S-8

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 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

 

 

DAVE INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   86-1481509

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

1265 South Cochran Avenue, Los Angeles, CA   90019
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Dave Inc. Amended and Restated 2021 Equity Incentive Plan

(Full title of the plan)

Jason Wilk

Chief Executive Officer

Dave Inc.

1265 South Cochran Avenue

Los Angeles, CA 90019

(Name and address of agent for service)

(844) 857-3283

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

Please send copies of all communications to:

 

Joseph M. Yaffe, Esq.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

525 University Avenue

Palo Alto, CA 94301

(650) 470-4650

 

Joan Aristei

Chief Legal Officer

1265 South Cochran Avenue

Los Angeles, CA 90019

(844) 857-3283

 

 

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, Dave Inc. (the “Registrant”) is filing this Registration Statement on Form S-8 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) to register 609,890 additional shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 (the “Class A Common Stock”), under the Dave Inc. Amended and Restated 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) pursuant to the provisions of the Plan providing for an automatic increase in the number of shares reserved for issuance under the Plan. The Registrant previously registered shares of its Class  A Common Stock issuable under the Plan via registration statements on Form S-8 filed on March 16, 2022 (Registration No. 333-263589), December 14, 2022 (Registration No. 333-268785) and January 31, 2023 (Registration No. 333-269482). This Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the Registrant’s registration statements referenced above.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 8. Exhibits

 

          Incorporated by Reference

Exhibit

Number

  

Description of Exhibit

   Form    File No.    Exhibit    Filing Date   

Filed

Herewith

 5.1    Opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.                X
23.1    Consent of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).                X
23.2    Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.                X
24.1    Powers of Attorney (contained in the signature page to this Registration Statement).                X
99.1    Amended and Restated 2021 Equity Incentive Plan.    8-K    001-40161    10.1    12/13/2022   
 107    Filing Fee Table.                X


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 the City of Los Angeles, State of California, on March 28, 2024.

 

DAVE INC.
By:  

/s/ Jason Wilk

  Jason Wilk
  Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Jason Wilk, Kyle Beilman and Joan Aristei, 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 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.

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


Signature    Title    Date

/s/ Jason Wilk

Jason Wilk

  

Chief Executive Officer, Director and Chairperson

(Principal Executive Officer)

   March 28, 2024

/s/ Kyle Beilman

Kyle Beilman

  

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

   March 28, 2024

/s/ Brendan Carroll

   Director    March 28, 2024
Brendan Carroll

/s/ Imran Khan

   Director    March 28, 2024
Imran Khan

/s/ Andrea Mitchell

Andrea Mitchell

   Director    March 28, 2024

/s/ Michael Pope

   Director    March 28, 2024
Michael Pope

/s/ Dan Preston

Dan Preston

   Director    March 28, 2024

/s/ Yadin Rozov

Yadin Rozov

   Director    March 28, 2024
EX-5.1

Exhibit 5.1

 

 

 

 

SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP

ONE MANHATTAN WEST

NEW YORK, NY 10001

         

 

TEL: (212) 735-3000

FAX: (212) 735-2000

www.skadden.com

 

March 28, 2024

 

FIRM/AFFILIATE

OFFICES

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BOSTON

CHICAGO

HOUSTON

LOS ANGELES

NEW YORK

WASHINGTON, D.C.

WILMINGTON

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BEIJING

BRUSSELS

FRANKFURT

HONG KONG

LONDON

MUNICH

PARIS

SÃO PAULO

SEOUL

SHANGHAI

SINGAPORE

TOKYO

TORONTO

Dave Inc.

1265 South Cochran Avenue

Los Angeles, CA 90019

 

  Re:

Dave Inc.

 

Registration Statement on Form S-8

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special United States counsel to Dave Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (together with the exhibits thereto, the “Registration Statement”) to be filed on the date hereof with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”), relating to the registration of 609,890 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001, available for future issuance under the Dave Inc. Amended and Restated 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).

This opinion is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K of the General Rules and Regulations of the Commission promulgated under the Securities Act (the “Rules and Regulations”).

 


Dave Inc.

March 28, 2024

Page 2

 

In rendering the opinion stated herein, we have examined the following:

(a) the Registration Statement in the form to be filed with the Commission on the date hereof;

(b) the Plan;

(c) an executed copy of a certificate of Kyle Beilman, Secretary, dated the date hereof (the “Secretary’s Certificate”);

(d) a copy of the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation”), as currently in effect, certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as of March 28, 2024, and certified pursuant to the Secretary’s Certificate;

(e) copies of the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Amended and Restated Bylaws”), as amended and in effect as of the date hereof, and certified pursuant to the Secretary’s Certificate; and

(f) copies of certain minutes of the Board of Directors of the Company relating to the approval of the Plan and certain related matters and certified pursuant to the Secretary’s Certificate.

