Securities Registration: Employee Benefit Plan (s-8)
April 14 2023 - 4:41PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission on April 14, 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
Skillsoft Corp.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its
charter)
Delaware |
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83-4388331 |
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
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300 Innovative Way, Suite 201
Nashua, NH 03062
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip
Code)
Skillsoft Corp. 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan
(Full titles of the plan)
Richard Walker
Chief Financial Officer
300 Innovative Way, Suite 201
Nashua, NH 03062
(603) 324-3000
(Name, address, and telephone number, including
area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
David R. Crandall
Hogan Lovells US LLP
1601 Wewatta St., Suite 900
Denver, CO 80202
(303) 899-7300
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 |
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Accelerated filer |
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Non-accelerated filer |
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Smaller reporting company |
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Emerging growth company |
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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. ¨
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Skillsoft Corp. (the “Registrant”
or the “Company”) is filing this registration statement on Form S-8 (this “Registration Statement”) for the purpose
of registering 12,353,687 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share,
that may be issued to participants under the Company’s 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “2020 Plan”), consisting of
(i) an additional 8,229,020 Shares that have or will become reserved for issuance pursuant to Section 6(a) (the “evergreen”
provision) of the 2020 Plan, which provides for an automatic annual increase in the number of shares of Class A common stock available
for issuance under the 2020 Plan, and (ii) 4,124,667 Shares that have become available for issuance under the 2020 Plan as a result of
expiration, cancelation, forfeiture, termination, settlement of cash, or repurchase of outstanding restricted stock units, which were
previously registered pursuant to registration statements (File Nos. 333-258867 and 333-265182) on Form S-8 filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on August 17, 2021 and May 24, 2022, respectively. Other than the 8,229,020 Shares that
have become available for issuance pursuant to the “evergreen” provision of the 2020 Plan, the Shares registered by this Registration
Statement do not represent an increase in the number of shares previously reserved for issuance under the 2020 Plan.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The information specified in Item 1 and Item 2 of Part I of Form S-8
is omitted from this 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 2020 Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act.
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 under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), are incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement (in each case excluding any information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 and any corresponding exhibits thereto
on any Current Report on Form 8-K):
| (a) | The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended January 31, 2023, filed with the SEC on April 14, 2023; |
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All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a),
13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement which indicates
that all of the shares registered hereunder have been sold or which deregisters all of such shares then remaining unsold, shall be deemed
to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the respective dates of filing of such documents;
provided, however, that documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with SEC rules 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 other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein, modifies or supersedes such earlier 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. |
None.
| Item 6. | Indemnification of Directors
and Officers. |
Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”)
allows a corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation that a director of the corporation will not be personally liable to
the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except where the director breached
the duty of loyalty, failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional misconduct or knowingly violated a law, authorized the payment
of a dividend or approved a stock repurchase in violation of Delaware corporate law or obtained an improper personal benefit. The Company’s
second amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides for this limitation of liability.
Section 145 of the DGCL, provides, among other things, that a Delaware
corporation may indemnify any person who was, is or is threatened to be made, party to any threatened, pending or completed 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 is or was 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 person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed
to be in or not opposed to the corporation’s best interests and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable
cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful. A Delaware corporation may indemnify any persons who were or are a party to any
threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation by reason of the fact that such person is or was
a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys’
fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit, provided such
person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation’s best interests,
provided further that no indemnification is permitted without judicial approval if the officer, director, employee or agent is adjudged
to be liable to the corporation. Where an officer or director is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action referred
to above, the corporation must indemnify him or her against the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) which such officer or director
has actually and reasonably incurred.
Section 145 further authorizes a corporation to purchase and maintain
insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the
request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise, against any liability asserted
against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the
corporation would otherwise have the power to indemnify such person under Section 145.
The Company’s bylaws provide that it must indemnify and advance
expenses to its directors and officers to the full extent authorized by the DGCL.
