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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;31, 2015 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </B></P>
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM S-8
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>TriNet Group, Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>95-3359658</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>1100 San Leandro Blvd., Suite 400 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>San Leandro, CA 94577 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(510) 352-5000 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address
of principal executive offices) (Zip code) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>TriNet Group, Inc. 2009 Equity Incentive Plan </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>TriNet Group, Inc. 2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full title of the plan) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Burton M.
Goldfield </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Chief Executive Officer </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>TriNet Group, Inc. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>1100
San Leandro Blvd., Suite 400 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>San Leandro, CA 94577 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(510) 352-5000 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name and
address of agent for service) (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>Copies to:
</I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Jodie M. Bourdet</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Drew S. Williamson</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Cooley
LLP</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>101 California Street, 5th Floor</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>San Francisco, California 94111</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(415) 693-2000</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Gregory L. Hammond</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Chief Legal Officer</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>TriNet
Group, Inc.</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>1100 San Leandro Blvd., Suite 400</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>San Leandro, CA 94577</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(510)
352-5000</B></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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 &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#120;</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:4pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Title of Securities</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>to be Registered</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>to be</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Registered(1)</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Maximum</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Offering
Price</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>per Share(4)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Proposed<BR>Maximum<BR>Aggregate</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Offering&nbsp;Price</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Registration&nbsp;Fee</B></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Common Stock, par value $0.000025 per share</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#150; 2009 Equity Incentive Plan</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">3,141,509 (2)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$34.34</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$107,879,420</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$12,536</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#150; 2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;698,113 (3)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$34.34</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;$23,973,201</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp;$2,786</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Total</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">3,839,622 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$131,852,620</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$15,322</TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(1)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Pursuant to Rule 416(a) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Registrant&#146;s common stock
that become issuable under the plans set forth herein by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization, or other similar transaction effected that results in an increase to the number of outstanding shares of Registrant&#146;s common
stock, as applicable. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(2)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Represents shares of common stock that were automatically added to the shares reserved for issuance under the Registrant&#146;s 2009 Equity Incentive Plan (the &#147;2009 Plan&#148;) on January&nbsp;1, 2015 pursuant to
an &#147;evergreen&#148; provision contained in the 2009 Plan. Pursuant to such provision, the number of shares reserved for issuance under the 2009 Plan automatically increases on January&nbsp;1st each year, starting on January&nbsp;1, 2015 and
continuing through January&nbsp;1, 2019, by the lesser of 4.5% of the total number of shares of the Registrant&#146;s capital stock outstanding on December&nbsp;31st of the immediately preceding calendar year, or a number of shares determined by the
Registrant&#146;s board of directors. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(3)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Represents shares of common stock that were automatically added to the shares reserved for issuance under the Registrant&#146;s 2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the &#147;2014 ESPP&#148;) on January&nbsp;1, 2015
pursuant to an &#147;evergreen&#148; provision contained in the 2014 ESPP. Pursuant to such provision, the number of shares reserved for issuance under the 2014 ESPP automatically increases on January&nbsp;1st each year, starting on January&nbsp;1,
2015 and continuing through January&nbsp;1, 2024, by the lesser of (a)&nbsp;1% of the total number of shares of the Registrant&#146;s common stock outstanding on December&nbsp;31st of the preceding calendar year, (b)&nbsp;1,800,000 shares of common
stock or (c)&nbsp;a number determined by the Registrant&#146;s board of directors </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Estimated in accordance with Rules 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the basis of $34.34 per share, the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant&#146;s common
stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on March&nbsp;26, 2015. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of registering an additional 3,839,622 shares of common stock of TriNet
Group, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) issuable pursuant to the TriNet Group, Inc. 2009 Equity Incentive Plan (the &#147;2009 Plan&#148;) and the TriNet Group, Inc. 2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the &#147;2014 ESPP&#148;). These additional
shares of common stock are securities of the same class as other securities for which an original registration statement on Form S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-194880) was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;28, 2014. These
additional shares of common stock have become reserved for issuance as a result of the operation of the &#147;evergreen&#148; provisions in each of the 2009 Plan and the 2014 ESPP, which provide that the total number of shares subject to such plans
will be increased on the first day of each fiscal year pursuant to a specified formula. </P>

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<TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>ITEM&nbsp;3.</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents filed by the
Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(a)</B> The
contents of the earlier registration statement on Form S-8 relating to the 2009 Plan and the 2014 ESPP, previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;28, 2014 (File No.&nbsp;333-194880). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(b)</B> The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2014, which includes audited financial
statements for the Registrant&#146;s latest fiscal year, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2015. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(c)</B>
The description of the Registrant&#146;s common stock which is contained in a registration statement on Form 8-A filed on March&nbsp;24, 2014 (File No.&nbsp;001-36373) under the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;),
including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(d) </B>All other reports and documents
subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act (other than Current Reports furnished under Item&nbsp;2.02 or Item&nbsp;7.01 of Form 8-K and exhibits furnished on such form that relate to such
items) on or after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part of this Registration Statement from the date of the filing of such reports and documents. 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 subsequently filed document that also is deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such 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. </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>ITEM&nbsp;8.</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>EXHIBITS </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; width:39.50pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><BR>Description</B></P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of TriNet Group, Inc.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws of TriNet Group, Inc.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, by and among TriNet Group, Inc., GA TriNet LLC and HR Acquisitions, LLC, dated June 1, 2009.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Opinion of Cooley LLP.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Cooley LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Form S-8).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Amended and Restated 2009 Equity Incentive Plan.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Form of Option Agreement and Option Grant Notice under the Amended and Restated 2009 Equity Incentive Plan.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement and Restricted Stock Unit Award Notice under the Amended and Restated 2009 Equity Incentive Plan.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.</TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No.&nbsp;001-36373), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;1, 2014, and incorporated herein by reference.
