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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 May&nbsp;29, 2015 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </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>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:6pt;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:6pt; 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:14pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:14pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNDER THE </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:14pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES ACT
OF 1933 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;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:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SHOPIFY 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>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>30-0830605</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Jurisdiction of Incorporation)</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</B></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>150 Elgin Street, 8<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> Floor </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K2P 1L4 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(613) 241-2828 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address
of Registrant&#146;s Principal Executive Offices) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Fourth Amended and Restated Incentive Stock Option Plan </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Stock Option Plan </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Long
Term Incentive 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 Plan) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CT Corporation System </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>1209 Orange Street </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Wilmington, DE 19801 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(302) 658-7581 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name,
Address and Telephone Number of Agent for Service) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;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:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Copy to: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Margaret A. Brown, Esq. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Riccardo A. Leofanti, Esq. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher&nbsp;&amp; Flom LLP </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>500 Boylston Street </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Boston, MA 02116 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(617)
523-0002 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;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:6pt; 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&nbsp;&#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act (Check one): </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>Large&nbsp;Accelerated&nbsp;Filer&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>Accelerated&nbsp;Filer&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>Non-Accelerated&nbsp;Filer&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#120;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>Smaller&nbsp;Reporting&nbsp;Company&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>(Do&nbsp;not&nbsp;check&nbsp;if&nbsp;a&nbsp;smaller&nbsp;reporting&nbsp;company)</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Registered (1)(2)</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>Offering Price Per<BR>Share (4)(5)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Class B multiple voting shares</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">630,000</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">$3.37</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">$2,123,100</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">$247</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Class A subordinate voting shares</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">370,000</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">$26.43</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">$9,779,100</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">$1,137</TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(1)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The Class B multiple voting shares being registered relate to past stock option grants under the Registrant&#146;s Fourth Amended and Restated Incentive Stock Option Plan, with option exercise prices that were
determined in accordance with the provisions of the Fourth Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:2pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The Class A subordinate voting shares being registered relate to (i) stock option grants to be undertaken in the future, with option exercise prices to be determined in accordance with the provisions of the
Registrant&#146;s Stock Option Plan and (ii) share unit grants to be undertaken in the future, with exercise prices to be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Registrant&#146;s Long Term Incentive Plan. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Pursuant to Rule 416 under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), the number of Class B multiple voting shares and Class A subordinate voting shares being registered hereby shall
be adjusted to include any additional Class B multiple voting shares and Class A subordinate voting shares that may become issuable as a result of stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations or any other similar transactions effected without
the receipt of consideration that results in an increase in the number of the Registrant&#146;s outstanding Class B multiple voting shares or Class A subordinate voting shares in accordance with the provisions of the Fourth Amended and Restated
Incentive Stock Option Plan, the Stock Option Plan and the Long Term Incentive Plan. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:2pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. The price of $3.37 per Class B multiple voting share represents the weighted average of the
exercise prices for the options under the Registrant&#146;s Fourth Amended and Restated Incentive Stock Option Plan. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:2pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to paragraphs (c) and (h)(1) of Rule 457 under the Securities Act on the basis of the average of the high and low prices for the Class A
subordinate voting shares on the New York Stock Exchange on May 21, 2015. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:8pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents, or excerpts thereof as indicated, filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;Commission&#148;) are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(a)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The Registrant&#146;s prospectus filed on May&nbsp;20, 2015 pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act relating to the Registration Statement on Form F-1, as amended (File No.&nbsp;333-203401), which contains
audited financial statements for the Registrant&#146;s latest fiscal year for which such statements have been filed; and </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(b)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">the description of the Registrant&#146;s Class&nbsp;A common stock contained in the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No.&nbsp;001-37400) filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;19, 2012 under
Section&nbsp;12(b) of the Exchange Act, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description. </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of
a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities offered hereby then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and shall be deemed to be a
part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents, provided that, any Report on Form 6-K of the Registrant hereafter furnished to the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act shall be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement
only if and to the extent provided in such document. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">See description of the Registrants Class B multiple voting shares contained in the Registrant&#146;s prospectus filed on May&nbsp;20, 2015
pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act relating to the Registration Statement on Form F-1, as amended (File No.&nbsp;333-203401). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not Applicable. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification
of Directors and Officers </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under the <I>Canada Business Corporations Act</I> (the &#147;CBCA&#148;), the Registrant may indemnify its
