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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i38d8339a3b5d44829ab53254f1142e6d_1"></div><div style="min-height:54pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March&#160;1, 2021 </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Registration No.&#160;333-</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">UNITED STATES</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Washington, D.C. 20549</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;</font></div><div style="margin-top:4pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">FORM&#160;S-8</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">UNDER</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></div><div style="margin-top:5pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:20pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SOLARWINDS CORPORATION</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:17pt;margin-top:5pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;vertical-align:top;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:48.521%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.556%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:48.523%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Delaware</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">81-0753267</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(State or other jurisdiction of<br>incorporation or organization)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(I.R.S. Employer<br>Identification No.)</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">7171 Southwest Parkway, Building 400</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Austin, Texas 78735</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">_______________________________________</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">2018 Equity Incentive Plan</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">2018 Employee Stock Purchase Plan</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(Full title of the plan)</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">______________________________________</font></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Jason W. Bliss</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SolarWinds Corporation</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">7171 Southwest Parkway,  Building 400</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Austin, Texas 78735</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(512) 682-9300</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(</font><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">)</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">_______________________________________</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. 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1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#168;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#168;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:1pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;</font></div><div style="height:54pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:54pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:5pt;margin-top:5pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;vertical-align:top;width:99.848%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:43.209%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.558%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:12.101%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.558%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:11.039%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.558%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:14.074%"></td><td 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Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Amount</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">to be</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">registered</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:5.2pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;position:relative;top:-2.8pt;vertical-align:baseline">(1)</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Proposed<br>maximum<br>offering price<br>per share</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Proposed<br>maximum<br>aggregate<br>offering price</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Amount of<br>registration fee</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, reserved for issuance pursuant to the 2018 Equity Incentive Plan</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" 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style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">241,585,656.40&#160;</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">26,357.00&#160;</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, reserved for issuance pursuant to the 2018 Employee Stock Purchase Plan</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1,570,778</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New 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0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">20,530,068.46&#160;</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2,239.83&#160;</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr></table></div><div 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Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Securities Act</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221;), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Registrant&#8217;s Common Stock that become issuable by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction that results in an increase in the number of outstanding shares of Registrant&#8217;s Common Stock.</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(2)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:6.34pt">Represents an automatic annual increase on&#160;January&#160;1, 2021&#160;to the number of shares of the Registrant&#8217;s Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Registrant&#8217;s 2018 Equity Incentive Plan (&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">2018 Plan</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221;), which annual increase is provided for in the 2018 Plan.</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(3)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:6.34pt">Represents an automatic annual increase on&#160;January&#160;1, 2021&#160;to the number of shares of the Registrant&#8217;s Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Registrant&#8217;s 2018 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">2018 ESPP</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221;), which annual increase is provided for in the 2018 ESPP.</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(4)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:6.34pt">Estimated in accordance with paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule 457 under the Securities Act solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the basis of $15.38, which represents the average of the high and low price per share of the Registrant&#8217;s Common Stock on February&#160;23, 2021 as reported on the New York Stock Exchange.