# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001689657
**File Stem:** 0001104659-23-026012
**Filing Date:** 2023-2
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**Document Hash:** 5dd28f40e353f6dc821bc1b2837ea936
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001104659-23-026012.hdr.sgml**: 20230227

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001104659-23-026012

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: S-8

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 6

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230227

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230227

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20230227

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Berkeley Lights, Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001689657
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** LABORATORY ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTS [3826]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 352415390
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** S-8
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-270041
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23675016

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 5858 HORTON STREET
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 320
- **CITY:** EMERYVILLE
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 94608
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 510-858-2855

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 5858 HORTON STREET
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 320
- **CITY:** EMERYVILLE
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 94608

**As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 27, 2023** 

**Registration No. 333-** 

**UNITED STATES** 

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION** 

**Washington, D.C. 20549** 

**FORM S-8** 

**REGISTRATION STATEMENT** 

***UNDER***

***THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933***

**Berkeley Lights, Inc.** 

**(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)** 

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| **Delaware** | **35-2415390** |
| **(State or other jurisdiction of**<br> **incorporation or organization)**  | **(I.R.S. Employer**<br> **Identification No.)**  |

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**5858 Horton Street, Suite 320**

**Emeryville, California 94608**

**Telephone: (510) 858-2855**

**(Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)**

**2020 Incentive Award Plan** 

**2020 Employee Stock Purchase Plan** 

**(Full Title of the Plan)** 

**Siddhartha Kadia**

**Chief Executive Officer**

**Berkeley Lights, Inc.**

**5858 Horton Street, Suite 320**

**Emeryville, California 94608**

**Telephone: (510) 858-2855**

**(Name, Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, including Area Code, of Agent for Service)**

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| **Copies to:** | **Copies to:** |
| **Sarah K. Solum**<br> **Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP**<br> **855 Main Street**<br> **Redwood City, California 94063**<br> **Telephone: (650) 618-9250**<br>| **Scott Chaplin**<br> **Chief Legal Officer**<br> **Berkeley Lights, Inc.**<br> **5858 Horton Street, Suite 320**<br> **Emeryville, California 94608**<br> **Telephone: (510) 858-2855**  |

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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.

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| Large accelerated filer | ◻ | Accelerated filer | ◻ |
| Non-accelerated filer | ⌧ | Smaller reporting company | ⌧ |
|  |  | 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. ¨

**REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E** 

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed by Berkeley Lights, Inc. (the "Registrant") to register 2,886,762 additional shares of common stock, par value $0.00005 per share, reserved for issuance under the Registrant's 2020 Incentive Award Plan and 721,690 additional shares of common stock, par value $0.00005 per share, reserved for issuance under the Registrant's 2020 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8 regarding Registration of Additional Securities, the contents of the Registration Statements on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on [July 22, 2020](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1689657/000119312520196484/d940926ds8.htm) (File No. 333-239987), [March 17, 2021](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1689657/000119312521084065/d144918ds8.htm) (File No. 333-254399) and [March 3, 2022](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1689657/000119312522063262/d145860ds8.htm) (File No. 333-263243) are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement to the extent not replaced hereby.

**PART I** 

**INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS** 

The information called for in Part I of Form S-8 is not being filed with or included in this Form S-8 (by incorporation by reference or otherwise) in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC. 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.

**PART II** 

**INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT** 

**Item 3.** **Incorporation of Documents by Reference.** 

The following documents filed with the Commission by the Registrant are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:

a. The Registrant's Annual Report on [Form 10-K](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1689657/000168965723000009/bli-20221231.htm) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the Commission on February 23, 2023 pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act").

b. The description of the Registrant's common stock contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on [Form 8-A](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001689657/000119312520192581/d947380d8a12b.htm) (File No. 001-39388) filed with the Commission on July 14, 2020 under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.

c. The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on [January 26, 2023](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1689657/000110465923007014/tm234341d1_8k.htm) and [February 14, 2023](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1689657/000110465923021991/tm236700d1_8k.htm) .

