As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 26, 2019

Registration No. 333-                

 

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Under

The Securities Act of 1933

 

 

ELASTIC N.V.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

The Netherlands		Not Applicable
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

2012 Stock Option Plan

(Full title of the plan)

Elastic N.V.

800 West El Camino Real, Suite 350

Mountain View, California 94040

(650) 458-2620

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Shay Banon

Chief Executive Officer and Chairman

Elastic N.V

800 West El Camino Real, Suite 350

Mountain View, California 94040

(650) 458-2620

(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

Copies to:

 

Steven E. Bochner, Esq. Steven V. Bernard, Esq. Andrew D. Hoffman, Esq. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Professional Corporation 650 Page Mill Road Palo Alto, CA 94304 (650) 493-9300		W.H. Baird Garrett, Esq. Elastic N.V. 800 West El Camino Real, Suite 350 Mountain View, California 94040 (650) 458-2620		Reinier Kleinpool De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek N.V. Claude Debussylaan 80 1082 MD Amsterdam The Netherlands +31 20 577 1771

 

 

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.  ☒

 

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered		Amount to be Registered (1)		Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share		Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price		Amount of Registration Fee
Ordinary shares, par value €0.01 per share:
—2012 Stock Option Plan		3,683,754(2)		$81.33(3)		$299,599,712.82		$36,311.49

(1)

Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement covers any additional ordinary shares of the Registrant (“Ordinary Shares”) that become issuable under the Registrant’s 2012 Stock Option Plan (the “2012 Plan”) by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the Registrant’s receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the outstanding ordinary shares.

(2)	Reflects an automatic increase to the number of Ordinary Shares reserved for issuance pursuant to future awards under the 2012 Plan, which annual increase is provided for in the 2012 Plan.

(3)	Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the basis of $81.33 per share, which is the average of the high and low prices of the Ordinary Shares, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on August 23, 2019.

 

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) registers additional ordinary shares of Elastic N.V. (the “Registrant”) under the Elastic N.V. 2012 Stock Option Plan (the “2012 Plan”) for which registration statement (No. 333-227782) on Form S-8 was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on October 10, 2018 (the “Initial S-8”). Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the Initial S-8 are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement, except that the provisions contained in Parts I and II of such earlier registration statement are modified as set forth in this Registration Statement. The number of the Registrant’s ordinary shares available for grant and issuance under the 2012 Plan is subject to an annual increase on the first day of each fiscal year starting on May 1, 2019, by an amount equal to the lesser of (i) 9,000,000 ordinary shares, (ii) five percent (5%) of the outstanding shares on the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year or (iii) such number of ordinary shares determined by the Board. On May 1, 2019, the number of the Registrant’s ordinary shares available for grant and issuance under the 2012 Plan increased by 3,683,754 shares. This Registration Statement registers such additional ordinary shares of the Registrant, which were available for grant and issuance under the 2012 Plan as of May 1, 2019.

PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE PROSPECTUS

The information specified in Item 1 and Item 2 of Part I of Form S-8 is omitted from this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and the introductory note to Part I of Form S-8. 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 REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

Elastic N.V. (the “Registrant”) hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the following documents previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”):

(1) The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2019, filed with the Commission on June 28, 2019;

(2) 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 the portions of these documents not deemed to be filed); and

(3) The description of the Registrant’s Ordinary Shares contained in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-38675) filed with the Commission on September 24, 2018, pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.

 

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All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act on or after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof 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 Commission shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. 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 subsequently filed document which also 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 4. Description of Securities

Not applicable.

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

Not applicable.

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

The Registrant’s executive officers who are not also a director have entered into indemnification agreements with the Registrant. The agreements provide, to the fullest extent permitted by the Registrant’s articles of association and the law of The Netherlands, that the Registrant will indemnify the executive officers who are not also a director against any and all liabilities, claims, judgments, fines, penalties, interest and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred in connection with any expected, threatened, pending or completed action, investigation or other proceeding, whether civil, criminal or administrative, involving an executive officer by reason of his position as officer.

