As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 4, 2017
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Symantec Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware | 77-0181864 | |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
350 Ellis Street
Mountain View, CA 94043
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Options to purchase common stock, restricted stock units and performance stock units granted under the
Skycure Ltd. Share Incentive Plan, Skycure Ltd. 2017 Equity Incentive Plan, and Fireglass Inc. 2015 Share Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plans)
Scott C. Taylor
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
350 Ellis Street
Mountain View, CA 94043
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
(650) 527-8000
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
Copy to:
William L. Hughes, Esq.
Douglas N. Cogen, Esq.
Fenwick & West LLP
Silicon Valley Center
801 California Street
Mountain View, California 94041
Telephone: (650) 988-8500
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 definitions of large accelerated filer, accelerated filer, and smaller reporting company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer | ☒ | Accelerated filer | ☐ | |||
Non-accelerated filer | ☐ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) | Smaller reporting company | ☐ | |||
Emerging growth company | ☐ |
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the e3xtended transition period for complying with any new or revised financing accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of Securities to be Registered |
Amount to be Registered(1) |
Proposed Maximum Offering Price per Share(5) |
Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price |
Amount of Registration Fee | ||||
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share |
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To be issued under assumed stock options under Skycure Ltd. Share Incentive Plan | 329,775(2) | $2.21(5) | $728,802.75 | $84.47(6) | ||||
To be issued under assumed restricted stock units and performance stock units under the Skycure Ltd. 2017 Equity Incentive Plan | 1,393,234(3) | $30.88(7) | $43,023,065.92 | $4,986.38(8) | ||||
To be issued under assumed stock options under the Fireglass Ltd. 2015 Share Incentive Plan | 392,611(4) | $2.25(5) | $883,374.75 | $102.39(6) | ||||
To be issued under assumed restricted stock units and performance stock units under the Fireglass Ltd. 2015 Share Incentive Plan | 1,736,615(4) | $30.88(7) | $53,626,671.20 | $6,215.34(8) | ||||
Total |
3,852,235 | $98,261,914.62 | $11,389.00 | |||||
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(1) Pursuant to Rule 416(a), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the Registrants Common Stock that become issuable in respect of the securities identified in the above table by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the Registrants receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the outstanding shares of the Registrants Common Stock. | ||||||
(2) Represents Registrants shares issuable under stock options granted under the Skycure Ltd. Share Incentive Plan assumed by the Registrant on July 24, 2017 pursuant to a Share Purchase Agreement dated July 10, 2017 among the Registrant, FS Acquisitions Ltd., Skycure Ltd., the executing shareholders and Shareholder Representative Services LLC, as representative (the Skycure Purchase Agreement). | ||||||
(3) Represents Registrants shares issuable under restricted stock units and performance stock units granted under the Skycure Ltd. 2017 Equity Incentive Plan and assumed by the Registrant on July 24, 2017 pursuant to the Skycure Purchase Agreement. | ||||||
(4) Represents Registrants shares issuable under awards granted under the Fireglass Ltd. 2015 Share Incentive Plan assumed by the Registrant on July 24, 2017 pursuant to a Share Purchase Agreement dated June 30, 2017 by and among the Registrant, Fireglass Ltd., FS Acquisitions Ltd., the executing shareholders and Shareholder Representative Services LLC, as representative. | ||||||
(5) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the Act), as amended, on the basis of the weighted average exercise price of the assumed options. | ||||||
(6) Calculated solely for the purposes of computing the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Act on the basis of the weighted average exercise price of the outstanding options. | ||||||
(7) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Act on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Registrants Common Stock reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on July 31, 2017. | ||||||
(8) Calculated solely for the purposes of computing the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Act on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Registrants Common Stock reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on July 31, 2017. |
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. | Incorporation of Documents by Reference. |
The following documents, which have been filed by Symantec Corporation (the Registrant) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission), are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
(a) | Registrants Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2017, filed with the Commission on May 19, 2017; |
(b) | All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (Exchange Act) since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Registrants Annual Report referred to in (a) above; and |
(c) | The description of the Registrants Common Stock contained in the Registrants Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on May 24, 1989 (including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description). |
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this registration statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Unless expressly incorporated into this Registration Statement, a report furnished on Form 8-K prior or subsequent to the date hereof shall not be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement, except as to specific sections of such statements as set forth therein. 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 in any subsequently filed document which also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.
Item 4. | Description of Securities. |
Not applicable.
Item 5. | Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. |
As of the date of this Registration Statement, attorneys of Fenwick & West LLP and family members thereof beneficially own an aggregate of approximately 10,000 shares of the Registrants Common Stock.
Item 6. | Indemnification of Directors and Officers. |
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL) authorizes a court to award, or a corporations board of directors to grant, indemnity to directors and officers in terms sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities (including reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act).
As permitted by Sections 102(b)(7) and 145 of the DGCL, the Registrants Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation includes a provision that eliminates the personal liability of its directors for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability:
| for any breach of the directors duty of loyalty to Registrant or its stockholders; |
| for acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of the law; |
| under Section 174 of the DGCL regarding unlawful dividends and stock purchases; and |
| for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. |
Article 7 of the Registrants Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, limits the liability of directors to the fullest extent permitted by Section 102(b)(7).
As permitted by the DGCL, Registrants Bylaws provide that:
| the Registrant is required to indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, subject to limited exceptions; |
| the Registrant is required to advance expenses, as incurred, to its directors and officers in connection with a legal proceeding to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, subject to limited exceptions; and |
| the rights conferred in the Bylaws are not exclusive. |
Registrant has entered into indemnity agreements with each of its current directors and officers to give such directors and officers additional contractual assurances regarding the scope of the indemnification set forth in Registrants Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws and to provide additional procedural protections.
