Root (ROOT) S-8 Registration of securities for employees

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 13, 2022

Registration No. 333-

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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ROOT, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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Delaware	84-2717903
(State or other jurisdiction of Incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

80 E. Rich Street, Suite 500

Columbus, Ohio 43215

(866) 980-9431

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

2020 Equity Incentive Plan

2020 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

(Full titles of the plans)

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Alexander Timm

Chief Executive Officer

Root, Inc.

80 E. Rich Street, Suite 500

Columbus, Ohio 43215

(866) 980-9431

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

Copies to:

David Peinsipp Peter Byrne Cooley LLP 101 California Street, 5th Floor San Francisco, California 94111 (415) 693-2000 Jonathan A. Allison General Counsel 80 E. Rich Street, Suite 500 Columbus, Ohio 43215 (866) 980-9431

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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. ☐

PART I

EXPLANATORY NOTE AND GENERAL INSTRUCTION

The Registrant is filing this Registration Statement on Form S-8 for the purpose of registering an additional 18,932,029 shares of Class A Common Stock under the 2020 Plan and an additional 2,528,622 shares of Class A Common Stock under the 2020 ESPP, pursuant to the provisions of each plan which provide for annual automatic increases in the number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance under each respective plan, and the pursuant to the share counting provisions of the 2020 Plan upon the cancellation, expiration, forfeiture, withholding or other termination of awards without delivery of shares.

The Registration Statement is being filed for the purpose of increasing the number of securities of the same class as other securities for which Registration Statements on Form S-8 of the Registrant relating to the same employee benefit plans set forth herein are effective. Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this Registration Statement incorporates by reference the contents of the registration statements on Form S-8 relating to the 2020 Plan and the 2020 ESPP filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange SEC (the “SEC”) on October 30, 2020 (File No. 333-249777) and May 13, 2021 (File No. 333-256076) (collectively, the “Prior Registration Statements”), except that provisions contained in Part II of such Prior Registration Statements are modified as set forth herein.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.    Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

The following documents filed by the Registrant with the SEC are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:

(a.)The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the SEC on February 23, 2022;

(b.)The Registrant’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 6, 2022, January 20, 2022 (other than any portions thereof deemed furnished not filed), January 27, 2022 (SEC Film No. 22559821; other than any portions thereof deemed furnished not filed), January 27, 2022 (SEC Film No. 22563366), March 1, 2022, March 23, 2022, and on Form 8-K/A filed with the SEC on February 25, 2022;

(c.)The description of the Registrant’s Class A Common Stock contained in the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the SEC on October 23, 2020 (File No. 001-39658) 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; and

(d.)All other reports and documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act (other than Current Reports furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and exhibits furnished on such form that relate to such items) on or 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 of the shares registered hereunder have been sold or which deregisters all shares then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part of this Registration Statement from the date of the filing of such reports and 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 subsequently filed document that also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein 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.

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Item 8.    Exhibits.

		Incorporated by Reference
Exhibit Number	Exhibit Description	Form	File No.	Exhibit	Filing Date	Filed Herewith
4.1	Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as currently in effect.	8-K	001-39658	3.1	October 30, 2020
4.2	Amended and Restated Bylaws of Root, Inc.	10-Q	001-39658	3.2	August 12, 2021
4.3	Form of Registrant’s Common Stock Certificate.	S-1/A	333-249332	4.1	October 20, 2020
5.1	Opinion of Cooley LLP.					X
23.1	Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.					X
23.2	Consent of Cooley LLP (reference is made to Exhibit 5.1).					X
24.1	Power of Attorney (reference is made to the signature page hereto).					X
99.1	Root, Inc. 2020 Equity Incentive Plan.	10-Q	001-39658	10.1	December 2, 2020
99.2	Root, Inc. 2020 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.	S-8	333-249332	99.2	May 13, 2021
107	Filing Fee Table					X

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 Columbus, State of Ohio, on this 13th day of April, 2022.

ROOT, INC.

By: /s/ Alexander Timm    

    Alexander Timm

    Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Alexander Timm and Daniel Rosenthal, and each of them, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with the full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place or stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement (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, and each of them, 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 or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his or her 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/ Alexander Timm	Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)	April 13, 2022
Alexander Timm
/s/ Robert H. Bateman	Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)	April 13, 2022
Robert H. Bateman
/s/ Megan Binkley	Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)	April 13, 2022
Megan Binkley
/s/ Beth Birnbaum	Director	April 13, 2022
Beth Birnbaum
/s/ Daniel Rosenthal	Chief Revenue and Operating Officer and Director	April 13, 2022
Daniel Rosenthal
/s/ Doug Ulman	Director	April 13, 2022
Doug Ulman
/s/ Elliot Geidt	Director	April 13, 2022
Elliot Geidt
/s/ Jerri DeVard	Director	April 13, 2022
Jerri DeVard
/s/ Larry Hilsheimer	Director	April 13, 2022
Larry Hilsheimer
/s/ Luis von Ahn	Director	April 13, 2022
Luis von Ahn
/s/ Nancy Kramer	Director	April 13, 2022
Nancy Kramer
/s/ Nick Shalek	Director	April 13, 2022
Nick Shalek
/s/ Scott Maw	Director	April 13, 2022
Scott Maw