Form S-8 - Securities to be offered to employees in employee benefit plans

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 7, 2024

			Registration No. 333-

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

iRobot Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)			77-0259335 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

iRobot Corporation

8 Crosby Drive

Bedford, Massachusetts 01730

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including zip code)

Non-Plan Restricted Stock Unit Award

(Full Title of the Plan)

______________________________________________________________

Gary S. Cohen

Chief Executive Officer

iRobot Corporation

8 Crosby Drive

Bedford, Massachusetts 01730

(Name and Address of Agent For Service)

[phone]

(Telephone Number, including Area Code, of Agent For Service)

Copy to:

Mark T. Bettencourt, Esq.

Gregg Katz, Esq.

Paul R. Rosie, Esq.

Goodwin Procter LLP

100 Northern Ave.

Boston, Massachusetts 02210

[phone]

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. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer			ý			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. ¨

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (“Registration Statement”) is filed for the purpose of registering an aggregate of 120,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”) of iRobot Corporation (the “Registrant”) (the “Inducement Award”) that may be issued upon the vesting of time-based restricted stock units that will vest in accordance with the terms of a Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement by and between the Registrant and Jules Connelly, as an inducement for her accepting employment with the Registrant.

The Inducement Award will be issued outside of the iRobot Corporation 2018 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, as amended, approved by the Registrant’s board of directors and issued pursuant to the “inducement” grant exception under 5635(c)(4) of the Marketplace Rules of the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC, as an inducement that is material to employee’s entering into employment with the Registrant.

Part I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

Item 1. Plan Information.

The documents containing the information specified in this Item 1 will be sent or given to the employee issued the Inducement Award as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) and the instructions to Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act.

Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.

The documents containing the information specified in this Item 2 will be sent or given to the employee issued the Inducement Award as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act. In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission and the instructions to Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act.

Part II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the following documents filed with the Commission:

(a) The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 30, 2023, filed with the Commission on February 27, 2024.

(b) All other documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), since the end of the fiscal year covered by the document referred to in (a) above; and

(c) The description of the Common Stock contained in Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2019, filed with the Commission on February 13, 2020, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating this description.

All documents that the Registrant subsequently files pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all of the shares of Common Stock offered have been sold or which deregisters all of such shares then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents.

Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or 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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Under no circumstances will any information furnished under current items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K be deemed incorporated herein by reference unless such Form 8-K expressly provides to the contrary.

Item 4. Description of Services.

Not applicable.

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

Not applicable.

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware permits a corporation to include in its charter documents, and in agreements between the corporation and its directors and officers, provisions expanding the scope of indemnification beyond that specifically provided by the current law.

The Registrant’s second amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides for the indemnification of directors to the fullest extent permissible under Delaware law.

The Registrant’s amended and restated by-laws, as amended, provide for the indemnification of officers, directors and other employees if such persons act in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the Registrant’s best interests, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, such indemnified party had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.

The Registrant has entered into agreements with certain of its officers and directors that also provide for indemnification and expenses and liability reimbursement in addition to the indemnification provisions provided for in its charter documents, and the Registrant intends to enter into indemnification agreements with any new directors and executive officers in the future. These agreements require the Registrant to indemnify such persons against liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or service as officers and directors and to advance their expenses incurred as a result of any proceeding against them as to which they could be indemnified. In addition, the Registrant has purchased and maintains insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer against any loss arising from any claim asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in that capacity, subject to certain exclusions and limits of the amount of coverage.

These indemnification provisions and the indemnification agreements entered into between the Registrant and its officers and directors may be sufficiently broad to permit indemnification of the Registrant’s officers and directors for liabilities (including reimbursement of expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act.

Item 7. Exhibits Exemption from Registration Claimed.

Not applicable.

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Item 8. Exhibits.

The exhibits to this Registration Statement are listed in the Exhibit Index attached hereto and incorporated by reference herein.

Exhibit No.			Description of Exhibit
5.1*			Opinion of Goodwin Procter LLP
23.1*			Consent of Goodwin Procter LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2*			Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
24.1*			Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature page of this Registration Statement)
99.1*			Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement, by and between the Registrant and Jules Connelly
107*			Filing Fee Table
* Filed herewith.

Item 9. Undertakings.

(a) The 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% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Filing Fee Tables” 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) herein 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 (15 U.S.C. 78m or 78o(d)) 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 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.

(h) 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,

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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, 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 Bedford, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on November 7, 2024.

iROBOT CORPORATION
By:			/s/ Gary S. Cohen
			Gary S. Cohen
			Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES

We, the undersigned officers and directors of iRobot Corporation (the “Company”), hereby severally constitute and appoint Gary S. Cohen and Tonya Drake, and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys, with full power to them, and to each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and all other documents in connection therewith to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and generally to do all things in our names and on our behalf in such capacities to enable the Company to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on November 7, 2024.