</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(5)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:6.34pt">Estimated in accordance with paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule 457 under the Securities Act solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the basis of $13.07 per share (calculated by taking 85% of $15.38, which represents the average of the high and low price per share of the Registrant&#8217;s Common Stock on February&#160;23, 2021 as reported on the New York Stock Exchange). Pursuant to the ESPP, the purchase price of the shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance thereunder will be equal to 85% of&#160;the fair market value of the Common Stock on the first day or the last day of the offering period, whichever is less.</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="height:54pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><div id="i38d8339a3b5d44829ab53254f1142e6d_4"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:54pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:174%">REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Registration Statement</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221;) registers additional shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Common Stock</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221;), of SolarWinds Corporation (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Registrant</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221;) available for grant and issuance by Registrant under its 2018 Equity Incentive Plan (&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">2018 Plan</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221;) and 2018 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">2018 ESPP</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221;). The number of shares reserved under the 2018 Plan is subject to an automatic increase on the first day of each fiscal year, starting on January 1, 2020 and continuing through January 1, 2028, by an amount equal to the smaller of (a) 5% of the number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding on the immediately preceding December 31 and (b) an amount determined by the Registrant&#8217;s board of directors (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">2018 Plan Evergreen Provision</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221;).&#160;The number of shares reserved under the ESPP is subject to an automatic increase on the first day of each fiscal year, starting on January 1, 2020 and continuing through January 1, 2028, by an amount equal to the smallest of&#58; (a) 5,000,000 shares&#59; (b) 0.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock on the immediately preceding December 31&#59; and (c) such other amount as may be determined by the Registrant&#8217;s board of directors (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">2018 ESPP Evergreen Provision</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221;). This Registration Statement registers an additional 15,707,780 shares of Common Stock that became available for grant and issuance under the 2018 Plan pursuant to the 2018 Plan Evergreen Provision and an additional 1,570,778 shares of Common Stock available for grant and issuance under the 2018 ESPP pursuant to the 2018 ESPP Evergreen Provision as of January 1, 2021. The contents of the Registration Statements on Form S-8 relating to the 2018 Plan and the 2018 ESPP previously filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Commission</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221;) on October 23, 2018 (File No. 333-227937) and February 24, 2020 (File No. 333-236602) are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8. </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><div id="i38d8339a3b5d44829ab53254f1142e6d_7"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">PART I</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Information Required in the Section 10(a) Prospectus</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The information specified in Item&#160;1 and Item&#160;2 of Part&#160;I of Form S-8 is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with the provisions of Rule&#160;428 under the Securities Act and the introductory note to Part&#160;I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part&#160;I of Form S-8 will be delivered to the participants in the equity benefit plans covered by this Registration Statement as specified by Rule&#160;428(b)(1) under the Securities Act.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div id="i38d8339a3b5d44829ab53254f1142e6d_10"></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">PART&#160;II</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Information Required in the Registration Statement</font></div><div id="i38d8339a3b5d44829ab53254f1142e6d_13"></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item&#160;3.  Incorporation of documents by reference</font></div><div style="margin-top:5pt;text-indent:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the following documents previously filed with the Commission&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:5pt;margin-top:5pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;vertical-align:top;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:5.951%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:6.432%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:84.317%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">a.</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">the Registrant&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10&#8209;K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 filed with the Commission on March 1, 2021&#59;</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">b.</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">all other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Exchange Act</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221;) since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Registrant&#8217;s Annual Report referred to in (a) above&#59; and</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">c.</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">the description of the Registrant&#8217;s Common Stock which is contained in the Registrant&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form&#160;8-A&#160;(File&#160;No.&#160;001-38711), filed with the Commissions on October 19, 2018, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top:3pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">All reports and definitive proxy or information statements filed pursuant to Section&#160;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d)&#160;of the Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which de-registers all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Under no circumstances will any information furnished under current items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K be deemed incorporated herein by reference unless such Form 8-K expressly provides to the contrary. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in any subsequently filed document which also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.</font></div><div style="margin-top:3pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><div id="i38d8339a3b5d44829ab53254f1142e6d_16"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="-sec-extract:summary;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item&#160;8. Exhibits</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The following exhibits are incorporated by reference herein.