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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&#8195;&#8195;&#8195; </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:4pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P>
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<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>MOELIS&nbsp;&amp; COMPANY </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>(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>incorporation or organization)</B></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>399 Park Avenue, 5th Floor </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 10022 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>MOELIS&nbsp;&amp; COMPANY 2014 OMNIBUS 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="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Osamu R.
Watanabe Esq.</B> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>General Counsel and Secretary</B> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Moelis</B><B></B><B>&nbsp;&amp; Company</B> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>399 Park Avenue, 5th Floor </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 10022 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(212) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">883-3800</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </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, or a smaller reporting 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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for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&#8194;&#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; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> is being filed for the purpose of registering an additional
4,738,215 shares of Class&nbsp;A common stock, par value $ 0.01 per share (the &#147;Class&nbsp;A Common Stock&#148;), of Moelis&nbsp;&amp; Company (the &#147;Company&#148;) reserved for issuance under the Moelis&nbsp;&amp; Company 2014 Omnibus
Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). These shares of Class&nbsp;A Common Stock are additional securities of the same class as other securities for which a registration statement (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-197955)</FONT> on
Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1596967/000110465914058567/a14-18416_1s8.htm">August&nbsp;8, 2014</A>, a
registration statement (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;
333-202355)</FONT> on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> was filed with the SEC on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1596967/000110465915015162/a15-5428_1s8.htm">February 27, 2015</A>, a registration statement (File <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-210179)</FONT> on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> was filed with the SEC on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1596967/000110465916104944/a16-6209_1s8.htm">March 13, 2016</A>, a
registration statement (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-216339)</FONT> on S-8 was filed with the SEC on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1596967/000110465917012628/a17-7309_1s8.htm">February 28, 2017</A>, a
registration statement (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;
333-223323)</FONT> on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> was filed with the SEC on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1596967/000110465918013547/a18-7274_1s8.htm">February 28, 2018</A>, a registration statement (File <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-229928)</FONT> on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> was filed with the SEC on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1596967/000119312519054882/d699959ds8.htm">February 27, 2019</A>, a
registration statement (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;
333-236967)</FONT> on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> was filed with the SEC on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1596967/000119312520065221/d888246ds8.htm">March 6, 2020</A>, a registration statement (File <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.333-253473)</FONT> on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> was filed with the SEC on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1596967/000119312521054907/d109988ds8.htm">February&nbsp;24, 2021</A>, a
registration statement (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;
333-262973)</FONT> on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> was filed with the SEC on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1596967/000119312522052180/d224645ds8.htm">February&nbsp;24, 2022</A>, and a registration statement (File <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-269968</FONT> on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> was filed with the SEC on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1596967/000119312523046769/d470473ds8.htm">February&nbsp;23, 2023</A>.
These additional shares of Class&nbsp;A Common Stock have become reserved for issuance as a result of the operation of the &#147;evergreen&#148; provision of the Plan, which provides that the total number of shares reserved for issuance under the
Plan will be increased on the first day of each fiscal year pursuant to a specified formula. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8,</FONT> the contents of such earlier registration statement are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement, except that the provisions contained in Part II of such earlier registration statement are
modified as 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="font-size:12pt;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"><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents previously filed by the Company with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), are incorporated by reference in this registration statement: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The
description of the Class&nbsp;A common stock contained in the registration statement on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1596967/000110465914027271/a14-10382_18a12b.htm">Form 8-A</A>, dated April 11, 2014, filed to register such
securities under the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The
Company&#146;s Annual Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1596967/000095017024018791/mc-20231231.htm">Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT></A>, filed on February&nbsp;22, 2024;
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing
of a post-effective amendment to this registration statement which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration
statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents with the SEC. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained in this registration statement,
or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement, modifies or supersedes such prior statement. Any statement contained in this registration statement shall be deemed
to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained in a subsequently filed document that is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement modifies or supersedes such prior statement. Any statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The legality of the shares of Class&nbsp;A Common Stock offered hereby has been passed upon for the Company by Osamu Watanabe, General Counsel
and Secretary of the Company. As of February&nbsp;20, 2024, Mr.&nbsp;Watanabe beneficially owned (i) 131 shares of Class&nbsp;A Common Stock, (ii) 42,448.5692 restricted stock units (representing the right to receive Class&nbsp;A Common Stock upon
settlement), and (iii) 28,543 Class&nbsp;A partnership units of Moelis&nbsp;&amp; Company Group LP, a subsidiary of the Company. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;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"><B>Exhibits. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The list of exhibits is set forth under &#147;Exhibit Index&#148; at the end of this registration statement and is incorporated herein by
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 New York, State of New
York, on this day of February&nbsp;22, 2024. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>MOELIS&nbsp;&amp; COMPANY</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Kenneth Moelis</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Name: Kenneth Moelis</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Kenneth Moelis, Katherine Pilcher Ciafone, Joseph Simon and Osamu Watanabe,
and each of them, his true and lawful <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, severally, for him and in his name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective 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 <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 or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated below. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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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" ALIGN="center">/s/ Kenneth Moelis</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Kenneth Moelis</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Chairman and Chief Executive Officer<BR>(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">February&nbsp;22, 2024</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" ALIGN="center">/s/ Joseph Simon</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Joseph Simon</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Chief Financial Officer<BR>(Principal Financial Officer)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">February&nbsp;22, 2024</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" ALIGN="center">/s/ Chris Callesano</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Chris Callesano</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Principal Accounting Officer</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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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" ALIGN="center">/s/ Eric Cantor</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Eric Cantor</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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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" ALIGN="center">/s/ John A. Allison</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">John A. Allison</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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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" ALIGN="center">/s/ Kenneth L. Shropshire</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Kenneth L. Shropshire</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
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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" ALIGN="center">/s/ Laila J. Worrell</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Laila J. Worrell</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 22, 2024
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
MOELIS & COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
46-4500216
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
399 Park Avenue, 5th Floor
New York, New York 10022
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
MOELIS & COMPANY 2014 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Osamu R.
