As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on January 13, 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

 

 

Poshmark, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   27-4827617

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

203 Redwood Shores Parkway, 8th Floor

Redwood City, California 94065

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

 

2011 Stock Option and Grant Plan, as amended

2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan

2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

(Full titles of the plans)

 

 

Manish Chandra

Chief Executive Officer

Poshmark, Inc.

203 Redwood Shores Parkway, 8th Floor

Redwood City, California 94065

(Name and address of agent for service)

(650) 262-4771

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

 

 

Copies to:

 

Anthony J. McCusker

Heidi E. Mayon

Goodwin Procter LLP

601 Marshall Street

Redwood City, California 94063

(650) 752-3100

 

Evan Ferl

Poshmark, Inc.

203 Redwood Shores Parkway, 8th Floor

Redwood City, California 94065

(650) 262-4771

 

 

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.

 

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.  ☐

 

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

Title of Securities

to be Registered

 

Amount

to be

Registered(1)

 

Proposed

Maximum

Offering Price

per Share

 

Proposed

Maximum

Aggregate

Offering Price

 

Amount of

Registration Fee

Class A Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share:

               

—2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan

  10,000,000(2)   $42.00(8)   $420,000,000.00   $45,822.00

—2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan(12)

  2,000,000(3)   $35.70(9)   $71,400,000.00   $7,789.74

—2011 Stock Option and Grant Plan, as amended (stock option awards)

  7,504,071(4)   —  (10)   —     —  

—2011 Stock Option and Grant Plan, as amended (restricted stock unit awards)

  2,302,151(5)   —  (10)   —     —  

Class B Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share:

               

—2011 Stock Option and Grant Plan, as amended (stock option awards)

  7,504,071(6)   $5.13(11)   $38,495,884.23   $4,199.91

—2011 Stock Option and Grant Plan, as amended (restricted stock unit awards)

  2,302,151(7)   $42.00(8)   $96,690,342.00   $10,548.92

TOTAL:

  21,806,222       $626,586,226.23   $68,360.57

 

 
(1)

Pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the Registrant’s Class A Common Stock (“Class A Common Stock”) or the Registrant’s Class B Common Stock (“Class B Common Stock”) that become issuable under the Registrant’s 2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (“2021 Plan”), the Registrant’s 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“2021 ESPP”), and the Registrant’s 2011 Stock Option and Grant Plan, as amended (“2011 Plan”) by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without receipt of consideration that increases the number of outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock.

(2)

Represents 10,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock reserved for issuance pursuant to future awards under the 2021 Plan. To the extent that any awards outstanding under the 2021 Plan or 2011 Plan are forfeited, canceled, held back upon exercise or settlement of an award to satisfy the exercise price or tax withholding, reacquired by the Registrant prior to vesting, satisfied without the issuance of stock, expire or are otherwise terminated (other than by exercise) subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement, the shares reserved for issuance pursuant to such awards will become available for issuance as shares of Class A Common Stock under the 2021 Plan; provided, that any shares of Class B Common Stock will be first converted to shares of Class A Common Stock. See footnotes 6 and 7 below.

(3)

Represents 2,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock reserved for issuance pursuant to future awards under the 2021 ESPP.

(4)

Represents 7,504,071 shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon conversion of shares of Class B Common Stock underlying stock option awards outstanding under the 2011 Plan as of the date of this Registration Statement. To the extent that any such awards are forfeited, canceled, held back upon exercise or settlement of an award to satisfy the exercise price or tax withholding, reacquired by the Registrant prior to vesting, satisfied without the issuance of stock, expire or are otherwise terminated (other than by exercise) subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement, the shares of Class B Common Stock reserved for issuance pursuant to such awards will become available for issuance as shares of Class A Common Stock under the 2021 Plan; provided, that any shares of Class B Common Stock will be first converted to shares of Class A Common Stock. See footnote 2 above.

(5)

Represents 2,302,151 shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon conversion of shares of Class B Common Stock underlying restricted stock unit awards outstanding under the 2011 Plan as of the date of this Registration Statement. To the extent that any such awards are forfeited, canceled, held back upon settlement of an award to satisfy the tax withholding, reacquired by the Registrant prior to vesting, satisfied without the issuance of stock, expire or are otherwise terminated subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement, the shares of Class B Common Stock reserved for issuance pursuant to such awards will become available for issuance as shares of Class A Common Stock under the 2021 Plan; provided, that any shares of Class B Common Stock will be first converted to shares of Class A Common Stock. See footnote 2 above.

