As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 21, 2024.
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ACV Auctions Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware |
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47-2415221 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
640 Ellicott Street, #321
Buffalo, New York 14203
(800) 553-4070
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
ACV Auctions Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full titles of the plans)
George Chamoun
Chief Executive Officer
ACV Auctions Inc.
640 Ellicott Street, #321
Buffalo, New York 14203
(800) 553-4070
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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Copies to:
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William Zerella Chief Financial Officer ACV Auctions Inc. 640 Ellicott Street, #321 Buffalo, New York 14203 (800) 553-4070 |
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.
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Large accelerated filer
Non-accelerated filer |
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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 pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SHARES
PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, ACV Auctions Inc. (the “Registrant”) is filing this Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) to register (i) 8,092,141 additional shares of its Class A common stock under the ACV Auctions Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2021 Plan”), pursuant to the provisions of the 2021 Plan providing for an automatic increase in the number of shares Class A common stock reserved and available for issuance under the 2021 Plan on January 1, 2024. In accordance with the instructional note to Part I of Form S-8 as promulgated by the Commission, the information specified by Part I of Form S-8 has been omitted from this Registration Statement.
PART II
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
(a) The contents of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No 9333-270179), filed with the Commission on March 1, 2023, on February 23, 2022 (File No 333-262933), and April 16, 2021 (File No 333-255309).
(b) The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the Commission on February 21, 2024.
(c) The description of the Registrant’s Class A common stock which is contained in Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the Commission on February 21, 2024 including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
(d) All other reports and documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (other than Current Reports furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and exhibits furnished on such form that relate to such items) 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 8. EXHIBITS
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 the City of Buffalo, State of New York, on this 21st day of February, 2024.
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ACV AUCTIONS INC. |
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By: |
/s/ George Chamoun |
Name: |
George Chamoun |
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Chief Executive Officer |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and George Chamoun and William Zerella, each of them, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with the full power of substitution, for him or her and in their name, place or stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments), and to sign any registration statement for the same offering covered by this Registration Statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, 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 to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his, her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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Signature |
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/s/ George Chamoun George Chamoun |
Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) |
2/20/2024 |
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/s/ William Zerella William Zerella |
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
2/20/2024 |
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/s/ Kirsten Castillo Kirsten Castillo |
Director |
2/20/2024 |
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/s/ Robert P. Goodman Robert P. Goodman |
Director |
2/20/2024 |
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/s/ Brian Hirsch Brian Hirsch |
Director |
2/20/2024 |
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/s/ René F. Jones René F. Jones |
Director |
2/21/2024 |
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/s/ Eileen A. Kamerick Eileen A. Kamerick
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Director |
2/20/2024 |
/s/ Brian Radecki Brian Radecki |
Director |
2/20/2024 |
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
450 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017
davispolk.com
EXHIBIT 5.1 and 23.2
OPINION OF DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL LLP
February 21, 2024
ACV Auctions Inc.
640 Ellicott Street, #321
Buffalo, New York 14203
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special counsel to ACV Auctions Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and are delivering this opinion in connection with the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for the registration of 8,092,141 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, that were added to the shares of common stock authorized for issuance pursuant to the Company’s 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2021 Plan”). We, as your counsel, have examined originals or copies of such documents, corporate records, certificates of public officials and other instruments as we have deemed necessary or advisable for the purpose of rendering this opinion.
In rendering the opinion expressed herein, we have, without independent inquiry or investigation, assumed that (i) all documents submitted to us as originals are authentic and complete, (ii) all documents submitted to us as copies conform to authentic, complete originals, (iii) all signatures on all documents that we reviewed are genuine, (iv) all natural persons executing documents had and have the legal capacity to do so, (v) all statements in certificates of public officials and officers of the Company that we reviewed were and are accurate and (vi) all representations made by the Company as to matters of fact in the documents that we reviewed were and are accurate.
On the basis of the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized and, when and to the extent issued pursuant to the 2021 Plan upon receipt by the Company of the consideration for the Shares specified therein, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
We are members of the Bar of the State of New York and the foregoing opinion is limited to the laws of the State of New York and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8) pertaining to the ACV Auctions Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan of our reports dated February 21, 2024, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of ACV Auctions Inc. and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of ACV Auctions Inc. included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Buffalo, NY
February 21, 2024
Exhibit 107
Calculation of Filing Fee Tables
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ACV Auctions Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Table 1: Newly Registered Securities
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Security Type |
Security Class Title (1) |
Fee Calculation Rule |
Amount Registered |
Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Unit |
Maximum Aggregate Offering Price |
Fee Rate |
Amount of Registration Fee (4) |
Fees to be Paid |
Equity |
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, 2021 Equity Incentive Plan |
Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) (2) |
8,092,141(3) |
$14.18 |
$114,746,559.38 |
$147.60 per $1,000,000 |
$16,936.60 |
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Total Offering Amounts |
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$114,746,559.38 |
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$16,936.60 |
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Total Fee Offsets (5) |
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Net Fee Due |
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$16,936.60 |
(1) Pursuant to Rule 416(a) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the Registrant’s Class A common stock that become issuable under the plans set forth herein by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization, or other similar transaction effected that results in an increase to the number of outstanding shares of the Registrant’s Class A common stock.
(2) Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h) solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant’s Class A common stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on February 16, 2024.
(3) Represents an automatic annual increase equal to 5% of the total number of shares of the Registrant’s Class A common stock and Class B common stock outstanding on December 31 of the preceding year, which annual increase is provided by the Registrant’s 2021 Equity Incentive Plan.
(4) Rounded up to the nearest penny.
(5) The Registrant does not have any fee offsets.
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