current or former directors or officers or another individual who acts or acted at the Registrant&#146;s request as a director or officer, or an individual acting in a similar capacity, of another entity, against all costs, charges and expenses,
including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably incurred by the individual in respect of any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other proceeding in which the individual is involved because of his or her
association with the Registrant or another entity. The CBCA also provides that the Registrant may advance moneys to a director, officer or other individual for costs, charges and expenses reasonably incurred in connection with such a proceeding;
provided that such individual shall repay the moneys if the individual does not fulfill the conditions described below. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">However,
indemnification is prohibited under the CBCA unless the individual: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the Registrant&#146;s best interests, or the best interests of the other entity for which the individual acted as director or officer or in a similar capacity at the
Registrant&#146;s request; and </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">in the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, the individual had reasonable grounds for believing that his or her conduct was lawful. </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrant&#146;s by-laws require the Registrant to indemnify each of its current or former directors or officers and each individual who
acts or acted at its request as a director or officer, or an individual acting in a similar capacity, of another entity, against all costs, charges and expenses, including, without limitation, an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a
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reasonably incurred by the individual in respect of any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other proceeding in which the individual is involved because of his or her association
with the Registrant or another entity. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrant&#146;s by-laws authorize it to purchase and maintain insurance for the benefit of
each of its current or former directors or officers and each person who acts or acted at the Registrant&#146;s request as a director or officer, or an individual acting in a similar capacity, of another entity. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrant has entered into indemnity agreements with its directors and certain officers which provide, among other things, that the
Registrant will indemnify him or her to the fullest extent permitted by law from and against all liabilities, costs, charges and expenses incurred as a result of his or her actions in the exercise of his or her duties as a director or officer. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Reference is made to Item&nbsp;9 for the undertakings of the Registrant with respect to indemnification of liabilities arising under the
Securities Act. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption From Registration Claimed. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not Applicable. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following exhibits are filed as part of this registration statement. </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Specimen Class&nbsp;A subordinate voting share certificate.<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">(1)</SUP></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Specimen Class B multiple voting share certificate.<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">(1)</SUP></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant.<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">(2)</SUP></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">By-laws of the Registrant.<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top"> (2)</SUP></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Opinion of Stikeman Elliott LLP.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Stikeman Elliott LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Power of Attorney (included on page 8 of this Registration Statement).</TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Incorporated by reference to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form F-1, filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;6, 2015. </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:2pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Incorporated by reference to the Registrant&#146;s Report on Form 6-K, furnished to the Commision on May&nbsp;29, 2015. </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings. </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(i)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement; </TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide</I> offering thereof; and </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or
Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(c)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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, on May&nbsp;29, 2015. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">By:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Tobias L&uuml;tke</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-3.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;Tobias L&uuml;tke</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-3.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Chief Executive Officer</P></TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:20pt; 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; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints each of Tobias L&uuml;tke and Russell Jones as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, each acting alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and
to sign any related registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, 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, each action alone, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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
dates indicated. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Chief&nbsp;Executive&nbsp;Officer&nbsp;and&nbsp;Director</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Principal Executive Officer)</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">May&nbsp;29, 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Tobias L&uuml;tke</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP 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:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Principal Financial Officer and</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Principal Accounting Officer)</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">May 29, 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">May 29, 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">May 29, 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Steven Collins</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">May 29, 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Jeremy Levine</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">May 29, 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Trevor Oelschig</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">May 29, 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">John Philips</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned certifies that it is the duly authorized United States representative
of the registrant and has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be signed by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Ottawa, Ontario, on May&nbsp;29, 2015. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Shopify Payments (USA) Inc.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(Authorized Representative in the United States)</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Tobias L&uuml;tke</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-3.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;President and Secretary</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Specimen Class A subordinate voting share certificate.<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">(1)</SUP></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant.<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">(2)</SUP></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Opinion of Stikeman Elliott LLP.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Stikeman Elliott LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Power of Attorney (included on page 8 of this Registration Statement).</TD></TR>
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Form S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 29, 2015
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT
OF 1933
SHOPIFY INC.
