S-8 1 d799194ds8.htm S-8 S-8

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 28, 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

 

 

FLYWIRE CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   27-0690799

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

141 Tremont St #10

Boston, MA

  02111
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Flywire Corporation 2021 Equity Incentive Plan

Flywire Corporation 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

(Full title of Plan)

Michael Massaro

Chief Executive Officer

Flywire Corporation

141 Tremont St #10

Boston, MA 02111

(Name and address of agent for service)

(617) 329-4524

(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

Copies to:

David D. Gammell

Keith J. Scherer

Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve

Franklin & Hachigian, LLP

One Marina Park Drive, Suite 900

Boston, MA 02210

(617) 648-9100

 

Peter Butterfield

General Counsel & Chief

Compliance Officer

Flywire Corporation

141 Tremont St #10

Boston, MA 02111

(617) 329-4524

 

 

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. ☐

 

 

 


PART I

EXPLANATORY NOTE

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 registers additional shares of voting common stock to be issued pursuant to the Registrant’s 2021 Equity Incentive Plan and 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. The information contained in the Registrant’s registration statement on Form S-8 (SEC File Nos. 333-256695, 333-263956 and 333-270587), together with all exhibits filed therewith or incorporated therein by reference, are hereby incorporated by reference pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8.


PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 8.

  

Exhibits.

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

          Incorporated by Reference  

Exhibit

Number

  

Description

   Form      File No.      Exhibit      Filing Date      Filed
Herewith
 
5.1    Opinion and Consent of Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP.                  X  
23.1    Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.                  X  
23.2    Consent of Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1).                  X  
24.1    Power of Attorney (contained in the signature page hereto).                  X  
99.1    2021 Equity Incentive Plan and forms of agreements thereunder.      10-K        001-40430        10.4        03/10/2023     
107    Filing Fee Table                  X  

 

II-1


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 Boston, Commonwealth of Massachusetts on this 28th day of February, 2024.

 

FLYWIRE CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Michael Massaro

  Michael Massaro
  Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Michael Massaro and Michael Ellis and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each 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 any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this registration statement, and to file the same, with 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, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorney-in-fact and agents or their substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of the date indicated.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons on behalf the Registrant in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature    Title    Date

/s/ Michael Massaro

Michael Massaro

  

Chief Executive Officer and Director

(Principal Executive Officer)

   February 28, 2024

/s/ Michael Ellis

Michael Ellis

  

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

   February 28, 2024

/s/ Phillip Riese

Phillip Riese

   Chairman of the Board of Directors    February 28, 2024

/s/ Diane Offereins

Diane Offereins

   Director    February 28, 2024

/s/ Alex Finkelstein

Alex Finkelstein

   Director    February 28, 2024

/s/ Matt Harris

Matt Harris

   Director    February 28, 2024

/s/ Edwin Santos

Edwin Santos

   Director    February 28, 2024

/s/ Gretchen Howard

Gretchen Howard

   Director    February 28, 2024