As filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on August 21, 2025
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ORAMED PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware |
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of
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or Organization) |
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.) |
1185 Avenue of the Americas, 3rd Floor, New York, New York |
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Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc. Amended and Restated
2019 Stock Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Vcorp Agent Services, Inc.
108 W. 13th Street, Suite 100
Wilmington, Delaware 19801
(Name and address of agent for service)
(888) 528 2677
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent
for service)
Copies to:
Oded Har-Even, Esq.
Howard E. Berkenblit, Esq.
Sullivan & Worcester LLP
1251 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
Telephone: (212) 660-3000
Facsimile: (212) 660-3001
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 |
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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. ☐
EXPLANATORY NOTE
On
October 23, 2019, Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc. (the “Company”) filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-234303)
(the “Original Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) to register
an aggregate of 1,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.012 per share of the Company (the “Common Stock”), that may
be issued pursuant to the Company’s 2019 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2019 Plan”).
On
August 11, 2020, the Company filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-244380) (the “Second Registration Statement”)
with the Commission to register an additional aggregate of 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to the 2019 Plan.
On
July 12, 2022, the Company filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-266105) (the “Third Registration Statement”)
with the Commission to register an additional aggregate of 4,500,000 shares of Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to the 2019 Plan.
The
Company is filing this Registration Statement on Form S-8 to register an additional 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock which may be issued
in connection with securities awards, which may hereafter be granted under the 2019 Plan, as amended.
Pursuant
to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the Original Registration Statement, the Second Registration Statement and the Third
Registration Statement are incorporated herein by reference, except for Item 3 and Item 8 of Part II of the Original Registration Statement,
the Second Registration Statement and the Third Registration Statement, which are being updated by this registration statement.
PART
II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents, which
have been filed by us with the Commission, are incorporated by reference in and made a part of this registration statement, as of their
respective dates:
(a) Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the Commission on March 27, 2025, as amended on July 16, 2025;
(b) Our Quarterly Reports
on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2025, filed with the Commission on May 15, 2025; and for the quarterly period ended
June 30, 2025, filed with the Commission on August 14, 2025;
(c) Our Current Reports
on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January
3, 2025, January 22,
2025, February 11, 2025
(other than Item 7.01 and exhibit 99.1 thereto), February
27, 2025, March 3,
2025, April 28, 2025
(other than Item 7.01 and exhibit 99.1 thereto), May
21, 2025, July 23,
2025 and August 21, 2025; and
(d) The description of our
common stock contained in our Form 8-A filed with the Commission on May 29, 2003, as updated by our Form 8-A filed with the Commission on February 7, 2013, as amended by Exhibit 4.2 to our Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, and including any further amendments or reports filed for purposes of updating such
description.
All documents subsequently
filed by us with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, prior
to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities
then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be part hereof from the date
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 herein, or in any subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to
be incorporated by reference, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except
as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.
Item 8. Exhibits
Exhibit No. |
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Description |
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4.1 |
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Composite Copy of Certificate of Incorporation, as amended as of January 22, 2013, corrected February 8, 2013, as amended as of July 25, 2014, corrected September 5, 2017 and as further amended as of August 3, 2020 (incorporated by reference from our annual report on Form 10-K filed November 24, 2020). |
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4.2 |
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Fifth Amended and Restated By-laws (incorporated by reference from our annual report on Form 10-K filed on March 27, 2025). |
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5.1* |
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Opinion of Sullivan & Worcester LLP. |
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23.1* |
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Consent of Sullivan & Worcester LLP (Contained in the opinion of Sullivan & Worcester LLP filed herewith as Exhibit 5.1). |
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23.2* |
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Consent of Kesselman & Kesselman, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. |
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24.1* |
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Powers of Attorney (Included in the signature page to this registration statement). |
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99.1 |
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Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc. Amended and Restated 2019 Stock Incentive Plan (Incorporated by reference to Appendix A of the registrant’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Commission on June 30, 2020). |
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99.2 |
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First Amendment to Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc. Amended and Restated 2019 Stock Incentive Plan (Incorporated by reference to Appendix A of the registrant’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Commission on June 2, 2022). |
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99.3 |
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Second Amendment Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc. Amended and Restated 2019 Stock Incentive Plan (Incorporated by reference to Appendix A of the registrant’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Commission on July 16, 2025). |
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107* |
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Filing Fee Table |
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 New York, New York, on August 21, 2025.
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ORAMED PHARMACEUTICALS INC. |
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By: |
/s/ Nadav Kidron |
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Name: |
Nadav Kidron |
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President and Chief Executive Officer |
Each person whose signature
appears below authorizes each of Nadav Kidron and Avraham Gabay, or either of them acting individually, as his or her true and lawful
attorney-in-fact, each with full power of substitution, to sign the Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc.,
including any and all post-effective amendments, in the name and on behalf of each such person, individually and in each capacity stated
below, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement on Form S-8 has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities
and on the dates indicated.
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/s/ Nadav Kidron |
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President, Chief Executive Officer and Director |
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August 21, 2025 |
Nadav Kidron |
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(Principal Executive Officer) |
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/s/ Avraham Gabay |
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Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
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August 21, 2025 |
Avraham Gabay |
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(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) |
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/s/ Daniel Aghion |
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Director |
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August 21, 2025 |
Daniel Aghion |
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/s/ Miriam Kidron |
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Director |
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August 21, 2025 |
Miriam Kidron |
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/s/ Arie Mayer |
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Director |
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August 21, 2025 |
Arie Mayer |
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/s/ Yehuda Reznick |
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Director |
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August 21, 2025 |
Yehuda Reznick |
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/s/ Leonard Sank |
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Director |
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August 21, 2025 |
Leonard Sank |
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/s/ Benjamin Shapiro |
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Director |
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August 21, 2025 |
Benjamin Shapiro |
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