As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 5, 2024.

 

Registration No. 333-264463

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

POST - EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2

TO

FORM S-1

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

bioAffinity Technologies, Inc.

 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   8731   46-5211056

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(Primary Standard Industrial

Classification Code Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

 

22211 W Interstate 10

Suite 1206

San Antonio, Texas 78257

(210) 698-5334

 

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

Maria Zannes

Chief Executive Officer

22211 W Interstate 10

Suite 1206

San Antonio, Texas 78257

(210) 698-5334

 

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

Copies to:

 

Leslie Marlow, Esq.

Melissa Palat Murawsky, Esq.

Blank Rome LLP

1271 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10020

Tel: (212) 885-5000

 

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this registration statement.

 

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933 check the following box: ☒

 

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

 

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

 

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, 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. ☐

 

 

 

The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

 

 

 

 
 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 of bioAffinity Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”), as originally declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on August 29, 2022, is being filed for the sole purpose of filing Exhibit 5.2 as part of the Registration Statement. This Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 does not modify any provision of Part I or Part II of the Registration Statement other than supplementing Item 16 of Part II as set forth below.

 

 
 

 

PART II

 

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

Item 16. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.

 

(a) Exhibits

 

See the Exhibit Index immediately preceding the signature page hereto for a list of exhibits filed as part of this registration statement on Form S-1, which Exhibit Index is incorporated herein by reference.

 

(b) Financial Statement Schedules

 

Schedules not listed have been omitted because the information required to be set forth therein is not applicable, not material or is shown in the financial statements or notes thereto.

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit Number   Description
     
1.1   Placement Agency Agreement, dated March 6, 2024, by and among the Company and WallachBeth Capital LLC (Incorporated by reference as Exhibit 1.1 to the Registrant’s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 8, 2024)
     
3.1   Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant as filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on March 26, 2014 (Incorporated by reference as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 (File No. 001-41463) filed with the SEC on April 1, 2024)
     
3.2   Amended and Restated Bylaws of Registrant (Incorporated by reference as Exhibit 3.6 to the Registrant’s Form S-1/A (File No. 333-264463) filed with the SEC on June 16, 2022)
     
3.3   Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant, as filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on May 31, 2016 (Incorporated by reference as Exhibit 3.3 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 (File No. 001-41463) filed with the SEC on April 1, 2024)
     
3.4   Certificate of Designation of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock of the Registrant filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on July 13, 2017 (Incorporated by reference as Exhibit 3.4 to the Registrant’s Form S-1/A (File No. 333-264463) filed with the SEC on May 25, 2022)
     
3.5   Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant, as filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on November 29, 2021 (Incorporated by reference as Exhibit 3.5 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 (File No. 001-41463) filed with the SEC on April 1, 2024)
     
3.6   Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant, as filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on June 23, 2022 (Incorporated by reference as Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant’s Form S-1/A (File No. 333-264463) filed with the SEC on May 25, 2022)
     
3.7   Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant, as filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on June 6, 2023 (Incorporated by reference as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-41463) filed with the SEC on June 7, 2023)
     
4.1   Form of Registrant’s Common Stock Certificate (Incorporated by reference as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Form S-1/A filed with the SEC on June 16, 2022)
     
4.2  

Common Stock Purchase Warrant issued to San Antonio Economic Development Corporation dated March 17, 2017 (Incorporated by reference as Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant’s Form S-1/A filed with the SEC on May 25, 2022).

     
4.3   Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant issued to Holders of the Registrant’s Convertible Promissory Notes (Incorporated by reference as Exhibit 4.3 to the Registrant’s Form S-1/A filed with the SEC on May 25, 2022)
     
4.4  

Form of Placement Agent’s Warrant issued to WallachBeth Capital, LLC (Incorporated by reference as Exhibit 4.4 to the Registrant’s Form S-1/A filed with the SEC on August 5, 2022)

     
4.5   Form of Representative’s Warrant issued to WallachBeth Capital, LLC, in connection with the Registrant’s Initial Public Offering (Incorporated by reference as Exhibit 4.5 to the Registrant’s Form S-1/A filed with the SEC on July 28, 2022).
     