Watanabe Esq.
General Counsel and Secretary
Moelis
& Company
399 Park Avenue, 5th Floor
New York, New York 10022
(212)
883-3800
(Name, address 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, or a smaller reporting 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
☐ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
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
This Registration Statement on Form
S-8
is being filed for the purpose of registering an additional
4,738,215 shares of Class A common stock, par value $ 0.01 per share (the "Class A Common Stock"), of Moelis & Company (the "Company") reserved for issuance under the Moelis & Company 2014 Omnibus
Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). These shares of Class A Common Stock are additional securities of the same class as other securities for which a registration statement (File
No. 333-197955)
on
Form
S-8
was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on
August 8, 2014
, a
registration statement (File
No. 
333-202355)
on Form
S-8
was filed with the SEC on
February 27, 2015
, a registration statement (File
No. 333-210179)
on
S-8
was filed with the SEC on
March 13, 2016
, a
registration statement (File
No. 333-216339)
on S-8 was filed with the SEC on
February 28, 2017
, a
registration statement (File
No. 
333-223323)
on
S-8
was filed with the SEC on
February 28, 2018
, a registration statement (File
No. 333-229928)
on
S-8
was filed with the SEC on
February 27, 2019
, a
registration statement (File
No. 
333-236967)
on
S-8
was filed with the SEC on
March 6, 2020
, a registration statement (File
No.333-253473)
on
S-8
was filed with the SEC on
February 24, 2021
, a
registration statement (File
No. 
333-262973)
on
S-8
was filed with the SEC on
February 24, 2022
, and a registration statement (File
No. 333-269968
on
S-8
was filed with the SEC on
February 23, 2023
.
These additional shares of Class A Common Stock have become reserved for issuance as a result of the operation of the "evergreen" provision of the Plan, which provides that the total number of shares reserved for issuance under the
Plan will be increased on the first day of each fiscal year pursuant to a specified formula.
Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form
S-8,
the contents of such earlier registration statement are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement, except that the provisions contained in Part II of such earlier registration statement are
modified as set forth in this Registration Statement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents previously filed by the Company with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are incorporated by reference in this registration statement:
(a) The
description of the Class A common stock contained in the registration statement on
Form 8-A
, dated April 11, 2014, filed to register such
securities under the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description; and
(b) The
Company's Annual Report on
Form
10-K
, filed on February 22, 2024;
All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing
of a post-effective amendment to this registration statement which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration
statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents with the SEC.
Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained in this registration statement,
or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement, modifies or supersedes such prior statement. Any statement contained in this registration statement shall be deemed
to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained in a subsequently filed document that is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement modifies or supersedes such prior statement. Any statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
The legality of the shares of Class A Common Stock offered hereby has been passed upon for the Company by Osamu Watanabe, General Counsel
and Secretary of the Company. As of February 20, 2024, Mr. Watanabe beneficially owned (i) 131 shares of Class A Common Stock, (ii) 42,448.5692 restricted stock units (representing the right to receive Class A Common Stock upon
settlement), and (iii) 28,543 Class A partnership units of Moelis & Company Group LP, a subsidiary of the Company.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
The list of exhibits is set forth under "Exhibit Index" at the end of this registration statement and is incorporated herein by
reference.
INDEX OF EXHIBITS
Exhibit
No.
Description
5.1
Opinion of Osamu Watanabe, General Counsel & Secretary
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, Independent Registered Public Accountants
107
Filing Fee Table
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form
S-8
and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New
York, on this day of February 22, 2024.
MOELIS & COMPANY
By:
/s/ Kenneth Moelis
Name: Kenneth Moelis
Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Kenneth Moelis, Katherine Pilcher Ciafone, Joseph Simon and Osamu Watanabe,
and each of them, his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact
and agents, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, severally, for him and in his name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective 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
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 or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated below.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Kenneth Moelis
Kenneth Moelis
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
February 22, 2024
/s/ Joseph Simon
Joseph Simon
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
February 22, 2024
/s/ Chris Callesano
Chris Callesano
Principal Accounting Officer
February 22, 2024
/s/ Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
Director
February 22, 2024
/s/ John A. Allison
John A. Allison
Director
February 22, 2024
/s/ Kenneth L. Shropshire
Kenneth L. Shropshire
Director
February 22, 2024
/s/ Laila J. Worrell
Laila J. Worrell
Director
February 22, 2024