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:5pt;margin-top:5pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;vertical-align:top;width:99.839%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:7.407%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.602%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:89.591%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Number</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Index to Exhibits</font></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4.1</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1739942/000173994218000009/swi-2018930xexx41.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Amended and Restated Stockholders' Agreement, dated October 18, 2018, by and among the Registrant and the stockholders' named therein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrant's Form 10-Q (File No. 181203681) filed with the Commission on November 27, 2018)</a></font></div></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4.2</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1739942/000162828018012025/exhibit43s-1.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of February 5, 2016, by and among the Registrant and the stockholders named therein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 181082032) filed with the Commission on September 21, 2018)</a></font></div><div><font><br></font></div></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4.3</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1739942/000173994218000009/swi-2018930xexx101.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">SolarWinds Corporation 2018 Equity Incentive Plan and form of agreements thereunder (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the  Registrant&#8217;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (file No. 181203681) filed with the Commission on November 27, 2018</a></font></div></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4.4</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1739942/000173994219000010/swi-20181231xexx107.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">SolarWinds Corporation 2018 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the  Registrant&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K (file No. 19630606) filed with the Commission on February 25, 2019</a></font></div></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">5.1*</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="exhibit51-20210101sx8.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Opinion and consent of DLA Piper LLP (US)</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New 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Bliss and each of them acting alone, as his true and lawful&#160;attorney-in-fact&#160;and agent with full power of substitution, for him in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said&#160;attorney-in-fact,&#160;proxy and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said&#160;attorney-in-fact,&#160;proxy and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:24.75pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on March&#160;1, 2021.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:24.75pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:24.75pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:17pt;margin-top:5pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;vertical-align:top;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:30.791%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.921%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:44.412%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.601%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:19.575%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:2pt;padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Signature</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:2pt;padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Title</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:2pt;padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Date</font></div></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:2pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#47;s&#47; 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Document
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 1, 2021
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
SOLARWINDS CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
81-0753267
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
7171 Southwest Parkway, Building 400
Austin, Texas 78735
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)
_______________________________________
2018 Equity Incentive Plan
2018 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plan)
______________________________________
Jason W. Bliss
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
SolarWinds Corporation
7171 Southwest Parkway,  Building 400
Austin, Texas 78735
(512) 682-9300
(
Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service
)
_______________________________________
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
ý
Accelerated filer
¨
Non-accelerated filer
¨
Smaller reporting company
¨
Emerging growth company
¨
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.
¨
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities to be registered
Amount
to be
registered
(1)
Proposed
maximum
offering price
per share
Proposed
maximum
aggregate
offering price
Amount of
registration fee
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, reserved for issuance pursuant to the 2018 Equity Incentive Plan
15,707,780
(2)
$15.38
(4)
$
241,585,656.40
$
26,357.00
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, reserved for issuance pursuant to the 2018 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
1,570,778
(3)
$13.07
(5)
$
20,530,068.46
$
2,239.83
(1)
Represents shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "
Common Stock
"), of SolarWinds Corporation (the "
Registrant
"). Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of 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 by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction that results in an increase in the number of outstanding shares of Registrant's Common Stock.
(2)
Represents an automatic annual increase on January 1, 2021 to the number of shares of the Registrant's Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Registrant's 2018 Equity Incentive Plan ("
2018 Plan
"), which annual increase is provided for in the 2018 Plan.
(3)
Represents an automatic annual increase on January 1, 2021 to the number of shares of the Registrant's Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Registrant's 2018 Employee Stock Purchase Plan ("
2018 ESPP
"), which annual increase is provided for in the 2018 ESPP.
(4)
Estimated in accordance with paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule 457 under the Securities Act solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the basis of $15.38, which represents the average of the high and low price per share of the Registrant's Common Stock on February 23, 2021 as reported on the New York Stock Exchange.
(5)
Estimated in accordance with paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule 457 under the Securities Act solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the basis of $13.07 per share (calculated by taking 85% of $15.38, which represents the average of the high and low price per share of the Registrant's Common Stock on February 23, 2021 as reported on the New York Stock Exchange). Pursuant to the ESPP, the purchase price of the shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance thereunder will be equal to 85% of the fair market value of the Common Stock on the first day or the last day of the offering period, whichever is less.
