UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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PARAMOUNT GLOBAL
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 04-2949533 | ||||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||||
1515 Broadway, New York, New York | 10036 | ||||
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | ||||
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Paramount Global Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
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Caryn K. Groce
Executive Vice President, Acting General Counsel and Secretary
Paramount Global
1515 Broadway
New York, New York 10036
(212) 258-6000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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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 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 whether 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 has been filed for the purpose of registering an additional 31,000,000 shares of Class B Common Stock (“Common Shares”) that may be offered or sold to the participants in the Paramount Global Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan (f/k/a the ViacomCBS Inc. 2009 Long-Term Incentive Plan). The Common Shares are in addition to the Common Shares previously registered for issuance on the registrant’s Registration Statements on Form S-8 filed with the Commission on January 20, 2010, August 28, 2014 and August 9, 2021 (Reg. No. 333-164441, Reg. No. 333-198455 and Reg. No. 333-258649, respectively (the latter, the “2021 Statement”)). Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the 2021 Statement are incorporated by reference herein and made a part of this Registration Statement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 8. | Exhibits. | ||||
| 3.1 | Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Paramount Global, effective as of June 7, 2024 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(a) to Paramount Global’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q dated August 8, 2024) | |||||||
| 3.2 | Amended and Restated Bylaws of Paramount Global, effective as of June 4, 2024 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(b) to Paramount Global’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q dated August 8, 2024) | |||||||
| 4.1 | ||||||||
| 5.1 | ||||||||
| 23.1 | ||||||||
| 23.2 | ||||||||
| 24.1 | ||||||||
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*Filed herewith
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (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 New York, State of New York, on August 14, 2024.
| PARAMOUNT GLOBAL | ||||||||
| By: | /s/ Caryn K. Groce | |||||||
| Name: | Caryn K. Groce | |||||||
| Title: | Executive Vice President, | |||||||
| Acting General Counsel and Secretary | ||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||
| Principal Executive Officer | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ Christopher D. McCarthy | Member of the Office of the Chief Executive Officer | August 14, 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Christopher D. McCarthy | ||||||||||||||
| Principal Financial and Accounting Officers | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ Naveen Chopra | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer | August 14, 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Naveen Chopra | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ Katherine M. Gill-Charest | Executive Vice President, Controller & Chief Accounting Officer | August 14, 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Katherine M. Gill-Charest | ||||||||||||||
| Directors | ||||||||||||||
| * | Director | August 14, 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Barbara M. Byrne | ||||||||||||||
| * | Director | August 14, 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Linda M. Griego | ||||||||||||||
| * | Director | August 14, 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Judith A. McHale | ||||||||||||||
| * | Director | August 14, 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Charles E. Phillips, Jr. | ||||||||||||||
| * | Non-executive Chair of the Board of Directors | August 14, 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Shari E. Redstone | ||||||||||||||
| Signature | Title | Date | ||||||||||||
| * | Director | August 14, 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Susan Schuman | ||||||||||||||
| *By: | /s/ Caryn K. Groce | August 14, 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Caryn K. Groce | ||||||||||||||
| Attorney-in-Fact | ||||||||||||||