As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 1, 2023
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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Meta Platforms, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
| Delaware | 20-1665019 | |||||||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | |||||||
1601 Willow Road
Menlo Park, California 94025
Menlo Park, California 94025
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
| 2012 Equity Incentive Plan | ||
(Full Title of the Plans)
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Susan Li
Chief Financial Officer
Meta Platforms, Inc.
1601 Willow Road
Menlo Park, California 94025
1601 Willow Road
Menlo Park, California 94025
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
(650) 543-4800
(Telephone Number, including area code, of agent for service)
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Copies to:
| Michael Kaplan, Esq. Adam Kaminsky, Esq. Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP 450 Lexington Avenue New York, New York 10017 (212) 450-4000 | Jennifer G. Newstead, Esq. Katherine R. Kelly, Esq. Meta Platforms, Inc. 1601 Willow Road Menlo Park, California 94025 (650) 543-4800 | |||||||
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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 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 | ¨ | ||||||||
| 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. ¨ | |||||
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SHARES
PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, Meta Platforms, Inc. (“Registrant”) is filing this Registration Statement on Form S-8 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) to register 481,242,953 additional shares of the Registrant’s Class A common stock for issuance under the Registrant’s 2012 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2012 Plan”), pursuant to (i) an amendment to the 2012 Plan increasing the number of shares reserved for issuance thereunder by 425,000,000, effective as of March 1, 2023 and (ii) the provisions of the 2012 Plan that provide for an automatic annual increase in the number of shares reserved for issuance under the 2012 Plan. This Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the Registrant’s registration statements on Form S-8 filed with the Commission on February 4, 2022 (Registration No. 333-262508), January 28, 2021 (Registration No. 333-252518), January 30, 2020 (Registration No. 333-236161), January 31, 2019 (Registration No. 333-229457), February 1, 2018 (Registration No. 333-222823), February 1, 2013 (Registration No. 333-186402) and May 21, 2012 (Registration No. 333-181566). 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
Information Required in the Registration Statement
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), are incorporated herein by reference:
(a)the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the Commission on February 2, 2023;
(b)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; and
(c)the description of the Registrant’s Class A common stock contained in Exhibit 4.6 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the Commission on February 2, 2023, including any amendments or reports 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 subsequent to the filing of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing such documents, except as to specific sections of such documents as set forth therein. Unless expressly incorporated into this Registration Statement, a report furnished on Form 8-K prior or subsequent to the filing of this Registration Statement 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 in any subsequently filed document that also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
| Exhibit | Incorporated by Reference | Filed | ||||||||||||||||||
| Number | Exhibit Description | Form | File No. | Exhibit | Filing Date | Herewith | ||||||||||||||
| 4.1 | 8-K | 001-35551 | 3.1 | October 28, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4.2 | 8-K | 001-35551 | 3.2 | October 28, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4.3 | 10-K | 001-35551 | 4.1 | February 3, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5.1 | X | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23.1 | X | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23.2 | X | |||||||||||||||||||
| 24.1 | X | |||||||||||||||||||
| 99.1 | 10-K | 001-35551 | 10.2(A) | February 2, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||
| 99.2 | 10-K | 001-35551 | 10.2(B) | February 2, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||
| 107 | X | |||||||||||||||||||
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 the City of Menlo Park, State of California, on this 1st day of March 2023.
| META PLATFORMS, INC. | |||||||||||
| Date: | March 1, 2023 | /S/ Susan Li | |||||||||
| Susan Li | |||||||||||
| Chief Financial Officer | |||||||||||
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officers and directors of Registrant do hereby constitute and appoint Susan Li, Chief Financial Officer, and Katherine R. Kelly, Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Secretary, and each of them, the lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power and authority to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, and any one of them, determine may be necessary or advisable or required to enable said corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules or regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with this Registration Statement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing power and authority, the powers granted include the power and authority to sign the names of the undersigned officers and directors in the capacities indicated below to this Registration Statement, to any and all amendments, both pre-effective and post-effective, and supplements to this Registration Statement, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as part of or in conjunction with this Registration Statement or amendments or supplements thereof, and each of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms that all said attorneys and agents, or any one of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of the date indicated.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
| Signature | Title | Date | ||||||||||||
| /s/ Mark Zuckerberg | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | March 1, 2023 | ||||||||||||
| Mark Zuckerberg | (Principal Executive Officer) | |||||||||||||
| /s/ Susan Li | Chief Financial Officer | March 1, 2023 | ||||||||||||
| Susan Li | (Principal Financial Officer) | |||||||||||||
/S/ Susan J.S. Taylor | Chief Accounting Officer | March 1, 2023 | ||||||||||||
| Susan J.S. Taylor | (Principal Accounting Officer) | |||||||||||||
| /s/ Peggy Alford | Director | March 1, 2023 | ||||||||||||
| Peggy Alford | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ Marc L. Andreessen | Director | March 1, 2023 | ||||||||||||
| Marc L. Andreessen | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ Andrew W. Houston | Director | March 1, 2023 | ||||||||||||
| Andrew W. Houston | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ Nancy Killefer | Director | March 1, 2023 | ||||||||||||
| Nancy Killefer | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ Robert M. Kimmitt | Director | March 1, 2023 | ||||||||||||
| Robert M. Kimmitt | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ Sheryl K. Sandberg | Director | March 1, 2023 | ||||||||||||
| Sheryl K. Sandberg | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ Tracey T. Travis | Director | March 1, 2023 | ||||||||||||
| Tracey T. Travis | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ Tony Xu | Director | March 1, 2023 | ||||||||||||
| Tony Xu | ||||||||||||||