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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="idb00b661c3734fd3bcb0db51fda7d53c_1"></div><div style="min-height:49.68pt;width:100%"><div style="padding-left:396pt;text-align:right"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:6.5pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 15, 2024</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:6.5pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Registration No. 333-</font></div><div><img alt="image_0a.jpg" src="image_0a.jpg" style="height:1px;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:748px"></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:16pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">UNITED STATES</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:16pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:16pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Form S-8</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:16pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">UNDER</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:21.5pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">trivago N.V.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:98pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:65.438%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:38.083%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:59.717%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:9.2pt;padding-right:9.2pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">The Netherlands</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:25.7pt;padding-right:25.7pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Not Applicable</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:9.2pt;padding-right:9.2pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:7.40pt">(State or other Jurisdiction of</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:25.7pt;padding-right:25.7pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:7.40pt">(I.R.S. Employer Identification</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:9.2pt;padding-right:9.2pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Incorporation or Organization)</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:25.7pt;padding-right:25.7pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Number)</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 10pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Kesselstra&#223;e 5 - 7</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 10pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">40221 D&#252;sseldorf</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Federal Republic of Germany</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">+49-171-6115916</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(Address, including zip code, of registrant&#8217;s principal executive offices)</font></div><div><img alt="image_1b.jpg" src="image_1b.jpg" style="height:0px;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:489px"></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">TRIVAGO N.V. AMENDED AND RESTATED 2016 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(Full title of the plan)</font></div><div><img alt="image_1b.jpg" src="image_1b.jpg" style="height:0px;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:489px"></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Cogency Global Inc.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">122 East 42</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:4.55pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;position:relative;top:-2.44pt;vertical-align:baseline">nd</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"> Street, 18</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:4.5pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">th</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"> floor</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">New York, NY 10168</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(212) 947-7200</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Copies of all communications, including communications sent to agent for service, should be sent to&#58;</font></div><div><img alt="image_3a.jpg" src="image_3a.jpg" style="height:0px;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:403px"></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:109.68pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:61.164%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:48.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:48.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:1.65pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">trivago N.V.</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Kesselstra&#223;e 5 - 7</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">40221 D&#252;sseldorf </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Federal Republic of Germany</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Attn&#58; Legal Department</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">+49-171-6115916</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:1.65pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Michael Albano</font></div><div style="margin-top:1.65pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Cleary Gottlieb Steen &#38; Hamilton LLP</font></div><div style="margin-top:1.65pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">One Liberty Plaza</font></div><div style="margin-top:1.65pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">New York, NY 10006</font></div><div style="margin-top:1.65pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">+1 212 225 2438</font></div></td></tr></table></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-right:13pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">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.</font></div><div style="padding-right:13pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="width:100.000%"><div style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:46.794%"><div style="padding-right:13pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">Large accelerated filer &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">&#9744;</font></div><div style="padding-right:13pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">Non-accelerated filer </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">&#9744;</font></div><div style="padding-right:13pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">Emerging growth company </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">&#9744;</font></div></div><div style="display:inline-block;max-width:6.410%;min-width:5.410%;vertical-align:top"></div><div style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:46.796%"><div style="padding-right:13pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">Accelerated filer </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">&#9746;</font></div><div style="padding-right:13pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">Smaller reporting company </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">&#9744;</font></div></div></div><div style="padding-right:15pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">&#9744;</font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><div id="idb00b661c3734fd3bcb0db51fda7d53c_4"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:61.2pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Explanatory note</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:122%">Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, trivago N.V. (the &#8220;Registrant&#8221;) is filing this registration statement on Form S-8 (this &#8220;Registration Statement&#8221;) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) to register, in connection with the Registrant&#8217;s Amended and Restated 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;), an additional 20,526,250 shares of the same class as registered under the Registrant&#8217;s effective registration statement on </font><font style="color:#0563c1;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:122%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1683825/000119312516796550/d494401ds8.htm" style="color:#0563c1;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:122%;text-decoration:underline">Form S-8</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:122%">, File No. 333-215164, filed by the Registrant with the Commission on December 19, 2016 and the Registrant&#8217;s effective registration statement on </font><font style="color:#0563c1;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:122%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1683825/000168382521000041/a2021registrationstatement.htm" style="color:#0563c1;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:122%;text-decoration:underline">Form S-8</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:122%">, File No. 333-258288, filed by the Registrant with the Commission on July 30, 2021 (together, the &#8220;Earlier Registration Statements&#8221;). The contents of the Earlier Registration Statements, where applicable, are hereby incorporated by reference, except that the provisions contained in Part II of such Earlier Registration Statements are modified as set forth in this Registration Statement. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Part I</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;), and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The documents containing information specified in this Part I will be separately provided to the participants covered by the Plan, as may be amended and restated, as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Part II</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:126%">The following documents, which the Registrant has filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;) are hereby incorporated by reference herein, and shall be deemed to be a part of, this Registration Statement&#58;</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:33pt;text-indent:-16.4pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:109%">a.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:109%;padding-left:9.47pt">the Registrant&#8217;s </font><font style="color:#0563c1;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:109%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001683825/000168382524000009/trvg-20231231.htm" style="color:#0563c1;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:109%;text-decoration:underline">Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:109%"> (File No. 001-37959), filed with the Commission on March 1, 2024 (the &#8220;Annual Report&#8221;)&#59;</font></div><div style="padding-left:33pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:33pt;text-indent:-16.4pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:109%">b.