As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 28, 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
SHARKNINJA, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Cayman Islands (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | 98-1738011 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | |
89 A Street Needham, MA 02494 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | 9777513 (Zip Code) |
SharkNinja, Inc. 2023 Equity Incentive Plan
SharkNinja, Inc. 2023 Employee Share Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plans)
Mark Barrocas
Chief Executive Officer
SharkNinja, Inc.
89 A Street
Needham, MA 02494
(Name and address of agent for service)
(617) 243-0235
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
With a copy to:
Howard L. Ellin
Ryan J. Dzierniejko
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
One Manhattan West
New York, NY 10001
(212) 735-3000
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 x | 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
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. |
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PART II
ITEM 3. | INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE |
The following documents filed by SharkNinja, Inc. (the “Registrant”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
(a) | The Registrant’s prospectus dated July 28, 2023 to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, relating to the Registration Statement on Form F-1 originally filed with the Commission on June 28, 2023, as amended (File No. 333-272973); and |
(b) | The description of the Registrant’s ordinary shares, which is contained in the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on July 24, 2023 (File No. 001-41754) under 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 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.
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 (“Cayman Law”), including the Companies Act (As Revised) of the Cayman Islands (the “Companies Act”), does not limit the extent to which a company’s memorandum and articles of association may provide for indemnification of officers and directors, except to the extent any such provision may be held by the courts of the Cayman Islands (“Cayman Courts”) to be contrary to public policy, such as to provide indemnification against civil fraud or the consequences of committing a crime. Our memorandum and articles of association will provide, to the fullest extent permissible under Cayman Law, that our directors and officers shall be indemnified against any liability, action, proceeding, claim, demand, costs damages or expenses, including legal expenses, incurred in their capacities as such unless such liability (if any) arises from actual fraud, willful neglect or willful default, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable order. This standard of conduct for indemnification is generally the same as permitted under the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”) for a Delaware corporation.
In addition to such indemnification, we will obtain a general liability insurance policy that covers certain liabilities of our directors and officers arising out of claims based on acts or omissions in their capacities as directors or officers.
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Prior to the completion of the separation and distribution, we will enter into indemnification agreements with each of our directors and officers that will provide such persons with additional indemnification beyond that provided in our memorandum and articles of association.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to us, our directors, our officers or persons who control us pursuant to the foregoing provisions, we have been informed that, in the opinion of the SEC, 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 |
* Filed herewith.
ITEM 9. | UNDERTAKINGS |
1. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(a) 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 of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this 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 this Registration Statement.
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(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this registration statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(i) and (a)(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.
(b) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, 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.
(c) 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.
2. 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 this 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.
3. 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.
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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 in the city of Needham, state of Massachusetts, on July 28, 2023.
SHARKNINJA, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Mark Barrocas | |
Mark Barrocas | ||
Chief Executive Officer |
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints each of Mark Barrocas and Larry Flynn as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each acting alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and to sign any related registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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, each acting alone, 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, each acting alone, or his 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/ Mark Barrocas | Chief Executive Officer and | July 28, 2023 | ||
Mark Barrocas | Director (Principal Executive Officer) | |||
/s/ Larry Flynn | Interim Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer | July 28, 2023 | ||
Larry Flynn | (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) | |||
/s/ CJ Xuning Wang | Director | July 28, 2023 | ||
CJ Xuning Wang | ||||
/s/ Peter Feld | Director | July 28, 2023 | ||
Peter Feld | ||||
/s/ Wendy Hayes | Director | July 28, 2023 | ||
Wendy Hayes | ||||
/s/ Chi Kin Max Hui | Director | July 28, 2023 | ||
Chi Kin Max Hui | ||||
/s/ Dennis Paul | Director | July 28, 2023 | ||
Dennis Paul | ||||
/s/ Timothy R. Warner | Director | July 28, 2023 | ||
Timothy R. Warner |
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AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
Pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative in the United States of the Registrant has signed this Registration Statement on July 28, 2023.
SHARKNINJA, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Mark Barrocas | |
Mark Barrocas | ||
Chief Executive Officer |
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