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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Despegar.com, Corp. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Not Applicable</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Avenida Jujuy 2013 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Ciudad Aut&oacute;noma de Buenos Aires, Argentina C1247ABI </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Telephone: +54 11 5173-3702 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address, including zip code and telephone number, including area code, 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>Despegar.Com, Corp. Amended and Restated 2016 Stock 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 the plan) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Puglisi&nbsp;&amp; Associates </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>850 Library Avenue, Suite 204 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Newark, DE 19711 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Telephone: <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(302)&nbsp;738-6680</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>Copies to: </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>S.
Todd Crider </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Juan Francisco M&eacute;ndez </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Simpson Thacher&nbsp;&amp; Bartlett LLP </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>425 Lexington Avenue </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>New
York, New York 10017 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Telephone: (212) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">455-2000</FONT> </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-accelerated</FONT>
filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;smaller reporting company,&#148; and &#147;emerging growth company&#148; in Rule <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Exchange Act. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9744;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9744;</TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8,</FONT> this registration statement on Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) is being filed in order to register an additional (i) 1,550,000 ordinary shares, without par value of Despegar.com, Corp. (&#147;Despegar&#148; or the
&#147;Registrant&#148;) under the Despegar.Com, Corp. Amended and Restated 2016 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended through April&nbsp;26, 2023 (the &#147;Plan&#148;) and (ii) 1,200,000 ordinary shares that may become available for issuance under the
Plan as a result of outstanding awards under the Plan being redeemed by, surrendered to or otherwise reacquired by Despegar or are cancelled or expire unexercised. The ordinary shares are securities of the same class as those securities registered
on the Registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1703141/000119312517289495/d447292ds8.htm">September
<U></U>&nbsp;20, 2017</A> (Registration No.&nbsp;333- 220544), which is hereby incorporated by reference, except to the extent supplemented, amended or superseded by information set forth in this Registration Statement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; 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; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents filed with the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;) and the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Annual Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1703141/000162828023013635/desp-20221231.htm">
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;20-F</FONT></A> of the Registrant for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2022, filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;27, 2023; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The description of the Registrant&#146;s ordinary shares contained in its Registration Statement on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1703141/000119312517286391/d447124d8a12b.htm">Form
 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A</FONT></A> filed with the Commission on September&nbsp;15, 2017, pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(b) of the Exchange Act, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All documents that the Registrant subsequently files pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date
of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement indicating that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters 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. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any statement contained in
a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
Registration Statement. </P> <P STYLE="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; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under the laws of the British Virgin Islands, each of the Registrant&#146;s directors, in exercising his or her powers or performing his or her duties, is
required to act honestly and in good faith and in what the director believes to be in the Registrant&#146;s best interests, is required to exercise his or her powers as a director for a proper purpose, may not act, or agree to the Registrant acting,
in a manner that contravenes the British Virgin Island Business Companies Act, 2004 as amended from time to time (the &#147;BVI Act&#148;) or the Registrant&#146;s memorandum and articles of association, and is required to exercise the care,
diligence and skill that a reasonable director would exercise in the same circumstances (taking into account, but without limitation, the nature of the company, the nature of the decision; and the position of the director and the nature of the
responsibilities undertaken by him or her). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrant&#146;s memorandum and articles of association provide that, to the fullest extent permitted by
law, the Registrant is authorized to provide indemnification of (and advancement of expenses to) directors, officers and agents of the Registrant (and any other persons to which the Registrant is permitted to provide indemnification under applicable
law) through provisions in the memorandum and articles of association, agreements with such directors, officers agents or other persons, vote of disinterested directors or otherwise, subject only to limits created by the BVI Act. </P>
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against all expenses, including legal fees, and against all judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement and reasonably incurred in connection with legal, administrative or investigative proceedings by any person who: (a)&nbsp;is or was a party
or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, an officer or a liquidator of the
Registrant; or (b)&nbsp;is or was, at the request of the Registrant, serving as a director, an officer or a liquidator of, or in any other capacity is or was acting for, another body corporate or a partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise; provided that such indemnification shall not apply unless the person claiming such indemnification acted honestly and in good faith and in what he believed to be the best interests of the Registrant and, in the case of criminal
proceedings, the person had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrant may pay any expenses, including legal
fees, incurred by any such person in defending any legal, administrative or investigative proceedings in advance of the final disposition of the proceedings. If a person to be indemnified has been successful in defense of any proceedings referred to
above, the person is entitled to be indemnified against all expenses, including legal fees, and against all judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the proceedings. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrant may purchase and maintain insurance in relation to any person who is or was a director, an officer or a liquidator of the Registrant, or who at