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:109%;padding-left:8.9pt">the Registrant&#8217;s reports on Form 6-K filed with the Commission on </font><font style="color:#0563c1;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:109%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1683825/000168382524000003/trivagonv-form6k_q4x2023.htm" style="color:#0563c1;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:109%;text-decoration:underline">February 6, 2024</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:109%"> (File No.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:109%"> </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:109%">001-37959), </font><font style="color:#0563c1;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:109%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1683825/000168382524000012/trivagonv-form6k_q1x2024.htm" style="color:#0563c1;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:109%;text-decoration:underline">April 30, 2024</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:109%"> (File No.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:109%"> </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:109%">001-37959), </font><font style="color:#0563c1;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:109%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1683825/000168382524000015/form6-k2024annualgeneralme.htm" style="color:#0563c1;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:109%;text-decoration:underline">May 23, 2024</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:109%"> (File No.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:109%"> </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:109%">001-37959) and </font><font style="color:#0563c1;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:109%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1683825/000168382524000020/form6-k2024annualgeneralme.htm" style="color:#0563c1;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:109%;text-decoration:underline">July 1, 2024</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:109%"> (File No.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:109%"> </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:109%">001-37959)&#59; and</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:33pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-16.4pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:124%">c.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:124%;padding-left:9.47pt">the description of the Registrant&#8217;s Class A shares, contained in </font><font style="color:#0563c1;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:124%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1683825/000168382524000009/exhibit26descriptionofsecu.htm" style="color:#0563c1;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:124%;text-decoration:underline">Exhibit 2.6</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:124%"> of the Annual Report, together with any amendment thereto filed with the Commission for the purpose of updating such description.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:11.60pt">All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant 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 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 thereof from the date of filing of such documents.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:122%">For purposes of this Registration Statement, any document or any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a subsequently filed document or a statement contained therein, or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference, modifies or supersedes such document or such statement in such document. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:61.2pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item 8. Exhibits.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The following documents are filed as part of this Registration Statement&#58;</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:22.25pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:96.287%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:6.389%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:33.435%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:7.637%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:18.178%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:12.492%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:15.269%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Incorporated by reference</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Form</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Exhibit</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Filing Date</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Filed herewith</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4.1</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt"><font style="color:#0563c1;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1683825/000168382524000009/exhibit11articlesofassocia.htm" style="color:#0563c1;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">English translation of Articles of Association of trivago N.V. currently in effect.</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">20-F</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1.1</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">3&#47;1&#47;2024</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4.2</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="exhibit42-2016omnibusincen.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">trivago N.V. Amended and Restated 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan.</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">#</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4.3</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt"><font style="color:#0563c1;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1683825/000168382518000019/ex44depositagreement.htm" style="color:#0563c1;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Deposit Agreement.</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">F-3</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4.4</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4&#47;5&#47;2018</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4.3(a)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt"><font style="color:#0563c1;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1471515/000095012723000066/ex-99_amendment_no_1_to_da.htm" style="color:#0563c1;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Amendment No. 1 to the Deposit Agreement.</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">F-6</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(a)(ii)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">11&#47;17&#47;2023</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4.4</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt"><font style="color:#0563c1;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1471515/000095012723000066/ex-99_amendment_no_1_to_da.htm" style="color:#0563c1;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Form of American Depositary Receipt (included in Exhibit 4.3(a)). </a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">F-3</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4.4</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4&#47;5&#47;2018</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">5.1</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="exhibit51-nautaopinionsx82.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Opinion of NautaDutilh N.V., counsel of the Registrant, as to the validity of the Class A shares.</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">#</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">23.1</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="exhibit231-eyconsentsx82024.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Consent of EY GmbH &#38; Co. KG Wirtschaftspr&#252;fungsgesellschaft.</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">#</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">23.2</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="exhibit51-nautaopinionsx82.htm#i723b29b3d8de49e6a4e8fbc9d2ec057e_1-bookmark-10521da4424e4a1bbf58eda051c45e7c" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Consent of NautaDutilh N.V., counsel of the Registrant (included in Exhibit 5.1).</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">#</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">24.1</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"><a href="#i15e73d66023042edbc2bfb7e57d5e705_1544" style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:none">Powers of Attorney (included on signature page</a> to this Registration Statement).</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">#</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">107</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="exhibit107-filingfeetable2.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Filing</a><a href="exhibit107-filingfeetable2.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"> Fee Table</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">#</font></td></tr></table></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:61.2pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:16pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Signatures</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:124%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 D&#252;sseldorf, Federal Republic of Germany, on July 15, 2024.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:33.35pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:48.878%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:22.670%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:22.670%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:51.360%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.02pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">trivago 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Commission, granting unto each said attorneys-in-fact and agents 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 or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:126%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons on July 15, 2024 in the capacities indicated. 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Document
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 15, 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
trivago N.V.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
The Netherlands
Not Applicable
(State or other Jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer Identification
Incorporation or Organization)
Number)
Kesselstraße 5 - 7
40221 Düsseldorf
Federal Republic of Germany
+49-171-6115916
(Address, including zip code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
TRIVAGO N.V. AMENDED AND RESTATED 2016 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Cogency Global Inc.
