As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 28, 2024
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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| COMSCORE, INC. | |||||
| (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) | |||||
| Delaware | 54-1955550 | ||||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||||
11950 Democracy Drive, Suite 600 Reston, Virginia | 20190 | ||||
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | ||||
| COMSCORE, INC. 2018 EQUITY AND INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN | |||||
| (Full title of the plan) | |||||
Ashley Wright General Counsel, Corporate & Securities comScore, Inc. 11950 Democracy Drive, Suite 600 Reston, Virginia 20190 | |||||
| (Name and address of agent for service) | |||||
| (703) 438-2000 | |||||
| (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) | |||||
| ___________________________________ | |||||
Copies to: Scott Rubinsky Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. 845 Texas Avenue, Suite 4700 Houston, Texas 77002 | |||||
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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (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 of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). ☐
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this "Registration Statement") is being filed for the purpose of registering the offer and sale of an additional 900,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Common Stock") that may be issued pursuant to the comScore, Inc. 2018 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan (as amended from time to time, the "Plan"). Unless noted, all share information set forth herein has been adjusted to reflect the 1-for-20 reverse stock split effected by comScore, Inc. (the "Registrant") on December 20, 2023.
Except as otherwise set forth below, the contents of the registration statements on Form S-8 previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on each of June 4, 2018 (File No. 333-225400), July 17, 2020 (File No. 333-239931), June 29, 2022 (File No. 333-265922) and June 30, 2023 (File No. 333-273054), which registered the offer and sale of 624,563 shares, an additional 480,000 shares, an additional 380,000 shares and an additional 500,000 shares, respectively, of Common Stock under the Plan, are incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Registration Statement as permitted by General Instruction E to Form S-8.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The Registrant will send or give to all participants in the Plan the document(s) containing the information required by Part I of Form S-8, as specified in Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated by the Commission under the Securities Act. In accordance with Rule 428, the Registrant has not filed such document(s) with the Commission, but such document(s) (along with the documents incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof) shall constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The contents of the earlier registration statements relating to the Plan, previously filed with the Commission on each of June 4, 2018 (File No. 333-225400), July 17, 2020 (File No. 333-239931), June 29, 2022 (File No. 333-265922) and June 30, 2023 (File No. 333-273054), are incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 8. Exhibits.
| Exhibit Number | Exhibit Description | ||||
| 4.1 | |||||
| 4.2 | |||||
| 4.3 | |||||
| 4.4 | |||||
| 4.5 | |||||
| 4.6 | |||||
| 4.7 | |||||
| 4.8 | |||||
| 4.9 | |||||
| 5.1* | |||||
| 23.1* | |||||
| 23.2* | Consent of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement) | ||||
| 24.1* | Power of Attorney (included in the signature page of this Registration Statement) | ||||
| 99.1 | |||||
| 99.2 | |||||
| 99.3 | |||||
| 99.4 | |||||
| 99.5 | |||||
| 107.1* | |||||
* Filed herewith.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Reston, Virginia, on June 28, 2024.
| COMSCORE, INC. | ||||||||||||||
| By: | /s/ Mary Margaret Curry | |||||||||||||
| Name: | Mary Margaret Curry | |||||||||||||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | |||||||||||||
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Mary Margaret Curry and Ashley Wright each as his or her attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this Registration Statement, including any and all pre-effective and post-effective amendments and to file such amendments thereto, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact, or each of her substitute or substitutes, may 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 indicated on June 28, 2024.
| Signatures | Title | |||||||
| /s/ Jonathan Carpenter | Chief Executive Officer and Director | |||||||
| Jonathan Carpenter | (Principal Executive Officer) | |||||||
| /s/ Mary Margaret Curry | Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | |||||||
| Mary Margaret Curry | (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) | |||||||
| /s/ Nana Banerjee | Chairman | |||||||
| Nana Banerjee | ||||||||
| /s/ William P. Livek | Vice Chairman | |||||||
| William P. Livek | ||||||||
| /s/ Itzhak Fisher | Director | |||||||
| Itzhak Fisher | ||||||||
| /s/ Leslie Gillin | Director | |||||||
| Leslie Gillin | ||||||||
| /s/ David Kline | Director | |||||||
| David Kline | ||||||||
| /s/ Kathleen Love | Director | |||||||
| Kathleen Love | ||||||||
| /s/ Jeff Murphy | Director | |||||||
| Jeff Murphy | ||||||||
| /s/ Marty Patterson | Director | |||||||
| Marty Patterson | ||||||||
| /s/ Brian Wendling | Director | |||||||
| Brian Wendling | ||||||||