As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 16, 2021
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
BLEND LABS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 45-5211045 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
Blend Labs, Inc.
415 Kearny Street
San Francisco, California 94108
(650) 550-4810
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
2012 Stock Plan
2021 Equity Incentive Plan
Nima Ghamsari Stand-Alone Stock Option Agreement
(Full title of the plan)
Nima Ghamsari
Head of Blend and Co-Founder
415 Kearny Street
San Francisco, California 94108
(650) 550-4810
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Rezwan D. Pavri Lisa L. Stimmell Andrew T. Hill Catherine D. Doxsee Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C. 650 Page Mill Road Palo Alto, California 94304 (650) 493-9300 | Crystal Sumner Seth Greenstein Feather Foxworthy Winnie Ling Blend Labs, Inc. 415 Kearny Street San Francisco, California 94108 (650) 550-4810 |
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. ☐
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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| Title of Securities to be Registered | Amount Registered(1) | Proposed Offering Price Per Share | Proposed Offering Price | Amount of Registration Fee | ||||
Class A Common Stock, $0.00001 par value per share: | ||||||||
2021 Equity Incentive Plan | 27,520,027(2) | $18.00(5) | $495,360,486.00 | $54,043.83 | ||||
2012 Stock Plan | 31,218,225(3) | $4.66(6) | $145,476,928.50 | $15,871.53 | ||||
Nima Ghamsari Stand-Alone Stock Option Agreement | 26,057,181(4) | $8.58(7) | $223,570,612.98 | $24,391.55 | ||||
TOTAL: | 84,795,433 | $864,408,027.48 | $94,306.92 | |||||
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| (1) | Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement covers any additional shares of the Registrant’s Class A common stock (“Class A Common Stock”) that become issuable under the Registrant’s 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2021 Plan”) and the Registrant’s 2012 Stock Plan (the “2012 Plan”) 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 Class A Common Stock. |
| (2) | Represents 23,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock reserved for issuance pursuant to future awards under the 2021 Plan, plus 4,520,027 shares of Class A Common Stock that were reserved but not issued pursuant to any awards granted under the 2012 Plan and are not subject to any awards granted thereunder. The number of shares of Class A Common Stock available for issuance under the 2021 Plan will be increased by any shares subject to awards granted under our 2012 Plan that, on or after the effective date of the registration statement relating to the Registrant’s initial public offering (the “Registration Date”), expire or otherwise terminate without having been exercised in full, are tendered to or withheld by the Registrant for satisfying tax withholding obligations, or are forfeited to or repurchased by the Registrant due to failure to vest. See footnote 3 below. |
| (3) | Represents 31,218,225 shares of Class A Common Stock reserved for issuance pursuant to stock options outstanding under the 2012 Plan as of the date of this Registration Statement. Any shares of Class A Common Stock subject to such awards outstanding that, on or after the Registration Date, expire or otherwise terminate without having been exercised in full, are tendered to or withheld by the Registrant for payment of an exercise price or for satisfying tax withholding obligations or are forfeited to or repurchased by the Registrant due to failure to vest, will become available for issuance under the 2021 Plan, subject to the maximum limit set forth in the 2021 Plan. See footnote 2 above. |
| (4) | Represents 26,057,181 shares of Class A Common Stock reserved for issuance pursuant to a stock option outstanding under the Nima Ghamsari Stand-Alone Stock Option Agreement, between the Registrant and Nima Ghamsari, dated as of March 31, 2021, as amended, as of the date of this Registration Statement. |
| (5) | Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the basis of $18.00 per share, which is the initial public offering price per share of Class A Common Stock set forth on the cover page of the Registrant’s prospectus dated July 15, 2021 relating to its initial public offering. |
| (6) | Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the basis of $4.66 per share, the weighted-average exercise price of stock options outstanding under the 2012 Plan as of the date of this Registration Statement. |
| (7) | Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the basis of $8.58 per share, the exercise price of the stock option outstanding under the Nima Ghamsari Stand-Alone Stock Option Agreement as of the date of this Registration Statement. |
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE PROSPECTUS
The information specified in Item 1 and Item 2 of Part I of Form S-8 is omitted from this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and the introductory note to Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be delivered to the participants in the equity benefit plans covered by this Registration Statement as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
| Item 3. | Incorporation of Documents by Reference. |
Blend Labs, Inc. (the “Registrant”) hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the following documents previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”):
(1) The Registrant’s Prospectus dated July 15, 2021, filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, as a part of the Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-257223), which contains the Registrant’s audited financial statements for the latest fiscal year for which such statements have been filed; and
(2) The description of the Registrant’s Class A Common Stock contained in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-40599) filed with the Commission on July 13, 2021, pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act on or after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents; provided, however, that documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with the rules of the Commission shall not be deemed 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 herein or in any subsequently filed document which 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.
| Item 4. | Description of Securities. |
Not applicable.
| Item 5. | Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. |
Not applicable.
| Item 6. | Indemnification of Directors and Officers. |
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law authorizes a corporation’s board of directors to grant, and authorizes a court to award, indemnity to officers, directors, and other corporate agents.