(Exact Name
of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Canada
30-0830605
(Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
150 Elgin Street, 8
th
Floor
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K2P 1L4
(613) 241-2828
(Address
of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)
Fourth Amended and Restated Incentive Stock Option Plan
Stock Option Plan
Long
Term Incentive Plan
(Full Title of Plan)
CT Corporation System
1209 Orange Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
(302) 658-7581
(Name,
Address and Telephone Number of Agent for Service)
Copy to:
Margaret A. Brown, Esq.
Riccardo A. Leofanti, Esq.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
500 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116
(617)
523-0002
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 (Check one):
Large Accelerated Filer
¨
Accelerated Filer
¨
Non-Accelerated Filer
x
Smaller Reporting Company
¨
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities To Be
Registered (1)(2)
Amount To Be
Registered (3)
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price Per
Share (4)(5)
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price (4)(5)
Amount of
Registration Fee
Class B multiple voting shares
630,000
$3.37
$2,123,100
$247
Class A subordinate voting shares
370,000
$26.43
$9,779,100
$1,137
Notes
(1)
The Class B multiple voting shares being registered relate to past stock option grants under the Registrant's Fourth Amended and Restated Incentive Stock Option Plan, with option exercise prices that were
determined in accordance with the provisions of the Fourth Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan.
(2)
The Class A subordinate voting shares being registered relate to (i) stock option grants to be undertaken in the future, with option exercise prices to be determined in accordance with the provisions of the
Registrant's Stock Option Plan and (ii) share unit grants to be undertaken in the future, with exercise prices to be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Registrant's Long Term Incentive Plan.
(3)
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), the number of Class B multiple voting shares and Class A subordinate voting shares being registered hereby shall
be adjusted to include any additional Class B multiple voting shares and Class A subordinate voting shares that may become issuable as a result of stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations or any other similar transactions effected without
the receipt of consideration that results in an increase in the number of the Registrant's outstanding Class B multiple voting shares or Class A subordinate voting shares in accordance with the provisions of the Fourth Amended and Restated
Incentive Stock Option Plan, the Stock Option Plan and the Long Term Incentive Plan.
(4)
Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. The price of $3.37 per Class B multiple voting share represents the weighted average of the
exercise prices for the options under the Registrant's Fourth Amended and Restated Incentive Stock Option Plan.
(5)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to paragraphs (c) and (h)(1) of Rule 457 under the Securities Act on the basis of the average of the high and low prices for the Class A
subordinate voting shares on the New York Stock Exchange on May 21, 2015.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, or excerpts thereof as indicated, filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
(a)
The Registrant's prospectus filed on May 20, 2015 pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act relating to the Registration Statement on Form F-1, as amended (File No. 333-203401), which contains
audited financial statements for the Registrant's latest fiscal year for which such statements have been filed; and
(b)
the description of the Registrant's Class A common stock contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-37400) filed with the Commission on May 19, 2012 under
Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of
a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities offered hereby then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and shall be deemed to be a
part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents, provided that, any Report on Form 6-K of the Registrant hereafter furnished to the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act shall be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement
only if and to the extent provided in such document.
Item 4. Description of Securities
See description of the Registrants Class B multiple voting shares contained in the Registrant's prospectus filed on May 20, 2015
pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act relating to the Registration Statement on Form F-1, as amended (File No. 333-203401).
