As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 29, 2025.
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
MONDELĒZ INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Virginia (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) | 52-2284372 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||||
905 West Fulton Market, Suite 200
Chicago, Illinois 60607
(847) 943-4000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of principal executive offices)
Mondelēz International, Inc. Global Employee Stock Purchase Matching Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Laura Stein
Executive Vice President, Corporate & Legal Affairs,
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Mondelēz International, Inc.
905 West Fulton Market, Suite 200
Chicago, Illinois 60607
(847) 943-4000
(Name and address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Sean Feller, Esq. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 2000 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1200N Los Angeles, CA 90067 Telephone: (310) 552-8500 | ||
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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. ☐
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this “Registration Statement”) is filed by Mondelēz International, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia (the “Company” or the “Registrant”) to register 5,000,000 shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock, no par value (“Common Stock”), that may be offered and issued pursuant to awards under the Mondelēz International, Inc. Global Employee Stock Purchase Matching Plan (the “Plan”).
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.
The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to participants as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). In accordance with the instructions to Part I of Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act. Such documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of Form S-8, taken together, 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 following documents, which have previously been filed by the Registrant with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act and pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and shall be deemed to be a part hereof:
•the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the SEC on February 5, 2025;
•the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2025, filed with the SEC on April 29, 2025 and for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2025, filed with the SEC on July 29, 2025;
•the Registrant’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 27, 2025, February 20, 2025, May 6, 2025 and May 27, 2025; and
•the description of the Common Stock contained in Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the SEC on February 3, 2023, including any amendment or report filed with the SEC for the purpose of updating such description.
In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant with the SEC 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 securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all such securities 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 filing of such documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless specifically stated to the contrary, none of the information that the Registrant discloses under Items 2.02 or 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K that it may from time to time furnish to the SEC will be incorporated by reference into, or otherwise included in, this Registration Statement.
Any statement, including financial statements, 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 therein 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.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.2
The Company is a Virginia corporation. The Virginia Stock Corporation Act (the “VSCA”) permits indemnification of a corporation’s directors and officers in a variety of circumstances, which may include indemnification for liabilities under the Securities Act. Sections 13.1-697 and 13.1-702 of the VSCA generally authorize a Virginia corporation to indemnify its directors and officers in civil or criminal actions if they acted in good faith and believed their conduct to be in the best interests of the corporation if acting in his or her official capacity with the corporation or, in all other cases, at least not opposed to its best interests, and, in the case of criminal actions, had no reasonable cause to believe that the conduct was unlawful. Additionally, Section 13.1-704 of the VSCA provides that a Virginia corporation has the power to make any further indemnity to any director or officer, including under its articles of incorporation or any by-law or shareholder resolution, except an indemnity against their willful misconduct or a knowing violation of the criminal law. The Company’s amended and restated articles of incorporation require the Company to indemnify the Company’s directors, officers and other eligible persons to the full extent permitted by the VSCA.
The Company’s amended and restated articles of incorporation also provide that, to the full extent that the VSCA permits the limitation or elimination of the liability of directors, officers and other eligible persons, no director, officer or such eligible person of the Company shall be liable to the Company or the Company’s shareholders for monetary damages arising out of any transaction, occurrence or course of conduct. Section 13.1-692.1 of the VSCA permits the elimination of liability of directors and officers in any proceeding brought by or in the right of a corporation or brought by or on behalf of shareholders of a corporation, except for liability resulting from such persons having engaged in willful misconduct or a knowing violation of the criminal law or any federal or state securities law, including, without limitation, any unlawful insider trading or manipulation of the market for any security. Sections 13.1-692.1 and 13.1-696 to -704 of the VSCA are hereby incorporated by reference herein.
The Company has entered into indemnification agreements with each of the Company’s directors pursuant to which the Company agrees to (i) indemnify, including advancing expenses to, each of them against any liabilities that he or she may incur as a result of his or her service as a director of the Company to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and (ii) advance expenses reasonably incurred by him or her to the extent not prohibited by applicable law and in accordance with the Company’s articles of incorporation. The Company carries insurance on behalf of directors, officers, employees or agents that may cover liabilities under the Securities Act.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
| Exhibit No. | Description | |||||||
| 4.1 | ||||||||
| 4.2 | ||||||||
| 4.3 | ||||||||
| 5.1* | ||||||||
| 23.1* | ||||||||
| 23.2* | Consent of Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1). | |||||||
| 24.1* | Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement). | |||||||
| 107.1* | ||||||||
| * | Filed herewith. | ||||
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned 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 SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and
(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) 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 SEC by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act 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 SEC 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.
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 Chicago, State of Illinois, on July 29, 2025.
| MONDELĒZ INTERNATIONAL, INC. | ||||||||
| By: | /s/ LAURA STEIN | |||||||
| Laura Stein | ||||||||
Executive Vice President, Corporate & Legal Affairs, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | ||||||||
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints each of Dirk Van de Put, Luca Zaramella and Laura Stein, and each of them acting individually, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution in each of them singly, for such person and in such person’s name, place and stead, and in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, granting to the attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in or about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person might, or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that the attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of each of them or their 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 dates indicated.
| Signature | Title | Date | ||||||||||||
| /s/ DIRK VAN DE PUT | Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) | July 29, 2025 | ||||||||||||
| (Dirk Van de Put) | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ LUCA ZARAMELLA | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) | July 29, 2025 | ||||||||||||
| (Luca Zaramella) | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ BRIAN STEVENS | Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer) | July 29, 2025 | ||||||||||||
| (Brian Stevens) | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ CEES ‘t HART | Director | July 29, 2025 | ||||||||||||
| (Cees ‘t Hart) | ||||||||||||||
| Director | July 29, 2025 | |||||||||||||
| (Ertharin Cousin) | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ BRIAN J. MCNAMARA | Director | July 29, 2025 | ||||||||||||
| (Brian J. McNamara) | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ JORGE S. MESQUITA | Director | July 29, 2025 | ||||||||||||
| (Jorge S. Mesquita) | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ NANCY MCKINSTRY | Director | July 29, 2025 | ||||||||||||
| (Nancy McKinstry) | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ JANE HAMILTON NIELSEN | Director | July 29, 2025 | ||||||||||||
| (Jane Hamilton Nielsen) | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ PAULA A. PRICE | Director | July 29, 2025 | ||||||||||||
| (Paula A. Price) | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ PATRICK T. SIEWERT | Director | July 29, 2025 | ||||||||||||
| (Patrick T. Siewert) | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ MICHAEL A. TODMAN | Director | July 29, 2025 | ||||||||||||
| (Michael A. Todman) | ||||||||||||||
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