The articles of association provide that the Registrant will indemnify current and former directors against:

 

(i)

the reasonable costs of conducting a defence against claims resulting from an act or omission in performing their duties or in performing other duties the company has asked them to fulfil;

 

(ii)

any compensation or financial penalties they owe as a result of an act or omission as referred to under (i) above;

 

(iii)

any amounts they owe under settlements they have reasonably entered into in connection with an act or omission as referred to under (i) above;

 

(iv)

the reasonable costs of other proceedings in which they are involved as a current or former director, except for proceedings in which they are primarily asserting their own claims; and

 

(v)

tax damage due to reimbursements in accordance with the above, to the extent this relates to the indemnified person’s current or former position with the Registrant and/or a group company and in each case to the extent permitted by applicable law.

 

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No indemnification shall be given to an indemnified person insofar as:

 

(i)

it has been established in a final and non-appealable decision of the competent court or, in the event of arbitration, of an arbitrator, that the act or omission of the indemnified person can be described as deliberate (opzettelijk), wilfully reckless (bewust roekeloos) or seriously culpable. In that case, the indemnified person must immediately repay the sums reimbursed by the company, unless Dutch law provides otherwise or this would, in the given circumstances, be unacceptable according to standards of reasonableness and fairness; or

 

(ii)

the costs or the capital losses of the indemnified person are covered by an insurance policy and the insurer has paid out these costs or capital losses; or

 

(iii)

the indemnified person failed to notify the company as soon as possible of the costs or the capital losses or of the circumstances that could lead to the costs or capital losses.

These indemnification provisions and the indemnification agreements entered into between the Registrant and its officers and directors may be sufficiently broad to permit indemnification of the Registrant’s officers and directors for liabilities (including reimbursement of expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act of 1933.

Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.

Not applicable.

 

Item 8.

Exhibits.

 

Exhibit Number		Description
4.1(1)		Articles of Association of Elastic N.V. (English translation).
4.2(2)		2012 Stock Option Plan and related form agreements.
5.1		Opinion of De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek N.V.
23.1		Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.2		Consent of De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek N.V. (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1		Power of Attorney (contained on signature page hereto).

 

(1)	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 filed with the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 001-38678), filed with the Commission on December 12, 2018.

(2)	Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 filed with the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-227191), filed with the Commission on September 24, 2018.

Item. 9 Undertakings.

 

A.	The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

 

(1)

To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

 

(i)

To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

 

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(ii)

To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective Registration Statement; and

 

(iii)

To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement.

Provided, however, that paragraphs (A)(1)(i) and (A)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.

 

(2)

For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

(3)

It will remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

 

B.

The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

C.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

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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 Mountain View, California, on August 26, 2019.

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Shay Banon, Janesh Moorjani and W.H. Baird Garrett, and each of them, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution, for him 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 Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact, proxy and agent 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 for all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact, proxy and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement on Form S-8 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature		Title		Date
/s/ Shay Banon Shay Banon		Chief Executive Officer and Chairman (Principal Executive Officer)		August 26, 2019
/s/ Janesh Moorjani Janesh Moorjani		Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)		August 26, 2019
/s/ Jonathan Chadwick Jonathan Chadwick		Director		August 26, 2019
/s/ Peter Fenton Peter Fenton		Director		August 26, 2019
/s/ Caryn Marooney Caryn Marooney		Director		August 26, 2019
/s/ Chetan Puttagunta Chetan Puttagunta		Director		August 26, 2019
/s/ Steven Schuurman Steven Schuurman		Director		August 26, 2019
/s/ Michelangelo Volpi Michelangelo Volpi		Director		August 26, 2019

 

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AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the undersigned as the duly authorized representative in the United States of the Registrant in Mountain View, California, on August 26, 2019.

 

 

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