S-8 1 a20-26876_2s8.htm S-8

 

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 12, 2020

Registration No. 333-     

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM S-8

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Under

The Securities Act of 1933

 

TALEND S.A.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

France

 

Not applicable

(State or other jurisdiction of

 

(I.R.S. Employer

incorporation or organization)

 

Identification Number)

 

 

 

5/7, rue Salomon de Rothschild, Suresnes, France

 

92150

(Address of Principles Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Talend S.A. 2020 Free Share Plan

Talend S.A. 2020 Stock Option Plan

BSA

(Full title of the plan)

 

Talend, Inc.

800 Bridge Parkway

Redwood City, CA 94065

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

(650) 539-3200

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

 

Copies to:

 

Mark B. Baudler

 

Aaron Ross

 

Arnaud Duhamel

Steven V. Bernard

 

General Counsel

 

Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I.

Andrew D. Hoffman

 

Talend S.A.

 

15 rue de Laborde

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

 

800 Bridge Parkway

 

75008 Paris France

Professional Corporation

 

Redwood City, CA 94065

 

33140756000

650 Page Mill Road

 

(650) 539-3200

 

 

Palo Alto, CA 94304

 

 

 

 

(650) 493-9300

 

 

 

 

 

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

o

Non-accelerated filer

o

Smaller reporting company

o

 

 

Emerging growth company

o

 

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.  o

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

Title of Securities to be Registered(1)

 

Amount to be
Registered(2)

 

Proposed Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share

 

Proposed Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price

 

Amount of
Registration Fee

 

Ordinary shares, €0.08 nominal value per share, reserved for future issuance and exercise or vesting, as applicable, of (i) future warrants (bons de souscription d’actions or “BSA”) subject to their terms and conditions (“BSA Terms and Conditions”); (ii) future free shares (actions gratuites) to be granted under the 2020 Free Share Plan; and/or (iii) future stock options to be granted under the 2020 Stock Option Plan

 

2,300,000

 

$

36.32

(3)

$

83,536,000

 

$

10,842.97

 

(1)          These shares will be represented by American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) of Talend S.A. (the “Registrant”).  Each ADS represents one ordinary share of the Registrant (“Ordinary Share”).  ADSs issuable upon deposit of the Ordinary Shares registered hereby were registered pursuant to a separate registration statement on Form F-6 (File No. 333-212465).

(2)          Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this registration statement on Form S-8 (“Registration Statement”) covers an indeterminate number of additional Ordinary Shares represented by ADSs that may become issuable under the Talend S.A. 2020 Free Share Plan (the “2020 Free Share Plan”), Talend S.A. 2020 Stock Option Plan (the “2020 Stock Option Plan”) and BSA Terms and Conditions because of any future stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or similar adjustment of the Ordinary Shares.

(3)          Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h) of the Securities Act solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the basis of $36.32 per share, which was the average of the high and low prices of the Ordinary Shares, as reported by the NASDAQ Global Market on August 5, 2020.

 

 

 


 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of registering additional Ordinary Shares reserved for issuance under the Registrant’s 2020 Free Share Plan and 2020 Stock Option Plan (collectively, the “Plans”). These additional Ordinary Shares supersede and replace all of the 2,000,000 Ordinary Shares reserved for issuance under the Registrant’s 2019 Free Share Plan that remained available under that plan as of June 30, 2020 and all of the 2,000,000 Ordinary Shares reserved for issuance under the Registrant’s 2017 Stock Option Plan that remained available under that plan as of June 30, 2020.

 

PART I

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE PROSPECTUS

 

The documents containing the information specified in this Part I of Form S-8 will be delivered to the participants in the Plans as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The information specified in Item 1 and Item 2 of Part I of Form S-8 is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with the provisions of Rule 424 under the Securities Act, and the introductory note to Part I of Form S-8. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of Form S-8, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of 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 are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:

 

(a)         The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 001-37825) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, filed on March 17, 2020, which contains the Registrant’s audited financial statements for the latest fiscal year for which such statements have been filed;

 

(b)         All other reports filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (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

 

(c)          The description of the Registrant’s Ordinary Shares and American Depositary Shares contained in the Registrant’s registration statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-37825) filed with the Commission on July 11, 2016, pursuant to

 

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Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.

 

All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act on or after the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all the securities offered hereby have been sold or that deregisters the securities offered hereby then remaining unsold, shall also be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Registrant is not incorporating by reference any documents, portions of documents, exhibits or other information that is deemed to have been furnished to, rather than filed with, the Commission.

 

Any statement contained in this Registration Statement or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement will 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 in this Registration Statement modifies or supersedes that statement.  Any statement so modified or superseded will 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.

