S-8 1 d755209ds8.htm FORM S-8 FORM S-8

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 11, 2014

Registration No. 333-                

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

CRITEO S.A.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

France   Not applicable

(State of incorporation

or organization)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification No.)

32 rue Blanche

75009 Paris, France

Tel: +33 1 40 40 22 90

(Address of principal executive offices including zip code)

Criteo S.A. 2014 Stock Option Plan

Criteo S.A. 2014 Free Share Plan

BSA Subscription Plan

(Full title of the plans)

National Registered Agents, Inc.

160 Greentree Dr., Suite 101

Dover, DE 19904

Tel: (302) 674-4089

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

 

 

Copies to:

 

Kenneth L. Guernsey

Nicole Brookshire

Stephane Levy

Cooley LLP

1114 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10036-7798

(212) 479-6000

 

Renaud Bonnet

Jones Day

2 rue Saint-Florentin

75001 Paris, France

+33 1 5659-3939

 

Nicole Kelsey

General Counsel

Criteo S.A.

32 rue Blanche

75009 Paris, France

Tel : +33 1 40 40 22 90

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer   ¨    Accelerated filer   ¨
Non-accelerated filer   x  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    Smaller reporting company   ¨

 

 

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, €0.025 nominal value per share

  9,935,710   $33.45(3)   $332,349,500   $42,806.62

Options and Warrants and Rights to Purchase Ordinary Shares

  9,935,710   N/A   N/A   N/A

Aggregate Registration Fee

              $42,806.62

 

 

(1) These shares may be represented by the Registrant’s American Depositary Shares, or ADS. Each ADS represents one 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. 333-191715).
(2) Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Registrant’s Ordinary Shares that become issuable under the Registrant’s Stock Option Plans, BSA Subscription Plan or Free Share Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without receipt of consideration that increases the number of the Registrant’s outstanding Ordinary Shares.
(3) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act and based upon the price of $33.45 per ADS, which was the average of the high and low prices of the ADS as reported on Nasdaq for July 9, 2014.

 

 

 


PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE PROSPECTUS

The information specified in Part I of Form S-8 is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the introductory note to Part I of this Registration Statement. The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be delivered to the participants in the plans covered by this Registration Statement as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act.

PART II

 

ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

The following documents filed by Criteo S.A. (the “Registrant”) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:

(a) The Registrant’s prospectus filed with the Commission on March 21, 2014 pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, relating to the Registration Statement on Form F-1, as amended (File No. 333-194347), which contains audited financial statements for the Registrant’s latest fiscal year for which such statements have been filed;

(b) The Registrant’s Annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 (File No. 001-36153), filed with the Commission on March 6, 2014, pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act; 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 filed on October 25, 2013 (File No. 001-36153) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act”), including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.

All other reports and documents subsequently 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 which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which 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 the filing of such reports and documents. 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 that 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

Under French law, provisions of 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.


We maintain liability insurance for our directors and officers, including insurance against liability under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and we have entered into agreements with our 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 our 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 us and our shareholders. Furthermore, a shareholder’s investment may be adversely affected to the extent we pay the costs of settlement and damage awards against directors and officers pursuant to these insurance agreements.

Certain of our non-employee directors may, through their relationships with their employers or partnerships, be insured and/or indemnified against certain liabilities in their respective capacities as members of our board of directors.

 

ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 8. EXHIBITS

The following exhibits are filed herewith:

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description

  4.1 (1)   Form of By-laws of the registrant (English translation)
  5.1   Opinion of Jones Day
23.1   Consent of Deloitte & Associés
23.2   Consent of Jones Day (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1   Power of Attorney of each of the directors of the registrant and the principal executive, financial and accounting officers of the registrant (included on the signature page of this Form S-8).
99.1   Stock Option Plan — 2014 (including forms of Stock Option Grant Agreement and Exercise Notice)
99.2   2014 Free Share Plan
99.3   Summary of BSA Subscription Plan
99.4 (2)   Form of BSA Grant Document (English translation)


 

(1) Filed as Exhibit 1.1 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 20-F (File No. 001-36153), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 6, 2014, and incorporated herein by reference.
(2) Filed as Exhibit 10.10 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-191223), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 18, 2013, and incorporated herein by reference.

 

ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS

 

1. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

(a) 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;

(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.

(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)(i) and (a)(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 the registration statement.

(b) That, 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 herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(c) To 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.

 

2. 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 herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

3.

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 Securities and Exchange 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.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 Paris, France on July 11, 2014.

 

CRITEO S.A.
By:  

/s/ Jean-Baptiste Rudelle

  Jean-Baptiste Rudelle
  Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

We, the undersigned directors and/or officers of Criteo S.A., hereby severally constitute and appoint Jean-Baptiste Rudelle and Benoit Fouilland, and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys, with full power to any of them, and to each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below the registration statement on Form S-8 filed herewith, and any and all pre-effective and post-effective amendments to said registration statement, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of equity securities of Criteo S.A., and to file or cause to be filed the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as each of them might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys, and each of them, or their substitute or substitutes, shall do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on July 11, 2014.

 

Signature

 

Title

/s/ Jean-Baptiste Rudelle

 

Chief Executive Officer and Director

(Principal Executive Officer)

Jean-Baptiste Rudelle  

/s/ Benoit Fouilland

 

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

Benoit Fouilland  

/s/ Marie Ekeland

  Director
Marie Ekeland  

/s/ Dana Evan

  Director
Dana Evan  

/s/ Hubert de Pesquidoux

  Director
Hubert de Pesquidoux  


/s/ Dominique Vidal

   Director
Dominique Vidal   

/s/ James Warner

   Director
James Warner   


AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement on Form S-8 has been signed by the undersigned as the duly authorized representative in the United States of Criteo S.A. in New York, New York on July 11, 2014.

 

Criteo Corp.
By:  

/s/ Greg Coleman

  Name: Greg Coleman
  Title: President


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description

  4.1 (1)   Form of By-laws of the registrant (English translation)
  5.1   Opinion of Jones Day
23.1   Consent of Deloitte & Associés
23.2   Consent of Jones Day (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1   Power of Attorney of each of the directors of the registrant and the principal executive, financial and accounting officers of the registrant (included on the signature page of this Form S-8).
99.1   Stock Option Plan — 2014 (including forms of Stock Option Grant Agreement and Exercise Notice)
99.2   2014 Free Share Plan
99.3   Summary of BSA Subscription Plan
99.4 (2)   Form of BSA Grant Document (English translation)

 

(1) Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form F-1/A (File No. 333-194347), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 20, 2014, and incorporated herein by reference.
(2) Filed as Exhibit 10.10 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-191223), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 18, 2013, and incorporated herein by reference.