SEC Form S-8 filed by Veritone Inc.

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Veritone, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Veritone, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan

(Full title of the plan)

Ryan Steelberg

Chief Executive Officer

Veritone, Inc.

1615 Platte Street, 2nd Floor

Denver, Colorado 80202

(Name and address of agent for service)

(888) 507-1737

(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copies to:

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.

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

Veritone, Inc. (the “Registrant”) is filing this registration statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) to register the offering of an additional 500,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”), of the Registrant, pursuant to the Veritone, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”).

The additional shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the ESPP have become reserved for issuance as a result of the operation of the “evergreen” provision of the ESPP, which provides that the total number of shares of Common Stock subject to such plan may be increased each year pursuant to a specified formula. On January 1, 2024 and January 1, 2025, such evergreen provision of the ESPP increased the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the ESPP by 250,000 and 250,000 shares respectively. The additional shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the ESPP are securities of the same class as other securities for which registration statements on Form S-8 were filed with the SEC on May 12, 2017 (File No. 333-217990), September 21, 2018 (File No. 333-227477); March 12, 2020 (File No. 333-237114); March 5, 2021 (File No. 333-253961); February 3, 2022 (File No. 333-262499); March 31, 2023 (File 333-0271032); and June 21, 2023 (File 333-272791) (collectively, the “Prior Registration Statements”). Accordingly, the contents of the Prior Registration Statements are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

The following documents, which have been filed with the SEC, are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:

In addition, all documents filed by the Company with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (other than Current Reports on Form 8-K furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K, including any exhibits included with such information that are related to such items), after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part of this Registration Statement from the date of filing of such documents; provided, however, that documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with the rules of the SEC shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.

Any statement contained in the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified, superseded, or replaced 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 in this Registration Statement modifies, supersedes, or replaces such statement. Any such statement so modified, superseded or replaced shall not be deemed, except as so modified, superseded or replaced, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

Item 8. Exhibits.

* Filed herewith.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Denver, State of Colorado, on this 1st day of April, 2025.

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Ryan Steelberg and Michael L. Zemetra, and each of them, as his or her true and lawful agents, proxies and attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments), 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 to 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 any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.