As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 3, 2022

Registration No. 333-                

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

COURSERA, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   45-3560292

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

381 E. Evelyn Ave.

Mountain View, California

  94041
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Coursera, Inc. 2021 Stock Incentive Plan

Coursera, Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

(Full titles of the plans)

Jeffrey N. Maggioncalda

Chief Executive Officer

381 E. Evelyn Ave.

Mountain View, California 94041

(Name and address of agent for service)

(650) 963-9884

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

Copies to:

Davina K. Kaile, Esq.

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

2550 Hanover Street

Palo Alto, California 94304

(650) 233-4500

(650) 233-4545 facsimile

 

 

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.  ☐

The Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing in accordance with Rule 462 under the Securities Act.

 

 

 


PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE PROSPECTUS

General Instruction E Information

Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, this Registration Statement is being filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) for the purpose of increasing the number of securities of the same class as other securities for which a Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the same employee benefit plans is effective. Specifically, this Registration Statement is being filed to register (i) 7,095,302 additional shares of common stock of Coursera, Inc. (the “Registrant”) for issuance under the Coursera, Inc. 2021 Stock Incentive Plan and (ii) 1,419,060 additional shares of the common stock of the Registrant for issuance under the Coursera, Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, pursuant to the provisions of such plans that provide for automatic annual increases in the number of shares reserved for issuance thereunder. This Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Commission on March 31, 2021 (File No. 333-254939), excluding reports that the Registrant filed with the Commission that were incorporated into such Registration Statement to maintain current information about the Registrant, pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 3.    Incorporation

of Documents by Reference.

The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:

 

  (a)

The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, filed on March 3, 2022;

 

  (b)

The Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on January 14, 2022 (to the extent filed and not furnished); and

 

  (c)

The description of the Registrant’s common stock contained in Exhibit 4.2 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, filed on March 3, 2022, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.

In addition, all documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) (excluding any portions thereof furnished by the Registrant, including, but not limited to, information furnished under Item 2.02 and Item 7.01 and any exhibits relating to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 furnished under Item 9.01 of Form 8-K and any certification required by 18 U.S.C. § 1350), subsequent to the filing of this Registration Statement and 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 into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

Any statement contained in this Registration Statement or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in this Registration Statement or in any subsequently filed document that also is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement modifies or supersedes such statement.


Item 8.    Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

4.1    Form of Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-253932), as declared effective by the Commission on March 30, 2021).
5.1    Opinion of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP.
23.1    Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.
23.2    Consent of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1    Power of Attorney (contained on the signature page hereto).
99.1    Coursera, Inc. 2021 Stock Incentive Plan and Forms of Stock Option Agreement, Notice of Exercise, Stock Option Grant Notice, Restricted Stock Unit Agreement, and Restricted Stock Agreement thereunder (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 001-40275), filed with the Commission on May 11, 2021 (the “Form 10-Q”)).
99.2    Coursera, Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Form 10-Q).
107.1    Filing Fee Table.

 

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;

(ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment hereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this 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% 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 this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement;

provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act 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 Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this 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, 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 Mountain View, California, on the 3rd day of March, 2022.

 

COURSERA, INC
By:  

/s/ Jeffrey N. Maggioncalda

  Jeffrey N. Maggioncalda
  President and Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Jeffrey N. Maggioncalda and Kenneth R. Hahn, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his 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 and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, 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 for all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-facts and agents, or his or her substitute or resubstitute, or any of them, 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 below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

  

Date

/s/ Jeffrey N. Maggioncalda

   President, Chief Executive Officer and Director    March 3, 2022
Jeffrey N. Maggioncalda    (Principal Executive Officer)   

/s/ Kenneth R. Hahn

   Chief Financial Officer   
Kenneth R. Hahn    (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)    March 3, 2022

/s/ Andrew Y. Ng

   Chairman    March 3, 2022
Andrew Y. Ng      

/s/ Carmen Chang

   Director    March 3, 2022
Carmen Chang      

/s/ Amanda M. Clark

   Director    March 3, 2022
Amanda M. Clark      

/s/ L. John Doerr

   Director    March 3, 2022
L. John Doerr      

/s/ Theodore R. Mitchell

   Director    March 3, 2022
Theodore R. Mitchell      

 

/s/ Scott D. Sandell

Scott D. Sandell

   Director    March 3, 2022

/s/ Sabrina L. Simmons

Sabrina L. Simmons

   Director    March 3, 2022

 

EXHIBIT 5.1

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

2550 Hanover Street

Palo Alto, CA 94304

March 3, 2022

Coursera, Inc.

381 E. Evelyn Ave.

Mountain View, California 94041

 

  Re:

Registration Statement on Form S-8

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We are acting as counsel for Coursera, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) relating to the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”) of 8,514,362 shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.00001 par value per share (the “Shares”), issuable pursuant to the Company’s 2021 Stock Incentive Plan and 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (collectively, the “Plans”).

We have reviewed and are familiar with such corporate proceedings and other matters as we have considered relevant or necessary for the opinions expressed in this letter. Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and sold in accordance with the Plans, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. The opinions set forth in this letter are limited to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as in effect on the date hereof.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit 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 promulgated thereunder.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

 

EXHIBIT 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated March 3, 2022, relating to the financial statements of Coursera, Inc., appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2021.

/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

San Jose, California

March 3, 2022

Exhibit 107.1

Calculation of Filing Fee Tables

S-8

(Form Type)

Coursera, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Table 1: Newly Registered Securities

 

      Security
Type
     Security Class Title      Fee
Calculation
Rule
    Amount
Registered
(1)
     Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
Per Unit
    Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
     Fee Rate      Amount of
Registration
Fee
 

Fees to be Paid

     Equity       

Common Stock,
$0.00001 par
value per share
 
 
 
                                                   
           



To be issued
under the
Coursera, Inc.
2021 Stock
Incentive Plan
 
 
 
 
 
    
457(h),
457(c)
 
 
    7,095,302        7,095,302(2)       $132,682,147.40        $0.0000927        $12,299.64  
               




To be issued
under the
Coursera, Inc.
2021 Employee
Stock Purchase
Plan
 
 
 
 
 
 
    
457(h),
457(c)
 
 
    1,419,060        1,419,060(3)       $22,555,958.70        $0.0000927        $2,090.94  

Carry Forward Securities

                             
       Total Offering Amounts                $155,238,106.10                 $14,390.58  
       Total Fees Already Paid                                     
       Total Fee Offsets                                     
       Net Fee Due                                  $14,390.58  

 

(1)

Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”), this registration statement also covers any additional securities that may be offered or become issuable under the Coursera, Inc. 2021 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Stock Plan”) or the Coursera, Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”) in connection with any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without receipt of consideration, which results in an increase in the number of the Registrant’s outstanding shares of common stock.

(2)

Estimated in accordance with Rules 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee, based on the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant’s common stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on February 24, 2022.

(3)

Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the basis of 85% of the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant’s common stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on February 24, 2022. Pursuant to the ESPP, the purchase price of common stock will be at least 85% of the lower of the fair market value of the common stock on the first trading day of the offering period or on the exercise date.