 

Under French law, provisions of the Registrant’s By-laws that limit the liability of directors are prohibited.  However, French law allows sociétés anonymes to contract for and maintain liability insurance against civil liabilities incurred by any of their directors and officers involved in a third-party action, provided that they acted in good faith and within their capacities as directors or officers of the company.  Criminal liability cannot be indemnified under French law, whether directly by the company or through liability insurance.

 

The Registrant maintains liability insurance for its directors and officers, including insurance against liability under the Securities Act, and the Registrant has entered into agreements with its directors and executive officers to provide contractual indemnification.  With certain exceptions and subject to limitations on indemnification under French law, these agreements provide for indemnification for damages and expenses including, among other things, attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and settlement amounts incurred by any of these individuals in any action or proceeding arising out of his or her actions in that capacity.

 

These agreements may discourage shareholders from bringing a lawsuit against the Registrant’s directors and executive officers for breach of their fiduciary duty.  These provisions also may have the effect of reducing the likelihood of derivative litigation against directors and executive officers, even though such an action, if successful, might otherwise benefit the Registrant and its shareholders.  Furthermore, a shareholder’s investment may be adversely affected to the extent the Registrant pays the costs of settlement and damage awards against directors and officers pursuant to these insurance agreements.

 

Certain of the Registrant’s non-employee directors may, through their relationships with their employers or partnerships, be insured and/or indemnified against certain liabilities in their capacity as members of the Registrant’s board of directors.

 

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.

 

Not applicable.

 

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Item 8. Exhibits.

 

Exhibit

 

 

 

Incorporated by Reference

Number

 

Description of Exhibit

 

Form

 

File No.

 

Exhibit

 

Filing Date

4.1

 

Amended and Restated Bylaws (statuts) of Talend S.A. (English Translation), effective as of August 4, 2020

 

10-Q

 

001-37825

 

3.1

 

August 10, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.2

 

Form of Deposit Agreement between Talend S.A. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as depository, and Owners and Holders of the American Depositary Shares.

 

F-1/A

 

333-212279

 

4.1

 

July 11, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.3

 

Form of American Depositary Receipt evidencing American Depositary Shares (included in Exhibit 4.2). 

 

F-1/A

 

333-212279

 

4.2

 

July 11, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.4

 

Talend S.A. 2020 Free Share Plan (English Translation)

 

10-Q

 

001-37825

 

10.2

 

August 10, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.5

 

Form of 2020 Free Share Plan Time-Based Grant Letter

 

10-Q

 

001-37825

 

10.3

 

August 10, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.6

 

Form of 2020 Free Share Plan Performance-Based Grant Letter

 

10-Q

 

001-37825

 

10.4

 

August 10, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.7

 

Talend S.A. 2020 Stock Option Plan

 

10-Q

 

001-37825

 

10.5

 

August 10, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.8

 

Form of 2020 Stock Option Plan Grant Agreement

 

10-Q

 

001-37825

 

10.6

 

August 10, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.9

 

Form of BSA Grant Document as of August 4, 2020 (English Translation)

 

10-Q

 

001-37825

 

10.7

 

August 10, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.1+

 

Opinion of Counsel Regarding Legality of the Ordinary Shares Being Registered

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23.1+

 

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23.2+

 

Consent of Counsel (included in opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24.1+

 

Power of Attorney (included in signature page of this Registration Statement)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


+      Filed herewith

 

Item 9.  Undertakings.

 

 

(A)

The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that:

 

(1)         It will 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;

 

(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% 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.

 

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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 periodic 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, 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 Redwood City, California, on August 12, 2020.

 

 

TALEND S.A.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Christal Bemont

 

 

Name:    Christal Bemont

 

 

Title:       Chief Executive Officer

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Christal Bemont and Adam Meister, 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, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature

 

Title

 

Date

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Christal Bemont

 

Chief Executive Officer and Director

 

August 12, 2020

Christal Bemont

 

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Adam Meister

 

Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial

 

 

Adam Meister

 

and Accounting Officer)

 

August 12, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Nora Denzel

 

 

 

 

Nora Denzel

 

Director

 

August 12, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Elizabeth Fetter

 

 

 

 

Elizabeth Fetter

 

Director

 

August 12, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Patrick S. Jones

 

 

 

 

Patrick S. Jones

 

Director

 

August 12, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Brian Lillie

 

 

 

 

Brian Lillie

 

Director

 

August 12, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Mark Nelson

 

 

 

 

Mark Nelson

 

Director

 

August 12, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ S. Steven Singh

 

 

 

 

S. Steven Singh

 

Director

 

August 12, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Thierry Sommelet

 

 

 

 

Thierry Sommelet

 

Director

 

August 12, 2020

 

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AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the undersigned as the duly authorized representative in the United States of the Registrant in Redwood City, California, on August 12, 2020.

 

 

Talend, Inc.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Christal Bemont

 

 

Name:    Christal Bemont

 

 

Title:       Chief Executive Officer

 

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