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not Applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification
of Directors and Officers
Under the
Canada Business Corporations Act
(the "CBCA"), the Registrant may indemnify its
current or former directors or officers or another individual who acts or acted at the Registrant's request as a director or officer, or an individual acting in a similar capacity, of another entity, against all costs, charges and expenses,
including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably incurred by the individual in respect of any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other proceeding in which the individual is involved because of his or her
association with the Registrant or another entity. The CBCA also provides that the Registrant may advance moneys to a director, officer or other individual for costs, charges and expenses reasonably incurred in connection with such a proceeding;
provided that such individual shall repay the moneys if the individual does not fulfill the conditions described below.
However,
indemnification is prohibited under the CBCA unless the individual:
•
acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the Registrant's best interests, or the best interests of the other entity for which the individual acted as director or officer or in a similar capacity at the
Registrant's request; and
•
in the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, the individual had reasonable grounds for believing that his or her conduct was lawful.
The Registrant's by-laws require the Registrant to indemnify each of its current or former directors or officers and each individual who
acts or acted at its request as a director or officer, or an individual acting in a similar capacity, of another entity, against all costs, charges and expenses, including, without limitation, an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a
judgment,
reasonably incurred by the individual in respect of any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other proceeding in which the individual is involved because of his or her association
with the Registrant or another entity.
The Registrant's by-laws authorize it to purchase and maintain insurance for the benefit of
each of its current or former directors or officers and each person who acts or acted at the Registrant's request as a director or officer, or an individual acting in a similar capacity, of another entity.
The Registrant has entered into indemnity agreements with its directors and certain officers which provide, among other things, that the
Registrant will indemnify him or her to the fullest extent permitted by law from and against all liabilities, costs, charges and expenses incurred as a result of his or her actions in the exercise of his or her duties as a director or officer.
Reference is made to Item 9 for the undertakings of the Registrant with respect to indemnification of liabilities arising under the
Securities Act.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed as part of this registration statement.
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Specimen Class A subordinate voting share certificate.
(1)
4.2
Specimen Class B multiple voting share certificate.
(1)
4.3
Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant.
(2)
4.4
By-laws of the Registrant.
(2)
5.1
Opinion of Stikeman Elliott LLP.
23.1
Consent of Stikeman Elliott LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on page 8 of this Registration Statement).
(1)
Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form F-1, filed with the Commission on May 6, 2015.
(2)
Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Report on Form 6-K, furnished to the Commision on May 29, 2015.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(i)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;
(ii)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof; and
(iii)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(c)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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, on May 29, 2015.
SHOPIFY INC.
By:
/s/ Tobias Lütke
Name:  Tobias Lütke
Title:    Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints each of Tobias Lütke and Russell Jones as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, each acting alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and
to sign any related registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, 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, each action alone, or 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, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
Signatures
Title
Date
/s/ Tobias Lütke
Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
May 29, 2015
Tobias Lütke
/s/ Russell Jones
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer)
May 29, 2015
Russell Jones
/s/ Robert Ashe
Director
May 29, 2015
Robert Ashe
/s/ Steven Collins
Director
May 29, 2015
Steven Collins
/s/ Jeremy Levine
Director
May 29, 2015
Jeremy Levine
/s/ Trevor Oelschig
Director
May 29, 2015
Trevor Oelschig
/s/ John Philips
Director
May 29, 2015
John Philips
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned certifies that it is the duly authorized United States representative
of the registrant and has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be signed by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Ottawa, Ontario, on May 29, 2015.
Shopify Payments (USA) Inc.
(Authorized Representative in the United States)
By:
/s/ Tobias Lütke
Name:  Tobias Lütke
Title:    President and Secretary
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Specimen Class A subordinate voting share certificate.
(1)
4.2
Specimen Class B multiple voting share certificate.
(1)
4.3
Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant.
(2)
4.4
By-laws of the Registrant.
(2)
5.1
Opinion of Stikeman Elliott LLP.
23.1
Consent of Stikeman Elliott LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on page 8 of this Registration Statement).
(1)
Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form F-1, filed with the Commission on May 6, 2015.
(2)
Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Report on Form 6-K, furnished to the Commision on May 29, 2015.