4.6  

Form of (Tradeable) Common Stock Purchase Warrant issued as part of the Units sold in the Registrant’s Initial Public Offering (Incorporated by reference as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 6, 2022)

     
4.7  

Form of Warrant Agent Agreement for the Warrants issued as part of the Units sold in the Registrant’s Initial Public Offering (Incorporated by reference as Exhibit 4.3 to the Registrant’s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 6, 2022)

     
4.8  

Form of (Non-tradeable) Common Stock Purchase Warrant issued as part of the Units sold in the Registrant’s Initial Public Offering (Incorporated by reference as Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant’s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 6, 2022)

     
4.9   Form of Amendment to Common Share Purchase Warrants with schedule of warrant holders and warrants (Incorporated by reference as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-41463) filed with the SEC on September 20, 2023)
     
4.10  

Form of Amendment to Initial Public Offering Warrants with schedule of warrant holders and warrants (Incorporated by reference as Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-41463) filed with the SEC on September 20, 2023)

     
4.11   Form of Warrant to Purchase Common Stock (Incorporated by reference as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-41463) filed with the SEC on March 8, 2024
     
4.12    Form of Placement Agent Warrant (Incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-41463) filed with the SEC on March 8, 2024
     
5.1**   Opinion of Dykema Gossett PLLC
     
5.2*   Opinion of Blank Rome
     
10.1+   2014 Equity Incentive Plan of Registrant, as amended. (Incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Form S-1 filed with the SEC on April 25, 2022)
     
10.2+   Executive Chairman Employment Agreement dated January 1, 2020, by and between Registrant and Steven Girgenti, as amended. (Incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant’s Form S-1 filed with the SEC on April 25, 2022)
     
10.3+   Employment Agreement dated February 1, 2015, by and between Registrant and Maria Zannes. (Incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant’s Form S-1 filed with the SEC on April 25, 2022)

 

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10.4+   Employment Agreement dated April 4, 2016, by and between Registrant and Vivienne Rebel, as amended. (Incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.4 to the Registrant’s Form S-1 filed with the SEC on April 25, 2022)
   
10.5+   Employment Agreement dated February 1, 2015, by and between Registrant and Timothy Zannes. (Incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.5 to the Registrant’s Form S-1 filed with the SEC on April 25, 2022)
     
10.6+   Consulting Agreement dated May 25, 2017, by and between Registrant and Michael Edwards, as amended. (Incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.6 to the Registrant’s Form S-1 filed with the SEC on May 25, 2022)
     
10.7   License Agreement to Participate in the UTSA New Venture Incubator Program dated June 15, 2015, by and between Registrant and the University of Texas at San Antonio. (Incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.9 to the Registrant’s Form S-1 filed with the SEC on April 25, 2022)
     
10.8   Joint Development Agreement dated October 1, 2018, by and between the Registrant and Village Oaks Pathology Services, P.A. d/b/a Precision Pathology Services (Incorporated by reference as Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant’s Form S-1/A filed with the SEC on July 27, 2022)
     
10.9   Agreement dated October 17, 2020, by and between Registrant and GO2 Partners (Incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.9 to the Registrant’s Form S-1/A filed with the SEC on July 27, 2022)
   
10.10   Form of Note Purchase Agreement used by the Registrant in its private offering of Convertible Promissory Notes issued between October 2021 and January 2022 (Incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.10 to the Registrant’s Form S-1 filed with the SEC on May 25, 2022)
     
10.11+   Offer Letter between bioAffinity Technologies, Inc. and Michael Dougherty dated April 11, 2023 (Incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-41463) filed with the SEC on May 1, 2023)
     
10.12   bioAffinity Technologies, Inc. Amended and Restated 2014 Equity Incentive Plan Incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-41463) filed with the SEC on June 7, 2023)
     
10.13   Amendment, effective as of August 1, 2023, to Employment Agreement, dated February 1, 2015, by and between bioAffinity Technologies, Inc. and Maria Zannes (Incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-41463) filed with the SEC on July 28, 2023)
     
10.14  

Asset Purchase Agreement, effective September 18, 2023, by and among, Precision Pathology Laboratory Services, LLC, Dr. Roby P. Joyce and Village Oaks Pathology Services, P.A. (Incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-41463) filed with the SEC on September 20, 2023)

     
10.15   Subscription Agreement, dated September 18, 2023, by and between The Joyce Living Trust, dated March 19, 2013, and bioAffinity Technologies, Inc. (Incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-41463) filed with the SEC on September 20, 2023)
     
10.16  

Management Services Agreement, effective as of September 18, 2023, by and between Precision Pathology Laboratory Services, LLC and Village Oaks Pathology Services, P.A. (Incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-41463) filed with the SEC on M September 20, 2023)

     
10.17  

Succession Agreement, effective September 18, 2023, by and among, Precision Pathology Laboratory Services, LLC, Dr. Roby P. Joyce and Village Oaks Pathology Services, P.A. (Incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.4 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-41463) filed with the SEC on September 20, 2023)

     
10.18  

Professional Services Agreement, effective as of September 18, 2023, by and between Precision Pathology Laboratory Services, LLC and Village Oaks Pathology Services, P.A. (Incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.5 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-41463) filed with the SEC on September 20, 2023)

