As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2025.
Registration No. 333-_____________
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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WINMARK CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Minnesota | 41-1622691 |
(State or other jurisdiction of | (I.R.S. Employer |
incorporation or organization) | Identification No.) |
605 Highway 169 North, Suite 400
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55441
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
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Winmark Corporation 2020 Stock Option Plan
(Full title of the plan)
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Anthony D. Ishaug | |
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | |
Winmark Corporation | |
605 Highway 169 North, Suite 400 | |
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55441 | |
763-520-8500 |
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to: |
Jonathan B. Levy |
Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, LLP |
2200 IDS Center |
80 South 8th Street |
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402 |
612-977-8400 |
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 [ X ] | 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. [ ]
STATEMENT PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E –
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by Winmark Corporation, a Minnesota corporation, (“Winmark” or the “Company”) to register an additional 100,000 shares of its common stock for issuance upon exercise of options granted under the Winmark Corporation 2020 Stock Option Plan.
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8 and Rule 429 of the Securities Act, the contents of the Company’s prior registration statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-239999, are incorporated herein by reference.
PART II
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
4.1 | | |
4.2 | | |
4.3 | | |
5.1 | | |
23.1 | | Consent of Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1) |
23.2 | | Consent of Grant Thornton LLP, the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm |
24.1 | | |
107 | |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 Minneapolis, State of Minnesota, on February 26, 2025.
WINMARK CORPORATION
/s/ BRETT D. HEFFES |
Brett D. Heffes, Chair and Chief Executive Officer |
The undersigned officers and directors of Winmark Corporation hereby constitute and appoint Brett D. Heffes and Anthony D. Ishaug, each acting alone, with power to act as our true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for us and in our stead, in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and all documents relating thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary or advisable to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her substitutes, 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 below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on February 26, 2025.
/s/ BRETT D. HEFFES | | Chair of the Board and Chief Executive Officer |
Brett D. Heffes | | (principal executive officer) |
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/s/ ANTHONY D. ISHAUG | | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
Anthony D. Ishaug | | (principal financial and accounting officer) |
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/s/ LAWRENCE A. BARBETTA | | Director |
Lawrence A. Barbetta | | |
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/s/ AMY C. BECKER | | Director |
Amy C. Becker | | |
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/s/ JENELE C. GRASSLE | | Director |
Jenele C. Grassle | | |
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/s/ PHILIP I. SMITH | | Director |
Philip I. Smith | | |
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/s/ GINA D. SPRENGER | | Director |
Gina D. Sprenger | | |
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/s/ PERCY C. TOMLINSON, JR. | | Director |
Percy C. Tomlinson, Jr. | | |