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Signature

Title(s)

Date

/s/ Gary S. Cohen

Gary S. Cohen

Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)

November 7, 2024

/s/ Julie Zeiler

Julie Zeiler

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)

November 7, 2024

/s/ Karian Wong

Karian Wong

SVP, Finance (Principal Accounting Officer)

November 7, 2024

/s/ Michael J. Loparco

Michael J. Loparco

Director

November 7, 2024

/s/ Andrew Miller

Andrew Miller

Chairman

November 7, 2024

/s/ Karen Golz

Karen Golz

Director

November 7, 2024

/s/ Ruey-Bin Kao

Ruey-Bin Kao

Director

November 7, 2024

/s/ Eva Manolis

Eva Manolis

Director

November 7, 2024

/s/ Michelle Stacy

Michelle Stacy

Director

November 7, 2024

/s/ Julien Mininberg

Julien Mininberg

Director

November 7, 2024

Exhibit 5.1

November 7, 2024

iRobot Corporation

8 Crosby Drive

Bedford, MA 01730

Re:			Securities Being Registered under Registration Statement on Form S-8

We have acted as counsel to you in connection with your filing of a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), on or about the date hereof relating to an aggregate of 120,000 shares of Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share (“Common Stock”), of iRobot Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) (the “Shares”), that may be issued pursuant to a Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (the “Award Agreement”).

We have reviewed such documents and made such examination of law as we have deemed appropriate to give the opinions set forth below. We have relied, without independent verification, on certificates of public officials and, as to matters of fact material to the opinion set forth below, on certificates of officers of the Company.

The opinion set forth below is limited to the Delaware General Corporation Law.

For purposes of the opinion set forth below, we have assumed that no event occurs that causes the number of authorized shares of Common Stock available for issuance by the Company to be less than the number of then unissued Shares.

Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized and, upon issuance and delivery against payment therefor in accordance with the terms of the Award Agreement will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

This opinion letter and the opinion it contains shall be interpreted in accordance with the Core Opinion Principles as published in 74 Business Lawyer 815 (Summer 2019).

We hereby consent to the inclusion of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement. In giving our consent, we do not admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder.

			Very truly yours,
			/s/ Goodwin Procter LLP
			GOODWIN PROCTER LLP

Exhibit 23.2

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of iRobot Corporation of our report dated February 27, 2024 relating to the financial statements and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in iRobot Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 30, 2023.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

November 7, 2024

Exhibit 99.1

IROBOT CORPORATION

RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT

(INDUCEMENT AWARD)

Name of Grantee: Jules Connelly

No. of Restricted Stock Units: 120,000

Grant Date: [___], 2024

iRobot Corporation (the “Company”) hereby grants an award of the number of Restricted Stock Units listed above (an “Award”) to the Grantee named above. Each Restricted Stock Unit shall relate to one share of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Stock”) of the Company. This Award is not issued under the Company’s 2018 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, as amended through the date hereof (the “Plan”), and does not reduce the share reserve under the Plan. However, for purposes of interpreting the applicable provisions of this Award, the terms and conditions of the Plan (other than those applicable to the share reserve) shall govern and apply to this Award as if this Award had actually been issued under the Plan. This Award has been granted as an inducement pursuant to Rule 5635(c)(4) of the Marketplace Rules of The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (“NASDAQ”), and consequently is intended to be exempt from the NASDAQ rules regarding stockholder approval of equity compensation plans.

1.Restrictions on Transfer of Award. This Award may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned or otherwise encumbered or disposed of by the Grantee, and any shares of Stock issuable with respect to the Award may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned or otherwise encumbered or disposed of until (i) the Restricted Stock Units have vested as provided in Paragraph 2 of this Agreement and (ii) shares of Stock have been issued to the Grantee in accordance with the terms this Agreement.

2.Vesting of Restricted Stock Units. The restrictions and conditions of Paragraph 1 of this Agreement shall lapse on the Vesting Date or Dates specified in the following schedule so long as the Grantee remains an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary on such Dates. If a series of Vesting Dates is specified, then the restrictions and conditions in Paragraph 1 shall lapse only with respect to the number of Restricted Stock Units specified as vested on such date.

Incremental (Aggregate) Number of Restricted Stock Units Vested			Vesting Date
40,000 (33.33%)			[__], 2025
80,000 (66.66%)			[__], 2026
120,000 (100%)			[__], 2027

The Administrator may at any time accelerate the vesting schedule specified in this Paragraph 2.

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3.Termination of Employment. If the Grantee’s employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries terminates for any reason (including death or disability) prior to the satisfaction of the vesting conditions set forth in Paragraph 2 above, any Restricted Stock Units that have not vested as of such date shall automatically and without notice terminate and be forfeited, and neither the Grantee nor any of his or her successors, heirs, assigns, or personal representatives will thereafter have any further rights or interests in such unvested Restricted Stock Units.