All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement which indicates that all of the shares registered hereunder have been sold or which deregisters all of such shares then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the respective dates of filing of such documents; provided, however, that documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with Commission rules shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. 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 that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such earlier 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 8.** **Exhibits.** 

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| | | **Incorporated by Reference** | **Incorporated by Reference** | **Incorporated by Reference** | **Filed<br> Herewith** |
| **Exhibit**<br>**Number** | <br>**Exhibit Description** | **Form** | **Date** | **Number** | |
| 4.1 | [Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Berkeley Lights, Inc.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1689657/000119312520196467/d906558dex31.htm) | 8-K | 7-21-20 | 3.1 |  |
| 4.2 | [Amended and Restated Bylaws of Berkeley Lights, Inc.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1689657/000119312520196467/d906558dex32.htm) | 8-K | 7-21-20 | 3.2 |  |
| 4.3 | [Form of Common Stock Certificate.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1689657/000119312520191426/d911336dex42.htm) | S-1/A | 7-13-20 | 4.2 |  |
| 4.4 | [Fifth Amended and Restated Investors' Rights Agreement, dated March 28, 2018, by and between Berkeley Lights, Inc. and the investors listed therein.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1689657/000119312520181007/d911336dex43.htm) | S-1 | 6-26-20 | 4.3 |  |
| 5.1 | [Opinion and Consent of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP.](tm237732d1_ex5-1.htm) |  |  |  | X |
| 23.1 | [Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.](tm237732d1_ex23-1.htm) |  |  |  | X |
| 23.2 | [Consent of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1).](tm237732d1_ex5-1.htm) |  |  |  | X |
| 24.1 | [Power of Attorney <u>(included on the signature page of this Registration Statement).</u>](#a_001) |  |  |  | X |
| 99.1(a)# | [Berkeley Lights, Inc. 2020 Incentive Award Plan.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1689657/000119312520191426/d911336dex102a.htm) | S-1/A | 7-13-20 | 10.2 (a) |  |
| 99.1(b)# | [Form of Stock Option Grant Notice and Stock Option Agreement under the 2020 Incentive Award Plan.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1689657/000119312520191426/d911336dex102b.htm) | S-1/A | 7-13-20 | 10.2 (b) |  |
| 99.1(c)# | [Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement under the 2020 Incentive Award Plan.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1689657/000119312520191426/d911336dex102c.htm) | S-1/A | 7-13-20 | 10.2 (c) |  |
| 99.1(d)# | [Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Grant Notice under the 2020 Incentive Award Plan.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1689657/000119312520191426/d911336dex102d.htm) | S-1/A | 7-13-20 | 10.2 (d) |  |
| 99.2# | [2020 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1689657/000119312520191426/d911336dex103.htm) | S-1/A | 7-13-20 | 10.3 |  |
| 107 | [Calculation of Filing Fee Table.](tm237732d1_ex107.htm) |  |  |  | X |

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# Indicates management contract or compensatory plan.

**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 Emeryville, State of California, on this 27th day of February, 2023.

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| **Berkeley Lights, Inc.** | **Berkeley Lights, Inc.** |
| By: | /s/ Siddhartha Kadia, Ph.D. |
| Name: | Siddhartha Kadia, Ph.D. |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer |

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**POWER OF ATTORNEY** 

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below does hereby constitute and appoint Siddhartha Kadia, Ph.D., Mehul Joshi and J. Paul McClaskey, and each of them, with full power of substitution and full power to act without the other, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to act for him or her 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 to file this registration statement, with all exhibits 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 to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully, to all intents and purposes, as they or he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

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| **Signature** | **Title** | **Date** |
| /s/ Siddhartha Kadia, Ph.D. | Chief Executive Officer and Director | February 27, 2023 |
| Siddhartha Kadia, Ph.D. | *(Principal Executive Officer)* |  |
| /s/ Mehul Joshi | Chief Financial Officer | February 27, 2023 |
| Mehul Joshi | *(Principal Financial Officer)* |  |
| /s/ J. Paul McClaskey | Chief Accounting Officer | February 27, 2023 |
| J. Paul McClaskey | *(Principal Accounting Officer)* |  |
| /s/ Gregory Lucier | Chairman of the Board | February 27, 2023 |
| Gregory Lucier |  |  |
| /s/ John Chiminski | Director | February 27, 2023 |
| John Chiminski |  |  |
| /s/ Jessica Hopfield, Ph.D. | Director | February 27, 2023 |
| Jessica Hopfield, Ph.D. |  |  |
| /s/ Igor Khandros, Ph.D. | Director | February 27, 2023 |
| Igor Khandros, Ph.D. |  |  |
| /s/ Michael Moritz | Director | February 27, 2023 |
| Michael Moritz |  |  |
| /s/ Elizabeth Nelson | Director | February 27, 2023 |
| Elizabeth Nelson |  |  |
| /s/ James Rothman, Ph.D. | Director | February 27, 2023 |
| James Rothman, Ph.D. |  |  |

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## Exhibit 5.1

**Exhibit 5.1**

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| <br>Berkeley Lights, Inc.<br> 5858 Horton Street, Suite 320<br> Emeryville, California 94608 | ![](tm237732d1_ex5-1image001.jpg) |

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February 27, 2023

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Berkeley Lights, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the ***Company***), has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the ***Registration Statement***) for the purpose of registering under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the ***Securities Act***), 721,690 shares of its common stock, par value $0.00005 per share, to be issued under the Company's 2020 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the ***ESPP***) (the ***ESPP Securities***) and 2,886,762 shares of its common stock, par value $0.00005 per share, to be issued under the Company's 2020 Incentive Award Plan (the ***2020 Plan***) (the ***2020 Plan Securities****,* and together with the ESPP Securities, the ***Securities***).

