As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 10, 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
Lulus Fashion Lounge Holdings, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 20-8442468 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
195 Humboldt Avenue
Chico, California 95928
Telephone: (530) 343-3545
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrants principal executive offices)
Lulus Fashion Lounge Holdings, Inc. Omnibus Equity Plan
Lulus Fashion Lounge Holdings, Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Lulus Fashion Lounge Holdings, Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plans)
David McCreight
Chief Executive Officer
195 Humboldt Avenue
Chico, California 95928
Telephone: (530) 343-3545
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Marc D. Jaffe
Tad J. Freese
Adam J. Gelardi
Latham & Watkins LLP
1271 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10020
Telephone: (212) 906-1200
Facsimile: (212) 751-4864
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of large accelerated filer, accelerated filer and smaller reporting company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (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 to be |
Proposed maximum |
Proposed maximum aggregate offering price |
Amount of registration fee | ||||
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share |
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Omnibus Equity Plan |
3,719,000(2) | $16.00 (3) | $59,504,000.00 | $5,516.02 | ||||
2021 Equity Incentive Plan (Special Compensation Awards) |
602,207(4)(a) | $16.00 (5)(a) | $9,635,312.00 | $893.19 | ||||
2021 Equity Incentive Plan (Options) |
322,793(4)(b) | $11.35(5)(b) | $3,663,700.55 | $339.63 | ||||
2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan |
743,803(6) | $13.60 (7) | $10,115,720.80 | $937.73 | ||||
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(1) | Pursuant to Rule 416(a) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (Common Stock), of Lulus Fashion Lounge Holdings, Inc. (the Company or Registrant) that become issuable under the Companys 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the 2021 Plan), the Omnibus Equity Plan (the Omnibus Equity Plan), and the 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the ESPP) by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without receipt of consideration that increases the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock. |
(2) | Represents (i) 3,719,000 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Omnibus Equity Plan and (ii) any shares of Common Stock which, as of the effective date of the Omnibus Equity Plan, are subject to awards under the 2021 Plan that are forfeited or lapse unexercised. The number of shares reserved for issuance under the Omnibus Equity Plan will automatically increase on January 1st of each year, starting on January 1, 2022 and ending in 2031, equal to the lesser of (a) four percent (4%) of the shares of the Companys Common Stock outstanding on the last day of the immediately preceding year or (b) such smaller number of shares of stock as determined by the Registrants board of directors. |
(3) | Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the basis of the initial public offering price of $16.00 per share of Common Stock pursuant to the Registrants Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-260194) declared effective on November 10, 2021. |
4(a) | Represents 602,207 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance upon the settlement of special compensation awards that remain outstanding under the 2021 Plan. |
(4)(b) | Represents 322,793 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance upon the exercise of previously granted stock options that remain outstanding under the 2021 Plan. |
(5)(a) | Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the basis of the initial public offering price of $16.00 per share of Common Stock pursuant to the Registrants Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-260194) declared effective on November 10, 2021. |
(5)(b) | Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, based on $11.35, which is the exercise price for stock options that remain outstanding under the 2021 Plan. |
(6) | Represents shares of Common Stock reserved for future issuance under the ESPP. The number of shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the ESPP will automatically increase on January 1st of each year, starting on January 1, 2022 and continuing through January 1, 2031, equal to the lesser of (a) one percent (1%) of the total number of shares of the Registrants Common Stock outstanding on the last day of the immediately preceding year or (b) such number determined by the Registrants board of directors. |
(7) | Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. The offering price per share and the aggregate offering price are based upon $16.00 per share of Common Stock pursuant to the Registrants Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-260194) declared effective on November 10, 2021 multiplied by 85%, which reflects the discount to the purchase price applicable to purchases under the ESPP. |
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.
Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement.
