As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 25, 2023
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
UNITED AIRLINES HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 36-2675207 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
233 South Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois | 60606 | |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
United Airlines Holdings, Inc. Amended and Restated 2021 Incentive Compensation Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Robert S. Rivkin
Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer
233 South Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60606
(Name and address of agent for service)
(872) 825-4000
(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.
Large accelerated filer x | 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. ¨
EXPLANATORY NOTE
INFORMATION REQUIRED PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E TO FORM S-8
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this “Registration Statement”) is being filed by United Airlines Holdings, Inc. (the “Registrant”), relating to 2,200,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), issuable to eligible officers and employees of the Registrant and its affiliates under the United Airlines Holdings, Inc. Amended and Restated 2021 Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended (the “Plan”). This Registration Statement on Form S-8 hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the Registrant's prior Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on May 27, 2021 (Registration No. 333-256528) relating to shares of Common Stock issuable to eligible officers and employees of the Registrant and its affiliates under the Plan (the “Prior Registration Statement”). The Prior Registration Statement is currently effective. This Registration Statement relates to securities of the same class as those to which the Prior Registration Statement relates and is submitted in accordance with General Instruction E of Form S-8 regarding Registration of Additional Securities. Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the Prior Registration Statement are incorporated herein by reference and made part of this Registration Statement, except as amended hereby.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
All information required by Part I to be contained in the prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with the explanatory note to Part I of Form S-8 and Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Documents containing the information required by Part I of the Registration Statement will be sent or given to Plan participants as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference
The following documents heretofore filed with the Commission by the Registrant are incorporated herein by reference:
(a) | The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the Commission on February 16, 2023; |
(b) | The Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, filed with the Commission on April 20, 2023; |
(c) | The Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January 27, 2023; |
(d) | The description of the Common Stock included under the caption “Description of UAL Capital Stock” in the prospectus forming a part of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-3, filed with the Commission on December 1, 2017, including any subsequent amendments or reports filed to update such description, including Exhibit 4.11 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 and filed with the Commission on March 1, 2021; and |
(e) | The description of the Preferred Stock Purchase Rights as set forth in the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on December 7, 2020 pursuant to Section 12 of 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 Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement 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 respective dates of filing of such documents (such documents, and the documents enumerated above, being hereinafter referred to as “Incorporated Documents”). Any statement contained in an Incorporated Document 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 Incorporated Document modifies or supersedes such 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.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless specifically stated to the contrary, none of the information disclosed by the Registrant under Items 2.02 or 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K, including the related exhibits under Item 9.01, that the Registrant may from time to time furnish to the Commission will be incorporated by reference into, or otherwise included in, this Registration Statement.
Item 8. Exhibits
* Filed herewith.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Chicago, State of Illinois, on May 25, 2023.
UNITED AIRLINES HOLDINGS, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ J. Scott Kirby | |
J. Scott Kirby | ||
Chief Executive Officer and Director | ||
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints J. Scott Kirby, Robert S. Rivkin and Gerald Laderman, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, including any filings under Rule 462 promulgated under the Securities Act, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto 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 and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he 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, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated below.
Signature | Title | Date |
/s/ J. Scott Kirby J. Scott Kirby | Chief Executive Officer, Director (Principal Executive Officer) | May 25, 2023 |
/s/ Gerald Laderman Gerald Laderman | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) | May 25, 2023 |
/s/ Chris Kenny | Vice President and Controller (Principal Accounting Officer) | May 25, 2023 |
Chris Kenny | ||
/s/ Carolyn Corvi | Director | May 25, 2023 |
Carolyn Corvi | ||
/s/ Matthew Friend Matthew Friend | Director | May 25, 2023 |
/s/ Barney Harford | Director | May 25, 2023 |
Barney Harford | ||
/s/ Michele J. Hooper Michele J. Hooper | Director | May 25, 2023 |
/s/ Walter Isaacson Walter Isaacson | Director | May 25, 2023 |
/s/ Richard Johnsen | Director | May 25, 2023 |
Richard Johnsen | ||
/s/ James A.C. Kennedy James A.C. Kennedy | Director | May 25, 2023 |
/s/ Edward M. Philip Edward M. Philip | Director | May 25, 2023 |
/s/ Edward L. Shapiro Edward L. Shapiro | Director | May 25, 2023 |
/s/ Laysha Ward | Director | May 25, 2023 |
Laysha Ward | ||
/s/ James M. Whitehurst | Director | May 25, 2023 |
James M. Whitehurst |