We have also examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such records of the Company and such agreements, certificates and receipts of public officials, certificates of officers or other representatives of the Company and others, and such other documents as we have deemed necessary or appropriate as a basis for the opinion stated below, including the facts and conclusions set forth in the Secretary’s Certificate.

In our examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, including electronic signatures, the legal capacity and competency of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as facsimile, electronic, certified or photocopied copies, and the authenticity of the originals of such copies. In making our examination of executed documents, we have assumed that the parties thereto, other than the Company, had the power, corporate or other, to enter into and perform all obligations thereunder and have also assumed the due authorization by all requisite action, corporate or other, and the execution and delivery by such parties of such documents and the validity and binding effect thereof on such parties. As to any facts relevant to the opinion stated herein that we did not independently establish or verify, we have relied upon statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Company and others and of public officials, including the facts and conclusions set forth in the Secretary’s Certificate.

In rendering the opinion set forth below, we have also assumed that (i) the Shares will be issued in book-entry form and an appropriate account statement evidencing the Shares credited to a recipient’s account maintained with the Company’s transfer agent and registrar will be issued by the Company’s transfer agent and registrar, (ii) each award agreement under which options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, stock bonuses, other stock-based awards


Dave Inc.

March 28, 2024

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and certain other awards are granted pursuant to the Plan will be consistent with the Plan and will be duly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto, and (iii) the issuance of the Shares does not violate or conflict with any agreement or instrument binding on the Company (except that we do not and will not make this assumption with respect to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the Amended and Restated Bylaws).

We do not express any opinion with respect to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”).

Based upon the foregoing and subject to the qualifications and assumptions stated herein, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate action on the part of the Company under the DGCL and, when the Shares are issued to the Plan participants in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Plan and the applicable award agreement for consideration in an amount at least equal to the par value of such Shares, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are included in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations. This opinion is expressed as of the date hereof unless otherwise expressly stated, and we disclaim any undertaking to advise you of any subsequent changes in the facts stated or assumed herein or of any subsequent changes in applicable laws.

 

Very truly yours,
/s/ Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
EX-23.2

Exhibit 23.2

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated March 5, 2024 relating to the financial statements of Dave Inc., appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Dave Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2023.

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

Los Angeles, California

March 28, 2024

EX-FILING FEES

Exhibit 107

CALCULATION OF FILING FEE TABLE

FORM S-8

(Form Type)

Dave Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Table I: Newly Registered Securities

 

               
Security Type  

Security
Class

Title

  Fee
Calculation
Rule
  Amount
Registered (1)
  Proposed
Maximum
Offering
Price Per
Unit (3)
  Maximum Aggregate
Offering Price (3)
 

Fee

Rate

  Amount of
Registration
Fee
               
Equity   Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share   Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h)   609,890(2)   $37.485   $22,861,726.65   $147.60 per million dollars   $3,374.39
           
Total Offering Amounts   609,890   $37.485   $22,861,726.65     $3,374.39
           
Total Fee Offsets          
           
Net Fee Due                   $3,374.39

 

(1)

Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this registration statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) shall also cover any additional shares of the Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Class A Common Stock”), of Dave Inc. (the “Registrant”) that become issuable with respect to the securities identified in the above table, by reason of any stock dividend, stock splits, reverse stock splits, recapitalizations, reclassifications, mergers, split-ups, reorganizations, consolidations and other capital adjustments effected without receipt of consideration that increases the number of outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock.

(2)

Represents 609,890 additional shares of Class A Common Stock that were automatically added to the shares authorized for issuance under the Registrant’s 2021 Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) on January 1, 2024, pursuant to an annual “evergreen” increase provision contained in the Plan. Pursuant to such provision, the number of shares reserved for issuance under the Plan automatically increases on the first day of each fiscal year, starting in fiscal year 2022, by a number of shares that does not exceed the lesser of (i) 5% of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock on the last day of the immediately preceding Fiscal Year (calculated on a fully-diluted and as-converted basis, which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall also include shares of the Company’s Class V Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, outstanding on such day), (ii) the number of shares of Class A Common Stock initially reserved for issuance under the Plan, and (iii) such smaller number of shares of Class A Common Stock determined by the Company’s board of directors.

(3)

Estimated in accordance with Rules 457(c) and (h) of the Securities Act, solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. The proposed maximum offering price per share is equal to $37.485, which was computed by averaging the high and low prices of a share of the Registrant’s Class A Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq Stock Market on March 21, 2024.