Atlasclear Holdings Inc.
06/08/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 06/08/2026 14:30
Initial Registration Statement for Employee Benefit Plan (Form S-8)
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 8, 2026
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
Registration Statement UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ATLASCLEAR HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 92-2303797 | |
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
4350 West Cypress Street, Suite 270
Tampa, FL 33607
(727) 446-6660
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
AtlasClear Holdings, Inc. 2024 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plans)
John Schaible
Executive Chairman
AtlasClear Holdings, Inc.
4350 West Cypress Street, Suite 270
Tampa, FL 33607
(727) 446-6660
(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Copy to:
Jason T. Simon, Esq.
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
1750 Tysons Boulevard, Suite 1000
McLean, Virginia 22102
(703) 749-1300
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or 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 ☐ | Accelerated filer ☐ |
| Non-accelerated filer ☒ | Smaller reporting company ☒ |
| Emerging growth company ☒ |
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. ☐
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The information called for in Part I of Form S-8 to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is not being filed with or included in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") (by incorporation by reference or otherwise) in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"). The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be delivered to the participants in the equity benefit plans covered by this Registration Statement as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which have been filed by the Registrant with the Commission, other than information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01, or related exhibits under Item 9.01, of Form 8-K are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
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the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, filed with the Commission on September 29, 2025, as amended by the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K/A, filed with the Commission on September 30, 2025; |
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| (b) | the Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2025, filed with the Commission on November 14, 2025, the quarter ended December 31, 2025, filed with the Commission on February 13, 2026, and quarter ended March 31, 2026, filed with the Commission on May 13, 2026; | |
| (c) | the Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed by the Registrant with the Commission on August 8, 2025, September 17, 2025, September 25, 2025, September 30, 2025, October 14, 2025, October 27, 2025, November 14, 2025, December 1, 2025, February 10, 2026, February 13, 2026, May 12, 2026, May 13, 2026, May 29, 2026 and June 1, 2026; and | |
| (d) | the description of the Registrant's Common Stock, which is set forth in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-41956), filed by the Registrant with the Commission under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), on February 9, 2024, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description. |
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 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 securities then remaining unsold (other than those furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01, or related exhibits under Item 9.01, of Form 8-K or other information "furnished" to the Commission), shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any document or any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed 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 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. Nothing in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to incorporate information furnished but not filed with the Commission pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01, or related exhibits under Item 9.01, of Form 8-K.
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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(a) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL") provides that a Delaware 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 such 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 or enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she 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 his or her conduct was unlawful.
Section 145(b) of the DGCL provides that a Delaware 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 such person acted in any of the capacities set forth above, against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he or she acted under similar standards, except that no indemnification may 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 in which such action or suit was brought shall determine that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to be indemnified for such expenses which the court shall deem proper.
Section 145 of the DGCL further provides that: (i) to the extent that a present or former director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and (b) or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection therewith; (ii) indemnification provided for by Section 145 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which the indemnified party may be entitled; and (iii) the corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any present or former director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or any person who at the request of the corporation was serving in such capacity for another entity against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by him or her in any such capacity or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liabilities under Section 145.
The Registrant's amended and restated bylaws, as amended (the "Bylaws") provide that the Registrant's directors and officers will be indemnified and advanced expenses by the Registrant to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by the DGCL as it now exists or may in the future be amended. In addition, the Registrant's amended and restated certificate of incorporation, as amended, provides that the Registrant's directors will not be personally liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for breaches of their fiduciary duty as directors to the fullest extent permitted by law.
The Bylaws also permit the Registrant to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any officer, director, employee or agent of the Registrant for any liability arising out of his or her status as such, regardless of whether the DGCL would permit indemnification.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
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Item 8. Exhibits.
* Filed herewith.
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 this 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 this 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 this 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 and 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 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this registration statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if this Registration Statement and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
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(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 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in this 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 SEC 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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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 Tampa, Florida, on June 8, 2026.
| AtlasClear Holdings, Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ John Schaible | |
| John Schaible | ||
| Executive Chairman | ||
Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints John Schaible and Sandip Patel, jointly and severally, his or her attorneys-in-fact, each with the full power of substitution, for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign this Registration Statement, and any amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
| Signature | Title | Date | ||
| /s/ John Schaible | Executive Chairman | June 8, 2026 | ||
| John Schaible | (Principal Executive Officer) | |||
| /s/ Sandip Patel |
General Counsel, Chief Financial Officer and Director |
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| Sandip Patel | (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | June 8, 2026 | ||
| /s/ John Schaible | June 8, 2026 | |||
| Craig Ridenhour | President and Director | |||
| /s/ Thomas J. Hammond | June 8, 2026 | |||
| Thomas J. Hammond | Director | |||
| /s/ Robert D. Keyser | June 8, 2026 | |||
| Robert D. Keyser | Director | |||
| /s/ Steven Carlson | June 8, 2026 | |||
| Steven Carlson | Director |
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