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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 17, 2020

Registration No. 333-_______

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

2319 Whitney Avenue, Suite 3B

Hamden, CT  06518

(203) 859-6800

 (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

_________________________

TRANSACT TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED 2014 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN, AS AMENDED AND RESTATED

(Full title of the plan)

_________________________

Steven A. DeMartino

President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary

TransAct Technologies Incorporated

One Hamden Center, 2319 Whitney Avenue, Suite 3B

Hamden, CT  06518

(203) 859-6800

 (Name, address and 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 standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. □

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

(1)    Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement also covers such additional shares of Common Stock as may be issued in the event of a stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Registration Statement has been filed pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, to register 800,000 additional shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share (“Common Stock”), of TransAct Technologies Incorporated (the “Company” or the “Registrant”) to be offered pursuant to the TransAct Technologies Incorporated 2014 Equity Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated (the “Plan”), and to implement certain additional amendments summarized in Proposal No. 4 in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on April 23, 2020. These shares of Common Stock are additional securities of the same class as other securities issuable under the Plan for which the Company has previously filed with the Commission a registration statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-203184) on April 1, 2015 and a registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-225311) on November 13, 2017 (collectively, the “Prior Registration Statements”). The Prior Registration Statements are currently effective and are incorporated herein by reference, and any items in the Prior Registration Statements not expressly changed hereby shall be as set forth in the Prior Registration Statements.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

The Registrant hereby incorporates the following documents herein by reference:

(a)	The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), on March 16, 2020, as amended on March 17, 2020.

(b)	Portions of the Registrant's definitive proxy statement of Schedule 14A, filed with the Commission on April 23, 2020, that are incorporated by reference into the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, as amended.

(c)	The Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2020, filed with the Commission on May 22, 2020.

(d)	The Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2020, filed with the Commission on August 10, 2020.

(e)

The Registrant’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March 4, 2020, March 16, 2020, March 25, 2020, May 5, 2020, May 6, 2020, May 27, 2020 and July 17, 2020 (in each case excluding information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K, including any related exhibits).

(f)

The description of the Common Stock, $.01 par value per share, contained in the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 000-21121), filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act on August 1, 1996, as most recently revised by the Registrant’s Form 8-A/A on February 18, 1999, and the portions of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-06895), filed with the Commission on June 26, 1996, that are incorporated by reference in the description of the Common Stock contained in the Form 8-A.

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 to this Registration Statement that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference from the date of filing of such documents; provided, however, that any reports or portions thereof that are furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of a Current Report on Form 8-K and any exhibits included with such items shall not be deemed incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.  Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for all purposes to the extent that a statement contained in this Registration Statement or in any other subsequently filed document which is incorporated by reference herein modifies or replaces such statement.  Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or amended, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

Item 8.  Exhibits.

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 Hamden in the State of Connecticut, on this 17^th day of August, 2020.

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Bart C. Shuldman and Steven A. DeMartino, and each of them singly, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and 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 on Form S-8 to be filed by TransAct Technologies Incorporated, 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 full power and authority to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, 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 dates indicated:

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Exhibit 5.1

BOSTON     CONNECTICUT     FLORIDA     NEW JERSEY     NEW YORK     WASHINGTON, DC
	DAY PITNEY LLP Attorneys at Law 605 Third Avenue 31st Floor New York, NY10158

TransAct Technologies Incorporated

One Hamden Center

2319 Whitney Avenue, Suite 3B

Hamden, Connecticut  06518

We refer to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) filed by TransAct Technologies Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), relating to the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), of 800,000 shares of common stock of the Company, $.01 par value (the “Shares”), issuable upon the exercise of stock options or stock appreciation rights or upon the grant of other stock-based awards available for grant under the TransAct Technologies Incorporated 2014 Equity Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated (the “Plan”).

We have examined originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of the Plan, the Registration Statement, the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended, and the Amended and Restated By-laws of the Company, each as currently in effect, relevant resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company or committees thereof and such corporate records, documents, agreements, instruments and certificates of public officials of the State of Delaware and of officers of the Company as we have deemed necessary or appropriate in order to express the opinion hereinafter set forth.

In our examination of such documents and records, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the legal capacity of natural persons and the conformity with the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies.

Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications and limitations set forth herein, we are of the opinion that the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable when (i) the Registration Statement shall have become effective under the Act; (ii) the Shares have been duly issued and sold as contemplated by the Registration Statement (including the related prospectus which is not filed herewith) and the Plan; and (iii) either a certificate representing such Shares shall have been duly executed, countersigned and registered and duly delivered to the purchaser thereof upon payment of the agreed consideration therefor, if any, or if any such Shares are to be issued in uncertificated form, the Company’s books shall reflect the issuance of such Shares to the purchaser thereof, upon payment of the agreed consideration therefor, if any, in accordance with the terms of the Plan.

The foregoing opinion is limited to General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. We express no opinion as to the effect of the laws of any other jurisdiction.

We hereby consent to the use of this opinion letter as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not hereby concede that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act, or the Rules and Regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.

 

Very truly yours,

/s/ DAY PITNEY LLP

DAY PITNEY LLP

SWG

Exhibit 23.1