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    SEC Form S-8 filed by Virtu Financial Inc.

    6/27/25 5:05:01 PM ET
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    S-8 1 eh250646717_s8.htm FORM S-8

    As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 27, 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

     

     

    Virtu Financial, Inc.

    (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

     

     

     

    Delaware

    (State or Other Jurisdiction

    of Incorporation or Organization)

    32-0420206

    (I.R.S. Employer

    Identification No.)

       

    1633 Broadway

    New York, NY

    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

    10019

    (Zip Code)

     

    Virtu Financial, Inc. Second Amended and Restated 2015 Management Incentive Plan

    (Full title of the plan)

    Douglas A. Cifu

    Chief Executive Officer

    1633 Broadway

    New York, NY 10019

    (Name and address of agent for service)

    (212) 418-0100

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

     

     

    With copies to:

    John C. Kennedy, Esq.

    David A.P. Marshall, Esq.

    Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

    1285 Avenue of the Americas

    New York, NY 10019-6064

    (212) 373-3000 (Telephone)

     

     

     

    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

     

    Virtu Financial, Inc. (the “Company”) has prepared this Registration Statement in accordance with the requirements of General Instruction E (Registration of Additional Securities) on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), to register an additional 7,500,000 shares of its Class A common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, which is referred to as the Class A Common Stock, that are reserved for issuance upon exercise of options granted or in respect of awards to be granted under the Virtu Financial, Inc. Second Amended and Restated 2015 Management Incentive Plan. The contents of the Registration Statements on Form S-8 (Registration Nos. 333-203478, 333-219110, 333-248537 and 333-266473), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on April 17, 2015, June 30, 2017, September 1, 2020 and August 2, 2022, respectively, and Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-248537), filed with the Commission on November 6, 2020, are hereby incorporated by reference and made a part hereof.

     

     

     

       

     

     

    PART II

    INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

    Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

     

    The following documents filed with the Commission by the Company are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:

     

      •   The description of the Class A Common Stock set forth in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) on June 12, 2025, and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating any such description;

     

      •   The Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the Commission on February 21, 2025;

     

      •   The Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, filed with the Commission on April 29, 2025;

     

      •   The Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on February 28, 2025, May 29, 2025 (Item 3.01 only) and June 3, 2025; and

     

      •   The portions of the Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders filed with the Commission on April 23, 2025, that are incorporated by reference in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.

    In addition, all reports and documents filed by us pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and made a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents.

     

    Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained herein 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 8. Exhibits.

     

    Exhibit
    No.
      Description
       
    4.1   Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Virtu Financial, Inc. (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.1 of Virtu Financial, Inc.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on July 28, 2023).
       
    4.2   Amended and Restated By-laws of Virtu Financial, Inc. (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.2 of Virtu Financial, Inc.'s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on May 29, 2015).
         
    4.3  

    Virtu Financial, Inc. Second Amended and Restated 2015 Management Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference from Annex A to Virtu Financial, Inc.’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on April 23, 2025).

         
    4.4   Form of Restricted Stock Unit and Common Stock Award Agreement (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 25, 2021).
       
    5.1*   Opinion of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP as to legality of the Class A Common Stock.
       
    23.1*   Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.
       
    23.3*   Consent of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1).
       
    24.1*   Power of Attorney (included on signature pages of this Registration Statement)
       
    107*   Filing Fee Table.
         

     

     
    * Filed herewith

     

       

     

     

    SIGNATURES

    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, Virtu Financial, Inc. 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 June 27, 2025.

     

      VIRTU FINANCIAL, INC.  
             
             
      By: /s/ Douglas A. Cifu  
        Name: Douglas A. Cifu  
        Title: Chief Executive Officer  

     

    POWER OF ATTORNEY

     

    KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each individual whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints each of Douglas A. Cifu, Cindy Lee, Joseph A. Molluso and Brett Fairclough, acting singly, his true and lawful agent, proxy and attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to (i) act on, sign and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement together with all schedules and exhibits thereto and any subsequent registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, together with all schedules and exhibits thereto, (ii) act on, sign and file such certificates, instruments, agreements and other documents as may be necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, (iii) act on and file any supplement to any prospectus included in this registration statement or any such amendment or any subsequent registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and (iv) take any and all actions which may be necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, granting unto such agents, proxies and attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary or appropriate to be done, as fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby approving, ratifying and confirming all that such agents, proxies and attorneys-in-fact or any of their substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

     

    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement and Power of Attorney have been signed on June 27, 2025, by the following persons in the capacities indicated.

     

    Signature   Title
       
    /s/ Douglas A. Cifu   Chief Executive Officer (Principal
    Douglas A. Cifu   Executive Officer) and Director
       
    /s/ Cindy Lee   Chief Financial Officer (Principal
    Cindy Lee   Financial and Accounting Officer)
       
    /s/ Michael T. Viola   Chairman of the Board of Directors
    Michael T. Viola    
       
    /s/ Vincent Viola   Chairman Emeritus and Director
    Vincent Viola    
       
    /s/ William F. Cruger, Jr.   Director
    William F. Cruger, Jr.    
       
    /s/ Virginia Gambale   Director
    Virginia Gambale    
       
    /s/ Joseph J. Grano, Jr.   Director
    Joseph J. Grano, Jr.    
       
    /s/ Joanne M. Minieri   Director
    Joanne M. Minieri    
       
    /s/ John D. Nixon   Director
    John D. Nixon    
         
    /s/ Christopher C. Quick   Director
    Christopher C. Quick    
         
    /s/ David Urban   Director
    David Urban    

     

     

       

     

     

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