Registrant maintains directors and officers liability insurance and has extended that coverage for public securities matters.
See also the undertakings set out in response to Item 9.
In addition, the Registrant has entered into various merger agreements and registration rights agreements in connection with its acquisitions of and mergers with various companies and its financing activities under which the parties to those agreements have agreed to indemnify the Registrant and its directors, officers, employees and controlling persons against specified liabilities.
Item 7. | Exemption from Registration Claimed. |
Not applicable.
Item 8. | Exhibits. |
Incorporated by Reference | ||||||||||||
Exhibit Number |
Exhibit Description |
Form | File No. | Exhibit | Filing Date | Filed Herewith | ||||||
4.01 | Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Symantec Corporation | S-8 | 333-119872 | 4.01 | 10/21/2004 | |||||||
4.02 | Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Symantec Corporation | S-8 | 333-126403 | 4.03 | 07/06/2005 | |||||||
4.03 | Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Symantec Corporation | 10-Q | 000-17781 | 3.01 | 08/05/2009 | |||||||
4.04 | Certificate of Designations of Series A Junior Preferred Stock of Symantec Corporation | 8-K | 000-17781 | 3.01 | 06/26/2015 | |||||||
4.05 | Bylaws, as amended, of Symantec Corporation | 10-K | 000-17781 | 3.05 | 05/19/2017 | |||||||
5.01 | Opinion of Fenwick & West LLP | X | ||||||||||
23.01 | Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | X | ||||||||||
23.02 | Consent of Fenwick & West LLP (filed as part of Exhibit 5.01) | X | ||||||||||
24.01 | Power of Attorney (incorporated by reference to the signature page hereto) | X | ||||||||||
99.01 | Skycure Ltd. Share Incentive Plan, including forms of awards thereunder | X | ||||||||||
99.02 | Skycure Ltd. 2017 Equity Incentive Plan, including forms of awards thereunder | X | ||||||||||
99.03 | Fireglass Ltd. 2015 Share Incentive Plan | X |
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;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this 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 this Registration Statementnotwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the 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 for the in the Calculation of Registration Fee table in this Registration Statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this 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 periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
(2) 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 therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) 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.
B. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrants annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed 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 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.
To effect the above, each of the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of the date indicated beside each name.
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 Mountain View, State of California, on August 4, 2017.
SYMANTEC CORPORATION | ||
By: | /s/ Gregory S. Clark | |
Gregory S. Clark, Chief Executive Officer and Director |
POWER OF ATTORNEY TO SIGN AMENDMENTS
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below (each being an officer and/or director of the Registrant) does hereby constitute and appoint Gregory S. Clark, Nicholas R. Noviello and Scott C. Taylor, and each of them, with full power of substitution, such persons true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents for such person in such persons name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 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 full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully, to all intents and purposes, as such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney may be signed in one or more counterparts.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement on Form S-8 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature |
Capacity |
Date | ||
/s/ Gregory S. Clark Gregory S. Clark |
Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) | August 4, 2017 | ||
/s/ Nicholas R. Noviello Nicholas R. Noviello |
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) | August 4, 2017 | ||
/s/ Mark S. Garfield Mark S. Garfield |
Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer) | August 4, 2017 | ||
/s/ Daniel H. Schulman Daniel H. Schulman |
Chairman of the Board | August 4, 2017 | ||
/s/ Frank E. Dangeard Frank E. Dangeard |
Director | August 4, 2017 | ||
/s/ Kenneth Y. Hao Kenneth Y. Hao |
Director | August 4, 2017 | ||
/s/ David W. Humphrey David W. Humphrey |
Director | August 4, 2017 | ||
/s/ Geraldine B. Laybourne Geraldine B. Laybourne |
Director | August 4, 2017 | ||
/s/ David L. Mahoney David L. Mahoney |
Director | August 4, 2017 | ||
/s/ Robert S. Miller Robert S. Miller |
Director | August 4, 2017 | ||
/s/ Anita M. Sands Anita M. Sands |
Director | August 4, 2017 | ||
/s/ V. Paul Unruh V. Paul Unruh |
Director | August 4, 2017 | ||
/s/ Suzanne M. Vautrinot Suzanne M. Vautrinot |
Director | August 4, 2017 |
Index to Exhibits
Incorporated by Reference | ||||||||||||
Exhibit Number |
Exhibit Description |
Form | File No. | Exhibit | Filing Date | Filed Herewith | ||||||
4.01 | Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Symantec Corporation | S-8 | 333-119872 | 4.01 | 10/21/2004 | |||||||
4.02 | Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Symantec Corporation | S-8 | 333-126403 | 4.03 | 07/06/2005 | |||||||
4.03 | Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Symantec Corporation | 10-Q | 000-17781 | 3.01 | 08/05/2009 | |||||||
4.04 | Certificate of Designations of Series A Junior Preferred Stock of Symantec Corporation | 8-K | 000-17781 | 3.01 | 06/26/2015 | |||||||
4.05 | Bylaws, as amended, of Symantec Corporation | 10-K | 000-17781 | 3.05 | 05/19/2017 | |||||||
5.01 | Opinion of Fenwick & West LLP | X | ||||||||||
23.01 | Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | X | ||||||||||
23.04 | Consent of Fenwick & West LLP (filed as part of Exhibit 5.01) | X | ||||||||||
24.01 | Power of Attorney (incorporated by reference to the signature page hereto) | X | ||||||||||
99.01 | Skycure Ltd. Share Incentive Plan, including forms of awards thereunder | X | ||||||||||
99.02 | Skycure Ltd. 2017 Equity Incentive Plan, including forms of awards thereunder | X | ||||||||||
99.03 | Fireglass Ltd. 2015 Share Incentive Plan, including forms of awards thereunder | X |