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<p style="font-family: Garamond, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: right; margin: 0pt;"><b>Registration No.</b> <b>333-</b>&nbsp;</p>

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<p style="font-family: Garamond, Times, serif; font-size: 18pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;"><b>UNITED STATES </b></p>

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<p style="font-family: Garamond, Times, serif; font-size: 18pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;"><b>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </b></p>

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<p style="font-family: Garamond, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;"><b><i>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </i></b></p>

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<p style="font-family: Garamond, Times, serif; font-size: 18pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;"><b>Skillsoft Corp. </b></p>

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			<p style="font-family: Garamond, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;"><b>83-4388331</b></p>
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			<p style="font-family: Garamond, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;"><b>(State or other jurisdiction of</b></p>

			<p style="font-family: Garamond, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;"><b>incorporation or organization)</b></p>
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<p style="font-family: Garamond, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;"><b>7887 E Belleview Ave., Suite 600</b></p>

<p style="font-family: Garamond, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;"><b>Greenwood Village, CO 80111 </b></p>

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<p style="font-family: Garamond, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;"><b>Skillsoft Corp. 2024 Employment Inducement Incentive Award Plan</b></p>

<p style="font-family: Garamond, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;"><b>(Full titles of the plan) </b></p>

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<p style="font-family: Garamond, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;"><b>Richard Walker</b></p>

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<p style="font-family: Garamond, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;"><b>7887 E Belleview Ave., Suite 600</b></p>

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<p style="font-family: Garamond, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;"><b>(603) 821-3902</b></p>

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<p style="font-family: Garamond, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;"><b>Heather Ashour</b></p>

<p style="font-family: Garamond, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;"><b>Arnold &amp; Porter Kaye Scholer LLP</b></p>

<p style="font-family: Garamond, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;"><b>1144 Fifteenth Street, Suite 3100</b></p>

<p style="font-family: Garamond, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;"><b>Denver, Colorado 80202</b></p>

<p style="font-family: Garamond, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;"><b>(303) 863-1000</b></p>

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<p style="font-family: Garamond, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt;">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 &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;smaller reporting company,&#8221; and &#8220;emerging growth company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</p>

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<p style="font-family: Garamond, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt;">This registration statement on Form S-8 (the &#8220;Registration Statement&#8221;) is being filed by Skillsoft Corp. (the&nbsp;&#8220;Registrant&#8221; or the &#8220;Company&#8221;) for the purpose of registering 200,000 shares of the Company&#8217;s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (&#8220;Common Stock&#8221;), reserved and available for issuance under the Skillsoft Corp. 2024 Employment Inducement Incentive Award Plan (the &#8220;Inducement Plan&#8221;).</p>

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<p style="font-family: Garamond, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;"><b>PART I</b></p>

<p style="font-family: Garamond, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;"><b>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</b></p>

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<p style="font-family: Garamond, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt;">The documents containing the information in Part I relating to the Inducement Plan will be sent or given to participants in the Inducement Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;). In accordance with the instructions to Part I of Form S-8, such documents will not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;SEC&#8221;) either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated under the Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute the prospectus (the &#8220;Section 10(a) Prospectus&#8221;) as required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act in respect of future issuances under the Inducement Plan. Certain information relating to future issuances under the Inducement Plan is omitted from Part I, as further described below in the next paragraph and under the heading &#8220;Item 1. Plan Information.&#8221;</p>

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<p style="font-family: Garamond, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt;">Upon written or oral request, any of the documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, which are also incorporated by reference in the Section 10(a) Prospectus, other documents required to be delivered to eligible participants pursuant to Rule 428(b) promulgated under the Securities Act, or additional information about the Inducement Plan, will be available without charge by contacting the Chief Compliance Officer at (603) 821-3902, Skillsoft Corp., 7887 E Belleview Ave., Suite 600, Greenwood Village, CO 80111.</p>

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<p style="font-family: Garamond, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;"><b>PART II </b></p>

<p style="font-family: Garamond, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;"><b>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </b></p>

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<p style="font-family: Garamond, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt;">The following documents filed by the Registrant with the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;), are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement (in each case excluding any information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 on any Current Report on Form 8-K):</p>