     
10.19+  

Executive Employment Agreement, dated September 18, 2023, by and between the Registrant and Roby Joyce, M.D. (Incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.6 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-41463) filed with the SEC on September 20, 2023)

     
10.20  

Assignment and Assumption of Lease Agreement, effective September 18, 2023, by and between Precision Pathology Laboratory Services, LLC and Village Oaks Pathology Services, P.A. (Incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.7 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-41463) filed with the SEC on September 20, 2023)

     
10.21  

Office Lease, dated July 31, 2019, by and between Village Oaks Pathology Services, P.A. and 343 West Sunset, LLC (Incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.8 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-41463) filed with the SEC on September 20, 2023)

     
10.22  

Assignment and Assumption Agreement, effective September 18, 2023, by and between Precision Pathology Laboratory Services, LLC and Village Oaks Pathology Services, P.A. (Incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.9 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-41463) filed with the SEC on September 20, 2023)

 

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10.23  

Equipment Usage Attachment, dated effective as of August 9, 2019, by and between Gen-Probe Sales & Service, Inc., together with its subsidiaries and affiliates and Village Oaks Pathology Services, P.A. d/b/a Precision Pathology, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 to Equipment Usage Attachment dated November 2, 2020, as further amended by that certain Amendment No. 2 to Equipment Usage Attachment dated November 2, 2020, and as further amended by that certain Amendment No. 3 to Equipment Usage Attachment dated December 21, 2022 (Incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.10 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-41463) filed with the SEC on September 20, 2023)

     
10.24  

Master Agreement, dated as of January 29, 2015, by and between Leica Microsystems, Inc. and Precision Pathology, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Master Agreement, dated on or about April 4, 2018, as further amended by that certain Amendment No. 2 to Master Agreement, dated March 23, 2021 (Incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.11 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-41463) filed with the SEC on September 20, 2023)

     
10.25  

Strategic Relationship License Agreement, dated December 1, 2022, by and between Pathology Watch, Inc. and Precision Pathology Services (Incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.12 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-41463) filed with the SEC on September 20, 2023)

     
10.26   Bill of Sale signed by Village Oaks Pathology Services, P.A., effective as of September 18, 2023 (Incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.13 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-41463) filed with the SEC on September 20, 2023)
     
10.27   Jamie Platt Offer Letter (Incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-41463) filed with the SEC on December 5, 2023
     
10.28   bioAffinity Technologies, Inc. Management Incentive Bonus Plan (Incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-41463) filed with the SEC on January 31, 2024
     
10.29   Amendment to Michel Dougherty Offer Letter (Incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-41463) filed with the SEC on January 31, 2024)
     
10.30   Form of Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 6, 2024, by and among the Company and the investors parties thereto (Incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-41463) filed with the SEC on March 8, 2024)
     
10.31   Form of Support Agreement with schedule of signatories (Incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-41463) filed with the SEC on March 8, 2024)
     
21.1   List of Subsidiaries of the Registrant (Incorporated by reference as Exhibit 21.1 to the Registrant’s Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 31, 2023)
   
23.1**   Consent of Dykema Gossett PLLC (included in Exhibit 5.1).
     
23.2**   Consent of WithumSmith+Brown, PC, independent registered public accounting firm for bioAffinity Technologies Inc.
     
23.3*   Consent of Blank Rome (included in Exhibit 5.2)
     
24.1   Power of Attorney (included on signature page of Post-Effective Amendment No. 1)
     
107**   Filing Fee Table.(Registration No. 333-264463)

 

* Filed herewith.
** Previously filed
+ Indicates management contract or compensatory plan.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Post Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of San Antonio, Texas, on April 5, 2024.

 

  bioAffinity Technologies, Inc.
     
  By: /s/ Maria Zannes
    Maria Zannes
    Chief Executive Officer, President, Founder, and Director

 

Signature   Title   Date
         
/s/ Maria Zannes   Founder, President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director (Principal Executive Officer)   April 5, 2024
Maria Zannes        
         
*   Chief Financial Officer   April 5, 2024
Michael Dougherty   (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)    
         
*   Founder, Executive Chairman, and Director   April 5, 2024
Steven Girgenti        
         
*   Director   April 5, 2024
Robert Anderson        
         
*   Director   April 5, 2024
Stuart Diamond        
         
*   Director   April 5, 2024
Peter S. Knight        
         
*   Director   April 5, 2024
Gary Rubin        
       
*   Director   April 5, 2024
Roby Joyce        
         
*   Director   April 5, 2024
Jamie Platt        

 

*By: /s/ Maria Zannes  
  Maria Zannes, Attorney-In-Fact  

 

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