As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 15, 2016

Registration No. 333-

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM S‑8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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BIORESTORATIVE THERAPIES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)

91-1835664

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

40 Marcus Drive, Suite One, Melville, New York 11747

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

BioRestorative Therapies, Inc. 2010 Equity Participation Plan

(Full Title of the Plan)

(631) 760-8100

(Telephone Number, Including Area Code,

of Agent for Service)

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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.

 

This Registration Statement covers an additional 2,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share ("Common Stock"), of BioRestorative Therapies, Inc. (the "Registrant") available for issuance under the Registrant's 2010 Equity Participation Plan (the "2010 Plan").  This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock of the Registrant that become issuable under the 2010 Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or similar transaction that results in an increase in the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Registrant.

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

(1)	Represents the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of options which have been granted under the 2010 Plan at an exercise price of $3.73 per share of Common Stock.

(2)	Represents the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of options which have been granted under the 2010 Plan at an exercise price of $3.10 per share of Common Stock.

(3)	Represents the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable under the 2010 Plan (inclusive of shares issuable upon exercise of outstanding options, assuming that such options lapse unexercised).

(4)

Calculated solely for purposes of the registration fee for this offering and in accordance with paragraphs (c) and (h)(1) of Rule 457 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant's shares of Common Stock as quoted on the OTCQB market on November 11, 2016.

STATEMENT PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E TO FORM S-8

Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8 under the Securities Act, this Registration Statement is filed by the Registrant to register an additional 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock as to which options or awards may be granted under the 2010 Plan.

On May 27, 2014, the Registrant filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File Number 333-196299) (the "May 2014 Registration Statement") in order to register 555,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the 2010 Plan.  On April 9, 2015, the Registrant filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File Number 333-203310) (the "April 2015 Registration Statement") in order to register 400,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the 2010 Plan.   On April 1, 2016, the Registrant filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File Number 333-210555) (the "April 2016 Registration Statement", and together with the May 2014 Registration Statement and the April 2015 Registration Statement, the "Prior Registration Statements") in order to register 1,250,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the 2010 Plan. The number of shares registered pursuant to the Prior Registration Statements gives retroactive effect to the 1-for-20 reverse split of the Registrant's shares of common stock effected as of July 7, 2015.

Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the Prior Registration Statements, including the documents incorporated by reference therein, are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement, except to the extent supplemented, amended or superseded by the information set forth herein.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Incorporated herein by reference are the following documents filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"):

(a)	Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015.

(b)	Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2016.

(c)	Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2016.

(d)	Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2016.

(e)	Current Report on Form 8-K filed January 15, 2016.

(f)	Current Report on Form 8-K filed January 27, 2016.

(g)	Current Report on Form 8-K filed February 24, 2016.

(h)	Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 24, 2016.

(i)	Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 2, 2016.

(j)	Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 30, 2016.

(k)	Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 11, 2016.

(l)	Current Report on Form 8-K filed September 28, 2016.

(m)	Current Report on Form 8-K filed October 20, 2016.

All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post‑effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incor-porated herein by reference and to be a part hereof from their respective dates of filing.

Certain legal matters in connection with the offering of the securities registered hereunder are being passed upon for the Registrant by Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP, 90 Merrick Avenue, East Meadow, New York 11554, a stockholder of the Registrant.

Article Eighth of the Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation (the "Certificate of Incorporation") provides that no director of the Registrant shall be personal-ly liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders; (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL"); or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.  The Certificate of Incorporation further provides that if the DGCL is amended to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of direc-tors, then the liability of a director of the Registrant shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as so amended.

As more fully described below, Section 145 of the DGCL permits Delaware corporations to indemnify each of their present and former directors or officers under certain circumstances, provided that such persons acted in good faith and in a manner which they reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation. Our Bylaws provide that we will indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, as the same may be amended from time to time, each of our present and former directors and officers pursuant thereto and in the manner prescribed thereby.

Specifically, Section 145 of the DGCL provides that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person 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 the person's conduct was unlawful.  The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which the person 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 reasonable cause to believe that the person's conduct was unlawful.

 

Section 145 of the DGCL also provides that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper. Any such indemnification (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the present or former director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because the person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth above.

Section 145 of the DGCL also provides that a corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer of the corporation against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person's status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the DGCL.  Our Bylaws provide that we may maintain such insurance.

The Registrant has also entered into customary indemnification agreements with each of its directors.  The indemnification agreements generally require the Registrant to indemnify each director to the fullest extent permitted by law and specify certain procedures relating to the exercise of the directors' indemnification rights.

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Opinion of Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP as to the legality of the additional shares of Common Stock being registered by this Registration Statement

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Consent of Marcum LLP

23.2

Consent of Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5 hereto)

 

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 Chief Executive OfficerForm S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the County of Suffolk, State of New York, on the 15^th day of November, 2016.

 

	BIORESTORATIVE THERAPIES, INC.
	By:	/s/ Mark Weinreb
		Mark Weinreb
		Chief Executive Officer