the request of the Registrant is or was serving as a director, an officer or a liquidator of, or in any other capacity is or was acting for, another body corporate or a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against any liability
asserted against the person and incurred by the person in that capacity, whether or not we have or would have had the power to indemnify the person against the liability as provided in our memorandum and articles of association. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">See exhibits listed in the Exhibit Index below, which is incorporated into this item by reference. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1703141/000119312520249782/d44170dex31.htm">Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association of Despegar.com, Corp., Amended and Restated on September<U></U>&nbsp;
17, 2020 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report filed on Form<U></U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&nbsp;6-K,</FONT><U></U>&nbsp;filed on September<U></U>&nbsp;21, 2020)</A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1703141/000119312517274031/d425250dex41.htm">Sixth Amended and Restated Investors&#146; Rights Agreement, dated as of August&nbsp;
29, 2017, by and among the Registrant and the shareholders named therein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">F-1</FONT> (File <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-219973)</FONT> filed with the Commission on August&nbsp;31, 2017) </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.3</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1703141/000119312520227118/d926628dex44.htm">Letter Agreement, dated as of August&nbsp;
20, 2020, relating to the Sixth Amended and Restated Investors&#146; Rights Agreement, dated as of August&nbsp;
29, 2017 by the Registrant and the shareholders named therein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Current Report filed on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-K,</FONT> filed on August&nbsp;21, 2020)</A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1703141/000119312517274031/d425250dex43.htm">Fourth Amended and Restated Voting Agreement, dated as of August&nbsp;
29, 2017, by and among the Registrant and the shareholders named therein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">F-1</FONT> (File <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-219973)</FONT> filed with the Commission on August&nbsp;31, 2017) </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.5</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1703141/000119312520273712/d31946dex41.htm">Nominating Agreement, dated as of October&nbsp;
21, 2020, by and among Despegar.com, Corp. and Expedia, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report filed on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">6-K,</FONT> filed on August October&nbsp;21, 2020)</A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1703141/000119312521145077/d117016dex45.htm">Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of September&nbsp;
18, 2020 by and among Despegar.com, Corp. and LCLA Daylight LP (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">20-F</FONT> filed on April&nbsp;30, 2021)</A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1703141/000119312521145077/d117016dex46.htm">Shelf Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of September&nbsp;
21, 2020 by and among Despegar.com, Corp. and Waha LATAM Investments Limited (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to the Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">20-F</FONT> filed on April&nbsp;30, 2021)</A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.8</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1703141/000119312521145077/d117016dex47.htm">Ordinary Shares Purchase Warrant (Penny Warrant), dated September&nbsp;
18, 2020 issued by Despegar.com, Corp. in favor or LCLA Daylight LP (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.7 to the Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">20-F</FONT> filed on April&nbsp;30, 2021)</A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.9</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d431464dex49.htm">Despegar.com, Corp. Amended and Restated 2016 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended through April&nbsp;26, 2023 </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d431464dex51.htm">Opinion of Conyers Dill&nbsp;&amp; Pearman, British Virgin Islands counsel of Registrant, as to the validity of the ordinary shares issued by the Registrant. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d431464dex231.htm">Consent of Price Waterhouse&nbsp;&amp; Co. S.R.L. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;23.2</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d431464dex51.htm">Consent of Conyers Dill&nbsp;&amp; Pearman (included in Exhibit 5.1) </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d431464ds8.htm#sig">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page hereto) </A></TD></TR>
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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 Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Buenos Aires, Argentina on
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Monica Alexandra Soares da Silva</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Name:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Monica Alexandra Soares da Silva</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Title:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">General Counsel</TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Dami&aacute;n Scokin, Maria Bettina Zubin and
Monica Alexandra Soares da Silva, and each of them, any of whom may act without joinder of the other, the individual&#146;s true and lawful <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the person and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign this Registration Statement and any or all amendments or supplements, including post-effective amendments to the
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
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about
the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents or any
of them, or their 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, as amended, this Registration Statement and power of attorney has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on May&nbsp;2, 2023. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Title</B></P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Director and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer)</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Interim Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer and</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">principal accounting officer)</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Nilesh Lakhani</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Jon Gieselman</P></TD>
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S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 2, 2023
Registration
No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Despegar.com, Corp.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
British Virgin Islands
Not Applicable
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
Avenida Jujuy 2013
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina C1247ABI
Telephone: +54 11 5173-3702
(Address, including zip code and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
Despegar.Com, Corp. Amended and Restated 2016 Stock Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Puglisi & Associates
850 Library Avenue, Suite 204
Newark, DE 19711
Telephone:
(302) 738-6680
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
S.