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Filed as Exhibit 3.4 to Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-192465), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;4, 2014, and incorporated herein by reference.
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Filed as Exhibit 4.2 to Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-192465), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November&nbsp;21, 2013, and incorporated herein by reference.
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Filed as Exhibit 10.3 to Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-192465), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;14, 2014, and incorporated herein by reference.
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Filed as Exhibit 10.4 to Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-192465), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;4, 2014, and incorporated herein by reference.
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(6)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Filed as Exhibit 10.6 to Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-192465), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;4, 2014, and incorporated herein by reference.
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Filed as Exhibit 10.7 to Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-192465), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;14, 2014, and incorporated herein by reference.
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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 San Leandro, State of California, on this 31st day
of March, 2015. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>T<SMALL>RI</SMALL>N<SMALL>ET</SMALL> G<SMALL>ROUP</SMALL>, I<SMALL>NC</SMALL>.</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">By:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Burton M. Goldfield</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Burton M. Goldfield</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">K<SMALL>NOW</SMALL> A<SMALL>LL</SMALL> P<SMALL>ERSONS</SMALL> B<SMALL>Y</SMALL> T<SMALL>HESE</SMALL> P<SMALL>RESENTS</SMALL>, that each person
whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Burton M. Goldfield, William Porter and Gregory L. Hammond, and each of them, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with the full power of substitution, for him or her
and in his or her name, place or stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with 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 and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their, his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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 dates indicated. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; width:15.95pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Title</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; width:16.00pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date</B></P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Burton M. Goldfield</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Burton M. Goldfield</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Chief Executive Officer</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><I>(Principal Executive Officer)</I></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">March&nbsp;31, 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ William Porter</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">William Porter</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Chief Financial Officer</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><I>(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</I></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">March&nbsp;31, 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Katherine August-deWilde</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Katherine August-deWilde</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">March&nbsp;31, 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Martin Babinec</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Martin Babinec</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">March&nbsp;31, 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ H. Raymond Bingham</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">H. Raymond Bingham</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">March&nbsp;31, 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Kenneth Goldman</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Kenneth Goldman</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">March&nbsp;31, 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ David C. Hodgson</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">David C. Hodgson</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">March&nbsp;31, 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ John H. Kispert</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">John H. Kispert</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">March&nbsp;31, 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Wayne B. Lowell</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Wayne B. Lowell</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">March&nbsp;31, 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; width:28.45pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Exhibit<BR>Number</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; width:39.50pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Description</B></P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1&nbsp;(1)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of TriNet Group, Inc.</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2&nbsp;(2)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws of TriNet Group, Inc.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.3&nbsp;(3)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, by and among TriNet Group, Inc., GA TriNet LLC and HR Acquisitions, LLC, dated June 1, 2009.</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;5.1</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Opinion of Cooley LLP.</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23.1</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Cooley LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23.2</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>24.1</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Form S-8).</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>99.1&nbsp;(4)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Amended and Restated 2009 Equity Incentive Plan.</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>99.2&nbsp;(5)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Form of Option Agreement and Option Grant Notice under the Amended and Restated 2009 Equity Incentive Plan.</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>99.3&nbsp;(6)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement and Restricted Stock Unit Award Notice under the Amended and Restated 2009 Equity Incentive Plan.</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>99.4&nbsp;(7)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.</TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(1)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No.&nbsp;001-36373), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;1, 2014, and incorporated herein by reference.