The Registrant’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation contains provisions that limit the liability of its directors for monetary damages to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law. Consequently, the Registrant’s directors will not be personally liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duties as directors, except liability for the following:
| • | any breach of their duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders; |
| • | any act or omission not in good faith or that involves intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; |
| • | unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful stock repurchases or redemptions as provided in Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law; or |
| • | any transaction from which they derived an improper personal benefit. |
Any amendment to, or repeal of, these provisions will not eliminate or reduce the effect of these provisions in respect of any act, omission, or claim that occurred or arose prior to that amendment or repeal. If the Delaware General Corporation Law is amended to provide for further limitations on the personal liability of directors of corporations, then the personal liability of the Registrant’s directors will be further limited to the greatest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law.
In addition, the Registrant’s amended and restated bylaws provide that the Registrant will indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any person who is or was a party or is threatened to be made a party to any action, suit, or proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she is or was one of the Registrant’s directors or officers or is or was serving at the Registrant’s request as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise. The Registrant’s amended and restated bylaws provide that the Registrant may indemnify to the fullest extent permitted by law any person who is or was a party or is threatened to be made a party to any action, suit, or proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she is or was one of the Registrant’s employees or agents or is or was serving at the Registrant’s request as an employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise. The Registrant’s amended and restated bylaws also provide that the Registrant must advance expenses incurred by or on behalf of a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of any action or proceeding, subject to limited exceptions.
Further, the Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and executive officers that may be broader than the specific indemnification provisions contained in the Delaware General Corporation Law. These indemnification agreements require the Registrant, among other things, to indemnify its directors and executive officers against liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or service. These indemnification agreements also require the Registrant to advance all expenses incurred by the directors and executive officers in investigating or defending any such action, suit, or proceeding. The Registrant believes that these agreements are necessary to attract and retain qualified individuals to serve as directors and executive officers.
The limitation of liability and indemnification provisions in the Registrant’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, amended and restated bylaws, and the indemnification agreements that the Registrant has entered into with its directors and executive officers may discourage stockholders from bringing a lawsuit against the Registrant’s directors and executive officers for breach of their fiduciary duties. They may also reduce the likelihood of derivative litigation against the Registrant’s directors and executive officers, even though an action, if successful, might benefit the Registrant and other stockholders. Further, a stockholder’s investment may be adversely affected to the extent that the Registrant pays the costs of settlement and damage awards against directors and executive officers as required by these indemnification provisions. At present, the Registrant is not aware of any pending litigation or proceeding involving any person who is or was one of the Registrant’s directors, officers, employees, or other agents or is or was serving at its request as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, for which indemnification is sought, and the Registrant is not aware of any threatened litigation that may result in claims for indemnification.
The Registrant has obtained insurance policies under which, subject to the limitations of the policies, coverage is provided to the Registrant’s directors and executive officers against loss arising from claims made by reason of breach of fiduciary duty or other wrongful acts as a director or executive officer, including claims relating to public securities matters, and to the Registrant with respect to payments that may be made by the Registrant to these directors and executive officers pursuant to its indemnification obligations or otherwise as a matter of law.
Certain of the Registrant’s non-employee directors may, through their relationships with their employers, be insured or indemnified against certain liabilities incurred in their capacity as members of the Registrant’s board of directors.
The underwriting agreement provides for indemnification by the underwriters of the Registrant and its officers and directors for certain liabilities arising under the Securities Act, or otherwise.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the Registrant has been informed that, in the opinion of the Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
| Item 7. | Exemption from Registration Claimed. |
Not applicable.
| Item 8. | Exhibits. |
| (1) | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 filed with the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (Registration No. 333-257223), filed with the Commission on July 6, 2021. |
| (2) | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 filed with the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (Registration No. 333-257223), filed with the Commission on July 6, 2021. |
| (3) | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 filed with the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (Registration No. 333-257223), filed with the Commission on July 6, 2021. |
| (4) | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 filed with the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (Registration No. 333-257223), filed with the Commission on July 6, 2021. |
| 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 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. 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 a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective 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 (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 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) | 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) | It will 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 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 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 San Francisco, California, on the 16th day of July, 2021.
BLEND LABS, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Nima Ghamsari | |
Nima Ghamsari | ||
Head of Blend and Co-Founder | ||
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Nima Ghamsari, Timothy J. Mayopoulos, Marc Greenberg, and Crystal Sumner, and each one of them, as their true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for them and in their 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 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 they might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their substitute or substitutes, 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 by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature | Title | Date | ||
/s/ Nima Ghamsari Nima Ghamsari | Head of Blend, Co-Founder, and Director (Principal Executive Officer) | July 16, 2021 | ||
/s/ Marc Greenberg Marc Greenberg | Head of Finance and Head of People (Principal Financial Officer) | July 16, 2021 | ||
/s/ Jonathan Chan Jonathan Chan | Controller (Principal Accounting Officer) | July 16, 2021 | ||
/s/ Timothy J. Mayopoulos Timothy J. Mayopoulos | President and Director | July 16, 2021 | ||
/s/ Gerald C. Chen Gerald C. Chen | Director | July 16, 2021 | ||
/s/ Erin James Collard Erin James Collard | Director | July 16, 2021 | ||
/s/ Roger W. Ferguson, Jr. Roger W. Ferguson, Jr. | Director | July 16, 2021 | ||
/s/ Ann Mather Ann Mather | Director | July 16, 2021 | ||