As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 25, 2025
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Compass, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 30-0751604 | |||||||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | |||||||
110 Fifth Avenue, 4th Floor
New York, New York 10011
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
2021 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Robert Reffkin
Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Compass, Inc.
110 Fifth Avenue, 4th Floor
New York, New York 10011
(Name and address of agent for service)
(212) 913-9058
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Amy Seidel Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP 2200 Wells Fargo Center 90 S. Seventh Street Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402 (612) 766-7000 | Brad Serwin General Counsel and Corporate Secretary Compass, Inc. 110 Fifth Avenue, 4th Floor New York, New York 10011 (212) 913-9058 | |||||||
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 ☒ | 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. ☐
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SHARES
PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (“Registration Statement”) is being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) to register 25,653,166 additional shares of its Class A common stock, $0.00001 par value per share (“Class A Shares”) available for issuance under the Registrant’s 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (“2021 EIP”), pursuant to the provision of the 2021 EIP providing for an automatic annual increase in the number of shares reserved for issuance.
In accordance with General Instruction E of Form S-8, and only with respect to the Class A Shares issuable under the 2021 EIP, this Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the Registrant’s Registration Statements on Form S-8 filed with the Commission on April 1, 2021 (Registration No. 333-254976), March 1, 2022 (Registration No. 333-263115), March 1, 2023 (Registration No. 333-270154) and February 28, 2024 (Registration No. 333-277435), to the extent not superseded hereby.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed herewith:
Exhibit Number | Exhibit Description | Incorporated by Reference | Filed Herewith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Form | File No. | Exhibit | Filing Date | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4.1 | 10-Q | 001-40291 | 3.1 | 5/13/2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4.2 | 10-Q | 001-40291 | 3.2 | 5/13/2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4.3 | S-1/A | 333-253744 | 10.3 | 3/23/2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5.1 | X | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23.1 | X | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23.2 | X | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
107 | X | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 New York, State of New York, on February 25, 2025.
COMPASS, INC. | ||||||||
By: | /s/ Robert Reffkin | |||||||
Robert Reffkin | ||||||||
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||
SIGNATURES AND POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Robert Reffkin, Kalani Reelitz and Scott Wahlers, and each of them, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with the full power of substitution, for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this registration statement (including post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8), 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 for 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 his or her substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
| Name | Title | Date | ||||||||||||
| /s/ Robert Reffkin | Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer | February 25, 2025 | ||||||||||||
| Robert Reffkin | (Principal Executive Officer) | |||||||||||||
| /s/ Kalani Reelitz | Chief Financial Officer | February 25, 2025 | ||||||||||||
| Kalani Reelitz | (Principal Financial Officer) | |||||||||||||
| /s/ Scott Wahlers | Chief Accounting Officer | February 25, 2025 | ||||||||||||
| Scott Wahlers | (Principal Accounting Officer) | |||||||||||||
| /s/ Allan Leinwand | Director | February 25, 2025 | ||||||||||||
| Allan Leinwand | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ Frank Martell | Director | February 25, 2025 | ||||||||||||
| Frank Martell | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ Josh McCarter | Director | February 25, 2025 | ||||||||||||
| Josh McCarter | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ Charles Phillips | Director | February 25, 2025 | ||||||||||||
| Charles Phillips | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ Steven Sordello | Director | February 25, 2025 | ||||||||||||
| Steven Sordello | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ Pamela Thomas-Graham | Director | February 25, 2025 | ||||||||||||
| Pamela Thomas-Graham | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ Dawanna Williams | Director | February 25, 2025 | ||||||||||||
| Dawanna Williams | ||||||||||||||