CarGurus (CARG) S-8Registration of securities for employees

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

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Under

The Securities Act of 1933

CARGURUS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

2 Canal Park, 4^th Floor

Cambridge, Massachusetts 02141

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan

(Full title of the plan)

Jason Trevisan

Chief Executive Officer

2 Canal Park, 4th Floor

Cambridge, Massachusetts 02141

(617) 354-0068

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

Copies to:

Laurie Cerveny

Benjamin Stein

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

One Federal Street

Boston, MA 02110

(617) 341-7700

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.

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.  ☐

PART II

Information Required in the Registration Statement

This Registration Statement relates to the registration of an additional 4,065,466 shares (the “Shares”) of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Class A Common Stock”), of CarGurus, Inc. (the “Registrant”) to be issued pursuant to certain provisions of the Registrant’s Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan that provide for an automatic increase in the number of shares of the Registrant’s Class A Common Stock authorized for issuance thereunder. The Shares are securities of the same class and relate to the same employee benefit plan, the Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan, as that registered pursuant to the Registrant’s registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-263031) previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 25, 2022 (the “Previous Registration Statement”). In accordance with General Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the Previous Registration Statement and the contents incorporated by reference therein are hereby incorporated herein by reference and the information required by Part II is omitted, except as supplemented by the information set forth below.

Item 8. Exhibits

A list of exhibits filed herewith is contained in the Exhibit Index that immediately precedes the signature page hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

EXHIBIT INDEX

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 Cambridge, Commonwealth of Massachusetts on this 1st day of March, 2023.

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Jason Trevisan as such person’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in such person’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact 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 to all intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated: