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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i4f00cf0d3d1e4e40a767ef2f8feba533_1"></div><div style="min-height:54pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="-sec-extract:summary;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 15, 2022</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"> &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Registration No. 333-       </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:79.166%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">&#160;</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">UNITED STATES </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:79.166%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">&#160;</font></td></tr></table></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:6pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:6pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">FORM S-8 </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">REGISTRATION STATEMENT </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:6pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:2pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:24pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Upwork Inc. </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New 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Officer)</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><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:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">&#47;s&#47; Jeff McCombs</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.37pt;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:125%">Chief Financial Officer</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 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Document
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 15, 2022
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Upwork Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
46-4337682
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
475 Brannan Street, Suite 430
San Francisco, California 94107
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
2018 Equity Incentive Plan
2018 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full titles of the plans)
Hayden Brown
President and Chief Executive Officer
Upwork Inc.
475 Brannan Street, Suite 430
San Francisco, California 94107
(650) 316-7500
(Name and address, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Please send copies of all communications to:
Gordon K. Davidson, Esq.
Ran D. Ben-Tzur, Esq.
Fenwick & West LLP
801 California Street
Mountain View, California 94041
(650) 988-8500
Brian Levey, Esq.
Chief Business Affairs and
Legal Officer & Secretary
Upwork Inc.
475 Brannan Street, Suite 430
San Francisco, California 95054
(650) 316-7500
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.
☐
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SHARES
PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, Upwork Inc. (the "
Registrant
") is filing this Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "
Commission
") to register 6,456,523 additional shares of common stock under the Registrant's 2018 Equity Incentive Plan and 1,033,043 additional shares of common stock under the Registrant's 2018 Employee Stock Purchase Plan pursuant to the provisions of those plans providing for an automatic annual increase in the number of shares reserved for issuance under such plans. This Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the Registrant's previous registration statements on Form S-8 filed with the Commission on October 3, 2018 (Registration No. 333-227684), March 7, 2019 (Registration No. 333-230140), March 2, 2020 (Registration No. 333-236839) and February 23, 2021 (Registration No. 333-253406). In accordance with the instructional note of Part I of Form S-8 as promulgated by the Commission, the information specified by Part I of Form S-8 has been omitted from this Registration Statement.
PART II
Information Required in the Registration Statement
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
.
The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "
Exchange Act
"), are incorporated herein by reference:
(a)
the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the Commission on February 15, 2022;
(b)
all other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Registrant's Annual Report referred to in (a) above; and
(c)
the description of the Registrant's common stock contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A (Registration No. 001-38678) filed with the Commission on September 26, 2018 under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the filing of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment, which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing such documents, except as to specific sections of such documents as set forth therein. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in any subsequently filed document, which also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such statement.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
.
The following exhibits are filed herewith:
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit Description
Incorporated by Reference
Form
File No.
Exhibit
Filing Date
Filed
Herewith
4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant.
10-Q
001-38678
3.1
11/8/2018
4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant.
8-K
001-38678
3.1
12/22/2020
4.3
Form of Common Stock Certificate of the Registrant.
S-1
333-227207
4.1
9/6/2018
5.1
Opinion of Fenwick & West LLP.
X
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.
X
23.2
Consent of Fenwick & West LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
X
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement).
X
99.1
2018 Equity Incentive Plan and forms of award agreements.
S-1
333-227207
10.4
9/6/2018
99.2
2018 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and form of subscription agreement.
S-1
333-227207
10.5
9/6/2018
107.1
Filing Fee Table
X
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Francisco, State of California, on this 15
th
day of February, 2022.
Upwork Inc.
Date: February 15, 2022
By:
/s/ Hayden Brown
Hayden Brown
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Hayden Brown and Jeff McCombs, and each of them, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with the full power of substitution, for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this registration statement (including post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully for 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 his or her substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Hayden Brown
President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director
February 15, 2022
Hayden Brown
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Jeff McCombs
Chief Financial Officer
February 15, 2022
Jeff McCombs
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ Gregory C. Gretsch
Director
February 15, 2022
Gregory C. Gretsch
/s/ Kevin Harvey
Director
February 15, 2022
Kevin Harvey
/s/ Thomas Layton
Director
February 15, 2022
Thomas Layton
/s/ Elizabeth Nelson
Director
February 15, 2022
Elizabeth Nelson
/s/ Leela Srinivasan
Director
February 15, 2022
Leela Srinivasan
/s/ Gary Steele
Director
February 15, 2022
Gary Steele
/s/ Anilu Vazquez-Ubarri
Director
February 15, 2022
Anilu Vazquez-Ubarri
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant in the capacities and on the dates indicated.