As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 16, 2018

Registration No. 333-                    

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

ORAGENICS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

4902 Eisenhower Boulevard, Suite 125

Tampa, Florida 33634

813-286-7900

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

2012 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

(Full Title of the Plans)

Alan Joslyn,

President and Chief Executive Officer.

4902 Eisenhower Boulevard, Suite 125

Tampa, Florida 33634

813-286-7900

(Name, Address and Telephone number of Agent for Service)

Copies to:

Mark A. Catchur, Esquire

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

101 E. Kennedy Blvd., Suite 2800

Tampa, Florida 33602

(813) 229-7600

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting 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

REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Oragenics, Inc. (the “Company”) is being filed to register 350,000 additional shares of Company common stock authorized for issuance under the 2012 Equity Incentive Plan, (the “Plan”) (which is an amendment and restatement of the Company’s 2002 Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan), pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8. The table below summarizes the Plan, as amended to date and the registration statements previously filed to cover shares authorized for issuance under the Plan.

Summary Plan Table

Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the previously filed Registration Statements, on Form S-8 (Nos. 333-110646, 333-150716, 333-163083, 333-177091 and 333-184588), on November 21, 2003, July 5, 2008, November 13, 2009, September 30, 2011 and October 25, 2012, respectively, are incorporated herein by reference, except to the extent supplemented, amended or superseded by the information set forth herein. Only those items of Form S-8 containing new information not contained in the earlier registration statements are presented herein.

PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to participants as specified by Securities Act Rule 428(b)(1).

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 incorporates by reference the following documents we previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission:

All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, subsequent to the effective date of this Registration Statement, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement indicating that all securities offered hereby have been sold or deregistering all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. In no event, however, will any information that the Registrant discloses under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 (and any related exhibits) of any Current Report on Form 8-K that the Registrant may from time to time furnish to the Commission be incorporated by reference into, or otherwise become a part of, this Registration Statement. Any statement contained in any 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 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 to constitute a part of this Registration Statement, except as so modified or amended, to constitute a part of the Registration Statement.

See the Exhibit Index immediately following the signature page which is incorporated herein by reference.

EXHIBIT INDEX

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing 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, State of Florida this 16^th day of February 2018.

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each of the undersigned officers and directors of Oragenics, Inc., hereby constitutes and appoints Alan Joslyn and Michael Sullivan, each their true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, for them and in their name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign their names to any and all amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, including post-effective amendments and other related documents, and to cause the same to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys, full power and authority to do and perform any act and thing necessary and proper to be done in the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned could do if personally present, and the undersigned for himself hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this S-8 Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.