As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 14, 2025
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 88-1802794 | |||||||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | |||||||
| 10150 Covington Cross Drive, | ||||||||
Las Vegas, Nevada | 89144 | |||||||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||||||
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
(725) 877-7000
| PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan | ||
| (Full title of the plan) | ||
| Andrew Pascal | ||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||
PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc. | ||
| 10150 Covington Cross Drive | ||
| Las Vegas, Nevada 89144 | ||
| (725) 877-7000 | ||
| (Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service) | ||
| Copies to: | ||
Joel Agena | ||
General Counsel and Secretary | ||
PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc. | ||
10150 Covington Cross Drive | ||
Las Vegas, Nevada 89144 | ||
(725) 877-7000 | ||
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
PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc. (the “Registrant”) is filing this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this “Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) to register 6,237,233 additional shares of the Registrant’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A common stock”) under the Registrant’s 2021 Equity Incentive Plan pursuant to the provisions in such plan providing for an automatic annual increase in the number of shares reserved for issuance under such plan on January 1, 2025. Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the Registrant's previous registration statements on Form S-8 filed with the Commission on August 26, 2021 (Registration No. 333-259070), March 3, 2022 (Registration No. 333-263269), March, 10, 2023 (Registration No. 333-270441), and on March 12, 2024 (Registration No. 333-277851) to the extent not modified or superseded hereby or by any subsequently filed document which is incorporated by reference in such above-referenced prior registration statements or in this Registration Statement.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
The information called for by Part I of Form S-8 is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the instructions to Form S-8. In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission and the instructions to Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424. The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be delivered to the participants in the equity benefit plans covered by this Registration Statement as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), are incorporated herein by reference:
(a)the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the Commission on March 14, 2025;
(b)all other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Registrant’s Annual Report referred to in (a) above, other than current reports furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and any exhibits furnished on such form that relate to such items; and
(c)the description of the Registrant’s common stock and warrants set forth in Exhibit 4.3 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the Commission on March 10, 2023, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
In addition, all documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, other than current reports furnished under Item 2.02 and Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and any exhibits furnished on such form that relate to such items, subsequent to the filing of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which de-registers all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing such documents, except as to specific sections of such statements as set forth therein. 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 other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement contained herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in any subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or 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 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Certain legal matters with respect to the validity of the Class A common stock registered hereby have been passed upon for the Registrant by Joel Agena, General Counsel and Secretary of the Registrant. Mr. Agena owns, and/or has options or other contingent
equity-based awards to acquire pursuant to the Registrant’s employee benefit plans, an aggregate of less than 1% of the outstanding Class A common stock of the Registrant.
Item 8. Exhibits
The following is a list of all exhibits filed as a part of this Registration Statement on Form S-8, including those incorporated herein by reference.
| Exhibit Number | Description | |||||||
| 4.1 | ||||||||
| 4.2 | ||||||||
| 4.3 | ||||||||
| 4.4 | ||||||||
| 4.5 | ||||||||
| 4.6 | ||||||||
| 4.7 | ||||||||
| 5.1* | ||||||||
| 23.1* | ||||||||
| 23.3* | ||||||||
| 24.1* | Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement). | |||||||
| 107* | ||||||||
| * | Filed herewith | ||||
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 City of Las Vegas, State of Nevada on March 14, 2025.
| PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc. | |||||||||||
| By: | /s/ Andrew Pascal | ||||||||||
| Name: | Andrew Pascal | ||||||||||
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors | ||||||||||
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints each of Andrew Pascal and Scott Peterson, acting alone or with another attorney-in-fact, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 of PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc. and any subsequent registration statements related thereto pursuant to Instruction E to Form S-8 (and all further amendments, including post-effective amendments thereto), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his or her substitutes or substitute, 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.
| Signature | Title | Date | ||||||||||||
| /s/ Andrew Pascal | Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors (Principal Executive Officer) | March 14, 2025 | ||||||||||||
| Andrew Pascal | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ Scott Peterson | Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | March 14, 2025 | ||||||||||||
| Scott Peterson | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ Joe Horowitz | Director | March 14, 2025 | ||||||||||||
| Joe Horowitz | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ Jason Krikorian | Director | March 14, 2025 | ||||||||||||
| Jason Krikorian | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ Judy K. Mencher | Director | March 14, 2025 | ||||||||||||
| Judy K. Mencher | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ Steven J. Zanella | Director | March 14, 2025 | ||||||||||||
| Steven J. Zanella | ||||||||||||||