(6)

Represents 7,504,071 shares of Class B Common Stock reserved for issuance pursuant to stock option awards outstanding under the 2011 Plan as of the date of this Registration Statement. To the extent that any such awards are forfeited, canceled, held back upon exercise or settlement of an award to satisfy the exercise price or tax withholding, reacquired by the Registrant prior to vesting, satisfied without the issuance of stock, expire or are otherwise terminated (other than by exercise) subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement, the shares of Class B Common Stock reserved for issuance pursuant to such awards will become available for issuance as shares of Class A Common Stock under the 2021 Plan; provided, that any shares of Class B Common Stock will be first converted to shares of Class A Common Stock. See footnote 2 above.

(7)

Represents 2,302,151 shares of Class B Common Stock reserved for issuance pursuant to restricted stock unit awards outstanding under the 2011 Plan as of the date of this Registration Statement. To the extent that any such awards are forfeited, canceled, held back upon settlement of an award to satisfy the tax withholding, reacquired by the Registrant prior to vesting, satisfied without the issuance of stock, expire or are otherwise terminated subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement, the shares of Class B Common Stock reserved for issuance pursuant to such awards will become available for issuance as shares of Class A Common Stock under the 2021 Plan; provided, that any shares of Class B Common Stock will be first converted to shares of Class A Common Stock. See footnote 2 above.

(8)

Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the basis of the initial public offering price of $42.00 per share of Class A Common Stock pursuant to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-251427) declared effective on January 13, 2021.

(9)

Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the basis of 85% of $42.00 per share, which is the initial public offering price per share of Class A Common Stock pursuant to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-251427) declared effective on January 13, 2021. Pursuant to the 2021 ESPP, the purchase price of the shares of Class A Common Stock reserved for issuance thereunder will be 85% of the fair market value of a share of Class A Common Stock on the first trading day of the offering period or on the exercise date of the offering period, whichever is less.

(10)

Pursuant to Rule 457(i), there is no fee associated with the registration of shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon conversion of shares of Class B Common Stock (a convertible security) being registered under this Registration Statement because no additional consideration will be received in connection with the conversion of shares of Class B Common Stock.

(11)

Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the basis of $5.13 per share, the weighted-average exercise price of stock option awards outstanding under the 2011 Plan as of the date of this Registration Statement.

(12)

In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the 2021 ESPP. In accordance with Rule 457(h)(2), no separate fee calculation is made for plan interests.

 

 

 


PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

The information called for in Part I of Form S-8 to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is not being filed with or included in this Registration Statement (by incorporation by reference or otherwise) in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”). 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)

Amendment No.  4 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Commission on January 13, 2021 (File No. 333-251427), which contains the Registrant’s audited financial statements for the latest fiscal year for which such statements have been filed;

 

  (b)

The Registrant’s Prospectus to be filed on or about January 14, 2021 pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, relating to the Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-251427); and

 

  (c)

The description of the Registrant’s Class A Common Stock contained in the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-39848) filed with the Commission on January 5, 2021 under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.

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 4.

Description of Securities.

See the description of the Registrant’s Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock contained in Amendment No. 4 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-251427).

 

Item 5.

Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

None.

 

Item 6.

Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”) authorizes a corporation to indemnify its directors and officers against liabilities arising out of actions, suits and proceedings to which they are made or threatened to be made a party by reason of the fact that they have served or are currently serving as a director or officer to a corporation. The indemnity may cover expenses (including attorneys’ fees) judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the director or officer in connection with any such action, suit or proceeding. Section 145 permits corporations to pay expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by directors and officers in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding. In addition, Section 145 provides that a corporation has the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of its directors and officers against any liability asserted against them and incurred by them in their capacity as a director or officer, or arising out of their status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify the director or officer against such liability under Section 145.

The Registrant has adopted provisions in the Registrant’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws that limit or eliminate the personal liability of the Registrant’s directors and executive officers to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as it now exists or may in the future be amended. Consequently, a director or executive officer will not be personally liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages or breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability in limited circumstances.

These limitations of liability do not alter director liability under the federal securities laws and do not affect the availability of equitable remedies such as an injunction or rescission.