The Company has entered into indemnification agreements with each of
its directors and executive officers. Such agreements may require the Company, among other things, to advance expenses and otherwise indemnify
its executive officers and directors against certain liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or service as executive officers
or directors, to the fullest extent permitted by law. The Company intends to enter into indemnification agreements with any new directors
and executive officers in the future.
The indemnification rights set forth above shall not be exclusive of
any other right which an indemnified person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, any provision of the Company’s second
amended and restated certificate of incorporation, the Company’s bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors
or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be obligated to indemnify a director or officer in respect of a proceeding
(or part thereof) instituted by such director or officer, unless such proceeding (or part thereof) has been authorized by the Board pursuant
to the applicable procedure outlined in the Company’s bylaws.
Section 174 of the DGCL provides, among other things, that a director,
who willfully or negligently approves of an unlawful payment of dividends or an unlawful stock purchase or redemption, may be held jointly
and severally liable for such actions. A director who was either absent when the unlawful actions were approved or dissented at the time
may avoid liability by causing his or her dissent to such actions to be entered in the books containing the minutes of the meetings of
the board of directors at the time such action occurred or immediately after such absent director receives notice of the unlawful acts.
The Company maintains and expect to maintain standard policies of insurance that provide coverage (1) to its directors and officers against
loss rising from claims made by reason of breach of duty or other wrongful act and (2) to the Company with respect to indemnification
payments that the Company may make to such directors and officers.
These provisions may discourage stockholders from bringing a lawsuit
against the Company’s directors for breach of their fiduciary duty. These provisions also may have the effect of reducing the likelihood
of derivative litigation against directors and officers, even though such an action, if successful, might otherwise benefit the Company
and its stockholders. Furthermore, a stockholder’s investment may be adversely affected to the extent the Company pays the costs
of settlement and damage awards against officers and directors pursuant to these indemnification provisions.
| Item 7. | Exemption from Registration
Claimed. |
Not applicable.
Exhibit Index
* Filed herewith
| (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 of 1933; |
| (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 SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes
in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent 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)
of this section shall 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 SEC by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated
by reference in the 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 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 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 SEC 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, 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 Greenwood, Colorado,
on this 14th day of April, 2023.
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SKILLSOFT CORP. |
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/s/ Richard Walker |
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Richard Walker, Chief Financial
Officer |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Sarah Kinnick Hilty and Richard Walker, and each of them, individually, as his or her true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, 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 the Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Skillsoft Corp., and any or all amendments (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 full power and authority to do and perform each and every act
and thing requisite or necessary to be done in connection therewith and about the premises, 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 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, as amended,
this Registration Statement on Form S-8 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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/s/ Jeffrey R. Tarr | |
Chief Executive Officer and Director | |
April 14, 2023 |
Jeffrey R. Tarr | |
(Principal Executive Officer) | |
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/s/ Richard Walker | |
Chief Financial Officer | |
April 14, 2023 |
Richard Walker | |
(Principal Financial Officer) | |
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/s/ Jose Torres | |
Chief Accounting Officer | |
April 14, 2023 |
Jose Torres | |
(Principal Accounting Officer) | |
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/s/ Ronald W. Hovsepian | |
Director | |
April 14, 2023 |
Ronald W. Hovsepian | |
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/s/ Lawrence Charles Illg | |
Director | |
April 14, 2023 |
Lawrence Charles Illg | |
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/s/ Helena B. Foulkes | |
Director | |
April 14, 2023 |
Helena B. Foulkes | |
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/s/ Patrick Kolek | |
Director | |
April 14, 2023 |
Patrick Kolek | |
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/s/ Michael S. Klein | |
Director | |
April 14, 2023 |
Michael S. Klein | |
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/s/ Karen G. Mills | |
Director | |
April 14, 2023 |
Karen G. Mills | |
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/s/ Peter Schmitt | |
Director | |
April 14, 2023 |
Peter Schmitt | |
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/s/ Lawrence H. Summers | |
Director | |
April 14, 2023 |
Lawrence H. Summers | |
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