As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 27, 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
______________________
CLOUDERA, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware

26-2922329
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation or Organization)

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
Cloudera, Inc.
395 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94306
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

2017 Equity Incentive Plan
2017 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full Title of the Plans)
______________________

Robert Bearden
Chief Executive Officer
Cloudera, Inc.
395 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94306
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(650) 362-0488
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

Copies to:

David A. Bell, Esq.
Jen Hitchcock, Esq.
Fenwick & West LLP
Silicon Valley Center
801 California Street
Mountain View, California 94041
(650) 988-8500

David Middler, Esq.,
Chief Legal Officer
Jay Wedge, Esq.,
Associate General Counsel
Cloudera, Inc.
395 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94306
 (650) 362-0488

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 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 checkmark if the Registrant has not elected 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
Common Stock, par value $0.00005 per share, reserved for future issuance pursuant to:
- the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan
14,758,388(2)
$6.64(4)
$ 97,995,697    $ 12,720   
- the 2017 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
2,951,677(3)
$5.65(5)
$ 16,676,976    $ 2,165   
TOTAL 17,710,065

N/A $ 114,672,673    $ 14,885   
(1) Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the Registrant’s common stock that become issuable in respect of the securities identified in the above table by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the Registrant’s receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the outstanding shares of the Registrant’s common stock.
(2) Represents an automatic increase to the number of shares available for issuance under the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2017 Plan”) equal to 5% of the Registrant’s total issued and outstanding shares as of January 31, 2020. The increase was effective as of February 1, 2020.
(3) Represents an automatic increase to the number of shares available for issuance under the 2017 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “2017 ESPP”) equal to 1% of the Registrant’s total outstanding shares as of January 31, 2020. The increase was effective as of February 1, 2020.
(4) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rules 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant’s common stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on March 23, 2020.
(5) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rules 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant’s common stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on March 23, 2020, multiplied by 85%, which is the percentage of the trading price per share applicable to purchasers under the 2017 ESPP.






        REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SHARES PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, Cloudera, Inc. (the “Registrant”) is filing this Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) to register an additional 14,758,388 shares of common stock under the Registrant’s 2017 Equity Incentive Plan and an additional 2,951,677 shares of common stock under its 2017 Employee Stock Purchase Plan pursuant to the provisions of those plans providing for an automatic annual increase in the number of shares reserved for issuance under such plans. This Registration Statement on Form S-8 hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the Registrant’s earlier registration statements on Form S-8 filed with the Commission on March 29, 2019 (Registration No. 333-230638), April 4, 2018 (Registration No. 333-224134) and on April 28, 2017 (Registration No. 333-217522) to the extent not superseded hereby. In accordance with the instructional note to Part I of Form S-8 as promulgated by the Commission, the information specified by Part I of Form S-8 has been omitted from this Registration Statement.

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 pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), are incorporated herein by reference:
  
(a)the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2020 filed with the Commission on March 27, 2020;

(b)all other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Registrant’s Annual Report referred to in (a) above; and

(c)the description of the Registrant’s common stock contained in the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A (Registration No. 001-38069) filed with the Commission on April 24, 2017 under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.

All documents and definitive proxy or information statements filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act 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 such documents, except as to documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with the rules of the Commission. Unless expressly incorporated into this Registration Statement, a report deemed to be furnished but not filed on Form 8-K prior or subsequent to the date hereof shall not be 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 in any subsequently filed document which also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.

Item 8. Exhibits.

        The following exhibits are filed herewith:



Exhibit

Incorporated by Reference Filed
Number Exhibit Description Form File No. Exhibit Filing Date Herewith
4.01 10-Q 001-38069 3.01 June 9, 2017

4.02 8-K 001-38069 3.01 March 26, 2020

4.03 S-1 333-217071 4.01 March 31, 2017

5.01




X
23.01




X
23.02




X
24.01




X
99.01 S-1/A 333-217071 10.03 April 10, 2017

99.02 S-1/A 333-217071 10.04 April 10, 2017







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 Palo Alto, State of California, on this 27th day of March, 2020.

Cloudera, Inc.

 By:

/s/ Robert Bearden



Robert Bearden



Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

        KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that each individual whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Robert Bearden and Jim Frankola, and each of them, the lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power and authority to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, and any one of them, determine may be necessary or advisable or required to enable said corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules or regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with this Registration Statement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing power and authority, the powers granted include the power and authority to sign the names of the undersigned officers and directors in the capacities indicated below to this Registration Statement, to any and all amendments, both pre-effective and post-effective, and supplements to this Registration Statement, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as part of or in conjunction with this Registration Statement or amendments or supplements thereof, and each of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms that all said attorneys and agents, or any one of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of the date indicated.