Todd Crider
Juan Francisco Méndez
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New
York, New York 10017
Telephone: (212)
455-2000
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
☐
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.  ☐
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form
S-8,
this registration statement on Form
S-8
(the "Registration Statement") is being filed in order to register an additional (i) 1,550,000 ordinary shares, without par value of Despegar.com, Corp. ("Despegar" or the
"Registrant") under the Despegar.Com, Corp. Amended and Restated 2016 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended through April 26, 2023 (the "Plan") and (ii) 1,200,000 ordinary shares that may become available for issuance under the
Plan as a result of outstanding awards under the Plan being redeemed by, surrendered to or otherwise reacquired by Despegar or are cancelled or expire unexercised. The ordinary shares are securities of the same class as those securities registered
on the Registrant's registration statement on Form
S-8
previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on
September
20, 2017
(Registration No. 333- 220544), which is hereby incorporated by reference, except to the extent supplemented, amended or superseded by information set forth in this Registration Statement.
PART II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed with the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") and the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
(a)
The Annual Report on
Form 20-F
of the Registrant for the year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the Commission on April 27, 2023; and
(b)
The description of the Registrant's ordinary shares contained in its Registration Statement on
Form
8-A
filed with the Commission on September 15, 2017, pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents that the Registrant subsequently files pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date
of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement indicating that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters 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.
Any statement contained in
a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
Registration Statement.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Under the laws of the British Virgin Islands, each of the Registrant's directors, in exercising his or her powers or performing his or her duties, is
required to act honestly and in good faith and in what the director believes to be in the Registrant's best interests, is required to exercise his or her powers as a director for a proper purpose, may not act, or agree to the Registrant acting,
in a manner that contravenes the British Virgin Island Business Companies Act, 2004 as amended from time to time (the "BVI Act") or the Registrant's memorandum and articles of association, and is required to exercise the care,
diligence and skill that a reasonable director would exercise in the same circumstances (taking into account, but without limitation, the nature of the company, the nature of the decision; and the position of the director and the nature of the
responsibilities undertaken by him or her).
The Registrant's memorandum and articles of association provide that, to the fullest extent permitted by
law, the Registrant is authorized to provide indemnification of (and advancement of expenses to) directors, officers and agents of the Registrant (and any other persons to which the Registrant is permitted to provide indemnification under applicable
law) through provisions in the memorandum and articles of association, agreements with such directors, officers agents or other persons, vote of disinterested directors or otherwise, subject only to limits created by the BVI Act.
The Registrant's memorandum and articles of association provide that the Registrant shall indemnify
against all expenses, including legal fees, and against all judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement and reasonably incurred in connection with legal, administrative or investigative proceedings by any person who: (a) is or was a party
or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, an officer or a liquidator of the
Registrant; or (b) is or was, at the request of the Registrant, serving as a director, an officer or a liquidator of, or in any other capacity is or was acting for, another body corporate or a partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise; provided that such indemnification shall not apply unless the person claiming such indemnification acted honestly and in good faith and in what he believed to be the best interests of the Registrant and, in the case of criminal
proceedings, the person had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.