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			<p style="font-family: Garamond, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1774675/000143774924012054/skil20240131_10k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">The Registrant&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 2024 filed with the SEC on April 15, 2024</a>;</p>
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			<p style="font-family: Garamond, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001774675/000143774924012056/skil20240414_8k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">The Registrant&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 15, 2024</a>; and</p>
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<p style="font-family: Garamond, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt;">Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the &#8220;DGCL&#8221;) allows a corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation that a director or officer of the corporation will not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director or officer, except where the director or officer breached the duty of loyalty, failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional misconduct or knowingly violated a law, authorized the payment of a dividend or approved a stock repurchase in violation of Delaware corporate law or obtained an improper personal benefit. The Company&#8217;s Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides for this limitation of liability.</p>

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<p style="font-family: Garamond, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt;">Section 145 of the DGCL, provides, among other things, that a Delaware corporation may indemnify any person who was, is or is threatened to be made, party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of such corporation), by reason of the fact that such person is or was an officer, director, employee or agent of such corporation or is or was serving at the request of such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys&#8217; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, provided such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation&#8217;s best interests and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful. A Delaware corporation may indemnify any persons who were or are a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys&#8217; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit, provided such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation&#8217;s best interests, provided further that no indemnification is permitted without judicial approval if the officer, director, employee or agent is adjudged to be liable to the corporation. Where an officer or director is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action referred to above, the corporation must indemnify him or her against the expenses (including attorneys&#8217; fees) which such officer or director has actually and reasonably incurred.</p>

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<p style="font-family: Garamond, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt;">Section 145 further authorizes a corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise, against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation would otherwise have the power to indemnify such person under Section 145.</p>

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<p style="font-family: Garamond, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt;">The Company&#8217;s Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that it must indemnify and advance expenses to its directors and officers to the full extent authorized by the DGCL.</p>

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<p style="font-family: Garamond, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt;">The Company has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and executive officers. Such agreements may require the Company, among other things, to advance expenses and otherwise indemnify its executive officers and directors against certain liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or service as executive officers or directors, to the fullest extent permitted by law. The Company intends to enter into indemnification agreements with any new directors and executive officers in the future.</p>

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<p style="font-family: Garamond, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt;">The indemnification rights set forth above shall not be exclusive of any other right which an indemnified person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, any provision of the Company&#8217;s Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the Company&#8217;s bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be obligated to indemnify a director or officer in respect of a proceeding (or part thereof) instituted by such director or officer, unless such proceeding (or part thereof) has been authorized by the Board pursuant to the applicable procedure outlined in the Company&#8217;s bylaws.</p>

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<p style="font-family: Garamond, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt;">Section 174 of the DGCL provides, among other things, that a director, who willfully or negligently approves of an unlawful payment of dividends or an unlawful stock purchase or redemption, may be held jointly and severally liable for such actions. A director who was either absent when the unlawful actions were approved or dissented at the time may avoid liability by causing his or her dissent to such actions to be entered in the books containing the minutes of the meetings of the board of directors at the time such action occurred or immediately after such absent director receives notice of the unlawful acts. The Company maintains and expect to maintain standard policies of insurance that provide coverage (1) to its directors and officers against loss rising from claims made by reason of breach of duty or other wrongful act and (2) to the Company with respect to indemnification payments that the Company may make to such directors and officers.</p>

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<p style="font-family: Garamond, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt;">These provisions may discourage stockholders from bringing a lawsuit against the Company&#8217;s directors for breach of their fiduciary duty. These provisions also may have the effect of reducing the likelihood of derivative litigation against directors and officers, even though such an action, if successful, might otherwise benefit the Company and its stockholders. Furthermore, a stockholder&#8217;s investment may be adversely affected to the extent the Company pays the costs of settlement and damage awards against officers and directors pursuant to these indemnification provisions.</p>

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			<p style="font-family: Garamond, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1774675/000143774924012054/skil20240131_10k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Skillsoft Corp., as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April 15, 2024)</a></p>
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			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 92%; font-family: Garamond, Times, serif;"><a href="ex_675707.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Skillsoft Corp. 2024 Employment Inducement Incentive Award Plan</a></td>
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			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 92%; font-family: Garamond, Times, serif;"><a href="ex_675708.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Form of RSU Award Agreement under 2024 Employment Inducement Incentive Award Plan</a></td>
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<p style="font-family: Garamond, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt;">(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</p>

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<p style="font-family: Garamond, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt;">(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</p>

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<p style="font-family: Garamond, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 72pt;">(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;</p>