We, as your counsel, have examined originals or copies of such documents, corporate records, certificates of public officials and other instruments as we have deemed necessary or advisable for the purpose of rendering this opinion.

In rendering the opinion expressed herein, we have, without independent inquiry or investigation, assumed that (i) all documents submitted to us as originals are authentic and complete, (ii) all documents submitted to us as copies conform to authentic, complete originals, (iii) all signatures on all documents that we reviewed are genuine, (iv) all natural persons executing documents had and have the legal capacity to do so, (v) all statements in certificates of public officials and officers of the Company that we reviewed were and are accurate and (vi) all representations made by the Company as to matters of fact in the documents that we reviewed were and are accurate.

Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the additional assumptions and qualifications set forth below, we advise you that, in our opinion, as of the date hereof, the Securities have been duly authorized and, when and to the extent issued, delivered and paid for in accordance with the ESPP and the 2020 Plan, as applicable, the Securities will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

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We are members of the Bars of the States of New York and California and the foregoing opinion is limited to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP

## Exhibit 23.1

**Exhibit 23.1** 

**Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm** 

We consent to the use of our report dated February 23, 2023, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Berkeley Lights Inc., incorporated herein by reference.

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| /s/ KPMG LLP |
| San Francisco, California |
| February 23, 2023 |

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## Ex-Filing

**Exhibit 107**

**Calculation of Filing Fee Tables**

**Form S-8** 

(Form Type)

Berkeley Lights, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

**Table 1—Newly Registered Securities** 

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| **Security Type** | **Security Class Title** | **Fee Calculation Rule** | **Amount to be Registered(1)**  |  | **Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Unit** |  | **Maximum Aggregate Offering Price** | **Fee Rate** | **Amount of Registration Fee**  |
| Equity | Common stock, $0.00005 par value per share | Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) | 2886762 | (2) | $1.66 | (4) | $4792024.92 | $0.00011020 | $528.08 |
| Equity | Common stock, $0.00005 par value per share | Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) | 721690 | (3) | $1.42 | (5) | $1024799.80 | $0.00011020 | $112.93 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Total Offering Amounts** | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Total Offering Amounts** | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Total Offering Amounts** | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Total Offering Amounts** |  |  |  | $5816824.72 |  | $641.01 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Total Fee Offsets(6)** | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Total Fee Offsets(6)** | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Total Fee Offsets(6)** | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Total Fee Offsets(6)** |  |  |  |  |  | $— |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Net Fee Due** | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Net Fee Due** | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Net Fee Due** | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Net Fee Due** |  |  |  |  |  | $641.01 |

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(1) Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this registration statement shall also cover any additional
shares of the Registrant's common stock that become issuable under the 2020 Incentive Award Plan (the "2020 Plan")
and the 2020 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "ESPP") by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or
similar transaction effected without the Registrant's receipt of consideration which would increase the number of outstanding shares
of common stock.

(2) Represents the additional shares
of the Registrant's common stock available for issuance under the 2020 Plan resulting from an annual increase as of January 1,
2023. (3) Represents the additional shares
of the Registrant's common stock available for issuance under the ESPP resulting from an annual increase as of January 1, 2023.

(4) Estimated solely for the purpose
of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) and Rule 457(c) promulgated under the Securities Act. The proposed
maximum offering price per share and the proposed maximum aggregate offering price for shares reserved for future issuance under the
2020 Plan are based on the average of the high and the low price of Registrant's common stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global
Select Market on February 24, 2023. (5) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating
the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) and Rule 457(c) promulgated under the Securities Act. The proposed maximum
offering price per share and the proposed maximum aggregate offering price for shares reserved for future issuance under the ESPP are
based on 85% of the average of the high and the low price of Registrant's common stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select
Market on February 24, 2023. Pursuant to the ESPP, the purchase price of the shares of Registrant's common stock reserved for issuance
thereunder will be 85% of the fair market value of the Common Stock on the first trading day of the offering period or on the exercise
date, whichever is less.

(6) The Registrant does not have any
fee offsets.