The Registrant may pay any expenses, including legal
fees, incurred by any such person in defending any legal, administrative or investigative proceedings in advance of the final disposition of the proceedings. If a person to be indemnified has been successful in defense of any proceedings referred to
above, the person is entitled to be indemnified against all expenses, including legal fees, and against all judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the proceedings.
The Registrant may purchase and maintain insurance in relation to any person who is or was a director, an officer or a liquidator of the Registrant, or who at
the request of the Registrant is or was serving as a director, an officer or a liquidator of, or in any other capacity is or was acting for, another body corporate or a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against any liability
asserted against the person and incurred by the person in that capacity, whether or not we have or would have had the power to indemnify the person against the liability as provided in our memorandum and articles of association.
Item 8. Exhibits.
See exhibits listed in the Exhibit Index below, which is incorporated into this item by reference.
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association of Despegar.com, Corp., Amended and Restated on September
17, 2020 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report filed on Form
6-K,
filed on September
21, 2020)
4.2
Sixth Amended and Restated Investors' Rights Agreement, dated as of August 
29, 2017, by and among the Registrant and the shareholders named therein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
F-1
(File
No. 333-219973)
filed with the Commission on August 31, 2017)
4.3
Letter Agreement, dated as of August 
20, 2020, relating to the Sixth Amended and Restated Investors' Rights Agreement, dated as of August 
29, 2017 by the Registrant and the shareholders named therein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Current Report filed on Form
6-K,
filed on August 21, 2020)
4.4
Fourth Amended and Restated Voting Agreement, dated as of August 
29, 2017, by and among the Registrant and the shareholders named therein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
F-1
(File
No. 333-219973)
filed with the Commission on August 31, 2017)
4.5
Nominating Agreement, dated as of October 
21, 2020, by and among Despegar.com, Corp. and Expedia, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report filed on Form
6-K,
filed on August October 21, 2020)
4.6
Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of September 
18, 2020 by and among Despegar.com, Corp. and LCLA Daylight LP (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the Annual Report on Form
20-F
filed on April 30, 2021)
4.7
Shelf Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of September 
21, 2020 by and among Despegar.com, Corp. and Waha LATAM Investments Limited (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to the Annual Report on Form
20-F
filed on April 30, 2021)
4.8
Ordinary Shares Purchase Warrant (Penny Warrant), dated September 
18, 2020 issued by Despegar.com, Corp. in favor or LCLA Daylight LP (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.7 to the Annual Report on Form
20-F
filed on April 30, 2021)
4.9
Despegar.com, Corp. Amended and Restated 2016 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended through April 26, 2023
5.1
Opinion of Conyers Dill & Pearman, British Virgin Islands counsel of Registrant, as to the validity of the ordinary shares issued by the Registrant.
23.1
Consent of Price Waterhouse & Co. S.R.L.
23.2
Consent of Conyers Dill & Pearman (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page hereto)
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Filing Fee Table
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 Buenos Aires, Argentina on
May 2, 2023.
DESPEGAR.COM, CORP.
By:
/s/ Monica Alexandra Soares da Silva
Name:
Monica Alexandra Soares da Silva
Title:
General Counsel
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Damián Scokin, Maria Bettina Zubin and
Monica Alexandra Soares da Silva, and each of them, any of whom may act without joinder of the other, the individual's true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact
and agents,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the person and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign this Registration Statement and any or all amendments or supplements, including post-effective amendments to the
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
attorneys-in-fact
and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about
the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact
and agents or any
of them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, this Registration Statement and power of attorney has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on May 2, 2023.
Name
Title
/s/ Damián Scokin
Damián Scokin
Director and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer)
/s/ Maria Bettina Zubin
Maria Bettina Zubin
Interim Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer and
principal accounting officer)
/s/ Nilesh Lakhani
Nilesh Lakhani
Director (Chairman)
/s/ Michael Doyle
Michael Doyle
Director
/s/ Jon Gieselman
Jon Gieselman
Director
/s/ Ramiro Lauzan
Ramiro Lauzan
Director
/s/ Martín Rastellino
Martín Rastellino
Director
/s/ Mario Eduardo Vázquez
Mario Eduardo Vázquez
Director
/s/ Donald J. Puglisi
Donald J. Puglisi
Authorized Representative in the United States