4.Issuance of Shares of Stock. As soon as practicable following each Vesting Date (but in no event later than two and one-half months after the end of the year in which the Vesting Date occurs), the Company shall issue to the Grantee the number of shares of Stock equal to the aggregate number of Restricted Stock Units that have vested pursuant to Paragraph 2 of this Agreement on such date and the Grantee shall thereafter have all the rights of a stockholder of the Company with respect to such shares.

5.Incorporation of Plan. As set forth above, this Award is not granted pursuant to the Plan. However, for purposes of interpreting the provisions of this Award, the terms and conditions of the Plan (other than those applicable to the share reserve, but, including the powers of the Administrator set forth in Section 2 of the Plan) shall govern and apply to this Award as if this Award had actually been issued under the Plan. Capitalized terms in this Agreement shall have the meaning specified in the Plan, unless a different meaning is specified herein.

6.Clawback Policy. This Award shall be subject to the Company’s clawback policy, as in effect from time to time.

7.Tax Withholding. In the event that the Company is required to withhold taxes from the Grantee for taxable compensation relating to the issuance of shares of Stock in connection with this Award, the Company shall cause its transfer agent or any manager of Plan benefits to sell from the number of shares of Stock to be issued to the Grantee, the minimum number of shares of Stock necessary to satisfy the Federal, state and local taxes required by law to be withheld from the Grantee on account of such event along with any applicable third-party commission; provided, however, that in the event that this method is unavailable for any reason, the Grantee will be required to satisfy his or her tax withholding obligations with respect to this Award in another manner permitted by the Plan. The Company shall use the proceeds from such sale to satisfy the Grantee’s tax withholding obligation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, during any period of time during which the Grantee is a director or executive officer of the Company and/or subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, the preceding sentences shall have no force or effect and the Grantee will be required to satisfy his or her tax withholding obligations with respect to this Award in another manner permitted by the Plan.

8.Section 409A of the Code. This Agreement shall be interpreted in such a manner that all provisions relating to the settlement of the Award are exempt from the requirements of Section 409A of the Code as “short-term deferrals” as described in Section 409A of the Code.

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9.No Obligation to Continue Employment. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is obligated by or as a result of the Plan or this Agreement to continue the Grantee in employment and neither the Plan nor this Agreement shall interfere in any way with the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to terminate the employment of the Grantee at any time.

10.Integration. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to this Award and supersedes all prior agreements and discussions between the parties concerning such subject matter.

11.Data Privacy Consent. In order to administer the Plan and this Agreement and to implement or structure future equity grants, the Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates and certain agents thereof (together, the “Relevant Companies”) may process any and all personal or professional data, including but not limited to Social Security or other identification number, home address and telephone number, date of birth and other information that is necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan and/or this Agreement (the “Relevant Information”). By entering into this Agreement, the Grantee (i) authorizes the Company to collect, process, register and transfer to the Relevant Companies all Relevant Information; (ii) waives any privacy rights the Grantee may have with respect to the Relevant Information; (iii) authorizes the Relevant Companies to store and transmit such information in electronic form; and (iv) authorizes the transfer of the Relevant Information to any jurisdiction in which the Relevant Companies consider appropriate. The Grantee shall have access to, and the right to change, the Relevant Information. Relevant Information will only be used in accordance with applicable law.

12.Notices. Notices hereunder shall be mailed or delivered to the Company at its principal place of business and shall be mailed or delivered to the Grantee at the address on file with the Company or, in either case, at such other address as one party may subsequently furnish to the other party in writing.

			iRobot Corporation
			By:
						Title:

The foregoing Agreement is hereby accepted and the terms and conditions thereof hereby agreed to by the undersigned. Electronic acceptance of this Agreement pursuant to the Company’s instructions to the Grantee (including through an online acceptance process) is acceptable.

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Dated:

Grantee’s Signature

Grantee’s name and address:

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Exhibit 107

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Form S-8

(Form Type)

iRobot Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Newly Registered Securities

Security Type

Security Class Title

Fee Calculation Rule

Amount Registered

Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share(1)

Maximum Aggregate Offering Price

Fee Rate

Amount of Registration Fee

Equity

Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

Other (1)

120,000 shares (2)

$8.575

$1,029,000.00

$0.00015310

$157.54

Total Offering Amounts

$1,029,000.00

$157.54

Total Fee Offsets

$0

Net Fee Due

$157.54

(1)			The price of $8.575 per share, which is the average of the high and low sale prices of the Registrant’s common stock, $0.01 par value per share (“Common Stock”) on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on October 31, 2024, is set forth solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c) and (h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).
(2)			Represents shares of Common Stock underlying restricted stock units expected to be granted to the Registrant’s Chief Human Resources Officer pursuant to the restricted stock unit award agreement as an inducement material to his acceptance of employment with the Registrant in accordance with the “inducement” grant exception under Nasdaq Rule 5635(c)(4).

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