As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on February 16, 2022.

Registration No. 333-

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM S-8

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

The Trade Desk, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

42 N. Chestnut Street

Ventura, California 93001

Telephone: (805) 585-3434

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

The Trade Desk, Inc. 2016 Incentive Award Plan

The Trade Desk, Inc. 2016 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

(Full title of the plan)

Jeff T. Green

Chief Executive Officer

The Trade Desk, Inc.

42 N. Chestnut Street

Ventura, California 93001

(Name and address of agent for service)

Telephone: (805) 585-3434

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

 

Copies to:

 

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.  ☐

 

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Registration Statement is being filed by The Trade Desk, Inc. (the “Registrant”) for the purpose of registering an additional 23,729,680 shares of Class A common stock that were reserved, in the aggregate, for issuance under the 2016 Incentive Award Plan and the 2016 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, with 19,337,624 shares of Class A common stock reserved under the 2016 Incentive Award Plan and 4,392,056 shares of Class A common stock reserved under the 2016 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. The Registrant previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on September 22, 2016, May 19, 2017, March 1, 2018, February 25, 2019, February 28, 2020, and February 19, 2021 registration statements on Form S-8 (SEC File No. 333-213750, SEC File No. 333-218135, SEC File No. 333-223354, SEC File No. 333-229849, SEC File No. 333-236730, and SEC File No. 333-253276 respectively) (the “Prior Registration Statements”) registering shares of Class A common stock issuable under the 2016 Incentive Award Plan and the 2016 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. This Registration Statement relates to securities of the same class as those to which the Prior Registration Statements relate and is submitted in accordance with General Instruction E of Form S-8 regarding Registration of Additional Securities. Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the Prior Registration Statements are incorporated herein by reference and made part of this Registration Statement, except for Items 3 and 8, which are being updated by this Registration Statement.

 

PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

The information called for in Part I of Form S-8 to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is not being filed with or included in this Registration Statement (by incorporation by reference or otherwise) in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission. The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be delivered to the participants in the equity benefit plans covered by this Registration Statement as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).

 

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

The following documents filed with the Commission by the Registrant are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:

 

 

 

 

All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement which indicates that all of the shares of Class A common stock registered hereunder have been sold or which deregisters all of such shares then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the respective dates of filing of such documents, except as to any portion of any future annual or quarterly report to stockholders or document or Current Report on Form 8-K furnished under Items 2.02 or 7.01, and exhibits furnished on such form that relate to such items, that is not deemed filed under such provisions. 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 other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such earlier 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.

Under no circumstances will any information furnished under Items 2.02 or 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K, and exhibits furnished on such form that relate to such items, be deemed incorporated herein by reference unless such Form 8-K expressly provides to the contrary.

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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 Ventura, State of California, on February 16, 2022.

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below does hereby constitute and appoint Jeff T. Green and Blake J. Grayson, and each of them, with full power of substitution and full power to act without the other, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to act for him or her in his or her 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 this Registration Statement, 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 order to effectuate the same as fully, to all intents and purposes, as they or 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, 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 date indicated.

 

Exhibit 107.1

 

CALCULATION OF FILING FEE TABLES

 

 

 

 

Form S-8

(Form Type)

 

The Trade Desk, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Table 1 – Newly Registered Securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

140 Scott Drive

Menlo Park, California  94025

Tel: +1.650.328.4600  Fax: +1.650.463.2600

www.lw.com

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February 16, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Trade Desk, Inc.

42 N. Chestnut Street

Ventura, California 93001

 

To the addressee set forth above:

We have acted as special counsel to The Trade Desk, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the registration by the Company of an aggregate of 23,729,680 shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company, par value $0.000001 per share (the “Shares”), issuable pursuant to the Company’s 2016 Incentive Award Plan (the “2016 Incentive Award Plan”) and 2016 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (together with the 2016 Incentive Award Plan, the “Plans”).

The Shares are included in a registration statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on February 16, 2022 (the “Registration Statement”). This opinion is being furnished in connection with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, and no opinion is expressed herein as to any matter pertaining to the contents of the Registration Statement or related prospectus, other than as expressly stated herein with respect to the issuance of the Shares.

As such counsel, we have examined such matters of fact and questions of law as we have considered appropriate for purposes of this letter. With your consent, we have relied upon certificates and other assurances of officers of the Company and others as to factual matters without having independently verified such factual matters. We are opining herein as to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), and we express no opinion with respect to any other laws.

Subject to the foregoing and the other matters set forth herein, it is our opinion that, as of the date hereof, when the Shares shall have been duly registered on the books of the transfer agent

 

 

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and registrar therefor in the name or on behalf of the purchasers, and have been issued by the Company against payment therefor (not less than par value) in the circumstances contemplated by and pursuant to the applicable Plans, and assuming in each case that the individual issuances, grants or awards under the applicable Plans are duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company and duly issued, granted or awarded and exercised in accordance with the requirements of law and the applicable Plans (and the agreements and awards duly adopted thereunder and in accordance therewith), the issuance and sale of the Shares will have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company, and the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. In rendering the foregoing opinion, we have assumed that the Company will comply with all applicable notice requirements regarding uncertificated shares provided in the DGCL.

This opinion is for your benefit in connection with the Registration Statement and may be relied upon by you and by persons entitled to rely upon it pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Securities Act. We consent to your filing this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

Sincerely,

 

/s/ Latham & Watkins LLP

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on Form S-8 of The Trade Desk, Inc. of our report dated February 16, 2022 relating to the financial statements and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in the Trade Desk, Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Los Angeles, California

February 16, 2022

 

 

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