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed or to be filed (other than portions of those documents furnished or otherwise not deemed filed) by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) are incorporated into this Registration Statement by reference, as of their respective dates:
(1) | Amendment No. 3 to the Registrants Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 10, 2021 (File No. 333-260194), which contains the Registrants audited financial statements for the latest fiscal year for which such statements have been filed; |
(2) | the Registrants Prospectus to be filed on or about November 12, 2021 pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, relating to the Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-260194). |
(3) | the description of the Companys Common Stock contained in the Companys Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on November 10, 2021 (File No. 001-41059) under the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description. |
All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to 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 then remaining unsold shall be deregistered, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and to be a part thereof from the date of the filing of such documents.
For purposes of this Registration Statement and the related prospectus, any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained herein or in a subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated herein by reference modifies or replaces such statement. Any statement so modified shall not be deemed in its unmodified form to constitute part of this Registration Statement or the related prospectus.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Registrant is governed by the Delaware General Corporation Law (the DGCL). Section 145 of the DGCL provides that a corporation may indemnify any person, including an officer or director, who was or is, or is threatened to be made, a party to any threatened, pending or completed legal action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of such corporation), by reason of the fact that such person was or is an officer, director, employee or agent of such corporation or is or was serving at the request of such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, provided such officer, director, employee or agent acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the corporations best interest and, for criminal proceedings, had no reasonable cause to believe that such persons conduct was unlawful. A Delaware corporation may indemnify any person, including an officer or director, who was or is, or is threatened to be made, a party to any threatened, pending or contemplated action or suit by or in the right of such corporation, under the same conditions, except that such indemnification is limited to expenses (including attorneys fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person, and except that no indemnification is permitted without judicial approval if such person is adjudged to be liable to such corporation. Where an officer or director of a corporation is successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to above, or any claim, issue or matter therein, the corporation must indemnify that person against the expenses (including attorneys fees) which such officer or director actually and reasonably incurred in connection therewith.
The Registrants amended and restated certificate of incorporation authorizes the indemnification of its officers and directors, consistent with Section 145 of the DGCL. Reference is made to Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL, which enables a corporation in its original certificate of incorporation or an amendment thereto to eliminate or limit the personal liability of a director for violations of the directors fiduciary duty, except (i) for any breach of the directors duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) pursuant to Section 174 of the DGCL, which provides for liability of directors for unlawful payments of dividends of unlawful stock purchase or redemptions or (iv) for any transaction from which a director derived an improper personal benefit. As permitted by the DGCL, we have included in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation a provision to eliminate the personal liability of our directors for monetary damages for breach of their fiduciary duties as directors, subject to certain exceptions. In addition, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and bylaws provide that we are required to indemnify our officers and directors under certain circumstances, including those circumstances in which indemnification would otherwise be discretionary, and we are required to advance expenses to our officers and directors as incurred in connection with proceedings against them for which they may be indemnified.
The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors. These agreements, among other things, require the Registrant to indemnify each director to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, including indemnification of expenses such as attorneys fees, judgments, fines and settlement amounts incurred by the director in any action or proceeding, including any action or proceeding by or in right of the Registrant, arising out of the persons services as a director.
The Registrant maintains directors and officers liability insurance for the benefit of its directors and officers.
The underwriting agreement entered into by the Company in connection with the sale of Common Stock provides that the underwriters will agree to indemnify, under certain conditions, the Company, the Companys directors, officers and persons who control the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, against certain liabilities.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The Exhibits listed on the accompanying Index to Exhibits are filed as part hereof, or incorporated by reference into, this Registration Statement. See Exhibit Index below.
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. 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% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the Calculation of Registration Fee table in the effective Registration Statement;
(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 Registration Statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be included in the post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Company 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. The undersigned Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Companys annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plans 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 Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, 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 of 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.
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 New York, New York, on November 10, 2021.
LULUS FASHION LOUNGE HOLDINGS, INC. | ||
By | /s/ David McCreight | |
Name: David McCreight | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned constitutes and appoints each of David McCreight and Crystal Landsem, each of them, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with the full power of substitution, for him or her and in their 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 sign any registration statement for the same offering covered by this Registration Statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act, and all post-effective amendments thereto, 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 his, her 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/ David McCreight David McCreight |
Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) |
November 10, 2021 | ||
/s/ Crystal Landsem Crystal Landsem |
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
November 10, 2021 | ||
/s/ Thomas Belatti Thomas Belatti |
Director | November 10, 2021 | ||
/s/ Evan Karp Evan Karp |
Director | November 10, 2021 | ||
/s/ Danielle Qi Danielle Qi |
Director | November 10, 2021 | ||
/s/ John Black John Black |
Director | November 10, 2021 | ||
/s/ Michael Mardy Michael Mardy |
Director | November 10, 2021 | ||
/s/ Eric Liaw Eric Liaw |
Director | November 10, 2021 |
EXHIBIT INDEX
* | Filed herewith. |
Exhibit 5.1
1271 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10020-1401 Tel: +1.212.906.1200 Fax: +1.212.751.4864 www.lw.com | ||||
FIRM / AFFILIATE OFFICES | ||||
Austin | Milan | |||
Beijing | Moscow | |||
Boston | Munich | |||
Brussels | New York | |||
Century City | Orange County | |||
November 10, 2021 | Chicago | Paris | ||
Dubai | Riyadh | |||
Düsseldorf | San Diego | |||
Frankfurt | San Francisco | |||
Hamburg | Seoul | |||
Hong Kong | Shanghai | |||
Lulus Fashion Lounge Holdings, Inc. | Houston | Silicon Valley | ||
195 Humboldt Avenue | London | Singapore | ||
Chico, California 95928 | Los Angeles | Tokyo | ||
Telephone: (530) 343-3545 | Madrid | Washington, D.C. |
Re: Registration Statement on Form S-8
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special counsel to Lulus Fashion Lounge Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), in connection with the preparation and filing by the Company on the date hereof with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) of a Registration Statement (the Registration Statement) on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Act), relating to the issuance of up to 5,387,803 shares of common stock of the Company, $0.001 par value per share (the Shares), which may be issued pursuant to the Companys Omnibus Equity Plan (the Omnibus Plan), the Companys 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the ESPP) and the Companys 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the 2021 Plan). This opinion is being furnished in connection with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Act, and no opinion is expressed herein as to any matter pertaining to the contents of the Registration Statement or related prospectus, other than as expressly stated herein with respect to the issue of the Shares.
As such counsel, we have examined such matters of fact and questions of law as we have considered appropriate for purposes of this letter. With your consent, we have relied upon certificates and other assurances of officers of the Company and others as to factual matters without having independently verified such factual matters. We are opining herein as to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the DGCL), and we express no opinion with respect to any other laws.
Subject to the foregoing and the other matters set forth herein, it is our opinion that as of the date hereof, when the Shares shall have been duly registered on the books of the transfer agent and registrar therefor in the name or on behalf of the purchasers, and have been issued by the Company for legal consideration of not less than par value in the circumstances contemplated by the Omnibus Plan, the ESPP and the 2021 Plan, as applicable, assuming in each case that the individual issuances, grants or awards under the Omnibus Plan, the ESPP and the 2021 Plan, as applicable, are duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and duly issued, granted or awarded and exercised in accordance with the requirements of law and the Omnibus Plan, the
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ESPP and the 2021 Plan, as applicable (and the agreements duly adopted thereunder and in accordance therewith), the issue and sale of the Shares will have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company, and such Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. In rendering the foregoing opinion, we have assumed that the Company will comply with all applicable notice requirements regarding uncertificated shares provided in the DGCL.
This opinion is for your benefit in connection with the Registration Statement and may be relied upon by you and by persons entitled to rely upon it pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Act. We consent to your filing this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
Very truly yours, |
/s/ Latham & Watkins LLP |
EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated August 6, 2021 relating to the financial statements of Lulus Fashion Lounge Holdings, Inc., appearing in Registration Statement No. 333-260194 on Form S-1 of Lulus Fashion Lounge Holdings, Inc.
/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
San Francisco, California
November 10, 2021