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<p style="font-family: Garamond, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 72pt;">(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#8220;Calculation of Registration Fee&#8221; table in the effective Registration Statement;</p>

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<p style="font-family: Garamond, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 72pt;">(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;</p>

<p style="font-family: Garamond, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 72pt;"><i>Provided, however</i>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section shall not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.</p>

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<p style="font-family: Garamond, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt;">(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</p>

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<p style="font-family: Garamond, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt;">(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</p>

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<p style="font-family: Garamond, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt;">(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#8217;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#8217;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</p>

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<p style="font-family: Garamond, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt;">(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</p>

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<p style="font-family: Garamond, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt;">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 Greenwood Village, Colorado, on this 20th&nbsp;day of May, 2024.</p>

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			<p style="font-family: Garamond, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt;"><b>SKILLSOFT CORP.</b></p>
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<p style="font-family: Garamond, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;"><b>POWER OF ATTORNEY </b></p>

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<p style="font-family: Garamond, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt;"><b>KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS</b>, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Stephen Martin and Richard Walker, and each of them, individually, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Skillsoft Corp., and any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments), 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 full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in connection therewith and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</p>

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<p style="font-family: Garamond, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement on Form S-8 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.</p>

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skil20240516_s8.htm
As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 20, 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
Skillsoft Corp.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
83-4388331
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
7887 E Belleview Ave., Suite 600
Greenwood Village, CO 80111
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Skillsoft Corp. 2024 Employment Inducement Incentive Award Plan
(Full titles of the plan)
Richard Walker
Chief Financial Officer
7887 E Belleview Ave., Suite 600
Greenwood Village, CO 80111
(Name and address of agent for service)
(603) 821-3902
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Heather Ashour
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
1144 Fifteenth Street, Suite 3100
Denver, Colorado 80202
(303) 863-1000
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
This registration statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") is being filed by Skillsoft Corp. (the "Registrant" or the "Company") for the purpose of registering 200,000 shares of the Company's Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share ("Common Stock"), reserved and available for issuance under the Skillsoft Corp. 2024 Employment Inducement Incentive Award Plan (the "Inducement Plan").
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1.
Plan Information
.
The documents containing the information in Part I relating to the Inducement Plan will be sent or given to participants in the Inducement Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). In accordance with the instructions to Part I of Form S-8, such documents will not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated under the Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute the prospectus (the "Section 10(a) Prospectus") as required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act in respect of future issuances under the Inducement Plan. Certain information relating to future issuances under the Inducement Plan is omitted from Part I, as further described below in the next paragraph and under the heading "Item 1. Plan Information."
Item 2.
Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
.
Upon written or oral request, any of the documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, which are also incorporated by reference in the Section 10(a) Prospectus, other documents required to be delivered to eligible participants pursuant to Rule 428(b) promulgated under the Securities Act, or additional information about the Inducement Plan, will be available without charge by contacting the Chief Compliance Officer at (603) 821-3902, Skillsoft Corp., 7887 E Belleview Ave., Suite 600, Greenwood Village, CO 80111.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
.
The following documents filed by the Registrant with the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement (in each case excluding any information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 on any Current Report on Form 8-K):
(a)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 2024 filed with the SEC on April 15, 2024
;
(b)
The Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 15, 2024
; and
(c)
The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-38960) filed June 26, 2019, pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, as updated by the description of the Registrant's Common Stock in the Description of Securities filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 2024, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement which indicates that all of the shares registered hereunder have been sold or which deregisters all of such shares then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the respective dates of filing of such documents; provided, however, that documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with SEC rules shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. 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 that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such earlier 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 4.
Description of Securities
.
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
.
None.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
.
Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL") allows a corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation that a director or officer of the corporation will not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director or officer, except where the director or officer breached the duty of loyalty, failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional misconduct or knowingly violated a law, authorized the payment of a dividend or approved a stock repurchase in violation of Delaware corporate law or obtained an improper personal benefit. The Company's Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides for this limitation of liability.
Section 145 of the DGCL, provides, among other things, that a Delaware corporation may indemnify any person who was, is or is threatened to be made, party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of such corporation), by reason of the fact that such person is or was an officer, director, employee or agent of such corporation or is or was serving at the request of such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, provided such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation's best interests and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful. A Delaware corporation may indemnify any persons who were or are a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit, provided such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation's best interests, provided further that no indemnification is permitted without judicial approval if the officer, director, employee or agent is adjudged to be liable to the corporation. Where an officer or director is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action referred to above, the corporation must indemnify him or her against the expenses (including attorneys' fees) which such officer or director has actually and reasonably incurred.
Section 145 further authorizes a corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise, against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation would otherwise have the power to indemnify such person under Section 145.
The Company's Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that it must indemnify and advance expenses to its directors and officers to the full extent authorized by the DGCL.
The Company has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and executive officers. Such agreements may require the Company, among other things, to advance expenses and otherwise indemnify its executive officers and directors against certain liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or service as executive officers or directors, to the fullest extent permitted by law. The Company intends to enter into indemnification agreements with any new directors and executive officers in the future.
The indemnification rights set forth above shall not be exclusive of any other right which an indemnified person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, any provision of the Company's Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the Company's bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be obligated to indemnify a director or officer in respect of a proceeding (or part thereof) instituted by such director or officer, unless such proceeding (or part thereof) has been authorized by the Board pursuant to the applicable procedure outlined in the Company's bylaws.
Section 174 of the DGCL provides, among other things, that a director, who willfully or negligently approves of an unlawful payment of dividends or an unlawful stock purchase or redemption, may be held jointly and severally liable for such actions. A director who was either absent when the unlawful actions were approved or dissented at the time may avoid liability by causing his or her dissent to such actions to be entered in the books containing the minutes of the meetings of the board of directors at the time such action occurred or immediately after such absent director receives notice of the unlawful acts. The Company maintains and expect to maintain standard policies of insurance that provide coverage (1) to its directors and officers against loss rising from claims made by reason of breach of duty or other wrongful act and (2) to the Company with respect to indemnification payments that the Company may make to such directors and officers.
These provisions may discourage stockholders from bringing a lawsuit against the Company's directors for breach of their fiduciary duty. These provisions also may have the effect of reducing the likelihood of derivative litigation against directors and officers, even though such an action, if successful, might otherwise benefit the Company and its stockholders. Furthermore, a stockholder's investment may be adversely affected to the extent the Company pays the costs of settlement and damage awards against officers and directors pursuant to these indemnification provisions.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed
.
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
.
Exhibit Index
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Skillsoft Corp., as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April 15, 2024)
4.2
Certificate of Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Skillsoft Corp. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 24, 2023).
4.3
Certificate of Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Skillsoft Corp. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 29, 2023).
4.4
Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Skillsoft Corp. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 17, 2021).
5.1*
Opinion of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP.
23.1*
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.2*
Consent of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5.1).
24.1*
Power of Attorney (included in signature pages of this Registration Statement)
99.1*
Skillsoft Corp. 2024 Employment Inducement Incentive Award Plan
99.2*
Form of RSU Award Agreement under 2024 Employment Inducement Incentive Award Plan
99.3*
Form of PSU Award Agreement under 2024 Employment Inducement Incentive Award Plan
107*
Filing Fee Table
* Filed herewith
Item 9.
Undertakings
.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
Provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section shall not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 Greenwood Village, Colorado, on this 20th day of May, 2024.
SKILLSOFT CORP.
By:
/s/ Richard Walker
Richard Walker,
Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS
, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Stephen Martin and Richard Walker, and each of them, individually, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Skillsoft Corp., and any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments), 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 full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in connection therewith and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, 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 on Form S-8 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Ronald W. Hovsepian
Executive Chair and Director
May 20, 2024
Ronald W. Hovsepian
(
Principal Executive Officer
)
/s/ Richard Walker
Chief Financial Officer
May 20, 2024
Richard Walker
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Jose Torres
Chief Accounting Officer
May 20, 2024
Jose Torres
(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Lawrence Charles Illg
Director
May 20, 2024
Lawrence Charles Illg
/s/ Helena B. Foulkes
Director
May 20, 2024
Helena B. Foulkes
/s/ Patrick Kolek
Director
May 20, 2024
Patrick Kolek
/s/ Michael S. Klein
Director
May 20, 2024
Michael S. Klein
/s/ Karen G. Mills
Director
May 20, 2024
Karen G. Mills
/s/ Peter Schmitt
Director
May 20, 2024
Peter Schmitt
/s/ Lawrence H. Summers
Director
May 20, 2024
Lawrence H. Summers