In addition, the Registrant’s amended and restated bylaws provide that:

 

   

the Registrant will indemnify its directors and executive officers and, in the discretion of its board of directors, certain employees and agents to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as it now exists or may in the future be amended; and

 

   

the Registrant will advance reasonable expenses, including attorneys’ fees, to its directors and executive officers, and in the discretion of its board of directors, to certain employees and agents, in connection with legal proceedings relating to their service for or on behalf of the Registrant, subject to limited exceptions.

The Registrant has or will enter into indemnification agreements with each of its directors, executive officers and certain other officers. These agreements provide that the Registrant will indemnify each of its directors, executive officers, certain other officers and, at times, their affiliates, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL.

The Registrant also maintains general liability insurance which covers certain liabilities of its directors and officers arising out of claims based on acts or omissions in their capacities as directors or officers, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

See also the Undertakings set forth in the response to Item 9 herein.

 

Item 7.

Exemption from Registration Claimed.

Not applicable.


Item 8.

Exhibits.

 

          Incorporated by Reference
Exhibit
Number
  

Exhibit Title

   Form    File No.    Exhibit    Filing Date    Filed Herewith
  4.1    Form of Class A Common Stock Certificate of the Registrant.    S-1/A    333-251427    4.1    1/6/2021   
  4.2    2011 Stock Option and Grant Plan, as amended, and forms of agreements thereunder.    S-1    333-251427    10.2    12/17/2020   
  4.3    2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, and forms of agreements thereunder.    S-1/A    333-251427    10.3    1/6/2021   
  4.4    2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.    S-1/A    333-251427    10.4    1/6/2021   
  5.1    Opinion of Goodwin Procter LLP.                X
23.1    Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.                X
23.2    Consent of Goodwin Procter LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).               
24.1    Power of Attorney (contained on signature page hereto).               


Item 9.

Undertakings.

(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective Registration Statement;

(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;

Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section shall not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.

(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 Redwood City, California, on this 13th day of January, 2021.

 

POSHMARK, INC.
By:  

/s/ Manish Chandra

 

Manish Chandra

Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Manish Chandra and Anan Kashyap, and each of them, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, 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 the Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Poshmark, Inc., and any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments), 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 do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in connection therewith 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 substitute or 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 on Form S-8 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Manish Chandra

Manish Chandra

  

Chief Executive Officer and Director

(Principal Executive Officer)

  January 13, 2021

/s/ Anan Kashyap

Anan Kashyap

  

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

  January 13, 2021

/s/ Navin Chaddha

Navin Chaddha

   Director   January 13, 2021

/s/ Jeffrey Epstein

Jeffrey Epstein

   Director   January 13, 2021

/s/ John Marren

John Marren

   Director   January 13, 2021

/s/ Jenny Ming

Jenny Ming

   Director   January 13, 2021

/s/ Hans Tung

Hans Tung

   Director   January 13, 2021

/s/ Serena J. Williams

Serena J. Williams

   Director   January 13, 2021

Exhibit 5.1

January 13, 2021

Poshmark, Inc.

203 Redwood Shores Parkway, 8th Floor

Redwood City, California 94065

 

Re:

Securities Being Registered under Registration Statement on Form S-8

We have acted as counsel to you in connection with your filing of a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), on or about the date hereof relating to an aggregate of 21,806,222 shares (the “Class A Shares”) of Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (“Class A Common Stock”) and 9,806,222 shares (the “Class B Shares” and, together with the Class A Shares, the “Shares”) of Class B common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (“Class B Common Stock” and, together with the Class A Common Stock, the “Common Stock”), of Poshmark, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), that may be issued pursuant to the Company’s 2011 Stock Option and Grant Plan, as amended, 2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan and 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (collectively, the “Plans”).

We have reviewed such documents and made such examination of law as we have deemed appropriate to give the opinions set forth below. We have relied, without independent verification, on certificates of public officials and, as to matters of fact material to the opinion set forth below, on certificates of officers of the Company.

The opinion set forth below is limited to the Delaware General Corporation Law.

For purposes of the opinion set forth below, we have assumed that no event occurs that causes the number of authorized shares of Common Stock available for issuance by the Company to be less than the number of then unissued Shares.

Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized and, upon issuance and delivery against payment therefor in accordance with the terms of the Plans, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

We hereby consent to the inclusion of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement. In giving our consent, we do not 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 thereunder.

 

Very truly yours,
/s/ Goodwin Procter LLP
GOODWIN PROCTER LLP

Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement Form S-8 of Poshmark, Inc. of our report dated September 25, 2020, relating to the financial statements which appears in Poshmark, Inc.’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-251427).

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P.

San Jose, California

January 13, 2021