Securities Registration: Employee Benefit Plan (s-8)

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 29, 2019

Registration No. 333-          

 

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

QuinStreet, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware		77-0512121
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

950 Tower Lane, 6th Floor

Foster City, CA 94404

[phone]

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

 

2010 Equity Incentive Plan

2010 Non-Employee Directors’ Stock Award Plan

(Full Titles of the Plan(s))

 

 

Douglas Valenti

Chief Executive Officer and Chairman

950 Tower Lane, 6th Floor

Foster City, CA 94404

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

 

 

[phone]

(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

 

 

With a copy to:

Alan F. Denenberg, Esq.

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

1600 El Camino Real

Menlo Park, CA 94025

[phone]

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or 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

 

Title of Securities to be Registered		Amount to be Registered (1)		Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share (2)		Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price (2)		Amount of Registration Fee (3)
2010 Equity Incentive Plan Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share		2,525,923 shares		$11.165		$28,201,930.30		$3,418.08
2010 Non-Employee Directors’ Stock Award Plan Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share		264,899 shares		$11.165		$2,957,597.34		$358.47
Total		2,790,822 shares		$11.165		$31,159,527.64		$3776.55

(1)

This Registration Statement covers shares being added to the QuinStreet, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan and 2010 Non-Employee Directors’ Stock Award Plan, in each case in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan. This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of common stock which become issuable under the QuinStreet, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan and 2010 Non-Employee Directors’ Stock Award Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without Registrant’s receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the outstanding shares of Registrant’s common stock.

(2)	Calculated under Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on the basis of the average of the high and low selling prices per share of the Registrant’s Common Stock on August 23, 2019 as reported by the Nasdaq Global Market.

(3)	Rounded up to the nearest penny.

 

 

 

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INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF CONTENTS OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8

This Registration Statement is being filed for the purpose of increasing the number of securities of the same class as other securities for which a Registration Statement of the Registrant on Form S-8 relating to the same employee benefit plans is effective. The Registrant previously registered shares of its common stock for issuance under the 2010 Equity Incentive Plan and the 2010 Non-Employee Directors’ Stock Award Plan under a Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 17, 2010 (File No.  333-165534), and registered additional shares of its common stock for issuance under such plans under Registration Statements on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 27, 2010 (File No. 333-168322), on August 12, 2011 (File No.  333-176272), on August 23, 2012 (File No.  333-183517), on August 20, 2013 (File No.  333-190735), on September 12, 2014 (File No.  333-198714), on August 19, 2015 (File No.  333-206472), on August 19, 2016 (File No.  333-213220), on September 8, 2017 (File No.  333-220397), and on September 12, 2018 (File No. 333-227296). Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, this Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the Registration Statement referenced above.

 

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PART II

Item 8. Exhibits

 

Exhibit Number		Description of Exhibit		Form		File Number		Exhibit				Filing Date
5.1*		Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
23.1*		Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting firm
23.2*		Consent of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1*		Power of Attorney (included in the signature pages hereof)
99.1		QuinStreet, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan		S-8		333-165534			99.9			March 17, 2010
99.2		Forms of Option Agreement and Option Grant Notice under 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (for nonexecutive officer employees)		S-8		333-165534			99.10			March 17, 2010
99.3		Forms of Option Agreement and Option Grant Notice under 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (for executive officers)		S-8		333-165534			99.11			March 17, 2010
99.4		Forms of Senior Management Restricted Stock Unit (RSU) Grant Notice and Agreement under 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (for executive officers)		10-K		001-34628			10.8			August 23, 2012
99.5		Forms of Restricted Stock Unit (RSU) Grant Notice and Agreement under 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (for non-executive officer employees)		10-K		001-34628			10.9			August 23, 2012
99.6		QuinStreet, Inc. 2010 Non-Employee Directors’ Stock Award Plan		S-8		333-165534			99.12			March 17, 2010
99.7		Forms of Option Agreement and Option Grant Notice for Initial Grants under the 2010 Non-Employee Directors’ Stock Award Plan		S-8		333-165534			99.13			March 17, 2010
99.8		Forms of Option Agreement and Option Grant Notice for Annual Grants under the 2010 Non-Employee Directors’ Stock Award Plan		S-8		333-165534			99.14			March 17, 2010
99.9		Form of Restricted Stock Unit (RSU) Agreement under the 2010 Non-Employee Directors’ Stock Award Plan		10-K		001-34628			10.10			August 20, 2013
99.10		Forms of Senior Management Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit (RSU) Grant Notice and Agreement under 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (for executive officers)		10-K		001-34628			10.27			September 12, 2014
99.11		Forms of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit (RSU) Grant Notice and Agreement under 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (for non-executive officer employees)		10-K		001-34628			10.30			August 19, 2015

 

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Exhibit Number		Description of Exhibit		Form		File Number		Exhibit				Filing Date
99.12		Forms of Restricted Stock Unit (RSU) Grant Notice and Agreement under 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (for employees with a Change in Control Severance Agreement)		10-K		001-34628			10.33			September 8, 2017
99.13		Forms of Option Agreement and Option Grant Notice under 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (for employees with a Change in Control Severance Agreement)		10-K		001-34628			10.34			September 8, 2017
99.14		Forms of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit (RSU) Grant Notice and Agreement under 2010 Equity Incentive Plan with Revenue and Adjusted EBITDA Performance Metrics (for non-executive officer employees)		10-Q		001-34628			10.36			November 9, 2018
99.15		Forms of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit (RSU) Grant Notice and Agreement under 2010 Equity Incentive Plan with Revenue and Adjusted EBITDA Performance Metrics (for executive officer)		10-Q		001-34628			10.37			November 9, 2018
99.16		Forms of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit (RSU) Grant Notice and Agreement under 2010 Equity Incentive Plan with Revenue and Adjusted EBITDA Performance Metrics (for employees with a Change in Control Severance Agreement)		10-Q		001-34628			10.38			November 9, 2018

 

*	Filed herewith

 

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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 the City of Foster City, State of California, on the 29th day of August, 2019.

 

QuinStreet, Inc.
By:		/s/ Douglas Valenti
Name:		Douglas Valenti
Title:		Chief Executive Officer and Chairman

 

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POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Douglas Valenti and Gregory Wong, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, 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, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature		Title		Date
/s/ Douglas Valenti Douglas Valenti		Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)		August 29, 2019
/s/ Gregory Wong Gregory Wong		Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)		August 29, 2019
/s/ Matthew Glickman Matthew Glickman		Director		August 29, 2019
/s/ Stuart Huizinga Stuart Huizinga		Director		August 29, 2019
/s/ Robin Josephs Robin Josephs		Director		August 29, 2019
/s/ David Pauldine David Pauldine		Director		August 29, 2019
/s/ Gregory Sands Gregory Sands		Director		August 29, 2019
/s/ Andrew Sheehan Andrew Sheehan		Director		August 29, 2019
/s/ James Simons James Simons		Director		August 29, 2019

 

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