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




Name
Title
Date
/s/ Robert Bearden
Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
March 27, 2020
Robert Bearden
/s/ Jim Frankola
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
March 27, 2020
Jim Frankola
/s/ Scott Reasoner
Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
March 27, 2020
Scott Reasoner
/s/ Paul Cormier
Director
March 27, 2020
Paul Cormier
/s/ Peter Fenton
Director March 27, 2020
Peter Fenton
/s/ Nick Graziano
Director
March 27, 2020
Nick Graziano
/s/ Kevin Klausmeyer
Director
March 27, 2020
Kevin Klausmeyer
/s/ Jesse Lynn
Director
March 27, 2020
Jesse Lynn
/s/ Rose Schooler
Director
March 27, 2020
Rose Schooler
/s/ Michael A. Stankey
Director
March 27, 2020
Michael A. Stankey



EXHIBIT 5.01
EXHIBIT51IMAGE1.GIF
March 27, 2020

Cloudera, Inc.
395 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, California 94306

Ladies and Gentlemen:
At your request, as your counsel, we have examined the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) to be filed by Cloudera, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on or about March 27, 2020 in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), of an aggregate of 17,710,065 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, $0.00005 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), subject to issuance by the Company (a) upon the exercise or settlement of awards granted or to be granted under the Company’s 2017 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended to date (the “2017 Plan”) and (b) pursuant to purchase rights to acquire shares of the Common Stock granted or to be granted under the Company’s 2017 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended to date (the “Purchase Plan”). The 2017 Plan and the Purchase Plan are each individually referred to herein as a “Plan” and collectively as the “Plans”.
At your request we are providing this letter to express our opinion on the matters set forth below in this letter (“our opinion”).
In connection with our opinion, we have examined such matters of fact as we have deemed necessary, which included examination of originals or copies of: the Company’s current Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, as amended (collectively, the “Charter Documents”), the Plans, the Registration Statement and the exhibits thereto; certain corporate proceedings of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), the Compensation Committee of the Board and the Company’s stockholders relating to adoption or approval of the Charter Documents, the Plans, the reservation of the Shares for sale and issuance, the filing of the Registration Statement and the registration of the Shares under the Securities Act and documents (including a certificate from the Company’s transfer agent) regarding the Company’s outstanding and reserved capital stock and other securities and such other documents as we have deemed advisable, and we have examined such questions of law as we have considered necessary.
In our examination of documents for purposes of this opinion, we have assumed, and express no opinion as to, the authenticity and completeness of all documents submitted to us as originals, the genuineness of signatures on documents reviewed by us, the conformity to originals and the completeness of all documents submitted to us as copies, the legal capacity of all parties executing any documents (other than the Company), the lack of any undisclosed termination or modification or waiver of any document, the absence of any extrinsic agreements or documents that might change or affect the interpretation or terms of documents, and the due



authorization, execution and delivery of all documents by each party thereto other than the Company. We have also assumed that any certificates or instruments representing the Shares, when issued, will be executed by the Company by officers of the Company duly authorized to do so. In rendering our opinion, we have also relied upon a Certificate of Good Standing dated March 27, 2020 issued by the Delaware Secretary of State with respect to the Company and representations and certifications made to us by the Company, including without limitation representations in a Management Certificate addressed to us of even date herewith that the Company has available a sufficient number of authorized shares of Common Stock that are not currently outstanding or reserved for issuance under other outstanding securities or plans of the Company, to enable the Company to issue and deliver all of the Shares as of the date of this letter.
We render this opinion only with respect to, and we express no opinion herein concerning the application or effect of the laws of any jurisdiction other than, the existing Delaware General Corporation Law now in effect. We express no opinion with respect to the securities or “blue sky” laws of any state.
Based upon, and subject to, the foregoing, it is our opinion that when the 17,710,065 Shares of Common Stock that may be issued and sold by the Company (a) upon the exercise or settlement of awards granted or to be granted under the 2017 Plan and (b) pursuant to purchase rights to acquire shares of the Common Stock granted or to be granted under the Purchase Plan, have been issued and sold by the Company against the Company’s receipt of payment therefor (in an amount and type of consideration not less than the par value per Share) in accordance with the terms (including without limitation payment and authorization provisions) of the applicable Plan, and have been duly registered on the books of the transfer agent and registrar for the Shares in the name or on behalf of the holders thereof, such Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

[Signature page follows]



We consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and further consent to all references to us, if any, in the Registration Statement, the prospectuses constituting a part thereof and any amendments thereto. We do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. This opinion is intended solely for use in connection with issuance and sale of the Shares subject to the Registration Statement and is not to be relied upon for any other purpose. In providing this letter, we are opining only as to the specific legal issues expressly set forth above, and no opinion shall be inferred as to any other matter or matters. This opinion is rendered on, and speaks only as of, the date of this letter first written above, and does not address any potential change in facts or law that may occur after the date of this opinion letter. We assume no obligation to advise you of any fact, circumstance, event or change in the law or the facts that may hereafter be brought to our attention, whether or not such occurrence would affect or modify any of the opinions expressed herein.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Fenwick & West LLP
FENWICK & WEST LLP





Exhibit 23.01
 
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8) pertaining to the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan and 2017 Employee Stock Purchase Plan of Cloudera, Inc. of our reports dated March 27, 2020, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Cloudera, Inc. and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Cloudera, Inc. included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended January 31, 2020, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP


 
San Jose, California
March 27, 2020