As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 8, 2019

Registration No. 333-

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

                            

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

Instructure, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

6330 South 3000 East, Suite 700

Salt Lake City, UT 84121

(800) 203-6755

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

                            

Portfolium, Inc. 2014 Equity Incentive Plan

(Full title of the plan)

                                                                              

 

Daniel Goldsmith

Chief Executive Officer

6330 South 3000 East, Suite 700

Salt Lake City, UT 84121

(800) 203-6755

(Name and address of agent for service) (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copies to:

                            

 

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.

 

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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. ☐

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

 

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated February 16, 2019 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Instructure, Inc. (the “Registrant”), Gas Lamp Mergers, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub I”), Gas Lamp Mergers II, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub II”), Portfolium, Inc. (“Portfolium”) and Fortis Advisors LLC, as Stockholders’ Agent, Merger Sub I merged with and into Portfolium (“Merger I”) and then Portfolium merged with and into Merger Sub II (“Merger II” and together with Merger I, the “Mergers”). As a result of the Mergers, consummated on February 21, 2019, Portfolium (through its successor, Merger Sub II) became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Registrant. In accordance with the Merger Agreement, the Registrant assumed and became the sponsor of the Portfolium, Inc. 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) and assumed all unvested stock options that were awarded under the Plan and that were outstanding as of the closing of Merger I.

 

The Registrant is filing this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) for the purpose of registering up to 42,973 of its shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”), issuable upon the exercise of outstanding options originally granted under the Plan and assumed by the Registrant.

 

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PART II

 

The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:

(a) the description of the Registrant’s Common Stock which is contained in the Registrant’s registration statement on Form 8-A filed on November 10, 2015 (File No. 001-37629) 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;

(b) the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, which includes audited financial statements for the Registrant’s latest fiscal year, filed with the Commission on February 20, 2019;

(c) the Registrant’s Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January 25, 2019 and February 21, 2019; and

(d) all other reports and documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act (other than Current Reports furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and exhibits furnished on such form that relate to such items) on or after 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 offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part of this Registration Statement from the date of the filing of such reports and documents. 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.

 

 

Not applicable.

 

Not applicable.

 

Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law authorizes a court to award, or a corporation’s board of directors to grant, indemnity to directors and officers in terms sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities, including reimbursement for expenses incurred, arising under the Securities Act.

The Registrant’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws provide that the Registrant will indemnify its directors and executive officers, and may indemnify its other officers, employees and other agents, to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law. Delaware General Corporation Law provides that directors of the Registrant will not be personally liable for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duties as directors, except liability:

The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and executive officers. These agreements provide for the indemnification of such persons for all reasonable expenses and liabilities incurred in connection with any action or proceeding brought against them by reason of the fact that they are or were serving in such capacity.

The Registrant may maintain insurance policies that indemnify its directors and officers against various liabilities arising under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act that might be incurred by any director or officer in his capacity as such.

 

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Not applicable.

 

ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS

 

EXHIBITS

 

 

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;

(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)(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 the registration statement.

(b) 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 herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. 

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(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 the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, 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 Securities and Exchange 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 the City of Salt Lake City, State of Utah, on this 8th day of March, 2019.

 

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know All Persons By These Presents, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Daniel Goldsmith, Steven B. Kaminsky and Matthew A. Kaminer, and 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 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, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.