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 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#8220;Calculation of Registration Fee&#8221; table in the effective registration statement; and</p></td></tr></table></div>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">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;</p></td></tr></table></div>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:10pt;text-indent:3.85%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 New York, State of New York, on October 26, 2021.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:10pt;text-indent:3.85%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on October 26, 2021, each person whose signature appears below appoints Gregory A. Beard, Ricardo R.A. Larroud&#233; and Matthew Usdin and each of them, any of whom may act without the joinder of the other, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and any additional registration statement (including any amendment thereto) for this offering that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or would 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.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Chief Financial Officer</p></td>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:9.5pt;">&nbsp;</p></td>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 26, 2021
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
86-2759890
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
595 Madison Avenue, 29th Floor
New York, New York
10022
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan
Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc. Amended and Restated 2021 Long Term Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Gregory A. Beard
Chief Executive Officer
595 Madison Avenue, 29th Floor
New York, New York 10022
(Name and address of agent for service)
(212) 967-5294
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Daniel M. LeBey
Shelley A. Barber
Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.
1114 Avenue of the Americas, 32nd Floor
New York, New York 10036
(804) 327-6300
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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act").
Large accelerated filer
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Accelerated filer
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Non-accelerated filer
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Smaller reporting company
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Emerging growth company
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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 of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
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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
Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value per share:
Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan
5,069,517 (2)
$25.02 (3)
$126,839,315 (3)
$11,758 (3)
Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc. Amended and Restated 2021 Long Term Incentive Plan
3,430,483 (4)
$8.81 (5)
$30,222,555 (5)
$2,802 (5)
TOTAL
8,500,000
$157,061,870
$14,560
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Form S-8 registration statement (the "Registration Statement") shall also be deemed to cover an indeterminate number of additional shares of Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the "Stock") of Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc. (the "Registrant") that may become issuable as a result of stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations or other similar transactions.
(2)
Represents 5,069,517 shares of Stock that may be delivered with respect to awards under the Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan (as amended from time to time, the "Plan"), which shares consist of shares of Stock reserved and available for delivery with respect to awards under the Plan, shares of Stock available for issuance under the Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc. 2021 Amended and Restated Long Term Incentive Plan (the "Prior Plan") that were assumed by the Plan on October 19, 2021 and additional shares of Stock that may again become available for delivery with respect to awards under the Plan pursuant to the share counting, share recycling and other terms and conditions of the Plan.
(3)
Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act based upon the average of the high and low prices of a share of Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on October 22, 2021, which was equal to $25.02.
(
4
)
Represents 3,430,483 shares of Stock underlying stock options outstanding under the Prior Plan.
(5)
Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act based upon the weighted average exercise price of the stock options granted under the Prior Plan.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The Registrant will provide all participants in the Plan with the document(s) containing the information required by Part I of Form S-8, as specified in Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Act. In accordance with Rule 428 of the Securities Act, the Registrant has not filed such document(s) with the Commission, but such document(s) (along with the documents incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof) shall constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act. The Registrant shall maintain a file of such documents in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428(a)(2) of the Securities Act. Upon request, the Registrant shall furnish to the Commission or its staff a copy or copies of all of the documents included in such file.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Except to the extent that information is deemed furnished and not filed pursuant to securities laws and regulations, the following documents have been filed by the Registrant with the Commission and are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and will be deemed to be a part hereof:
(
a)
The Registrant's prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act on October 21, 2021, in connection with the registration statement on Form S-1, as amended (Reg No. 333-258188);
(
b
)
The Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on October 25, 2021.
(c)
The description of the Registrant's Stock included under the caption "Description of Securities" contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the Commission on October 19,
2021, pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
Except to the extent that information is deemed furnished and not filed pursuant to securities laws and regulations, all documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall also be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the dates of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such 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.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the "DGCL") provides that a corporation may indemnify directors and officers as well as other employees and individuals against expenses, including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement in connection with specified actions, suits and proceedings whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative, other than a derivative action by or in the right
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of the corporation, if they acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful. A similar standard is applicable in the case of derivative actions, except that indemnification extends only to expenses, including attorneys' fees, incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of such action and the statute requires court approval before there can be any indemnification where the person seeking indemnification has been found liable to the corporation. The statute provides that it is not exclusive of other indemnification that may be granted by a corporation's certificate of incorporation, bylaws, disinterested director vote, stockholder vote, agreement or otherwise.
The Registrant's charter provides that a director will not be liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director
, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted by the DGCL as the same exists or hereafter may be amended.
The Registrant's charter also provides and the Registrant's bylaws provide that the corporation is required to indemnify the directors and officers, in each case to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law.
The Registrant's bylaws also permit the Registrant to secure insurance on behalf of any officer, director, employee or other agent for any liability arising out of his or her actions in that capacity regardless of whether the Registrant would otherwise be permitted to indemnify him or her under Delaware law.
The Registrant intends to enter into agreements to indemnify the directors, executive officers and other employees as determined by its board of directors. With specified exceptions, these agreements provide for indemnification for related expenses including, among other things, attorneys' fees, judgments, fines and settlement amounts incurred by any of these individuals in any action or proceeding. The Registrant believes that these bylaws provisions and indemnification agreements are necessary to attract and retain qualified persons as directors and officers. The Registrant also intends to maintain directors' and officers' liability insurance.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
The exhibits to this Registration Statement are listed in the Exhibit Index to this Registration Statement, which precedes such exhibits and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.
Undertakings.
(a)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement:
(
i
)
to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)
to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in 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 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement; and
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(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) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(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 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to 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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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-40931 filed on October 25, 2021).
4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-40931 filed on October 25, 2021).
4.3
Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc. Amended and Restated 2021 Long Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.29 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (File No. 333-258188) filed on October 8, 2021).
4.4
Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc. Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-40931 filed on October 25, 2021).
5.1*
Opinion of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.
23.1*
Consent of Urish Popeck & Co., LLC.
23.2*
Consent of Urish Popeck & Co., LLC.
23.3*
Consent of Urish Popeck & Co., LLC.
23.4*
Consent of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. (included as part of its opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).
24.1*
Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature pages to this Registration Statement).
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Filed herewith.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 New York, State of New York, on October 26, 2021.
STRONGHOLD DIGITAL MINING, INC.
By:
/s/ Gregory A. Beard
Name:
Gregory A. Beard
Title:
Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on October 26, 2021, each person whose signature appears below appoints Gregory A. Beard, Ricardo R.A. Larroudé and Matthew Usdin and each of them, any of whom may act without the joinder of the other, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and any additional registration statement (including any amendment thereto) for this offering that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or would 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.
Signature
Title
/s/ Gregory A. Beard
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chairman of the Board
Gregory A. Beard
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Ricardo R. A. Larroudé
Chief Financial Officer
Ricardo R. A. Larroudé
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ William B. Spence
Co-Chairman of the Board
William B. Spence
/s/ Sarah P. James
Director
Sarah P. James
/s/ Thomas J. Pacchia
Director
Thomas J. Pacchia
/s/ Thomas R. Trowbridge, IV
Director
Thomas R. Trowbridge, IV
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