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(2)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Filed as Exhibit 3.4 to Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-192465), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;4, 2014, and incorporated herein by reference.
</TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(3)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Filed as Exhibit 4.2 to Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-192465), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November&nbsp;21, 2013, and incorporated herein by reference.
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(4)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Filed as Exhibit 10.3 to Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-192465), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;14, 2014, and incorporated herein by reference.
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(5)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Filed as Exhibit 10.4 to Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-192465), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;4, 2014, and incorporated herein by reference.
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(6)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Filed as Exhibit 10.6 to Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-192465), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;4, 2014, and incorporated herein by reference.
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(7)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Filed as Exhibit 10.7 to Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-192465), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;14, 2014, and incorporated herein by reference.
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Form S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2015
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
TriNet Group, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
95-3359658
(State or other jurisdiction of
Incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
1100 San Leandro Blvd., Suite 400
San Leandro, CA 94577
(510) 352-5000
(Address
of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
TriNet Group, Inc. 2009 Equity Incentive Plan
TriNet Group, Inc. 2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Burton M.
Goldfield
Chief Executive Officer
TriNet Group, Inc.
1100
San Leandro Blvd., Suite 400
San Leandro, CA 94577
(510) 352-5000
(Name and
address of agent for service) (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Jodie M. Bourdet
Drew S. Williamson
Cooley
LLP
101 California Street, 5th Floor
San Francisco, California 94111
(415) 693-2000
Gregory L. Hammond
Chief Legal Officer
TriNet
Group, Inc.
1100 San Leandro Blvd., Suite 400
San Leandro, CA 94577
(510)
352-5000
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
¨
Accelerated filer
¨
Non-accelerated filer
x
(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(1)
Proposed
Maximum
Offering
Price
per Share(4)
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common Stock, par value $0.000025 per share
– 2009 Equity Incentive Plan
3,141,509 (2)
$34.34
$107,879,420
$12,536
– 2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
698,113 (3)
$34.34
$23,973,201
$2,786
Total
3,839,622
$131,852,620
$15,322
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Registrant's common stock
that become issuable under the plans set forth herein by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization, or other similar transaction effected that results in an increase to the number of outstanding shares of Registrant's common
stock, as applicable.
(2)
Represents shares of common stock that were automatically added to the shares reserved for issuance under the Registrant's 2009 Equity Incentive Plan (the "2009 Plan") on January 1, 2015 pursuant to
an "evergreen" provision contained in the 2009 Plan. Pursuant to such provision, the number of shares reserved for issuance under the 2009 Plan automatically increases on January 1st each year, starting on January 1, 2015 and
continuing through January 1, 2019, by the lesser of 4.5% of the total number of shares of the Registrant's capital stock outstanding on December 31st of the immediately preceding calendar year, or a number of shares determined by the
Registrant's board of directors.
(3)
Represents shares of common stock that were automatically added to the shares reserved for issuance under the Registrant's 2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "2014 ESPP") on January 1, 2015
pursuant to an "evergreen" provision contained in the 2014 ESPP. Pursuant to such provision, the number of shares reserved for issuance under the 2014 ESPP automatically increases on January 1st each year, starting on January 1,
2015 and continuing through January 1, 2024, by the lesser of (a) 1% of the total number of shares of the Registrant's common stock outstanding on December 31st of the preceding calendar year, (b) 1,800,000 shares of common
stock or (c) a number determined by the Registrant's board of directors
(4)
Estimated in accordance with Rules 457(c) and (h) solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the basis of $34.34 per share, the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant's common
stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on March 26, 2015.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of registering an additional 3,839,622 shares of common stock of TriNet
Group, Inc. (the "Registrant") issuable pursuant to the TriNet Group, Inc. 2009 Equity Incentive Plan (the "2009 Plan") and the TriNet Group, Inc. 2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "2014 ESPP"). These additional
shares of common stock are securities of the same class as other securities for which an original registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-194880) was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 28, 2014. These
additional shares of common stock have become reserved for issuance as a result of the operation of the "evergreen" provisions in each of the 2009 Plan and the 2014 ESPP, which provide that the total number of shares subject to such plans
will be increased on the first day of each fiscal year pursuant to a specified formula.
PART II
ITEM 3.
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents filed by the
Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
(a)
The
contents of the earlier registration statement on Form S-8 relating to the 2009 Plan and the 2014 ESPP, previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 28, 2014 (File No. 333-194880).
(b)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, which includes audited financial
statements for the Registrant's latest fiscal year, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2015.
