As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 19, 2021

 

Registration No. 333-

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM S-8

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

DESTINATION XL GROUP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

DESTINATION XL GROUP, INC.

2016 INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN

(Full title of the plan)

 

Robert S. Molloy

General Counsel and Secretary

Destination XL Group, Inc.

555 Turnpike Street

Canton, Massachusetts 02021

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

(781) 828−9300

(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

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.

 

 

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.☐

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

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(1)  This Registration Statement covers (i) 4,855,000 shares of Common Stock which may be issued from time to time pursuant to the Destination XL Group, Inc. 2016 Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended (the “2016 Plan”).  In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement covers any additional shares of Common Stock that become issuable under the 2016 Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization, or any other similar transaction without receipt of consideration that results in an increase in the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock.

 

(2)  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act.  The price per share and aggregate offering price are calculated on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on the Nasdaq Global Market on November 12, 2021.

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REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E

 

This registration statement (“Registration Statement”) is being filed for the purpose of registering an additional 4,855,000 shares of the Registrant’s common stock reserved for issuance under the 2016 Plan. These additional shares are additional securities of the same class as other securities for which an original registration statement (File No. 333-213311) on Form S-8 was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on August 25, 2016 and supplemental registration statements on Form S-8, File No. 333-233496 and File No. 333-248439, which were filed with the Commission on August 28, 2019 and August 27, 2020, respectively.

 

Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of such earlier registration statements are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement, and the provisions contained in Part II of such earlier registration statements are modified as set forth in this Registration Statement.

 

PART II

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

 

The Registrant is subject to the informational and reporting requirements of Sections 13(a), 14, and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and in accordance therewith files reports, proxy statements and other information with the Commission.  The following documents, which are on file with the Commission, are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:

 

 

 

 

In addition, 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 which indicates that all securities offered hereby 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 the 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 the purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein 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.

 

 

 

 

 

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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 Town of Canton, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on November 19, 2021.

 

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Harvey S. Kanter and Robert S. Molloy as such person’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person in such person’s 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 the same, 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 connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

 

Exhibit 5.1

 

November 19, 2021

 

Destination XL Group, Inc.

555 Turnpike Street

Canton, Massachusetts 02021

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have assisted in the preparation of a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), relating to an aggregate of 4,855,000 shares (the “Shares”) of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of Destination XL Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), that may be issued under the Company’s 2016 Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended (the “Plan”).

We have examined the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company, each as amended to date, and originals, or copies certified to our satisfaction, of all pertinent records of the meetings of the directors and stockholders of the Company, the Registration Statement and such other documents relating to the Company as we have deemed material for the purposes of this opinion.

In our examination of the foregoing documents, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified, photostatic or other copies, the authenticity of the originals of any such documents, and the legal competence of all signatories to such documents.

We assume that the appropriate action will be taken, prior to the offer and sale of the Shares in accordance with the Plan, to register and qualify the Shares for sale under all applicable state securities or “Blue Sky” laws.  We express no opinion herein as to the laws of any state or jurisdiction other than the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and the federal laws of the United States of America.  Please note that we are opining only as to the matters expressly set forth herein, and no opinion should be inferred as to any other matters.

Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized for issuance and, when the Shares are issued and paid for in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Plan, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission in connection with the Registration Statement in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act.  In giving such consent, we do not hereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

 

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Exhibit 23.2

 

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the use of our report dated March 19, 2021, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Destination XL Group, Inc., incorporated herein by reference.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

November 19, 2021