As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 5, 2017
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CISION LTD.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Cayman Islands | N/A | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| 130 E. Randolph Street 7th Floor Chicago, Illinois | 60601 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
Cision Ltd. 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plans)
Jack Pearlstein
Chief Financial Officer
130 E. Randolph Street
7th Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60601
(301) 459-2827
(Name and address of agent for service and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Dennis M. Myers, P.C.
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
300 North LaSalle
Chicago, Illinois 60654
(312) 862-2000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, 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 | x |
| Non-accelerated filer | ¨ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) | Smaller reporting company | ¨ |
| Emerging growth company | x |
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(2) | Proposed maximum aggregate offering price(2) | Amount of registration fee | ||||||||||||
| Ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share | 6,100,000 | $ | 11.94 | $ | 72,834,000 | $ | 8,441.47 | |||||||||
| Total | 6,100,000 | $ | 72,834,000 | $ | 8,441.47 | |||||||||||
| (1) | Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this registration statement shall also cover any additional ordinary shares which become issuable because of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the outstanding ordinary shares. |
| (2) | The proposed maximum offering price is calculated pursuant Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act on the basis of the average of the high and low sale prices for the ordinary shares as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on August 31, 2017 solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. |
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
| Item 1. | Plan Information. |
The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be delivered in accordance with Form S-8 and Rule 428(b) under the Securities Act. Such documents are not required to be, and are not, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. These documents, and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Form S-8, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
| Item 2. | Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information. |
The written statement required by Item 2 of Part I is included in documents delivered to participants in the plans covered by this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 428(b) of the Securities Act.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
| Item 3. | Incorporation of Documents by Reference. |
The following documents, which have been filed by Cision Ltd. (the “Company”) with the Commission, are incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference:
(a) The Company’s prospectus filed with the Commission on June 15, 2017 pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act, which prospectus is a part of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4, as amended (Registration No. 333-217256);
(b) The Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2017 filed with the Commission on August 9, 2017 and Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on June 29, 2017, July 6, 2017 and Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on July 6, 2017 (other than information furnished under Item 2.02 and Item 7.01 therein); and
(c) The description of the Company’s ordinary shares contained in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-38140) filed with the Commission on June 29, 2017, pursuant to 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 descriptions.
All reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act (other than Current Reports on Form 8-K furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K, including any exhibits included with such information, unless otherwise indicated therein) after the date of this Registration Statement, but 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 herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
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 which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any 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. |
Not applicable.
| Item 5. | Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. |
Not applicable.
| Item 6. | Indemnification of Directors and Officers. |
Cayman Islands law does not limit the extent to which a company’s articles of association may provide for indemnification of officers and directors, except to the extent any such provision may be held by the Cayman Islands courts to be contrary to public policy, such as to provide indemnification against civil fraud or the consequences or committing a crime. Our amended and restated articles of association provide for indemnification of officers and directors to the maximum extent permitted by law for losses, damages, costs and expenses incurred in their capacities as such, except through their own actual fraud and dishonesty or willful default.
We have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our directors and certain officers pursuant to which we have agreed to indemnify our directors and certain officers against certain liabilities and expenses incurred by such persons in connection with claims made by reason of their being such a director or officer.
We also maintain standard policies of insurance that provide coverage (1) to our directors and officers against loss rising from claims made by reason of breach of duty or other wrongful act and (2) to us with respect to indemnification payments that we may make to such directors and officers.
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| Item 7. | Exemption from Registration Claimed. |
Not applicable.
| Item 8. | Exhibits. |
Reference is made to the attached Exhibit Index, which is incorporated by reference herein.
| Item 9. | Undertakings. |
(a) The Company 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 the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement; and
(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 (i) and (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 this 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) For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Company’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act 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 Company pursuant to the provisions set forth above, or otherwise, the Company 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 Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company 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 Company 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.
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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 the City of Beltsville, State of Maryland, on September 5, 2017.
| CISION, LTD. | ||
| By: | /s/ Jack Pearlstein | |
| Name: | Jack Pearlstein | |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby severally constitutes and appoints each of Kevin Akeroyd, Jack Pearlstein and Kristie Scott, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, his true and lawful attorney-in fact and agent, with full powers to him to sign for us, in our names and in the capacities indicated below, the 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, and any and all amendments to said Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments), granting unto said attorney, 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 to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney. This power of attorney may be executed in counterparts and all capacities to sign any and all amendments.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons on September 5, 2017, in the capacities indicated.
| Name | Title | |
| /s/ Kevin Akeroyd | President, Chief Executive Officer and Director | |
| Kevin Akeroyd | (Principal Executive Officer) | |
| /s/ Jack Pearlstein | Chief Financial Officer | |
| Jack Pearlstein | (Principal Accounting and Financial Officer) | |
| /s/ Stuart Yarbrough | Director | |
| Stuart Yarbrough | ||
| /s/ Philip A. Canfield | Director | |
| Philip A. Canfield | ||
| /s/ Mark D. Ein | Director and Vice Chairman of the Board | |
| Mark D. Ein | ||
| /s/ Stephen P. Master | Director | |
| Stephen P. Master | ||
| /s/ Mark M. Anderson | Director and Chairman of the Board | |
| Mark M. Anderson |
| /s/ L. Dyson Dryden | Director | |
| L. Dyson Dryden |
Authorized Representative in the United States
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Cision Ltd. has duly caused this registration statement to be signed by the following duly authorized representative in the United States:
| Date: September 5, 2017 | By: | /s/ Mark D. Ein | |
| Name: Mark D. Ein | |||
| Title: Authorized Representative in the United States | |||
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EXHIBIT INDEX