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "
Registration Statement
") registers additional shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share ("
Common Stock
"), of SolarWinds Corporation (the "
Registrant
") available for grant and issuance by Registrant under its 2018 Equity Incentive Plan ("
2018 Plan
") and 2018 Employee Stock Purchase Plan ("
2018 ESPP
"). The number of shares reserved under the 2018 Plan is subject to an automatic increase on the first day of each fiscal year, starting on January 1, 2020 and continuing through January 1, 2028, by an amount equal to the smaller of (a) 5% of the number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding on the immediately preceding December 31 and (b) an amount determined by the Registrant's board of directors (the "
2018 Plan Evergreen Provision
"). The number of shares reserved under the ESPP is subject to an automatic increase on the first day of each fiscal year, starting on January 1, 2020 and continuing through January 1, 2028, by an amount equal to the smallest of: (a) 5,000,000 shares; (b) 0.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock on the immediately preceding December 31; and (c) such other amount as may be determined by the Registrant's board of directors (the "
2018 ESPP Evergreen Provision
"). This Registration Statement registers an additional 15,707,780 shares of Common Stock that became available for grant and issuance under the 2018 Plan pursuant to the 2018 Plan Evergreen Provision and an additional 1,570,778 shares of Common Stock available for grant and issuance under the 2018 ESPP pursuant to the 2018 ESPP Evergreen Provision as of January 1, 2021. The contents of the Registration Statements on Form S-8 relating to the 2018 Plan and the 2018 ESPP previously filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "
Commission
") on October 23, 2018 (File No. 333-227937) and February 24, 2020 (File No. 333-236602) are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8.
PART I
Information Required in the Section 10(a) Prospectus
The information specified in Item 1 and Item 2 of Part I of Form S-8 is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the introductory note to Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be delivered to the participants in the equity benefit plans covered by this Registration Statement as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act.
PART II
Information Required in the Registration Statement
Item 3.  Incorporation of documents by reference
The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the following documents previously filed with the Commission:
a.
the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10‑K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 filed with the Commission on March 1, 2021;
b.
all other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "
Exchange Act
") since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Registrant's Annual Report referred to in (a) above; and
c.
the description of the Registrant's Common Stock which is contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-38711), filed with the Commissions on October 19, 2018, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All reports and definitive proxy or information statements filed pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which de-registers all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Under no circumstances will any information furnished under current items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K be deemed incorporated herein by reference unless such Form 8-K expressly provides to the contrary. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in any subsequently filed document which also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.
Item 8. Exhibits
The following exhibits are incorporated by reference herein.
Number
Index to Exhibits
4.1
Amended and Restated Stockholders' Agreement, dated October 18, 2018, by and among the Registrant and the stockholders' named therein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrant's Form 10-Q (File No. 181203681) filed with the Commission on November 27, 2018)
4.2
Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of February 5, 2016, by and among the Registrant and the stockholders named therein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 181082032) filed with the Commission on September 21, 2018)
4.3
SolarWinds Corporation 2018 Equity Incentive Plan and form of agreements thereunder (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the  Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (file No. 181203681) filed with the Commission on November 27, 2018
4.4
SolarWinds Corporation 2018 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the  Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K (file No. 19630606) filed with the Commission on February 25, 2019
5.1*
Opinion and consent of DLA Piper LLP (US)
23.1*
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2*
Consent of DLA Piper LLP (US) (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1*
Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature pages to this Registration Statement)
________________
*    Filed herewith.
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 Austin, State of Texas on this 1st day of March, 2021.
SOLARWINDS CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Sudhakar Ramakrishna
Sudhakar Ramakrishna
President and Chief Executive Officer
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Sudhakar Ramakrishna, J. Barton Kalsu and Jason W. Bliss and each of them acting alone, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution, for him in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact, proxy and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact, proxy and agent, or his substitute, 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 below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on March 1, 2021.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Sudhakar Ramakrishna
President and Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
March 1, 2021
Sudhakar Ramakrishna
/s/ J. Barton Kalsu
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
March 1, 2021
J. Barton Kalsu
/s/ Michael Bingle
Director
March 1, 2021
Michael Bingle
/s/ William Bock
Director
March 1, 2021
William Bock
/s/ Seth Boro
Director
March 1, 2021
Seth Boro
/s/ Kenneth Hao
Director
March 1, 2021
Kenneth Hao
/s/ Dennis Howard
Director
March 1, 2021
Dennis Howard
/s/ Michael Hoffmann
Director
March 1, 2021
Michael Hoffmann
/s/ Catherine Kinney
Director
March 1, 2021
Catherine Kinney
/s/ James Lines
Director
March 1, 2021
James Lines
/s/ Easwaran Sundaram
Director
March 1, 2021
Easwaran Sundaram
/s/ Michael Widmann
Director
March 1, 2021
Michael Widmann