122 East 42
nd
Street, 18
th
floor
New York, NY 10168
(212) 947-7200
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies of all communications, including communications sent to agent for service, should be sent to:
trivago N.V.
Kesselstraße 5 - 7
40221 Düsseldorf
Federal Republic of Germany
Attn: Legal Department
+49-171-6115916
Michael Albano
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
One Liberty Plaza
New York, NY 10006
+1 212 225 2438
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
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Non-accelerated filer
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Emerging growth company
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Accelerated filer
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Smaller reporting company
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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.
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Explanatory note
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, trivago N.V. (the "Registrant") is filing this registration statement on Form S-8 (this "Registration Statement") with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") to register, in connection with the Registrant's Amended and Restated 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), an additional 20,526,250 shares of the same class as registered under the Registrant's effective registration statement on
Form S-8
, File No. 333-215164, filed by the Registrant with the Commission on December 19, 2016 and the Registrant's effective registration statement on
Form S-8
, File No. 333-258288, filed by the Registrant with the Commission on July 30, 2021 (together, the "Earlier Registration Statements"). The contents of the Earlier Registration Statements, where applicable, are hereby incorporated by reference, except that the provisions contained in Part II of such Earlier Registration Statements are modified as set forth in this Registration Statement.
Part I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.
The documents containing information specified in this Part I will be separately provided to the participants covered by the Plan, as may be amended and restated, as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act.
Part II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which the Registrant has filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") are hereby incorporated by reference herein, and shall be deemed to be a part of, this Registration Statement:
a.
the Registrant's
Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023
(File No. 001-37959), filed with the Commission on March 1, 2024 (the "Annual Report");
b.
the Registrant's reports on Form 6-K filed with the Commission on
February 6, 2024
(File No.
001-37959),
April 30, 2024
(File No.
001-37959),
May 23, 2024
(File No.
001-37959) and
July 1, 2024
(File No.
001-37959); and
c.
the description of the Registrant's Class A shares, contained in
Exhibit 2.6
of the Annual Report, together with any amendment thereto filed with the Commission for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date of this Registration Statement and 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 thereof from the date of filing of such documents.
For purposes of this Registration Statement, any document or any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a subsequently filed document or a statement contained therein, or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference, modifies or supersedes such document or such statement in such document. 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 8. Exhibits.
The following documents are filed as part of this Registration Statement:
Incorporated by reference
Form
Exhibit
Filing Date
Filed herewith
4.1
English translation of Articles of Association of trivago N.V. currently in effect.
20-F
1.1
3/1/2024
4.2
trivago N.V. Amended and Restated 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan.
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4.3
Deposit Agreement.
F-3
4.4
4/5/2018
4.3(a)
Amendment No. 1 to the Deposit Agreement.
F-6
(a)(ii)
11/17/2023
4.4
Form of American Depositary Receipt (included in Exhibit 4.3(a)).
F-3
4.4
4/5/2018
5.1
Opinion of NautaDutilh N.V., counsel of the Registrant, as to the validity of the Class A shares.
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23.1
Consent of EY GmbH & Co. KG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft.
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23.2
Consent of NautaDutilh N.V., counsel of the Registrant (included in Exhibit 5.1).
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24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on signature page
to this Registration Statement).
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Filing
Fee Table
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Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Düsseldorf, Federal Republic of Germany, on July 15, 2024.
trivago N.V.
By:
/s/ Johannes Thomas
Johannes Thomas
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer
By:
/s/ Robin Harries
Robin Harries
Managing Director & Chief Financial Officer
By:
/s/ Andrej Lehnert
Andrej Lehnert
Managing Director & Chief Product Officer
By:
/s/ Jasmine Ezz
Jasmine Ezz
Managing Director & Chief Marketing Officer
Power of Attorney
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Johannes Thomas and Robin Harries, severally and individually, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone) his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, 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 Commission, granting unto each said attorneys-in-fact and agents 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 or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons on July 15, 2024 in the capacities indicated. This document may be executed in counterparts that when so executed shall constitute one document, notwithstanding that all of the undersigned are not signatories to the original of the same counterpart.
Name
Title
/s/ Johannes Thomas
Johannes Thomas
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer
/s/ Robin Harries
Robin Harries
Managing Director & Chief Financial Officer
/s/ Jasmine Ezz
Jasmine Ezz
Managing Director & Chief Marketing Officer
/s/ Andrej Lehnert
Andrej Lehnert
Managing Director & Chief Product Officer
Signature of Authorized Representative in the United States
Cogency Global Inc.
By:
/s/ Colleen A. Devries
Name:
Colleen A. Devries
Title:
SVP on behalf of Cogency Global Inc.