Form S-8

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 22, 2012

Registration No. 333-          

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

comScore, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   54-1955550
(State of Incorporation)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

11950 Democracy Drive

Suite 600

Reston, Virginia 20190

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

 

2007 Equity Incentive Plan

(Full title of the plan)

 

 

Magid M. Abraham, Ph.D.

President and Chief Executive Officer

comScore, Inc.

11950 Democracy Drive

Suite 600

Reston, Virginia 20190

(703) 438-2000

(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

 

 

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 the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer   x    Accelerated filer   ¨
Non-accelerated filer   ¨    (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    Smaller reporting company   ¨

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

Title of Securities to
be Registered
  Amount
to be
Registered
 

Proposed

Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share

 

Proposed

Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price

  Amount of
Registration Fee

Common Stock, $0.001 par value

  1,360,617(1)   $22.89(2)   $31,144,523.13   $3,569.17

Total Registration Fee

              $3,569.17

 

 

 

(1) Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock that become issuable under the 2007 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended and restated, by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without receipt of consideration that increases the number of the Registrant’s outstanding shares of Common Stock.
(2) Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the basis of $22.89 per share, which represents the average of the high and low price of the Registrant’s Common Stock as reported on The NASDAQ Global Market on February 17, 2012.

 

 

 


REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E

On January 1, 2012, pursuant to the Automatic Share Reserve Increase provision of Section 3(b) of the Registrant’s 2007 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (the “Plan”), the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance thereunder was automatically increased according to the terms of the Plan. This Registration Statement registers those additional shares of Common Stock of comScore, Inc. (the “Registrant”) to be issued pursuant to the Plan. Accordingly, the contents of the previous Registration Statements on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on July 2, 2007 (File No. 333-144281), November 13, 2008 (File No. 333-155355), May 11, 2009 (File No. 333-159126), April 28, 2010 (File No. 333-166349) and March 15, 2011 (File No. 333-172838) (the “Prior Registration Statements”) are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

In addition to the Prior Registration Statement, the following documents filed with the SEC are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:

 

  1) the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 201 filed with the SEC on February 22, 2012; and

 

  2) the description of the Registrant’s Common Stock which is contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-33520), filed June 6, 2007, under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and any further amendment or report filed hereafter for the purpose of updating such description.

All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act on or after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicate that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Unless expressly incorporated into this Registration Statement, a report furnished on Form 8-K shall not be 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 which also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or superseded such statement.

Item 8. Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Exhibit Document

3.1 (1)   Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (Exhibit 3.3)
3.2 (1)   Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant (Exhibit 3.4)
4.1 (1)   Specimen Common Stock certificate of the Registrant (Exhibit 4.1)
4.2 (2)   2007 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (Exhibit 10.1)
5.1   Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation
23.1   Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2   Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation (contained in Exhibit 5.1 hereto)
24.1   Power of Attorney (see signature page)

 

(1) Incorporated by reference to the exhibit to Amendment No. 3 of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, Commission File No. 333-141740, filed on June 12, 2007. The exhibit number in parentheses following the above description indicates the corresponding exhibit number in such Form S-1.
(2) Incorporated by reference to the exhibits to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed July 27, 2011 (File No. 001-33520). The number given in parentheses indicates the corresponding exhibit number in such Form 8-K.

 

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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 Reston, Commonwealth of Virginia, on the Twenty-Second day of February 2012.

 

comScore, Inc.
By:   /s/  Magid M. Abraham         
  Magid M. Abraham, Ph.D.
  President and Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Magid M. Abraham. and Kenneth J. Tarpey, jointly and severally, as such person’s attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of substitution, for such person in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Magid M. Abraham

Magid M. Abraham, Ph.D.

   President, Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) and Director   February 22, 2012

/s/ Kenneth J. Tarpey

Kenneth J. Tarpey

   Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)   February 22, 2012

/s/ Gian M. Fulgoni

Gian M. Fulgoni

   Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors   February 22, 2012

/s/ Gareth C. C. Chang

Gareth C. C. Chang

   Director   February 22, 2012

/s/ Jeffrey Ganek

Jeffrey Ganek

   Director   February 22, 2012

/s/ William J. Henderson

William J. Henderson

   Director   February 22, 2012

/s/ William Katz

William Katz

   Director   February 22, 2012

/s/ Ronald J. Korn

Ronald J. Korn

   Director   February 22, 2012

/s/ Jarl Mohn

Jarl Mohn

   Director   February 22, 2012


INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit Number

 

Exhibit Document

3.1(1)   Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (Exhibit 3.3)
3.2(1)   Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant (Exhibit 3.4)
4.1(1)   Specimen Common Stock certificate of the Registrant (Exhibit 4.1)
4.2(2)   2007 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (Exhibit 10.1)
5.1   Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation
23.1   Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2   Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation (contained in Exhibit 5.1 hereto)
24.1   Power of Attorney (see signature page)

 

(1) Incorporated by reference to the exhibit to Amendment No. 3 of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, Commission File No. 333-141740, filed on June 12, 2007. The exhibit number in parentheses following the above description indicates the corresponding exhibit number in such Form S-1.
(2) Incorporated by reference to the exhibits to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed July 27, 2011 (File No. 001-33520). The number given in parentheses indicates the corresponding exhibit number in such Form 8-K.