(c)
The description of the Registrant's common stock which is contained in a registration statement on Form 8-A filed on March 24, 2014 (File No. 001-36373) under the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"),
including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
(d)
All other reports and documents
subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act (other than Current Reports furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and exhibits furnished on such form that relate to such
items) on or after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part of this Registration Statement from the date of the filing of such reports and documents. 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 subsequently filed document that also is deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such 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.
ITEM 8.
EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1 (1)
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of TriNet Group, Inc.
4.2 (2)
Amended and Restated Bylaws of TriNet Group, Inc.
4.3 (3)
Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, by and among TriNet Group, Inc., GA TriNet LLC and HR Acquisitions, LLC, dated June 1, 2009.
5.1
Opinion of Cooley LLP.
23.1
Consent of Cooley LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Form S-8).
99.1 (4)
Amended and Restated 2009 Equity Incentive Plan.
99.2 (5)
Form of Option Agreement and Option Grant Notice under the Amended and Restated 2009 Equity Incentive Plan.
99.3 (6)
Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement and Restricted Stock Unit Award Notice under the Amended and Restated 2009 Equity Incentive Plan.
99.4 (7)
2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
(1)
Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36373), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 1, 2014, and incorporated herein by reference.
(2)
Filed as Exhibit 3.4 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-192465), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 4, 2014, and incorporated herein by reference.
(3)
Filed as Exhibit 4.2 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-192465), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 21, 2013, and incorporated herein by reference.
(4)
Filed as Exhibit 10.3 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-192465), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 14, 2014, and incorporated herein by reference.
(5)
Filed as Exhibit 10.4 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-192465), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 4, 2014, and incorporated herein by reference.
(6)
Filed as Exhibit 10.6 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-192465), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 4, 2014, and incorporated herein by reference.
(7)
Filed as Exhibit 10.7 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-192465), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 14, 2014, and incorporated herein by reference.
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 San Leandro, State of California, on this 31st day
of March, 2015.
T
RI
N
ET
G
ROUP
, I
NC
.
By:
/s/ Burton M. Goldfield
Burton M. Goldfield
Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
K
NOW
A
LL
P
ERSONS
B
Y
T
HESE
P
RESENTS
, that each person
whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Burton M. Goldfield, William Porter and Gregory L. Hammond, and each of them, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with the full power of substitution, for him or her
and in his or her name, place or stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with 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 and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their, his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully 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 dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Burton M. Goldfield
Burton M. Goldfield
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
March 31, 2015
/s/ William Porter
William Porter
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
March 31, 2015
/s/ Katherine August-deWilde
Katherine August-deWilde
Director
March 31, 2015
/s/ Martin Babinec
Martin Babinec
Director
March 31, 2015
/s/ H. Raymond Bingham
H. Raymond Bingham
Director
March 31, 2015
/s/ Kenneth Goldman
Kenneth Goldman
Director
March 31, 2015
/s/ David C. Hodgson
David C. Hodgson
Director
March 31, 2015
/s/ John H. Kispert
John H. Kispert
Director
March 31, 2015
/s/ Wayne B. Lowell
Wayne B. Lowell
Director
March 31, 2015
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1 (1)
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of TriNet Group, Inc.
4.2 (2)
Amended and Restated Bylaws of TriNet Group, Inc.
4.3 (3)
Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, by and among TriNet Group, Inc., GA TriNet LLC and HR Acquisitions, LLC, dated June 1, 2009.
5.1
Opinion of Cooley LLP.
23.1
Consent of Cooley LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Form S-8).
99.1 (4)
Amended and Restated 2009 Equity Incentive Plan.
99.2 (5)
Form of Option Agreement and Option Grant Notice under the Amended and Restated 2009 Equity Incentive Plan.
99.3 (6)
Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement and Restricted Stock Unit Award Notice under the Amended and Restated 2009 Equity Incentive Plan.
99.4 (7)
2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
(1)
Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36373), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 1, 2014, and incorporated herein by reference.
(2)
Filed as Exhibit 3.4 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-192465), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 4, 2014, and incorporated herein by reference.
(3)
Filed as Exhibit 4.2 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-192465), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 21, 2013, and incorporated herein by reference.
(4)
Filed as Exhibit 10.3 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-192465), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 14, 2014, and incorporated herein by reference.
(5)
Filed as Exhibit 10.4 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-192465), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 4, 2014, and incorporated herein by reference.
(6)
Filed as Exhibit 10.6 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-192465), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 4, 2014, and incorporated herein by reference.
(7)
Filed as Exhibit 10.7 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-192465), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 14, 2014, and incorporated herein by reference.